MARTIN HOGENSON was born Martinus Haagensen in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway in 1885. His parents were Hartvig and Karen Haagensen. His name is spelled many different ways in the records: Haakonsen/Hagensen/Hogenson.
In 1910 he was living in Bristol Bay. Martin married Emma Edlemann in Kenai, Alaska, on August 3, 1919, when he was 34 years old.
By 1930 he was living alone in Seldovia.
He then married Katie Toko who was from Port Graham. She had previously been married to a Bayou. Their son Nick Hogenson was born in 1934 and Harry followed in 1935.
Martin Hogensen died in August 1964 in Seldovia, Alaska, when he was 79 years old. He is buried in the Seldovia City Cemetery, Plot #191, next to his son Nick.
The Hogenson home was on the old boardwalk, which is now the site of Nick Hogenson Park.