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8351

He is living with his father and brother in the 1920 census. He may have later been “adopted-out.” He was Richard L Johnson when he married Harriette. In the Wisconsin State Journal’s article on Harriette’s impending wedding, Richard is referred to as Richard Engel Johnson of Madison. One of the witnesses to his marriage was Bertrand E Engel. (The other witness was Esther Borstad.)

In the 1930 census, he is shown as the adopted son of Gehard Johnson, 44, and his wife Martha, also 44. The family lives in Madison. Gehard is a service man at a machine shop. Martha Johnson is a sister of Richard’s mother, Emma. She died in 1936. Gehard, whose parents were born in Norway, lived until 1969.

In the 1940 census, as Richard L Johnson, he and his new wife live in Madison. He has had 2 years of college, she is a high school graduate. In 1935, he had lived in Madison and she had lived in rural Jackson County, Wisconsin. Richard was employed as a butcher at a meat packing plant. Harriette was a beautician at a beauty shop.

They are still in Madison in the 1950 census, now with an 8 year-old daughter. He is a meat cutter at a meat packing plant, she is still a beautician at a beauty shop.

His obit called him Richard L Johnson, an employee of Oscar Mayer for over 30 years. He had lived in Madison all of his life. He was a member of Bethel Lutheran church, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union. Richard’s father, who survived him, was Gehard Johnson of Madison. Richard had a half-sister, Mrs. Arthur F. Swenson of Madison.

Not mentioned in the obit of his half-sister.

JOHNSON, Richard Louis (I8693)

8352

He is living with his mother and older sister in Minneapolis in the 1920 census. He is a mail messenger for the postal service.

In the 1930 census, he is living in Chicago with his family and his mother-in-law, Maud Brown. Joseph is an engineer in road construction.

In the 1940 census, he and his family live in Chicago. Joseph is a paving contractor.

PALMER, Joseph Henry (I16127)

8353

He is mentioned as Hugh Pratt (no wife’s name listed), surviving stepson of Mildred Giddings, in Mildred’s obit.

An article in the Binghamton (N.Y.) Press, dated April 22, 1946, announced:

Oneonta - Mr. and Mrs. William W. Watkins of 46 Elm Street have announced the engagement of their daughter, Kate Louise Watkins, to Hugh McLean Pratt, son of Hazen C. Pratt of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. Jean McLean Pratt of Rochester.

Miss Watkins, whose father is superintendent of the City Water Department, is a student at the University of Rochester. She attended Oneonta High School and Northfield School for Girls.

Mr. Pratt is a graduate of Avon School in Connecticut, and formerly was enrolled in the Navy’s V-12 program. He also is attending the University of Rochester where he will enter the College of Medicine in the fall.

(”Avon School” probably refers to Avon Old Farms School, a private boys’ high school in Avon, Connecticut.)

His obit, which does not mention his half-siblings:

Hugh McLean Pratt, 87, died July 1, 2013, while visiting his daughter and her family in New Hampshire.

He was born in Rochester, N.Y., on May 28, 1926, to Jean and Hazen Pratt. He graduated from the University of Rochester Medical School in 1950 and went on to receive further training in internal medicine. From 1952-1955 he served in the Navy as a flight surgeon. In 1955, Hugh and his wife, Kit, moved to North Canton, Ohio. From 1960 until 1997 Hugh practiced internal medicine at the North Canton Medical Foundation where he was beloved by his patients. From 1997 to 2001 he was a part-time Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Mercy Hospital in Canton.

Hugh is remembered by his patients for his care and great kindness and by his family for his love of nature, birding, and photography. He was active in the development of the Wilderness Center in Wilmot and served as treasurer for Meals on Wheels in North Canton for many years. At the time of his death Hugh was very actively involved in the Copeland Oaks and Sebring Presbyterian Church communities.

Hugh's wife of 58 years, Kit, died in 2005. He is survived by his daughters, Kate Wonacott of Albuquerque, N.M., Margaret Hagen and her husband, Karl, of Lyndeborough, N.H.; four grandchildren, Brian Stoneburner, Jean Lydon, Zachary Hagen and Kyle Hagen; four great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Stoneburner, Andrew Stoneburner, Katie Lydon and Zoe Lydon; a sister, Betty Stewart; and a brother, William Pratt and his wife, Dana. Hugh was predeceased by his son, Hugh McLean Pratt, Jr., and by his daughter, Charlotte P. Stoneburner.

