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Nils Sjurson EIKUM

Male 1816 - 1890  (74 years)


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  • Name Nils Sjurson EIKUM 
    Birth 23 May 1816  Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Oct 1890  Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • “frå Svåi i Dversdalen under Nes i Luster”

      The bygdebok has him and Ragnhild, with, presumably, Tom, living on Bakken in Eikum Indre, plass under bnr. 1. In the 1865 census, Niels Sjurssen, 50, and Ragnilde Botolfsdatter, 48, were the only two people living on the Eikum indre Bakken farm in Hafslo. Both were born in Luster. Niels was a husmand with land.

      From the Sogn og Fjordane emigration records, we learn that four people from the Eikjum indre farm in Haflso moved out of Haflso, destination Amerika, on April 4, 1867. Those four were Nils Sjurssen, b. 1819; his wife Ragnhilde Botolphsdatter, b. 1819; Thomas Monssen, b. 1850; and Anne Monsdatter, b. 1844. (The date for the Bowes is April 9th.) Also leaving on April 4th were Andrea Johannesdatter Vadvig, age 19.

      A Niels Sjursen Ekum, age 50, of Hafslo, and a Ragnhilde Ekum, age 48, also of Hafslo were on the boat “Claus Heftye” that sailed from Bergen on April 23, 1867, and arrived in Quebec on May 28, 1867. Thomas Monsen Eikum, age 17, of Lyster, was also on that boat. In the 1865 census, Niels Sjurssen, 50, husmand med jord, and Ragnilde Botolfsdatter, 48, were the only two people on Eikum indre bakken.

      In the 1880 census, as Nils S Ekum, he and Ragnhild lived in Franklin Twp with the status of “life house.”

      Supposedly also used the surname Bolstad.
    Person ID I21994  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2015 

    Family Ragnild Bottolfsdotter,   b. 23 Nov 1817, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1880, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 31 Oct 1848  Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Monsen EIKUM (MUNSON),   b. 4 Sep 1850, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1905, Siskiyou County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F15854  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2015