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Family: HOLMEN, Christian J. / LOUIS, Ida R (F159)

• Father | Male HOLMEN, Christian J.

  
  

  Born	17 Sep 1872	Thonby, Heggen under Modum Parish, Buskerud County, Norway
  Died	1958	Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery (South of US Highway 8 along Rice Creek (T34N R11W Section 27) in Stanley, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Married	22 Oct 1898  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]	Cameron, Barron Co., Wisconsin  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Father	HOLMEN, Johan (John) CHRISTENSEN | F208 Group Sheet
  Mother	CHRISTIANSDATTER, Maren | F208 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female LOUIS, Ida R

  
  

  Born	18 Dec 1879	Maple Grove, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Died	1941	Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery (South of US Highway 8 along Rice Creek (T34N R11W Section 27) in Stanley, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Father	LOUIS, Gilbert | F743 Group Sheet
  Mother	STORDHAGEN, Mary | F743 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male HOLMEN, Guy James

  
  

  Born	19 Jul 1899	Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Died	Nov 1987	Viroqua, Vernon Co., Wisconsin
  Buried
  Spouse	DAHL, Joyce | F484
  Married	Abt 1920

  
  

  Child 2 | Male HOLMEN, Arthur William

  
  

  Born	2 Apr 1901	Maple Grove, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Died	25 Aug 1990	Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery (South of US Highway 8 along Rice Creek (T34N R11W Section 27) in Stanley, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Spouse	ROMSAAS, Ragna Cathryn | F483
  Married	22 Aug 1923	Minnesota

  
  

  Child 3 | Male HOLMEN, Henry

  
  

  Born	28 Feb 1903	Wisconsin
  Died	6 Jan 1912	Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery (South of US Highway 8 along Rice Creek (T34N R11W Section 27) in Stanley, Barron Co., Wisconsin

  
  

  Child 4 | Male HOLMEN, Harold

  
  

  Born	20 Jan 1904	Maple Grove, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Died	Nov 1966	Prairie Farm, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery (South of US Highway 8 along Rice Creek (T34N R11W Section 27) in Stanley, Barron Co., Wisconsin

  
  

  Child 5 | Female HOLMEN, Mabel Marie

  
  

  Born	13 Jul 1907	Stanley, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Died	1960	Italy
  Buried
  Spouse	PFUNDHELLER, Edward Heimich | F482
  Married	Abt 1928

  
  

  Child 6 | Male HOLMEN, Albert

  
  

  Born	25 Jul 1909	Wisconsin
  Died	1 May 1987	Cameron, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery (South of US Highway 8 along Rice Creek (T34N R11W Section 27) in Stanley, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Spouse	TALLMEN, Evelyn J | F481
  Married	Abt 1930

  
  

  Child 7 | Male HOLMEN, Malcolm

  
  

  Born	3 May 1911	Wisconsin
  Died	27 Nov 1990	Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery (South of US Highway 8 along Rice Creek (T34N R11W Section 27) in Stanley, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Spouse	RATHKE, Victoria Irene | F480
  Married	Abt 1932

  
  

  Child 8 | Female HOLMEN, Helen Viola

  
  

  Born	2 Jul 1914	Wisconsin
  Died	13 Apr 1980	La Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin
  Buried
  Spouse	WILLEMSSEN, Henry Lester (Hank) | F479
  Married	7 Oct 1935

  
  

  Child 9 | Female HOLMEN, Grace L

  
  

  Born	5 Sep 1916	Wisconsin
  Died	10 Aug 2006	Cameron, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Pine Grove Cemetery (South of US Highway 8 along Rice Creek (T34N R11W Section 27) in Stanley, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Spouse	TAPPON, Lawrence W. | F478
  Married	Abt 1945

  
  

  Child 10 | Male HOLMEN, Robert N

  
  

  Born	27 Feb 1920	Wisconsin
  Died	2 Sep 2008	Lincoln, Wisconsin
  Buried
  Spouse	LARSON, Adeline | F477
  Married	Abt 1941

