Torger Knutsen HOUGEN

Torger married Anna Olsdatter BERGE on 30 Nov 1857 in Wisconsin. Anna (daughter of Ola Gullikson BERGE and Anne Ivarsdatter TUNE) was born on 12 Feb 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Oct 1931 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Both of her parents were born in Norway. In the 1900 and 1910 censuses she had had only the two children.

Birth:
“of Valders”

Died:
Date from on-line burial records for Oak Hill Cemetery.

Marian married Helge (Harry E) THOMPSON on 27 Jun 1888. Helge (son of Tollef Oleson ELLINGBÖ and Marit Jøgersdatter QUAM) was born on 1 Feb 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Dec 1942 in Wisconsin; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Otis MARKEN. Otis was born about 1871 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Oscar registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Kaukauna. He was single and was a salesman for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in central Wisconsin. Oscar was described as tall and of medium build with blue eyes and brown hair. He had “defective eyes.”

In the 1920 census, he is probably the Oscar T Thompson living with his wife Veneta in Milwaukee. Although that Oscar’s father was said to be born in Wisconsin and his mother in Norway, the census-taker most likely got things turned around because the Milwaukee Oscar’s occupation, salesman of rubber goods, is the same as our Oscar had in the 1917 draft registration.

In the 1930 census, Oscar is back in Neenah. (He is indexed as Oren T Thompson with wife Weneta.) Oscar is now doing well. He is a staff superintendent in a paper mill, lives in a house that he owns and that is worth $8000 (338 East Columbia Avenue), and employs a 26 year-old live-in servant named Hazel Belling. Veneta’s mother, Mae Beck, a 62 year-old widow, also lives with them. Oscar was not a veteran.

In the 1940 census, he and Veneta and Dorothy live in Neenah. Oscar is staff superintendent at a paper mill. They live in the same house, 338 East Columbia Avenue, in which they all lived five years earlier. Included in their household is Una Beck, a 40 year-old divorcee who had lived in Milwaukee in 1935. She is called “sister-in-law” and is an unemployed public school teacher. Oscar is a college graduate, Veneta and Una have two years of college.

In his World War II draft registration, he was employed by Kimberly Clark of Neenah.

Birth:
South Kaukauna

Died:
Date from Oak Hill Cemetery on-line burial records.

Buried:
N EA 000 0 64 0 002

Oscar married Veneta A BECK about 1920. Veneta (daughter of Charles BECK and Mary M) was born on 19 Oct 1893 in Marathon County, Wisconsin; died on 12 Jul 1982 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School teacher

Notes:

In the 1936 Kaukauna city directory, as A Marcella Thompson, she resides with her parents at 114 W 9th. She is a librarian.

In the 1940 census, she lives with her parents at 114 West 9th Street in Kaukauna. She is a high school teacher.

Died:
Date in Oak Hill Cemetery on-line burial records is 8 May.

Buried:
N EA 000 0 64 0 005

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he was unmarried and living with his parents.

Arthur married Bernice Marie HANSEN on 20 Nov 1941 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Bernice was born on 13 Apr 1911 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 18 Oct 2001 in Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dorothy T Arrison, b. 27 Jun 1925 lived at 18 Pilgrim Road in Darien, Connecticut in 1993 with, apparently, her husband Robert A Arrison Jr., b. 14 Jun 1925.

Dorothy T Arrison died 10 Jan 2011, last residence Darien.

Memorial for Dorothy Thompson Arrison Born in Neenah, WI on Jun. 27, 1925 Departed on Jan. 10, 2011 and resided in Darien, CT. Service: Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 1:00 pm Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions.

Dorothy Thompson Arrison, 85, of Darien passed away quietly Monday evening, January 10, 2011 after a long and courageous battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, at the Rosenthal Hospice Residence in Stamford, surrounded by loving family members. Born June 27, 1925 in Neenah, Wisconsin, "Dottie" was the only child of Veneta Beck Thompson and Oscar Theodore Thompson. During World War II she attended Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin. After the war she transferred to Wellesley College, graduating in 1947 as a Wellesley Scholar and a member of the Zeta Alpha Society with a major in zoology and a minor in art. She met her beloved husband Bob during her senior year in college and they married in 1949. The family moved to Darien in 1970. She will be well-remembered for her great generosity, gracious spirit, and nurturing heart. In addition to being a wonderful mother, she was consistently involved in church and volunteer activities. She was a member of the Noroton Presbyterian Church, where she served as a deacon, an elder, and a Stephen Minister. Her volunteer activities included work with the Junior League, the Darien Community Association, and Person-to-Person, for which she served as a board member. She was also actively involved with the Noroton Yacht Club, the Country Club of Darien, Wee Burn Country Club, and with an informal women's group, the Go Girls. She enjoyed sailing, locally and on the Maine coast, playing bridge, playing tennis, drawing and painting, and solving crosswords and cryptograms. She is survived by four children, Robert Thompson "Tom" Arrison of Providence, Rhode Island, John Gilmour Arrison of Belfast, Maine, Janet Arrison Spedden, and James Alexander Arrison; four son- and daughters-in-law; six grandchildren; two brothers-in-law; and six nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband of fifty-five years, Robert Alexander Arrison, Jr. and by an infant daughter, Jane Arrison. A memorial service will be held at Noroton Presbyterian Church, 2011 Post Road, Darien on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to Noroton Presbyterian Church, P. O. Box 3401, Darien, CT 06820; or to the Bennett Cancer Center, Stamford Hospital Foundation, 1351 Washington Blvd, Suite 202, Stamford, CT 06902. Edward Lawrence Funeral Home of Darien is handling the arrangements.

Buried:
cremains

Dorothy married Robert A ARRISON, Jr in 1949. Robert was born on 14 Jun 1925; died on 18 Sep 2004; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]