BIOGRAPHIES: Christian AMUNDSON, Hale Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Christian Amundson was born in Norway May 25, 1862, and has lived in Hale 
Township since 1869, when he was brought here from Norway by his parents, 
Amund and Thea (Halvorson) Amundson.  He was reared on the Lars Eide farm, 
and in 1889 purchased a farm of 160 acres located in sections 4, 8 and 9.  
Later he purchased 40 more, making 200 acres, to which he has since devoted 
his attention.  His present home, a frame structure of ten rooms, with two 
stories and a basement, was erected in 1900, while in 1915 the barn was 
rebuilt, 50 by 60 feet, with cement floors, and a frame silo 26 by 44 feet.  
The herd on the farm consists of grade Holstein cattle.  Mr. Amundson was 
married May 30, 1885, to Caroline Eide, who was born in Norway, April 28, 
1866, daughter of John and Ellen (Gurilokken) Eide, and this union has been 
blessed with twelve children.  Almer married Clara Fransen, a farmer of Hale 
Township.  They have two children: Frederick and Luella.  Thea married Ellert 
Kleven, a farmer of Unity Township; one child Evelyn was born.  Louise married 
Ole Gullicksrud, a clerk in the store of Robbe & Myhre, at Strum; one child 
Leonard was born.  Joseph married Myrtle Bradison and farms in Saskatchewan, 
Canada; they have one son.  Clara died at the age of 12 years; Hannah, who 
was a teacher, is now Mrs. H. George Peterson of Wyoming; William, Tillie, 
Ludwig, Martin, Leona and Viola are at home.

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917", page 459