Albert Edward Hoven Haven

Albert Edward Hoven Haven lived and worked as a farmer north of Schafer (near present-day Watford City), North Dakota, where he raised a family and tended the land that anchored his daily life. Public records and contemporary accounts identify him as the husband of Lulia Haven and the father of four children — Daniel, Leland, Charles, and Mary — who together formed the everyday center of the Haven household. Neighbors remembered the family as long-term residents of the area; the Havens had lived and farmed in that part of McKenzie County for years and were known locally for managing livestock and crops that sustained their home and community ties.

Although many personal details such as Albert’s birth date and fuller private life are not found in the surviving public record, available sources make clear that the Havens were a close-knit rural family. Their farm life would have been defined by seasonal work, care for animals and fields, and neighborly connections typical of small North Dakota communities in the 1920s. Contemporary reports and later histories note the Havens’ graves in Schafer Cemetery, a reminder that the family’s place in the community was both tangible and lasting.

The public record about Albert in the years since centers on the abrupt and tragic end of the Havens’ life together in February 1930. Local histories and court accounts document that the family went missing after February 9, 1930, and that the loss was felt across the sparsely populated county. Over time the Havens were laid to rest in the Schafer Cemetery, where their graves serve as a quiet marker of lives lived on that land.

For those who seek to honor Albert Haven today, what remains is the image of a farmer and father whose life was shaped by the routines and responsibilities of rural North Dakota. While many personal details are not preserved in public sources, the record affirms that Albert was a husband and the head of a household — roles that defined him to neighbors and kin. His memory endures in the gravesite near Schafer and in the local histories that remember the family’s presence in that place.