A memorial service to celebrate Hugh's life will be held on Monday, July 22 at 2 p.m. in Sebring, Ohio at the Copeland Oaks Retirement Community (Beeghly Building Chapel). In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to North Canton Meals on Wheels, 7707 Market Avenue, North Canton, Ohio.

PRATT, Hugh McLean (I14483)

8354

He is mentioned on p. 429, Vang B.

LIEN, Trond Johannesson (I25625)

8355

He is named in the church book birth record as the father of Ove O Ellingboe (#3231). However, that is quite unlikely due to the lack of corresponding matches in modern DNA testing results.

Ove Vilhelmson later married and moved his family to America in 1849.

The 1849 date is confirmed by the Digitalarkivet: Migrants from Valdres 1816-67 database. The 30 year-old Ove Vilhelmsen of Bagethun farm in Vang, Valdres, left for America in April of 1849. The notes for the entry say “Amerika - Tilladelse Ifølge Resl Af 6 Febr D. A.” Accompanying him were his wife, Anne Andersdatter, 27, and their two daughters, Anne Ovesdatter, 5, and Berith Ovesdatter, 1 and 1 months. In the church book’s emigration record, Ove and Anne and family left Vang on April 4, 1849.

Probably he is the “Oval Williamson” farming in Muskego, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, in the 1850 census (September 18th). The farm is worth $600. The family consists of Oval Williamson, 43, his wife Ann, 30, and their daughters Ann, 6, and Betsey, 3. They were all born in Norway and the girls had not begun school yet.

In the 1860 census (July 3rd), the family had moved to the town of Scandinavia in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. The family consisted of Over Williamsen, 40, Ann, 40, Ann, 16, Betsey, 12, William, 10, Andrew, 7, Dena, 5, Boga, 2, and Over, 1. The census form notes that the four oldest children attended school and that the children from William on were born in this country. The value of the family’s real estate was $1000 and the value of their personal property was $300.

In the 1870 census (August 9th), the family was still living in Scandinavia, Waupaca County. The family consisted of Ova Williamson, 51, Anna, 50, Anna, 24, Andrew, 17, daughter Dina, 14, son Boie, 12, Edward, 10, and Antone, 8. The real estate is worth $1400 and the family’s personal property is worth $550. Couldn’t find William in the 1870 census.

In the 1880 census (June 21st), the family is still in Scandinavia Township. The household consists of Ove Wilhelmson, 61, Anne, 50, Dinah, 24, and G. Anton, 17. Dinah is noted as being disabled by “female complaints.”

In the 1895 state census (June 20th) the O. Williams household had 4 people: 3 males and one female; 1 foreign born in Scandinavia, 3 born in the U.S. This suggests that his wife wasn’t in the household.

The 1895 biography of his son Buck says this about Ove:

Ove Williamson, was born in Norway, January 20, 1819, was educated in the schools of his native land, and the days of his boyhood and youth were passed upon the farm. His marriage to Miss Annie Kjos took place in Norway in 1844, and five years later, in 1849, he crossed the Atlantic in a sailing vessel to the New World, where he hoped to secure a home and competence. He first located in Muskegon, where he worked as common laborer some three years, coming thence to Waupaca county in 1853. He was one of the first settlers, and is now the second oldest living resident in Scandinavia township. The hardships and trials of pioneer life are familiar to him, and the history of that county is known to him from the days when it was almost unbroken wilderness, inhabited mostly by Indians. He has borne an important part in the work of development, transforming the land from its uncultivated condition into rich and valuable farms. Here he purchased 160 acres of wild land, on which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made, and successfully continued its cultivation until 1884, when enfeebled health caused him to lay aside business cares, and he is now living a retired life. He worked for many years on the river, rafting logs, and his career has been that of an industrious and energetic man, bringing to him a well-merited competence. He is a stanch Republican in politics and has served in several local offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He filled the office of assessor for twelve years and has also been township treasurer. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church, Mrs. Williamson, who was born in Norway September 29, 1820, is also yet living. Their children were: Annie, now the wife of August Larson, a resident of Wausau; William, who is living in La Crosse, Wis; Andrew, the efficient sheriff of Waupaca county; Berit, deceased; Denah; Boie, subject of this sketch, Edward Ove, of Waupaca; Anton G., a farmer of Scandinavia township; and Lewis B., deceased.

