Christen Madsen Bøe: Born 1809
at the farm Bøe Nordre(C) in Gjerpen,
Norway. His parents were Mads Christensen
Bøe and Kari Gundersdatter. His father
died in 1832 back in Norway, so
he and his wife emigrated with the rest
of his family in 1847.
He married Oct 5, 1832 to Inger Engebregtsdatter
from Fossum. He father Engebregt was working at the Fossum Ironworks
as
a laborer at the mines, so they probably lived on a small place under the
Fossum estate.
Christen and Inger had 4 children born in Norway:
They then lived on
Børønningen(D) under Bø in Gjerpen, Norway.
1. Anne Maria, born August 12, 1833. She married June 19, 1852 at the Sugar
Creek Church to Thomas Thompson, born about 1828 in Sauherad parish in Norway.
In
Flom's book of 1909, it is mentioned that the couple lived on the Thompson
homestead until Thomas's death in 1869 and Mary's in 1871.
An 1860 flat
map locates the Thompson farm in section 34, west of what is now Whitewater
Lake and the Madson farm in section 35. They had six children:
1. Hans T. (b. Oct 1853).
2. Josephine Maria (b. in 1855).
3. Karen Kirstine (b. Aug 9, 1857).
4. Christian Andreas (b. June 29, 1860).
5. Anne Elisabeth (b.
April 29, 1865), 6. Thomas (b. and d. 1869).
Mads Christensen Bøe & Kirsten Pedersdatter Gromstul.
Back Row: From left: Sophie, Martin, ?, Peter, Anna, Jim.
Front row: Isac, Clara, Mads, Clara, Kirsten, Christen.
2. Mads, born 1835 (bapt May 31). He married at the
Sugar Creek Church on June 7, 1860 to Kirsten Pedersdatter.
They moved in
with his parents and had during the next 19 years eleven children.:
1. Christen
Mason (*) (b. June 7, 1861),
2. Peter Mason (b. Sept 28, 1862).
3. Martin
Mason (b. Sept 29, 1863).
4. Sophie Mason (b. Dec 29, 1864).
5. Caroline Elsie Mason (b. Mar 28, 1866).
6. George Mason (b. Apr 14, 1868 - d. April 12. 1880).
7. Inga Marie Mason (b. Mar 18, 1870).
8. Isack Mason (b. May 21, 1872).
9. Anna Mason (b. Jan 14, 1874).
10. James Mason (b. May 24, 1876).
11. Clara Mason (b. Feb 28, 1879).
3. Engebregt, born May 26, 1839. He married Maren Anne Gulliksdatter at
the Heart Prairie Church on December 20, 1866.
She was the daughter of Gullik
Halvorsen and Dorthe Madsdatter Moe and born January 6, 1847 in Walworth
Co. Engebregt and Maren had 6 children:
1. Ida Mason (b. Sept 24, 1867).
2. Della Mason (b. Febr 6, 1870).
3. George Mason (b. Nov 4, 1874).
4. Gina Mason (b. July 13, 1878).
5. Emma Mason (b. Febr 23, 1881).
6. Ira Holbert
Mason (b. May 31, 1887).
Engebregt died on July 10, 1910 and Maren Ann died
on October 12, 1934. They are both buried at the Heart Prairie Church.
The Engebret Christensen Mason family.
Back row: Gina, Ira, Emma, Della.
Front row: Maren Anne Gulliksdatter, Engebret and Ida.
4. Karen, born June 3, 1844. She married Harvey Arveson at Elkhorn, Wisconsin
in 1871.
Karen died on jan 4, 1905 and Harvey died in 1925.
Christen Madsen died in 1866 at Whitewater township and buried in the Heart Prairie
Church cemetery together with his wife, who died Oct 26, 1885.
See also his brother
Peder Madson.
(*) They now called themselves "Mason" instead of "Madsen".