Helga Holjesdotter Traaer
Blev 66 år.
| Född: | 1841-06-24 Traaer, Gransherad, Telemark, (Norge). [1] | |
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| Döpt: | 1841-10-10 Gransherrad, Telemark, (Norge). [1] | LDS, Batch: C425681, Film: 126937, www.familysearch.com.
Gransherad Church Records.
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| Bosatt: | 1895 Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | 1895 CENSUS
Town of Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin
Gullickson, Mrs. - 2 males, 5 females, 6 born in the US and 1 born in Scandanavia
(males - Thomas and Gilbert; females - Helga, Sovei, Anna, Tena, Amelia)
The Thomas Lawrence family lives next door.
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| Bosatt: | 1898 Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | 1898 PLAT BOOK
Hannah Thompson owns 86.76 acres in Plymouth Township (section 3) - - Neighbors: east, T. H. Lawrence; west, Helge Olson; north, Fred W. Becker; south, Eliza Olson and Ole Severson.
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| Bosatt: | 1900 Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | 1900 CENSUS
Town of Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin
#36 - Gullickson, Helga, head, born Jun 1844, age 55, widow, 9 children, 8 living, born in Norway, emigrated in 1871, farmer
Anna, daughter, born Mar 1877, age 23, single, born in Wisconsin
Maria, daughter, born Mar 1885, age 15, born in Wisconsin, at school
Thomas, son, born Mar 1887, age 13, born in Wisconsin, at school
Gilbert H., son, born Aug 1889, age 10, born in Wisconsin, at school
Neighbors were Hans Olson and Thomas Lawrence
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| Bosatt: | 1905 Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | 1905 CENSUS
Town of Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin
#61 - Gullickson, Olga, head, age 62, widow, farmer, farms on her own farm with no mortgage
Herman (should be Thomas), son, age 18, farm laborer
Amelia, daughter, age 20, single
Gilbert, son, age 15
Neighbors were John Thompson and Odd Nelson.
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| Död: | 1907-07-04 Fountain, Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | Elroy Tribune (Juneau Co., WI newspaper), 11 Jul 1907, .
Helga was killed by a tornado, she was ironing clothes in the kitchen and her daughter Amelia was with her. Gilbert, was playing the fiddle or violin. When all of a sudden the wind started whipping around so Amelia and GIlbert fled to the storm cellar, begging their mother to follow them; but she refused and was fatally injured when the kitchen was destroyed. The following day she died.
"The newspaper article of the tornado destruction follows."
TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION - 1907
The Elroy Tribune
Elroy, Wisconsin, Thursday, July 11, 1907
Cyclone Carried Death, Renders Homeless - Many in Juneau and
Other Counties, and Destroys Relentlessly Farm and Other Property.
Deaths from storm locally:
Mrs. Ole Weltey
Mrs. H. Gullickson
Ole Brown
Of all the terrible, cyclonic stem-winders that ever filled the air with its undesirable presence, the one of last week Wednesday night was the worst that ever got within striking distance of this vicinity during the half century that civilized man has been carrying his home from the forest and coaxing from the hills and valleys that which would supply his daily and future wants. Coming down from Clark, Wood and Jackson counties into Monroe, via Neillsville, Millston, Warrens, Valley Junction, and wiping the little village of Oakdale nearly off the map, killing up to this time fully six people and injuring many others, it then reached a territory in which we are more directly interested in.
There was no let up in the power of this relentless, devastating whirligig as it proceeded through the towns of Clifton, Fountain and Plymouth. From Oakdale it started along the Belleview ridge at Sorenson's, and today its path may be traced every inch of the way by the withered vegetation, overturned trees and the debris and lonesome foundations where recently stood commodious buildings and happy homes. As far as the eye can see, extends a streak of bleakness and desolation up and down the valley.
When you get to the list of losses, don't read too fast. Let each paragraph soak in a little. Two lines may state that a man has lost his entire personal possessions. Stop and try to realize what it all means, individually as well as in the aggregate. And further, remember that the half can never be told.
O. K. Severson related to a Tribune representation a brief summary of the losses to the farmers of four townships.
At Charles Kelk's his nice brick house was totally wrecked, but the hand of Providence was manifested in a peculiar way. A six year old boy was at home in the sole charge of three smaller children - triplets. The larger boy succeeded in getting two of the triplets down cellar but the third was rebellious and refused to go. The stubborn child was latter found in the one remaining corner of the house, with the walls around just high enough for safe protection, and was entirely unharmed.
In the Clifton valley John Arzt's barn was taken and his house merely rubbed a little. This makes the third time this man has lost his barn by wind.
