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 1872 - 1914 (42 years)
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| Name |
HOLMEN, Carl Olsen |
| Born |
16 Jun 1872 |
Thon, Modum Parish, Buskerud County, Norway  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
23 Sep 1914 |
Waldo, Lake Co., Minnesota [1] |
| Buried |
Bloomer, Chippewa Co., Wisconsin |
| Person ID |
I1341 |
Reich |
| Last Modified |
22 Aug 2023 |
| Father |
HOLMEN, Ole CHRISTENSEN, b. 14 Sep 1842, Pilterud, Heggen under Modum Parish, Buskerud County, Norway , d. 18 Feb 1902, Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin (Age 59 years) |
| Mother |
CHRISTIANSDATTER, Maren, b. 14 Aug 1843, Berggarden in Tyristrand, Hole Parish, Buskerud County, Norway , d. 22 Nov 1891, Bloomer, Chippewa Co., Wisconsin (Age 48 years) |
| Family ID |
F219 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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NILSDATTER, Borghild Andrine, b. 27 Jun 1895, Gjermundrud, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, 6 mi. from Drammen, Norway , d. 26 Feb 1976, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
19 Jul 1914 |
Braaten, Konnerud under Skoger Parish, Buskerud County, Norway |
- Carl took a homestead northwest of Washburn, WI, but he never built there. In 1917 he returned to Norway to marry one of his cousins. His original choice refused his offer, but anxious to travel to the U.S., Borghild, at 19 and the youngest of 12 children, was willing. They married in Norway in July, 1914, and travelled to the U.S. in 05 August, 1914.
Carl's promise of a farm turned out to be poor land on a hillside. They did not seem to live on the farm, but rather in Two Harbors.
In December or Janary, their bull got loose and Carl went chasing it. He died of a heart attack, leaving Borghild penniless and very pregnant. Their child, Ruth Holmen, was born sometime between April and September, 1915, either in Two Harbors, or at Superior, WI, where Borghild later made her living working as a housekeeper.
Ruth was boarded out while Borghild worked. Borghild was late making ayments, and the family taking care of Ruth seems to have taken the child in place of the payments. Ruth was never heard from again.
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| Last Modified |
8 Nov 2014 |
| Family ID |
F293 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S474] Minnesota Historical Society Library - Death Certiticate.
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