Name:

John

Gunleiksen

Bøen

21May1788-?

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name)

(birth/death dates)

Name in America:

John

Gunleiksen

(first name)

(m.i.)

(last name)

Spouse:

Liv

Gunnulvsen

Ingolvsland

1771-?

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name at marriage)

(birth/death dates)

Children:

Astrid

Aagoth

Gunleik

Municipality (kommune) in Norway:

Tinn (Vestfjorddalen)

Church Parish to which they belonged:

Dal

Emigrant Ship:

Depart Date:

1851

Port:

Destinations in America 

Early:

Muskego, Wisconsin

Final:

Muskego, Wisconsin

Occupations/Professions

in Norway:

Farmer

in America:

Farmer

Additional Information: 

John Gunleiksen Bøen accompanied his daughter Astrid Johnsdatter to America, as did her brother Gunleik Johnsen Bøen.  John was 63 years old at the time.  He disappears from the records in America and may have died at Muskego.  Astrid and her husband Ole Østensen Bøen (Ole Estensen) were among the first settlers in Nicollet County, Minnesota. John was known as John Gunleiksen Mæland / Bøen and his wife was Liv Gunulvsdatter Ingolvsland.  John’s parents were Gunleik Leivulsen Bøen and Aagoth Johnsdatter Bøen (Nordistogo).  John’s daughter Aagot Johnsdatter Våtveit came to America with her son Østen Østensen in 1843.  She may have been with the father of her son, Øystein Øysteinsen Ingulvsland.  They may have settled around Bratsberg in Minnesota.

Contact:                     

Gene Estensen

Relationship to emigrant:

g-g-g-grandson

Email:

gene.estensen@gmail.com

Date:

13May2004