Albert Roald Einar BOEN

Notes:

He lived in Lexington, Tennessee, at the time of his mother’s death in 1964.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census, as Theodor Boen, he was a farmer in Pleasant Valley Twp, Mower County.

In the 1930 census, as Theodore Boen, he was a farmer in Pleasant Valley Twp, Mower County.

His obit in the Austin Daily Herald said he was a retired farmer and former resident of Grand Meadow where he had served as postmaster.

From 1909-1911, he was an automobile dealer in LeRoy and Stewartville.

They celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary in Minneapolis on 27 Jun 1952. They had lived in Minneapolis for nine years.

Birth:
probably also Bagn

Died:
as Theodore A Boen

Theodore married Sigrid DOKKEBAKKEN (SKAAREN) about 1901. Sigrid (daughter of Erik Eriksen DAHLEN and Ingeborg Arnesdatter DOKKEBAKKEN) was born on 27 Feb 1882 in Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 29 May 1964 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Mar 1882, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her maiden name was shown as Erickson, Dale, and Boen on her children’s birth certificates.

Called Lena or Tena in the 1920 census. Or, perhaps, it’s Sena.

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he was a retired farmer in Pleasant Valley Twp, Mower County.

From Joyce Halver and Janet Stephenson on Find A Grave:

An Old Settler Departed.

Arne T. Boen of Pleasant Valley was laid to rest in the Bear Creek cemetery on Sunday the 22 of the present month. The Bear Creek church was filled with relatives, friends and neighbors of the deceased. Rev. Jahren preached the funeral sermon.

Mr. Boen was born in Reinlid, Valders, Norway Oct. 24, 1833, came to America in the year of 1862 and to the Norwegian Bear Creek settlement the following year 1863. From his first arrival to his death he lived in the neighborhood and vicinity of Grand Meadow. In the year 1866 he married Miss Sigrid Omot and the couple became the parents of quite a large number children, all died in infancy or in early age, only two survive. These are Theodore who with his family resides on the father's old homestead and Mrs. Anna Jacobson who at present with her family resides in the township of Frankford in this county. The above named son and daughter are parents of a large number of young children who all surrounded the coffin of the departed grandfather.

The personal character of Arne T. Boen was that of a kind, loving and peaceable man. He had a good common school education in the Norwegian language and being born of a worthy father and mother in a home with a fair supply of literary treasure he became early a lover of books and in diligent reading acquired a fair amount of historic education and general information.

From the early organization of the Bear Creek Lutheran church he was a constant and consistent member, served often as Sunday School teacher and teacher in the settlements parochial school in the Norwegian Language.

For many years in his latter life he was afflicted with deafness and this malady deprived the friendly and social man from mingling in social affairs and church meetings. The fatal illness that ended his life was repeated strokes of paralysis.

Our friend Boen is no more with us in person but his friendly countenance, his genial character and many words of cheer will always remain in the memory of all who knew him.

Arnig married Sigri (Sarah) A about 1865. Sigri was born about 1839 in Norway; died on 19 Apr 1911 in Minnesota; was buried in Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she had had seven children, two still living. The five children who died before her: Julia (1868-ca 1869), Siri (1869-1870), Theodore (1872-1873), Siri Thonetta (1874-1876), and Sarah (1883-1899). The last four are buried at Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Jan 1852, Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

also called Erik Skaaren

Erik married Ingeborg Arnesdatter DOKKEBAKKEN on 21 Nov 1877 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Arne Gulbrandsen and Ragnhild Olsdatter) was born about 1856 in Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he was Erik Navessen, 67, føderaadsmand, living with his wife, children, and grandchildren on a Sørfladdahl farm in Bagn, Søndre Aurdal. The gaardbruker of the farm was Erik’s son, Narve, 41. Others of the senior Erik’s children living in the farm were Erik Erikssen, 14, and Tora Eriksdatter, 23.

Erik married Siri Arnesdatter KVÅLSHAGEN on 12 Jul 1825 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Siri (daughter of Arne Olson NAVRUD and Guri Halsteinsdatter FRAMGARDEN) was born in 1803 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1874 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he and Ragnhild and Ingeborg lived on Dokkebakken in Søndre Aurdal. He was a husmann med jord. Two laborers lived on the farm also.

Arne married Ragnhild Olsdatter. Ragnhild was born about 1808 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]