Martha BOWE

1871 - 1943  (71 years)

• Photos » Slide Show		Martha's sitting room, about 1913, in Minneapolis Charles Hendrickson is seated with Arthur in his lap and Martha behind him. The year is about 1913, a year before Cora came to live with the Hendicksons for three months. The original is a postcard from Martha to Cora but apparently mailed in an envelope because there is no stamp or address on the card. The note on the card, in pencil with somewhat childish writing, is addressed to Cora Anderson and says, "Dear Cora suppose you think I have forgotten you but I think of you often dear Cora I know I ought to write but I am so busy it seems I never get done hope you will come to see me next summer stay all summer Dear Cora write to me your Auntie Martha."
  		Martha and Anna Bowe The woman on the left is unknown. Martha is in the middle, Anna on the right. Odd personal decorations: perhaps it's the Fourth of July. This is probably from the mid to late 1880s. Cora's annotation on the back is "& friend Aunt Martha My Mother."
  		Martha Bowe Hendrickson

  
  

• Name	Martha BOWE
  Birth	Dec 1871	Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	27 December 1874 according to her death certificate.
  Gender	Female
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1943-MN-020813
  Death	25 Jun 1943	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Died 9:00 in evening according to Cora’s diary. Died at St. Mary’s hospital in Minneapolis.
  Burial	28 Jun 1943	Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Cora attended funeral according to diary. Section 28, Lot 141, Grave 12
  Notes	Beth’s research says Martha’s birthdate was December, 1870. Martha is shown in the 1891 La Crosse city directory as “Miss Martha Bowe, domestic.” It lists a succession of addresses. The one in print is “13th betw Main and King.” Two later addresses, entered by hand, are 303 N. 8th and 118 S. 11th. Martha is still listed as a domestic in the 1893 city directory, now at 812 Cass. Divorced her first husband, with whom Cora says she had a son, then married Hendrickson. Cora remembers the divorce as "a disgrace." Because she had nowhere else to go, Martha moved back home to the farm and Anna, Charly, and Cora moved out for a year. Cora remembers Martha as "a bossy woman, and her boy {Georgie} was wild and noisy." Nevertheless, Martha later moved to Minneapolis and was the means by which Cora ended up meeting and marrying Maurice. (See notes under Cora.) In the 1900 census, Martha and her first 1st husband lived in Barre, La Crosse County, in a house that they rented. Gabriel is shown as a farm laborer and had been unemployed for three of the previous 12 months. Martha is shown as having borne two children, one still living. Gabriel, Martha, and George are shown as having been born in Wisconsin; Gabriel’s and Martha’s parents were born in Norway. In the 1905 state census, the family is still in Barre, La Crosse County. Gabriel is 34 and a farm laborer, Martha is 32, and George is 7. They live on a farm that they are renting. Living with them is a 54 year-old boarder named Elisa Olson, who is married. At the time of the 1910 census (April 27th), Martha and her 2nd husband, Charles Hendrickson, were living at 2630 13th Ave. S. in Minneapolis in a house they owned. (This is the house that we have a picture of as “Aunt Martha’s house.”) The family consisted of Charles, 56, Martha, 40, Charles’s twin sons Carlson and Edgar O., 19, another of Charles’s sons whose name is illegible (may be Adolph), 17, Arthur C., 2, and step-son George Markson (or Markuson?), 12. George and Martha were born in Wisconsin, Charles in Norway, and everyone else in Minnesota. Charles’s occupation is blacksmith at some type (illegible) of shop. Edgar O. is a pipefitter at a hardware company. Carlson is a helper at a tile company. The illegible one is a laborer. Martha and Charles had been married three years. Martha is shown as having had three children, two living. Martha and her 2nd husband, Charles Hendrickson, were visited by the 1920 census enumerator in January, 1920, when the family lived at 4032 11th Avenue. They were still at that same location at the time of the 1930 census. The home was valued at $4500 and Charles and Martha owned it. They had a radio. The household consisted of Charles C., 77, his wife Martha, 57, their daughter Myrtle H. Carter, 20, their son-in-law Frank N. Carter, 23, and their grandson Frank N., 1-1/2. Charles is a stationary engineer at a knitting mill, Frank is a clerk at a railroad office. Neither man is a veteran. Martha is shown as first married at age 30. In the 1940 census, Martha was a widow living at 4032 11th Avenue S. with her son, her son’s three children, and a “lodger” named Anna Petrin. Death certificate 1943-MN-020813 was issued in Hennepin County for a “Martha Hendrickson” with a date of death of June 25, 1943. Martha’s obituary appeared in the Sunday, June 27th edition of the Minneapolis Tribune. It said that she died on Friday, June 25th, at her home at 4032 11th Avenue South. She was survived by Mrs. Frank N. Carter of Minneapolis, George M. of St. Cloud, Arthur C. of Minneapolis, 5 grandchildren, and 3 sisters. She was a member of Alfheim Lodge #43. Services were to be on Monday, June 28th, at 1 PM at the Enger Funeral Home with interment at Lakewood. Her daughter Myrtle was the informant for her mother’s death certificate. Martha died from colon cancer. Her residence at the time of her death was 4032 11th Avenue.
  Person ID	I168	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2012

