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50th Wedding Anniversary Portraits
Even if Eidsberg has no great natural assets you will find here wide stretches of woods, small idyllic lakes in the hundreds, broad fields yielding rich crops, well-kept farms, an urban center with lively commerce, trade and manufacture and highly developed comunication routes in all directions. Looking more closely you will also find many relics of past ages.
Eidsberg is the largest agricultural parish of the county. The greater part of the arable land lies in the western part of the parish, while the eastern part is occupied by great continuous stretches of woods with the hills up to 290 meters above the sea. Agriculture is of high standard and has been high mechanized in all aspects. The parish has the highest number of tractors in the county.
The center of the parish is Mysen, created by the railway and its central location, with about one-third of the population of the parish.
The corn-silo with a storing capasity of 4.500 tons, 60 meters high, may be regarded as a symbol of the co-operative spirit among the farmers of the district. The dairy is another aspect which naturally belongs to the center of the parish.
The local administration has its offices around Heggin and also in other buildings. There are several industries of medium and small size, 2 hotels, and several restaurants and a very far reaching communication activity, with the central of the largest bus company of the county.
Besides Mysen is an educational center for a wide district with various types of schools. There is a combined theatre and concert hall with a cinema built in the 1950s, and in the basement of the
building is a swimming pool meeting the highest standard.
Two main roads are intersecting each other in Eidsberg: E 18 in an east - west direction, the shortest way to Oslo and Stockholm.
The main road - NR 3, north-south - meet on Mona Hill, the gigantic moraine, the greatest accumulation of sand and gravel in Northern Europe, built up in the "Glorial" Period.
Close to the road's intersection is Momarken, a well-known horse racing grounds. It is also the ground for the yearly Momarken Fair, that is organized by the Red-Cross Society at the end of August, visited by 100,000 people and with performances by world - reknown names.
Not far from Momarken is the newly built Edwin Ruuds Hospital, donated by an immigrant born in Eidsberg.
Some few kilometers away, close to E 18 in Lundebyannet, is a lake which is the favorite bathing and camping location of the population.
Folkenborg is a well-known name in Norwegian medieval history, the birthplace of a King in 1204, and commemorated by a stone. Here is also a local museum of folklore.
Eidsberg Church dates back to 1100, showing that this part of the parish was a center in those times.
The appearance of the church today, however, is based on the old
Gothic Church from the 2nd half of the 13th Century. The church has a soapstone baptismal font from the 1200s, an alter cloth from 1520, an altar piece and a pulpit from the 1600s.
Names of great farms from medieval times are Lekum and Sletner, where in the years 1857-1860 a great finding of gold bracelets, coins (weighing 453 grams in all). It is the largest case in the
archeological museum of the University of Oslo.
Stone carvings close by Eidsberg Station bring us still further back in pre-historic times, to the bronze-period, and a couple of grave mounds are older still.
The grave mounds in Birkelunden in Mysen, however, are younger, from the iron-age.
A topographical description of Eidsberg: by an underpriest and again rewritten by Jocab Nicolaj Wilse, a theological professor Parish Priest of the Eidsberg Congregation and who's a member of the Norwegian Writers Topographical Society in 1791
A Geographic History, titled: "Previous Recollections", which is a description of Sillejord's Parish - by Horr Willi
The traditional church of these Mysens of Mysen, Norway, has a part of its tower dating back to last half of the 1300's. St. Olaf's statue is over the entrance doorway. The church was widened, rebuilt and refurbished by 1881.
A Romanesque christening font is seen inside, while an Alterpiece is from 1651 and the Pulpit is from 1662.
Norwegian immigration from Stravanger, Norway, in a sailing ship named Restauration, had begun as early as 1825. A replica of the ship had sailed into the Muskegon docks some 150 years later, after traveling the St. Lawrence Seaway in order to arrive on Lake Michigan to commemorate an organized migration of Norwegian immigrants to America.
It was a grand Sesquicentennial Observance that had been a three month voyage back in 1825, when the ships had finally entered Muskegon Harbor. The sloop "Restauration" had carried fifty-two Norwegians, who had set sail for a new life in America. Starting at Stavanger, Norway, on July 4, 1825. They arrived in New York Harbor on October 9, 1825.
Upon their arrival to America fifty - three had disembarked, as a baby was born on the high seas.
"Restoration" Entering Muskegon Harbor 1825
Of The Residents Of Mysen-Askim, Norway Who Immigrated Together
Engebret Syverson Mysen
Nels Mortvedt
Jens Johansen
Iver Johansen
The ship list showing related family members and the siblings lists of Engebret and Gusta were written
up by Esther (Mysen) Toepfner in the Spring of 1975. Records at Our Saviour Norwegian Lutheran Church of Muskegon, Michigan, helped complete the task. Mrs. Toepfner was one of the five daughters of Engebret Syverson Mysen and Gusta Mathea (Hoff) Mysen.
