Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Hollaren, Mike 1861 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 3, 2006, 12:09 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) MIKE HOLLAREN, of Ellsworth, has been engaged in business in that village for the last eighteen years. He is a native of Bath, Maine, in which city he was born Oct. 27, 1861. The father of our subject is John Hollaren, who is now a resident of Missouri and who is 73 years of age. His mother died in 1866. John Hollaren is a native of Ireland. He came to the United States in 1858 and located at Bath, Maine. Twelve years later he took up his residence in Woburn and in 1880 came to Nobles county as a member of the Catholic colony. Until 1898 he resided in Grand Prairie township, and then moved to Missouri. Mike Hollaren was nine years of age when the family home was made at Woburn, Mass. There he resided, attending school and learning the currier's trade, until the family came to Nobles county. It was on the first day of April, 1880, that he landed in Adrian, and Nobles county has been his home ever since that date. For several years he farmed in Grand Prairie township. He moved to Ellsworth in 1886 and for a few years worked at different occupations, having the management of an elevator there for some time. In 1890 he went into the restaurant business, conducted that two or three years, and then purchased from Pan. Sweeney the business which he has since conducted. He now deals in confectionery, musical instruments and sundries, and has built up an excellent trade. Mr. Hollaren was married at Ellsworth Nov. 16, 1886, to Miss Mary Ellen Condon, who was born in Woburn, Mass., April 13, 1862, the daughter of John Condon and Margaret Condon, who came to Grand Prairie township in 1880 and who died in 1904 and 1901, respectively. To Mr. and Mrs. Hollaren have been born eight children, of whom are living: Margaret, born Sept. 3,1887; Frank, born Oct. 17, 1889; Mary, born Nov. 25, 1888; Mae, born Dec. 23, 1891; William, born Feb. 9, 1894; Ronold, born March 20, 1896; Helen, born Sept. 11, 1898; Vincent, born Sept. 3, 1904. In the religious, social, official and educational matters of his community Mr. Hollaren has taken an active part. He is a member of the Catholic church and of the A. O. H., A. O. U. W., C. O. F. and K. of C. lodges. He has served several terms as member of the township and village boards, and was for several terms a member of the Ellsworth board of education, of which he was at one time president. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/hollaren224gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb