CHRISTEN MADSEN BØE

Utreist med/ Emigrated on: bark JUPITER to Boston via Le Havre. Arrived at Boston Aug 9, 1847.

Utreist til/ Emigrated to: Manitowoc County, Wisconsin - 1847.


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 and family
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".


1997 - Skien Genealogical page - by Jan Christensen.