Iver (Christensen) Lerum (1837 - 1911)

Born 8 Dec 1837 in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Husband of Maria (Andersdatter) Lerum — married 10 May 1868 in Modena, Buffalo, Wisconsin, USA

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1911 at age 73 in Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Iver was born December 8th, 1837 to Christen Johannessen & Kari Jansdatter on the Lerum Farm in Luster, Norway.^{[1] [2]} He came to America when he was about twenty-three years of age and settled in Dane County, Wisconsin. He served three years in the civil war, receiving an honorable discharge.^[3] Iver married Maria Andersdatter on May 10th 1868 in Modena, Wisconsin.^[4] and settled on the farm which is now a part of the John Wilson Farm. There they lived until 1879 when they moved to Crookston, Minnesota. About 13 years ago they moved to Church Valley where they reside until a little more than a year ago. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} As Mr. Lerum was unable to carry on the farm work they moved to Urne, Wisconsin, where, in 1911, Mr. Lerum received a paralytic stroke which caused his left side to become entirely helpless. Nearly a week before his death he had a second shock which deprived him of the use of his right side, and also of his speech. On September 29th, 1911 the release came.

He leaves a wife and eleven children, three having died in infancy. The children are Joseph of Ten Strike, Minn, Ed, Chris and Frank of Crookston, Robert who is in the West, Phillip of Kellog, Minn, Will at home, Cary (Mrs. Adolph Orwick) Crookston, Minn, Inger (Mrs. Percy Bancroft) Rugby, N. Dak., Carrie (Mrs. Wm Jahnstone) Menomonie, and Clara (Mrs. Chris Barby), Durand.

Iver is buried at the Lyster Lutheran Church Cemetery in Nelson, Wisconsin, USA ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism Line 6 [1]
2. ↑ "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWGS-M7S : 10 February 2018), Iver Christensen, 08 Dec 1837; citing ; FHL microfilm 126,463.
3. ↑ Civil War Record- Iver Larum
4. ↑ "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRPH-D88 : 17 March 2018), E. C. Lerum and Mary A. Hillerstrand, 10 May 1868; citing Modena, Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,780.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
6. ↑ Homestead Act [2]
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMK9-SKG : accessed 23 January 2019), Ever Lerum, Modena town, Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 8A, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,779.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP2Z-D2D : accessed 23 January 2019), Iver C Lerum, Modena, Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 10B, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1702; FHL microfilm 1,375,715.
9. ↑ Iver Christenson Lerum (1837-1911) on Find A Grave: Memorial #166922777 retrieved 28 January 2019