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Mons Schanche Monsen EKUM

Male 1846 - 1928  (81 years)


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  • Name Mons Schanche Monsen EKUM 
    Birth 22 Dec 1846  Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • birthdate per confirmation record
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 27 Dec 1846  Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Confirmation 15 Jun 1862  Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1928  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • He was shown in the 1865 census as 19 year-old unmarried Mons Monssen living on the Eikum indre farm in Hafslo with 60 year-old Mons Monssen and his wife, 39 year-old Kari Larsdatter.

      He may be the Mons Ekum, operator of grocery store and saloon in Soldiers Grove, who is listed in “A Few Good Men of Crawford County.” That Mons Ekum came to the U.S. in 1873.

      Settled in the Cornell, Wisconsin, area. Living in Colburn, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, in the 1920 census, just down the road from Albert Mercier (#8007).

      Living as Mons Ekum in the town of Clayton, Crawford County, at the time of the 1880 census. He was a farmer, age 32, his wife Martha was 25, and his sons were Martin C., 3, and Lawrence, 1.

      Still living in the town of Clayton in the 1900 census. The family consisted of Mons, 53, Martha, 46, Martin C., 23, Lawrence, 21, Mabel B., 19, Stina, 17, Grace, 14, Carie, 12, and Tressa M., 9. Martha had borne 8 children, only these 7 still living.

      In the 1905 Wisconsin state census, the family lives in Colburn Twp, Chippewa County. Mons is a farmer.

      According to an index published on the internet for the book "The First 100 Years - A History of Soldiers Grove" by W. M. Ward, Published June 1964, a Mons Ekum reference is on p. 45.

      From a message board on Rootsweb in 2004:

      I've been tracking the Mons and Martha Ekum family of Cornell, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. They had several daughters - Mabel, born in 1880; Stina, born in 1883; Grace born in 1886; Carrie in 1888. In a check of the name Ekum, two death notices popped up in Minnesota. Carol Jean Perry, Mower county, died in 1990, mother's maiden name was Ekum and Wilber George Hendrickson, Hennepin county, died in 1996, mother's maiden name Ekum. Would anyone have a way of finding out who the parents were of Carol and Wilber -- am I looking at daughters of Mons and Martha? Thanks!!!

      With the reply from someone in Norway:

      I read with great interest that you have been tracking the Ekum family of Chippewa Co., WI. Then you may be aware of the fact that Mons Schanke Monsson Ekum (1846-1928) was a native of Hafslo parish in Luster Co., Norway. He emigrated in 1871 and married Martha Johnson (1854-1920) of Vernon Co., WI, a daughter of former goldminer Christopher Nitter Johnson, also known as "California-Johnson" (1826-1875), who had emigrated from Luster Co., Norway in 1847.

      As far as Mons and Martha Ekum's daughters are concerned, only Stena (1883) appears to have left children. She married Peter Helgeson of Eau Claire, WI, and they had three daughters, Myrtle, Olga and Hazel.

      Off hand, I don't know the background of Carol Jean Perry, but Wilber George Hendrickson appears to be a son of George Hendrickson and his wife Caroline Ekum. They lived in Minneapolis, MN. Caroline was born in 1885, and her father was Thomas Monsson Ekum (1850-1905) of Vernon Co., WI and of Siskiyou Co., CA. a halfbrother of Mons Schanke Ekum!
    Person ID I838  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2022 

    Father Mons Schanke Monson EIKUM,   b. 18 Jul 1806, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1879, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Brithe Olsdatter LIE,   b. 20 May 1820   d. 20 Aug 1849, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 7 Nov 1837  Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Marie Andersdatter EIKUM 
    Children 
     1. Marie Monsdatter,   b. 1 Apr 1872, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F10464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2008 

    Family 2 Martha JOHNSON,   b. Dec 1854, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1920, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1876 
    Children 
     1. Christopher Martin EKUM,   b. 28 Oct 1876, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1968 (Age 91 years)
     2. Lawrence M EKUM,   b. 7 Sep 1878, Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1937, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     3. Mabel B EKUM,   b. 21 Nov 1880, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Stina EKUM,   b. Feb 1883, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Grace M EKUM,   b. Jun 1885, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Carrie EKUM,   b. Jan 1888, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Theresa M EKUM,   b. 7 Feb 1891, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1996, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 105 years)
     8. EKUM   d. Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2010