MY Great-Great-Great Grandparents
Ingebret Christiansen Hoie
Anne Hansdatter Mysen
NOTE: Ingebret Christensen Hoie took the surname of Mysen, his wife's mother. He is said to have owned five estates or tracts of land: Nordehoie; Mellemhoie; Mysen garder, Randem, Skjortvedt & Aslaksrud. Anna, his wife, owned three Mysen estates which were adjacent and the other properties held in the family made a "4 corners" settlement, which became the town of Mysen, Norway.
Ingebret and Anne had held much of the land in the parish. Their Relatives still live in Hoffgaard, which is the remainder of a similar tract of land at Askim, Norway. It is said that Gennon Arne Mysen had been grandfather to Weths as well as related to Hans Bjornsted and Johan Groslin, who were the children of Ingebret Hoie.
Children of the Marriage of Ingebret Hoie & Anne Hansdatter:
Ellen Sofie Mysen
Syver Mysen ***
Gundhild Maria
Johanne Mysen
Maren
Sidsel
Kristen Lunder
Helene Hoie
Inger Marie
Hans Randem
Johan Hoie-Mellen
My Great-Great Grandparents
Ingebretsen Hoie ***
Johanne Lund
Engebret made the decision to "take the surname of Mysen", as his grandfather had done before him as he began his new life in America. Engebret and Gusta Mysen kept in close touch with their Norwegian ties, customs and relatives. They continued throughout WWII. Their children and grandchildren keep in touch.
There are numerous letters, greeting cards, photos, portraits and a genealogy book: Hoie - Mysenslekta, written by Kristian Hoie, in his native language found in family files.
Children of Syver Mysen, Norway, & Johanne Lund, Holland,
Josefine Sofie
NOTE: 7 sons & 1 Daughter
Hans Anton
NOTE: 3 children, 1 daughter survived
Hendrik
NOTE: 9 children
Karoline
NOTE: 1 daughter
Ingebret ***
My Great-Grandparents
I. Engebret Mysen, Carpenter ***
May 12, 1883 was the departure date for the immigration of Engebret and "Gusta" Mysen. A first son had died while yet in Norway. Their, toddler son, Syver Engebretsen Mysen, accompanied them to America. Engebret had attended Cavalry Officer's School, achieving rank of Sergeant in the Eidsberg Squadron. He had also become a member of the King's Guard, having achieved the rank of Captain. Crowned Prince of Sweden, Prince Gustaf, had been his Commanding Officer.
As a part of his service in the royal guard, Engebret Mysen had developed a ship's code, which was designed/used to keep foreign ships from interpreting and decoding messages from ships in the Norwegian fleet. Engebret feared that, if he were captured, that he'd be tortured and/or executed.
NOTE: 5 daughters & 3 sons
A Winter In Norway
List of Siblings of Engebret Syversen Mysen
Torvald
NOTE: 1 daughter
Johannes
NOTE: 4 daughters & 1 son
Marie
NOTE: 4 children
Isak
NOTE: 2 children (both died young)
Left > Right Back Row: Anna, Carrie, George, Syver, Jenny & Esther
NOTE: The five Mysen girls were often called the "Mason Girls" due to their father's carpentry business, The Buck Construction Company. Engebret Mysen was an avid reader. In his elder years he was deaf as well as mute. After he was no longer able to go to the library on his own his family members checked out books for him.
My memory of my great-grandfather Engebret hinges on that he'd taught me to sort out jigsaw puzzle pieces by edges, color and connecting points, as well as the size and shape of connecting links, so as to make the completion of the task easier. He never spoke a word. But his long boney fingers, ... three fingers on one hand and two fingers on the other did guide me. He had several serious long ago carpentry accidents. The twinkle in his light blue eyes was especially for me.