Mr. Gregory suffered total wreck of all buildings, machinery etc. One of his children was badly wounded and may not recover.
O. R. Smith, most buildings wrecked, 6 cattle killed and one horse disabled.
Nels Hansen, buildings wrecked, house shattered, machinery damaged.
Wm. VonHayden, barn wrecked, 4 cattle killed, 2 horses crippled.
G. Sorensen, barn entirely wrecked, other buildings shattered, machinery ruined.
Andrew Frohmader lost two barns but his nice house was left although damaged some.
The course of the twister was then through marsh and timber, where in the latter a record breaking job of grubbing was done.
Ole Benson's outbuildings were taken and house damaged.
Mrs. Larson's barn and outbuildings are gone, but the house is left.
Mrs. Evenson, who was thrown in the air by the wind as the result of indiscretely stepping to the door of her house, had both arms broken and was otherwise injured, A boy that stays there was also hurt.
Loren Benson lost his new house, outbuildings and everything is gone.
Mrs. Satter (should be Sather) suffers the loss of her house, windmill and barns.
Mrs. Johnson was out of doors and was roughly buried against a fence post, and this she clung to for dear life. She came out safe although bruised a little. A hole was knocked in the roof of her house.
John Benson was left without barns and outbuildings.
John Torson is minus his tobacco shed and four sheep.
Ole Nass (should be Ness) was hard hit in more than one sense of the word. He was struck on the head and his hip was injured. His buildings are a clear loss, but it is reported that he lost no stock except some hogs.
Lewis Nelson's windmill and tobacco sheds tumbled in the gale.
Hawkin Hawkin's barn is a thing of the past.
Two big barns were swept from Ed VanHoosen and about all his timber damaged. No stock is reported lost.
George Van Hoosen's creamery was totally wrecked and his granary tipped half way over.
Jacob Quamme's tobacco shed was unroofed and his outbuildings damaged.
Ole Brown, an old bachelor living alone, was picked up after the storm just alive and taken to Jacob Quamme's. He was reported dead five different times but finally succumbed on Saturday. The funeral was held Sunday. Relatives from out West came out for the sad occasion. All the heirs will have to divide is a little parcel of land and a pile of debris.
Ole Johnson is another who was injured and taken to Quamme's temporary hospital. He will recover. His house, barn and all buildings were swept away and some stock killed. A horse that was injured had to be shot Friday.
John Quamme's house and barn were swept away, but no stock killed.
Andrew Anderson's nice brick house and all his buildings were leveled. His windmill was dropped square across the foundation of the house. Five head of cattle were killed and one horse. One horse had a leg broken and four cows injured, two of the latter with horns broken off. Two large hogs were carried about 20 rods and left apparently unhurt. This was one of the nice places of the valley and the loss here has been estimated at $10,000.
Ole Balgord is another who lost his house, buildings and all stock. He is one of the watchmen at the tunnel. He happened to be home, but was unable to get down cellar quickly enough and was quite badly hurt. He was brought to the Elroy hospital on the train the same night of the storm. He was the only one of the sufferer's brought to this city for care. Balgord's loss is placed at $8,000.
The telegraph office at tunnel was picked up and hurled against nearby rocks, and how the operator in this dice box escaped serious collision with the stove, flying paraphernalia, broken glass, or without being killed in some manner, is miraculous. The operator had seen cyclones before and when he saw this storm coming he telegraphed the train dispatcher that he was afraid. The dispatcher replied with "O.K.," meaning in this case, "seek safely where you can." but by this time had no courage to venture out but stayed and took his medicine.
The one armed watchman at the tunnel and two of the Anderson boys took refuge in that big, black horizontal hole in the ground, but had to cling with all their might to its uneven sides to prevent being shot out into air like living cannon balls by the pneumatic pressure that was being exerted.
To continue with the losses to farmers, there is Albert Pfaff's barn gone glimmering.
Mr. Martin's barn is gone and seven of his cattle killed.
Mike Jenning's barn is gone but no stock is reported lost. His horses were protected by the basement.
Thomas Erickson's barn is gone. Five of his horses were pinned in the basement but walked out when released.
Dan Conway's buildings were swept away but there was no one living on the place. The timber there was badly damaged.
Sever Olson's large new barn and outbuildings were swept and his house racked a little.
Mrs. H. Gullickson was killed and her daughter is in bed yet from injuries and may not recover. At this place the barn and granary were swept away and part of the house. Half of the kitchen is gone, in which Mrs. Gullickson and her daughter were in at the time, and the main part of the house was unroofed. (ADD PHOTO OF LAND)
Torge Severson got his family down cellar in the nick of time, just as his house and buildings went sailing in the air. He lost three good horses, 19 cattle, pigs, chickens, machinery. A pocket book containing over $300 went with the rest on an uncertain destination. Ole Severson, Torge's father, was treasurer of his church, and a considerable portion of the money lost belonged to the church. A twenty dollar gold piece of this money was found about a mile away on a high bluff. The loss to the Severson's foots up as high as to anyone in the stricken territory.
