Edwin J HELGERSON

Edwin married Mabel BENNINGTON on 5 Sep 1949 in La Crescent, Houston County, Minnesota. Mabel was born on 16 Sep 1920 in Minnesota; died on 27 Oct 2011 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He moved to Gays Mills in 1933 for employment at the Kickapoo Development Corp. He moved to La Crosse in 1944 for employment at Segelke-Kohlhaus.

Edwin married Ingeborg A SIME on 12 Mar 1912. Ingeborg (daughter of Tosten T SIME and Anna Berthea UPHOME) was born on 11 May 1890 in Crawford County, Wisconsin; died on 6 Jun 1987 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin; was buried in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and her husband lived in La Crosse at the time of her brother Adolph’s death in 1982.

Died:
St. Francis nursing home

Knute married Mary Clara GUSTESON. Mary was born in Aug 1867 in Wisconsin; died on 14 Jan 1946 in Crawford County, Wisconsin; was buried in Mount Sterling Lutheran Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Crawford County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Mary Anderson.

Notes:

He celebrated his 94th birthday on 20 Feb 1949 with a party hosted by his daughter, Mrs. Marie Helgerson, with whom he was living. He came to the U.S. at the age of 18 months and his family settled in Dane County. The family moved to Crawford County in 1861. At the time of his birthday party, he was the oldest resident of Gays Mills and the 2nd oldest in Crawford County. He died a month later.

Birth:
“Indressogen, Bergenstift”

Died:
Find A Grave says that he died in Richland Center

Tosten married Anna Berthea UPHOME in 1886. Anna (daughter of Hermund Erikson UPHOME and Ingeborg Pedersdatter SONNESONNE) was born on 2 Dec 1854 in Dane County, Wisconsin; died on 15 Dec 1942 in Crawford County, Wisconsin; was buried in Utica Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Crawford County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She seems to be the only one of her siblings to have children.

Died:
Gays Mills

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Apr 1816, Opheim, Jordanger, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Not mentioned in the bygdebok.

In the 1860 census (mis-indexed as Upholine), he and his family live in Utica Twp, Crawford County.

In the 1870 census (as Upholm), he and his family live in Utica Twp, Crawford County. The household consists of Herman, 54, Isabel, 52, Erick, 24, Peter, 21, Christopher, 18, Anna, 15, Herman, 13, Bertha, 10, and Isabel, 5,

In the 1900 census, as Herman Uphome, he and his family (Ingeborg, Erik, Herman, Bertha, and Marie) farmed in Utica Twp, Crawford County, Wisconsin. He and his wife and family had come to the U.S. in 1854.

Hermund married Ingeborg Pedersdatter SONNESONNE on 17 Jun 1845 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Ingeborg was born on 20 Sep 1818 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 25 Sep 1900 in Wisconsin; was buried in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some incorrect sources say her patronym is Svensdatter.

Called Inga Pedersdatter in the birth record for her son Erik. Called Isabel in the 1870 census.

In the 1900 census, she is shown as having had 8 children, 6 of whom are still alive.