He died and was buried as O Williams.

The 1889 plat map of Scandinavia Twp, and the 1912 land ownership map shows a 120 acre parcel owned by “Ove Williamson.” The farm was probably being run by Anton and Dena in 1912. The parcel is defined as the eastern half of the northeast quarter of Section 18 and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 18. Today, this parcel is about three miles west of the village of Scandinavia and about 4 miles northeast of Amherst. The parcel is nearly bisected by County Road B and its western boundary is, in part, Gilman Road. The Tomorrow River State Trail (on the old Green Bay and Western railroad right-of-way) is just south of the parcel. The portion of the parcel north of County Road B is now forest. The current location of the farmhouse (on the south side of County Road B, about 750 feet east of Gilman Road) appears to be where it was in 1912.

The Wisconsin Land Patent Database shows three parcels for Ove in Section 18:

1) 40 acres in 23N, 11E, granted to Ove Wilhelmsen through the Stevens Point land office on 15 Dec 1855.
2) 40 acres in 23N, 11E, granted to Ove Wilhelmsen through the Stevens Point land office on 1 Sep 1856.
3) 40 acres in 23N, 11E, granted to Ove Williamson through the Wausau land office on 20 Mar 1875.

WILLIAMSON (BAGGETHUN), Ove Vilhjelmsson /WILLIAMS (I3252)

8356

He is Nils Eriksen Lien, I2229, in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Han fikk datteren Åste i 1825 før han giftet seg med Ingebjørg Helgesdt Igdun.

He is Nils Eriksen Septon in dwfrench1’s French Family Tree.

LIEN, Niels Ericksen (I24406)

8357

He is not in either of Jim’s databases.

The records for the Norway Lake Lutheran churches in Kandiyohi County have this entry for him: “Tosten E. Hollen, born in Balders. Come to Goodhue County, 1866. Married with Guri H. Hande, born in Balders. Came to Rice County 1869; to Norway Lake 1875. Married again with Rangdi Flaten, born in Balders. Came to Norway Lake, 1895.”

As Thorsten Evenson, he and his family were living in Lake Johanna, Kerkhoven Twp, in the 1885 state census.

He was Tosten Hollen in the 1895 state census. He was apparently a widower at that point. Living with him in Kerkhoven Twp were: Even, 19, Halvor, 18, Christofer, 16, Anna, 14, Ole, 11, and Berthine, 8.

Not living with the children by his first wife in the 1900 census.

Spelled Halen in the 1905 state census, Hollen in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census he is Tosten E. Hollen (indexed as Foston e Hollen), 64, divorced, living in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County. Living with him are his children Even T., 33, Berthine, 23, and Ruby T., 12. Tosten came to the U.S. in 1866. His brother, C E Hollen and family, lives next door.

In the 1930 census, he was a widower living with his son Ole, and Ole’s recent wife, in Kerkhoven Twp. Living next door was Tosten’s (apparent) brother, Even Hollen, and his wife Minda (born Minda Ovidia Solberg) and son.

Died as Tosten E. Hallen.

HOLLEN, Thosten Evenson (I12837)

8358

He is not in either of Jim’s trees.

BEITO, Knud Gulliksen (I23631)

8359

He is not in the Vang census of 1865.

In the 1900 census, he and Martha and their three children live in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Nels came to the U.S. in 1865 and his wife in 1879.

Some family trees on Ancestry call him Nels Anderson Torstad.

ANDERSON, Nils (I32132)

8360

He is not listed in the 1865 census and there is a later son with the same name who is. Thus, it is likely that this Lars died before 1861.

EIKUM, Lars Monsen (I14048)