Ole Wetley's practically total loss will be severely felt by him. Mrs. Wetley was killed, a daughter reached the cellar safely and Ole fell or was pushed down the stars just in time to escape with his life. Here is a man who will have the double sympathy of all in his struggle for a new start in life.
Ole Larson's house is wrecked.
Moses Brown's barn is gone.
Ole Ritland's barn and tobacco sheds are wrecked.
But the end was not here. If there was any damage in Summit it remains unreported, but in Sauk county the storm was traced a dozen or twenty miles, going between LaValle and Reedsburg, destroying and damaging barns and other buildings. The decreasing power of the wind was very noticeable, and there was no loss of life in that section, though several were hurt. The Reedsburg fair ground buildings were damaged to the extent of $3,000 but the fair will be held this year as usual.
The Elroy Leader
Thursday, August 29, 1907
Tornado Relief Committee Reports
To all who so generously and charitably contributed to the relief fund for the benefit of the sufferers in Plymouth, Fountain and Clifton whose homes were totally or partially destroyed by the tornado of July 3, 1907, we, the committee in whose charge the relief fund was intrusted for distribution, beg leave to submit an account of all money received and to whom given:
Received from the following solicitors:
Paul Vanvik, Suldan & vicinity $580.75
J. G. Roalkvam, Crossville $41.00
Thos. Larson, New Lisbon $89.50
Morg. Loomis, Mauston $235.46
G. L. Ormson, Fountain $64.00
John Vedom, Plymouth $10.00
Miller of Elroy on Millards Pr. $74.50
Inar Anderson, one Sunday at the Tunnel $100.00
Inar Anderson, Plymouth and Elroy $408.32
Ole Olson, Hustler $100.00
Jas. Dwyer, Glendale and Kendall $305.00
Vincent Arch, Clifton, $47.00
Total received - $2055.53
Distribution Relief Estim. Loss
Plymouth
Ole Larson $43.72 $300
Ole Wetley $196.74 $1400
Ole Syverson $87.44 $3800
Miss A. Gullickson $109.30 $1000
Martin Larson $43.72 $200
Syver Olson $43.72 $400
Fountain
Ole Balgaard $109.30 $2500
Emil Martin $131.16 $1200
Ole Johnson $196.74 $2400
J. J. Kvammen $65.68 $300
J. Quamme $43.72 $200
Ed Haakinson $131.16 $325
Ole Ness $190.74 $1300
Lauritz Benson $131.16 $2800
Ole H. Johnson $43.72 $75
Mrs. Nellie Satter $153.02 $600
Andrew Anderson $109.30 $2700
Clifton
Mrs. T. Evenson $196.74 $1000
Sever Martinson $21.86 $975
The Elroy Leader, dated Thursday, July 4, 1907
TORNADO SWEEPS CLOSE TO ELROY
Strikes Juneau County at the Tunnel Siding on the Omaha Road From Eastern part
of Clifton Township in Monroe County and Follows Over the Tunnel Ridge
Into Town of Plymouth, Within a Few Miles of Elroy.
LAYS BARE EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH.
Lives Lost—Many Houses and Barns Demolished—Stock Loss Heavy—Injury
to Crops and Timber Great.
If Elroy was ever thankful to the Supreme Being it was after seeing the dreadful work of a tornado which swept down toward it from the north within only a few miles Wednesday evening soon after six o’clock, causing complete destruction to everything in its path and then suddenly seeming to raise and shift to a south easterly direction.
The course of the storm is figured as starting between Neillsville and Merrillan Jct. Where the first havoc was wrought and three lives lost, coming this way Millston and Warrens was hit, where four were killed and many buildings wrecked at the latter place. The next spot swept along the Omaha road was Stowell where it crossed the tracks to Oakdale on the Milwaukee road in Monroe county, thence south striking the eastern part of Clifton township and east into Juneau county at the Tunnel siding on the Omaha road, town of Fountain and over the tunnel ridge into the town of Plymouth. The tornado crossed the Omaha road on its course four times, its path was snake fashion and a noticeable thing about it was the way it kept away from the larger places and the thickly settled settlements where the loss of life could not help but be greater. The great banks of heavy dark clouds seemed to dazzle a person, traveling slowly ahead but in the center whirling with incredible velocity in every direction.
