The Hillgrove/Huck Family owned this home from 1904 to 1975.
William Hillgrove was a stone mason. He and Elizabeth lived at 707 Irvine in 1904. A party was given for about 30 guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hillgrove on Jan 23, 1905.
Children of Mrs. Hillgrove were Florence, age 22, a teacher; Allen, age 19, a telegrapher, Clarence, age 16, a bell boy, Susan, age 5, and an infant, Severn.
William Hillgrove died in 1911. — After having advanced well on the road to recovery from injuries received from a fall on cedar poles July 31 at Turtle River when four ribs were broken and his collar bone fractured, William Hillgrove fell a victim to pneumonia Thursday and died yesterday. At the time of the injury, Mr. Hillgrove was assisting the D. K. Deal Lumber company in loading cedar poles. He was a mason by trade and was doing work at Turtle River but yielded to a request to aid in handling the poles, and while on top of a car which was being loaded was hit on the head with a pole, throwing him to the ground. While being brought to Bemidji he caught a severe cold which developed into pneumonia. Mr. Hillgrove appeared to be recovering rapidly, and yesterday afternoon while talking to his wife told her he soon expected to be taken home. An hour later he was dead, his heart having given out under the strain of the disease, although double pneumonia is given as the real cause of his death. He is survived by his wife and four step-children. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 8:30 from St. Phillip’s Catholic Church. He was 52 years old. (Aug 12, 1911)
Elizabeth Hillgrove, a pioneer resident,, passed away on January 12, 1945 at the home of Ms. Ernestine Tharaldson, 723 Irvine avenue, following a short illness. Mrs. Hillgrove was born April 17, 1864 at Wellesley, Ontario, Canada, and came to Bemidji in 1904, where she was married to William Hillgrove and resided at 707 Irvine Avenue for many years. She is survived by one daughter. Burial will be held at New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada, her childhood home. The body will be taken there by Miss Huck, accompanied by Mrs. Tharaldson.
Florence Huck lived at the home from the time she was 21 in 1904 until her death in 1975. Florence Lorraine Huck, 92, of 707 Irvine Ave. died June 4, 1975 at the Beltrami County Nursing Home. Mrs. Huck was born March 13, 1883, at Wellesley, Ontario, and attended school in New Hamburg, also in Ontario. She came to Bemidji in 1904 and made her home here since. For a time she taught in the Nebish School and later worked at the W. G. Schroeder General Store for a few years. In 1920 she joined the establishment of Given Hardware in Bemidji and was employed there until they sold in 1952.