Susanna Clausdatter (Susan) BOWE

1860 - 1943  (82 years)

• Name	Susanna Clausdatter (Susan) BOWE
  Birth	18 Dec 1860	Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  	Fedt subparish
  Christening	30 Dec 1860	Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  	Fedt
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	30 Dec 1860	Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  	in Fedt
  Vernon County Death Index	V20, P472 As Susan Ekum
  Death	9 Aug 1943	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Burial	12 Aug 1943	Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	Rev. D.T. Borgen, of Immanueal Church, conducted funeral
  Notes	Shown as illegitimate in her baptism record. The first daughter yet not named after her paternal grandmother because of the rule to name first children after dead spouses. Thus, she was named after Claus’s first wife. Sponsors for her baptism were: Torbjørn Andersen Kleiven, Anders Andersen Mareim, Marthe Pedersdatter Kleiven, Sophie Pedersdatter Kleiven, Anna Pedersdatter Heidshammer. Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as Susanna Clausdatter, born in 1860 in Hafslo. Was 4 feet, 10 inches tall but "a great woman, always jolly," according to Cora. Lived in California for awhile with her five (?) children. Susan’s obit says that she spent 11 years in California but this doesn’t seem possible because she is shown to be in Franklin Township in the 1900 and 1910 censuses. Census-taker Torge Berge visited the Claus Bowe farm on June 13, 1900. The family consisted of Claus, 67 (born in June 1833), Carrie, 66 (born in Sept 1833), Sever, 34 (born May 1866), Louisa, 22 (born April 1878), Nils, step-son, widower, 46 (born Sep 1853), Andrew, adopted son, 37 (born Sep 1862), Susanna Monson, married, 39 (born December 1860), Martin, 10 (born March 1890), Clara, 7 (born May 1893), and Rhody, 4 (born May 1896). Louisa and Susan’s kids are shown as born in Wisconsin, everyone else was born in Norway. Claus, Carrie, Sever, Nils, Andrew, and Susanna emigrated in 1867. Carrie is shown as having borne 10 children, 7 still living. Susanna is shown as having borne 8 children, 5 still living. Susan’s husband Thomas “Munston”, along with their son Albert and daughter Caroline (“Carrie”), are in Butte Township, Siskiyou County, California at the time (June 12) of the 1900 census. Thomas doesn’t have an occupation shown but Albert is already working in a box factory and Carrie is in school. In the 1910 census, Susan and her family are back in Vernon County in Kickapoo Township. Albert Munson is the head of family (so he hadn’t changed his name to Ekum yet). Albert is 27, Susana is 47 and widowed, Martin is 20, Clara is 16, and Rhoda is 14. They own their farm but it is mortgaged. Martin is shown as a laborer, “working out.” Susana is shown has having emigrated in 1866. There are no entries for the number of children Susan has had. In the 1915 Vernon County plat book, the family is in Kickapoo Twp, just over the line from Franklin Twp, on the road to Readstown. Albert Ekum is shown as the owner of 77.34 acres (85 in the Farmers’ Directory). Martin Ekum is shown as owning 80 acres in the Farmers’ Directory but he is not shown on the plat map so it probably means that he and Albert jointly own the same 80. Census-taker Douglas Nelson visited the Anderson/Nundahl/Ekum farms (they were contiguous, apparently, which is consistent with Cora’s memory) on January 11, 1920, and found: Martin Ekum, 29, owner of mortgaged property, farmer in general farming, an employer. Susan, mother, 51, [59? 61?] widow, immigrated in 1870, naturalized but no date shown. Rhoda, sister, 24, single, born in Wisconsin, no occupation. In the 1930 census, Susan and Rhoda and Martin lived at 165 West Maple in Viroqua in a house that Martin owned. In the 1940 census (indexed as Ekrem), Susan and Rhoda and Martin live at 165 West Maple Street. Susan is shown as the owner of the house, worth $400. She had a sixth grade education. “Susan Ekum” on her death record in Vernon County.
  Person ID	I158	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Claus Sjursen BØE (BOWE),   b. 1 Jun 1833, Vangen, Voss, Hordaland, Norway d. 2 Mar 1913, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Kari Andersdatter MAREIM,   b. 27 Sep 1833, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 31 Oct 1908, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	27 Mar 1861	Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Monsen EIKUM (MUNSON),   b. 4 Sep 1850, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 24 Nov 1905, Siskiyou County, California (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	8 Mar 1880	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	“Thomas Munson, Susan Bowe” Vol 2, p. 439. Wisconsin Marriages on FS says 28 March.
  Children	1. Bertha MUNSON,   b. 1880, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 1880, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 0 years)   2. Albert M EKUM,   b. 26 Nov 1882, Liberty Pole, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 4 Mar 1952, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 69 years)   3. Caroline MUNSON,   b. Apr 1885, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 19 Feb 1945, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 59 years)   4. Carl MUNSON,   b. 7 Aug 1887, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. Aug 1887, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 0 years)   5. Martin EKUM,   b. 6 Mar 1890, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 3 Mar 1978, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 87 years)   6. Clara MUNSON,   b. May 1893, Wisconsin d. 1 Jul 1952, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (Age 59 years)   7. Rhoda EKUM,   b. 3 May 1896, Liberty Pole, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 8 Sep 1940, La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Age 44 years)   8. Theresa M MUNSON,   b. 1902, California d. 14 Mar 1906, Siskiyou County, California (Age 4 years)
  Photos		Old Ekum farm Identified by one of the Ekums as a house near Readstown. No one is recognizable.
  		The Munsons Probably taken in 1889 or else baby Martin would have been in the picture. Albert is about 7, Caroline about 3, Susan about 29, and Tom about 40.
  Family ID	F115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2015

  
  

• Photos

  Susan Bowe Monson