To give a true report of the damage is impossibility tho the loss is complete in the path of the tornado and life was only saved by the cellar except in a few cases. At Oakdale the entire little village is gone with the exception of the depot and the dead are two or three. At the Tunnel, Andrew Anderson’s fine brick house and everything he had was swept away and for a time it was feared he was dead but with his family saved themselves by getting into the cellar. The telegraph office and property of Ole Bolgord (Balgord), a watchman for the Omaha railroad is also gone and he having failed to reach the cellar is badly hurt and was brought to the Elroy Hospital for care. Ole Brown is another who lost his property and may yet lose his life being badly hurt. He was picked up for near dead and taken to the Jacob Quamme where at last accounts was alive.
At Ole Wetley’s the place this way where any great damage was done, Mrs. Wetley was killed before she could get to the cellar where her husband and daughter Miss Anna, who was home on a visit and expecting to return to St. Paul after the Fourth were saved unhurt. She was picked up 8 or 10 rods west of where the house stood and from which direction the tornado seemed to come upon them. The house, barns, orchard and in fact every thing the poor man had was laid bare, except the saving of his horse which was done by a freak of the storm. The animal was tied in its place in the barn which was taken clean off of it leaving only the manger and stall petition and was not hurt. No piece of the rest of the barn or house can be found other than in kindling wood. About 25 rods west of the house stood a fine grove of second growth timber which is literally stripped of bark and leaves and twisted into every imaginable shape.
The next place west toward the Tunnel is that of Torge Severson where, while no human lives were lost the loss to property, stock and crops, of which upwards of 70 acres were destroyed is probably as great as any place in this vicinity. When the Leader man was on the place soon after 8:00 o’clock the next morning the dead carcasses of stock could be seen in every direction on the fields where they were thrown from the barn yard by the tornado and killed. His stock loss is 13 or 14 head of cattle and calves, 5 pigs and 3 horses. The best team was in the basement of the barn and were saved without a scratch and the barn cleaned from the foundation. Some young stock in the pasture out of the storms path is also saved. Like the horses Mr. and Mrs. Severson were saved with his father and her mother. Mrs. Holland of La Crosse who was visiting there at the time, in the cellar under the house. They were eating supper and hearing a roaring noise Mr. Severson went out doors to see everything flying west of them when all at once the cloud seemed to stop and then turn and start directly for the house at this time he rushed in and ordered the others to the cellar where they just got when the house went over them with a pocket book containing something like $300.00 and the contents. Of the machinery on this place all that is left is an old truck which for some reason was saved.
About a fourth of a mile north is the next place that of Mrs. Gulick Thompson who died this Thursday noon a victim of the tornado. Her barns and grainery were taken clean, the east wing of the house in which she and her daughter were in at the time was carried away with them. The daughter while she is hurt some seems to be getting along nicely. The roof was also taken off the main part but otherwise it and the west wing were not damaged.
Other places damaged in this vicinity reported to us but which we were not able to look over personally are: Martin Larson, known as the old Kittleson place, barn unroof; Ole Ritland, tobacco shed and barn gone; Albert Pfaff, barn gone; Jacob Quamme, tobacco she; Mark Johnson, everything gone, father, Ole Johnson hurt; Severt Olson, barn gone; Tom Halverson, barn gone; Mr. Martin (Emil), on the old Dan Conway place, barn and machine shed and 6 or 7 head of cattle. The West Norwegian Lutheran church near Quamme’s place is reported damage.
This same tornado seemed to circle around us to between La Valle and Reedsburg where it did damaged to a number farms and swept the fair grounds of the buildings at Reedsburg.
The destruction this storm has wrought is undescribable to anyone that has not seen it and a complete list of the casualties will not be obtainable for some time yet. Many farmers who were well-to-do before their property was swept away will have to begin all over again not having a coat to put on in many instances. The Leader man has heard many cyclone stories which were treated rather lightly but after seeing some of the work of Wednesday night can believe almost any story told.
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| Begravd: | 1907-07-06 East Lemonweir Cemetery, Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | |
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| Vigsel: | 1868 Gransherrad, Telemark, (Norge). [1] | A. Nisi, O. Aamot and I. Finnekåsa, Gransheradsoga (Utgitt Av Notodden Kommune 1977), pp. 47, 104, . |
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Noteringar
Föräldrar: Holje Jonson Traaer och Gunhild Halvorsdotter Boen
When her husband died in 1890, Helga was left with 9 children ranging from the ages of 21 to 7 months old. Life must have been difficult for her and the chidren but she managed to keep them feed, dressed and well taken care of. Perhaps other family members helped her and the children.
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