Nils Sjurson EIKUM

1816 - 1890  (74 years)

• Name	Nils Sjurson EIKUM
  Birth	23 May 1816	Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Oct 1890	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  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 d. 10 Oct 1880, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1848	Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  Children	1. Thomas Monsen EIKUM (MUNSON),   b. 4 Sep 1850, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 24 Nov 1905, Siskiyou County, California (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F15854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2015