Tillie - Mathilda Roberg Hagen Matson...

Robert Berndt finds facts about Ludvick Matson's 3rd wife on Ancestry.com and summarizes this way:

 "At the beginning of yesterday I knew not much about Tillie. (Mathilda Roberg) By the end of the day, I knew way more than anyone would want to know. Here is the Readers Digest version: 

Tillie was born near Benson, Minnesota in 1894. Next item was that she and John Woods,  had a daughter Helen Henrietta Woods, in 1917, born in Wisconsin. John Woods died in 1920. I couldn't easily come up with any date of marriage for them, so not sure what the case is there. In 1928 she married Anton Hagen in Sparta. He had numerous children by his previous wife, who I'm assuming had probably died, but I didn't go digging further into that.

Tillie and Anton had a son, Wayne Anton Hagen, born 4/12/1928, died in 1940. No notes on why the death at age 12. In 1929 Tillie and Anton had either a stillborn baby, or died at birth. A note said the baby was premature at 7 months. Birth and death are the same day. In 1931 their daughter Beatrice was born, who married Duane Schmitz of Sparta, in 1948. Beatrice is still alive, living in Cashton.

Her daughter Helen Woods married Armond Larson in 1937, and she died in 2006.

Tillie Roberg Hagen Matson, Edna Virginia Matson Groves, Ludvick Matson

In 1957 Anton died, and as you know, Tillie married Ludvick in 1964. She died in Sparta in 1992 at age 98.

A lot of this genealogy is so sterile. Just dates, birth, marriage, death. Makes it so much more interesting to have the rest of the story on these people, but that only comes from family members, not always any included in a site like Ancestry.com. Some people do attach photos, newspaper articles, etc.

So much of the information out there comes from the census data. Census takers were never genealogists. Misspelled names, estimated dates of birth, etc. I'm sure it wasn't easy, either, getting by the language issues. Little or maybe no English spoken. And if English spoken, probably heavy accents from the native country.I did find today her marriage date to Ludvick was 9/14/1964

My genealogy work started out as a tree, now its a forest. I have to try and stay with big limbs. I have tons of branches and twigs so to speak."

Bob

Kathleen Groves Gettrust with daughters Katrina & Allison visit Grandma Edna and Great-Grandma Tillie

I, Linda Groves Worden, have very fond memories of Tillie.  She was a great cook and was especially known for her delicious cake donuts and lefse.  She always had donuts ready to serve when anyone stopped by for a visit and coffee.  She is the one who encouraged my adventure with lefse making.  She had a very simple recipe which I used for years.  

Tillie's Lefse Recipe

Make mashed potatoes with the usual ingredients of milk and butter. Chill.

Add flour to twice as much cold mashed potatoes and mix well with hands.
Roll out golf ball sized portion with lefse rolling pin.
Use lefse stick to lift, place on lefse grill at 450 - 500 degrees
and turn at least once when brown spots begin to show through,  
Place lefse on towel and cover with another towel.
Continue to make, grill and stack lefse between towels.
Ready to eat when cooled.
Serve with butter and jam, cinnamon-sugar or use lefse as sandwich wrap.

Jim added some thoughts also:
Thanks Bob and Linda for this research and info.   

Carolyn and I can easily remember when Ludvick and Tillie got married because it was just one month after we got married.   They lived in a new, small house that he had built right across the road (Highway 27) from his farm in Leon, WI.  His son Lyle and wife, Marie, took over the farm when he retired. 

 From Linda:
Here are just a few additions to the info on Tillie.

She lived quite a few years beyond Ludvick.  Her last years were in a nursing home in Sparta.  She died at age 98 in 1992.