  
  

  Child 11 | Male HOLMEN, Charles

  
  

  Born	20 Apr 1923	Wisconsin
  Died	9 Dec 1994	Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin
  Buried
  Spouse	Living | F476
  Married

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Christian began working in logging camps when he was fourteen years old. In the 1900 census, this family lived in Maple Grove Township, Barron County, WI. Christian is listed as a farmer. By 1910, they had moved to Cameron Maple Grove Road. According to the " History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, 1922", by H. C. Cooper Jr. & Co., Minneapolis, Minn., pages 750-751: "Christian Holman, until recently a well-to-do farmer of Section 33, Stanley Township, but now operating a grist mill in Cameron village, was born in Norway, Sept. 17, 1872, the son of John and Mary Holman. He came to this country with his mother in 1883, and settled with them a mile east of the present village of Cameron. The second day after his arrival here, although only twelve years of age he started out for himself by finding employment with a neighbor, receiving but little more than board and clothing, and turning over to his parents what little he did earn. He was but fourteen years of age when he first went into the lumber woods, and thereafter continued for several years. As a young man he began renting farms in Maple Grove Township, this county. In 1906 he bought a farm of 83 acres in Section 33. This was at that time partly improved and he continued the improvements. In 1915 he remodeled the house, and in 1918 put up a new barn, 34 by 70 feet. Other suitable buildings were erected as necessity has required. Mr. Holman had a fine herd of Holstein cattle and a good drove of Poland China swine, and successfully carried on general farming and dairying. He is a man of influence in the township and has served on the board of supervisors. He is president of the Farmers Telephone Co. of Cameron, and a stockholder in the State Bank of Cameron. He has been trustee of the Norwegian Lutheran Congregation since the present church was erected. In August 1921, Mr. Holman sold his farm and bought a grist mill, residence and ten acres of land in the village of Cameron, where he and his family now reside. Mr. Holman was married Oct. 22, 1898, in Stanley Township, to Ida Lewis, who was born in Maple Grove Township, this county, Dec. 18, 1879, the daughter of Gilbert and Mary Lewis. This union has been blessed with ten children: Guy James, born July 19, 1899; Arthur William, born April 2, 1901; Henry, born Feb. 28, 1903, who died Jan. 6, 1912; Harold, born Jan. 2, 1905; Mabel, born July 13, 1907; Albert, born July 25, 1909; Malcolm, born May 3, 1911; Helen, born July 2, 1914; Grace, born Sept. 5, 1916, and Robert, born Feb. 27, 1920." According to a book later published for the Cameron Centennial 1879-1979, "in 1906, he [Christian] bought a farm of eighty acres about two miles south of Cameron. The land was on the site where Old Cameron had once been. He was active in civic affairs, being on the board, president of the Farmer's Telephone Company, and trustee of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. In 1921, he sold his farm and bought a grist mill in Cameron. Four years later he built a Standard Oil station. They lived in a large home on the same lot. " The Cameron Centennial book includes a picture of the "Holmen Standard Station located at Main and Eighth".

  
  

• Sources

  [S588] Census US 1900 Federal, (Series: T623), Roll 1777, ed 9, sheet 6B, #91-93, for Wisconsin, Barron County, Maple Grove Town (Reliability: 3). [S590] Census US 1910 Federal, (Series: T624), Roll 1701, ed. 22, sheet 7A, #18-25, for Wisconsin, Barron County, Stanley Township (Reliability: 3). [S255] Wisconsin, Cameron Centennial entry for Anton Holman and Augusta Lemke and family, Cameron Centennial 1879-1979 (FHL Book: 9775.518/c1) (Reliability: 3). [S506] Wisconsin, Bayfield County, Marriage Index, Department of Health and Family Services, Barron Co., Vol. 1, page 476 (Reliability: 3). [S291] Wisconsin, Barron County History, (edited by Newton S. Gordon, compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, publisher: H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co. 1922, Minneapolis, Minn.), p. 75 0 (Reliability: 3).