  
  

  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 1	Gabriel Johann SWENNES,   b. Apr 1870, Barre Mills, La Crosse County, Wisconsin d. 23 Aug 1943, Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1893	La Crosse County, Wisconsin
  	Vol 4 , p. 396, LAC A 17823 (Martha) and 17785 (Gabriel)
  Divorce	1907	La Crosse County, Wisconsin
  	The case of Martha Swennes vs. Gabriel Swennes, probably their divorce, was listed in the January 5, 1907, edition of the La Crosse Tribune.
  Notes	The witnesses to the marriage were Annie Bowe and Martin Swennes.
  Children	1. Unknown SWENNES,   b. 8 Oct 1896, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin d. Unknown   2. George M HENDRICKSON,   b. 10 Feb 1898, Wisconsin d. 14 Apr 1956, St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Karsten Henrik (Charles) HENDRICKSON,   b. 22 May 1855, Stensoya (Stone Island), Rørvik, Østfold, Norway d. 6 Sep 1935, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1907	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	#01210339 as Charles Hendrickson and Matty Sevenes
  Children	1. Arthur Clarence HENDRICKSON,   b. 17 Jan 1908, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 8 Aug 1974, Onamia, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota (Age 66 years)   2. Myrtle Christine HENDRICKSON,   b. 20 Jul 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 3 Jul 2002, Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 91 years)
  Photos		Hendrickson outing, Summer, 1909 A Hendrickson gathering. If that's Arthur to the right of Martha then this picture was taken in the summer of 1909. The leaning guy second from the right in the back is George Hendrickson. The woman on George's right is Caroline Ekum. On one version of the picture, which had been addressed to Claus Bowe in Viroqua, Martha Bowe Hendrickson had written in the margin, "This is at Wildwood above St. Paul. We are by our shanty where we cooked our coffee."  In the message part of the card, Martha had written: "Dear father, suppose you know us here  the girl next to Carolina is her cousin Christine Eckum. Charlie is by Mrs. Anderson  I am with Mr. Anderson just for fun   from your daughter"  (Spelling and punctuation are as written.) Christine Ekum, if she's Caroline's cousin, is most likely one of Mons Ekum's daughters. She may be the woman known as "Stina" who later - perhaps shortly after this picture was taken - married Peter Helgeson of Chippewa County. Cora's copy is also a postcard addressed to Cora Anderson, Viroqua Wis., Route 3, box 22. The following simple handwriting, all in pencil, has this message: "Dear Cora I do not know if I owe you or not I have forgotten but please write me soon your Aunite Martha." The postcard was postmarked from Minneapolis at Bloomington Station on October 9th (no year) at 3:30 PM with a green one-cent stamp.
  		Hendricksons and Larsons Apparently taken about 1913 when Charles would have been 56, Clara Munson 20, Sever 47, Arthur 5, Martha 41, Myrtle 3, Ada 3, and Louise 36. This would have been taken a little more than a year before Cora came to live with Martha and family for 3 months in late 1914. The backdrop appears to be of Minnehaha Falls so the picture was probably taken in Minneapolis.
  Family ID	F118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 May 2010