Lukris (Lillian) EIKUM

Notes:

She was living at home with her parents in the 1920 census. She was a teller at a bank.

Lukris married Carl T RUDBERG on 4 Sep 1943 in Nicollet County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is shown as age 3 meaning he was born in 1863. He is the son of the owner of the Sætre, Solvi farms (53 and 56) in Hafslo.

Emigrated August 3, 1899. Family followed May, 1900.

In the 1910 census, he and his family lived in the city of Brookings, South Dakota, where Hans was a railroad section laborer. He owns the house that they live in but with a mortgage. Hans came to the U.S. in 1898, Bertha and the kids in 1899.

In the 1914 Mankato city directory, he is a laborer for the J B Nelson Co. He and his family live at 433 Belgrade Ave in N Mankato.

In the 1920 census, he and his family lived in the village of North Mankato in Nicollet County, Minnesota. Hans was a street commissioner for the village. Carrie and John were not at home but the other five children still were. Christine and Monsine were sales ladies at a dry goods store. Leonard was a truck driver for a furniture store. Lillian was a teller at a bank.

Hans married Berthe Monsdatter EIKUM. Berthe (daughter of Mons Schanke Monson EIKUM and Kari Larsdatter LIE) was born on 22 Jul 1857 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 22 Feb 1925 in Nicollet County, Minnesota; was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Blue Earth County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Aug 1857, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

She is age 9 and living with her parents and siblings on Eikum indre in the 1865 Norwegian census.

In the 1910 census she had had 7 children, all still living.

Baptism:
Urnæs subparish

Notes:

The father of Thomas Munson is listed as Mons Monson in Thomas and Susan’s marriage record.

In Mons’s confirmation record in the church book, he is Mons Monsen Schanke Eikum.

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is the owner of the Eikum indre farm (68-2) in Hafslo. This seems to be a relatively prosperous farm with 3 horses, 20 cattle, 55 sheep and 4 pigs.

Birth:
birth and death information from the bygdebøk

Mons married Kari Larsdatter LIE on 1 Jul 1852 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Kari was born on 18 Jul 1827 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 9 Jan 1887 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Li.

Notes:

He was a soldier at the time of the 1801 Norwegian census.

Mons married Anna Trondsdatter LI on 10 Apr 1805 in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Anna was born on 21 Mar 1784; died on 22 Jul 1806 in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was first married to Ole Sølfestson of Luster. He died in 1804.

Died:
apparently from the complications of childbirth