HOLMEN, Christian J.

1872 - 1958  (85 years)

• Name	HOLMEN, Christian J.
  Born	17 Sep 1872	Thonby, Heggen under Modum Parish, Buskerud County, Norway
  Gender	Male
  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
  Person ID	I1201	Reich
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	HOLMEN, Johan (John) CHRISTENSEN,   b. 10 Jun 1840, Kaggestad, Heggen under Modum Parish, Buskerud County, Norway ,   d. 15 Apr 1901, Cameron, Barron Co., Wisconsin  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	CHRISTIANSDATTER, Maren,   b. 6 Dec 1845, Ringeriget Parish, Norway ,   d. 31 Oct 1933, Barron Co., Wisconsin  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LOUIS, Ida R,   b. 18 Dec 1879, Maple Grove, Barron Co., Wisconsin ,   d. 1941, Barron Co., Wisconsin  (Age 61 years)
  Married	22 Oct 1898	Cameron, Barron Co., Wisconsin   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	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".
  Children	1. HOLMEN, Guy James,   b. 19 Jul 1899, Barron Co., Wisconsin ,   d. Nov 1987, Viroqua, Vernon Co., Wisconsin  (Age 88 years)   2. HOLMEN, Arthur William,   b. 2 Apr 1901, Maple Grove, Barron Co., Wisconsin ,   d. 25 Aug 1990, Barron Co., Wisconsin  (Age 89 years)   3. HOLMEN, Henry,   b. 28 Feb 1903, Wisconsin ,   d. 6 Jan 1912, Barron Co., Wisconsin  (Age 8 years)   4. HOLMEN, Harold,   b. 20 Jan 1904, Maple Grove, Barron Co., Wisconsin ,   d. Nov 1966, Prairie Farm, Barron Co., Wisconsin  (Age 62 years)   5. HOLMEN, Mabel Marie,   b. 13 Jul 1907, Stanley, Barron Co., Wisconsin ,   d. 1960, Italy  (Age 52 years)   6. HOLMEN, Albert,   b. 25 Jul 1909, Wisconsin ,   d. 1 May 1987, Cameron, Barron Co., Wisconsin  (Age 77 years)   7. HOLMEN, Malcolm,   b. 3 May 1911, Wisconsin ,   d. 27 Nov 1990, Barron Co., Wisconsin  (Age 79 years)   8. HOLMEN, Helen Viola,   b. 2 Jul 1914, Wisconsin ,   d. 13 Apr 1980, La Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin  (Age 65 years)   9. HOLMEN, Grace L,   b. 5 Sep 1916, Wisconsin ,   d. 10 Aug 2006, Cameron, Barron Co., Wisconsin  (Age 89 years)   10. HOLMEN, Robert N,   b. 27 Feb 1920, Wisconsin ,   d. 2 Sep 2008, Lincoln, Wisconsin  (Age 88 years)   11. HOLMEN, Charles,   b. 20 Apr 1923, Wisconsin ,   d. 9 Dec 1994, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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).