Gabriel Johann SWENNES

1870 - 1943  (73 years)

• Name	Gabriel Johann SWENNES
  Birth	Apr 1870	Barre Mills, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
  	place of birth from marriage records
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Aug 1943	Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin
  Burial	26 Aug 1943	Barre Mills, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
  Notes	Married Martha in a Lutheran ceremony witnessed by Marlin L. (or Martin S.) Swennes and Annie Bowe. Gabriel’s occupation is shown as “workman” and he’s 23 years old. In the La Crosse city directory, we learn that Gabriel worked for a lumber company. The La Crosse city directory for 1891 shows Gabriel as a laborer for the Sawyer & Austin Lumber Co. and living at 1437 Caledonia. The 1893 directory shows Gabriel Swennes living with John Swennes and Julius Swennes at 1336 Avon, still working for the Sawyer & Austin Lumber Company. The 1893 city directory shows Gabriel boarding at 1336 Avon and, later, probably after his marriage, at 1418 Berlin Street. In the 1895-96 city directory, Gabriel and Martha are living at 1418 Berlin. He is probably the Gabriel Swennes who went missing for two months (or longer) as described in an article in the La Cross newspaper dated December 18, 1917. A similar article in the Oshkosh Northwestern, December 21, 1917, edition: “Gabriel Swennes, aged 50, who has been missing from his home in La Crosse since early October, is believed to have been killed. A bundle of his clothing was found in his automobile in which he left the home of a friend in Bangor whom he had been visiting.” His obit says that he died at a Sparta hospital following a lingering illness. He was survived by one brother, Clellan, of La Crosse, and three sisters, Miss Mary of La Crosse and Miss Anna and Mrs. Julia Cain of Lake Forest, Illinois. No mention is made in his obit of his surviving son, Georgie. His obit said that Gabriel was 74 years old.
  Person ID	I162	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Ole SWENNES,   b. Abt 1836, Norway d. 23 May 1904, Barre Mills, La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Ingeborg Knudsen SALSAA,   b. 18 Jan 1836, Nord Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 12 Jan 1913, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F3520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha BOWE,   b. Dec 1871, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 25 Jun 1943, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 71 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