I. Gusta Mathea Hoff,
Muskegon Chronicle June 15, 1954
OBITUARY OF GUSTA MYSEN
Mrs. Gusta Mysen dies at 94;
Mrs. Gusta Mathea Mysen, 1619 McGraft Street, died yesterday afternoon at her home at the age of 94. She was a member of a prominent Muskegon family and was active in church work, being THE LAST LIVING CHARTER MEMBER of Our Savior's Lutheran Church. She was the mother of Miss Carolyn Mysen, Muskegon portrait photographer, with whom she made her home. Mrs. Mysen, the widow of Engebret Mysen, who died in June of 1947, had been ill since she fell and fractured her hip a year ago. The former Gusta Hoff, she was born, February 24, 1860, in Askim, Norway, where she was raised and educated and where she was married to Mr. Mysen on March 19, 1880. The couple left their native land for America on, May 12, 1883 and settled in Muskegon, where Mr. Mysen was engaged in carpentry and building. He helped build the present Our Savior's Lutheran Church. The couple joined the church immediately upon their arrival and were active members. Mrs. Mysen belonged to the Women's Mission Federation of the church. On the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary they were feted by the church and again on Mrs. Mysen's 79th birthday. On the 67th anniversary in 1947 a special celebration honored the event. Of the eight children, Mrs. Mysen is survived by six. There are 4 daughters, Miss Carolyn Mysen, Miss Anna Mysen, Mrs. Esther Toepfner and Miss Gussie Mysen, all of Muskegon; two sons, George and Harris of Muskegon; seven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Bearers for the funeral, Thursday at 2 p.m. at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church are Peter Ramberg, Arthur Ramberg, Carson Hansen, Sam Johnson, Fred Olson and Inar Petersen.
The Hoff Family Farm House Exterior Remains The Same
A Hoff Family Barn
A List of Siblings Including Gusta Mathea Hoff
Maren Karoline Hoff
Edle Johanne Hoff
Andrea Severine Hoff
Hans Kristen
Maren Karoline
Anna Marie Hoff
Johan Henrik Hoff
Jens Petter Hoff
Gusta Mathea Hoff, ***
Karine Kaspata Hoff
Johanne Mathea Hoff, "Hanna"
NOTE: As was the custom of her day, in Muskegon, Michigan, Gusta had given birth to her American born children on the family dining room table.
Gusta With Jenny; Syver Standing And Engebret With Carrie
All of Gusta's daughters were courted by suitors. But Gusta wept bitter tears, wrang her hands, ranted and raved and carried on at great length at such moments of truth and she had used Esther's divorce to try to influence her other daughters not to marry.
Engebret's wife, Gusta Mysen, had refused to speak English her entire life. Her sons and daughters all graduated from Muskegon High School with honors ... with the exception of her daughter, Anna, who had left school after third grade. Anna and her mother grew quite close over the years.
Once when very young I had to take a tub bath at the Mysen home on Monroe Avenue. My Great-Grandma Mysen hated my freckles with a passion. She had taken a scrub brush and then had tried to scrub my freckles off of my face and arms and legs.
My mother had had to rescue me from her determined task. My skin had become very raw and red! At the age of 87 great-grandma Mysen was seen down on her knees with sudsy hot water in a bucket and her scrub brush in hand at her McGraft Street house, trying to scrub some Crayolo Crayon marks off of her concrete front porch floor. Their house was always spotless. So it was not an uncommon sight.
Gusta broke her hip at age 93 at her home on 1619 McGraft Street. When she came back into consciousness after Pin-In-Hip repair surgery at the hospital, she got out of bed immediately puzzled about where she was. Her condition worsened from that point on and she was to die within a year. It is my understanding that Gusta had never even had so much as a cold her entire life.
Muskegon Chronicle Mr. Mysen, 92, Widely Known Builder, Dies
Engebret Mysen, of 231 Monroe Avenue, 92 years old and a resident of Muskegon for 64 years, who celebrated his 67th anniversry with Mrs. Mysen in March, died at Hackley Hospital Friday night. His
death, that came as the result of a fall at his home on Thursday afternoon, came as a shock to family members, widely known in Muskegon.
Mr. Mysen, a carpenter and builder, was born in Eidsberg, Mysen Station, Norway, on January 4, 1855. There he lived until he was 21, when he enlisted in the Officer's Training School and became a captain in the Cavalry of the King's Guard. He also served in the Eidsberg Squadron with Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden as his commanding officer.
Mr. Mysen married Miss Gusta Matton Hoff in Askim, Norway, March 19, 1880. In 1883 they came to the United States, where they have since made their home.
Mr. & Mrs. Mysen celebrated their sixty-seventh anniversary with their children last March 19. Mrs. Mysen was 87. Engebret was one of the oldest members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 100 and was last employed by his son, Syver Mysen, who was by then the president of the Buck Construction Company.
The Mysen's were charter members of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church and Mr. Mysen helped build the present Church. The father of nine children, he leaves behind the widow, six children, including his
four daughters, Carolyn, Anna, Gussie & Mrs. Esther Toepfner; two sons, George and Harris, seven grandchildren as well as four of his great-grandchildren, of Muskegon; & a sister, Maria Sholder, Norway.
Mr. Mysen's funeral Services were held at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church at 2: so p.m. today, attended by many of his friends in the construction industry. The burial for Mr. Mysen, a resident of Muskegon for 64 years, was at Restlawn Cemetery in Muskegon.
The Rev. Arthur Knudsen, officiated. Bearers were Carston Hanson, Fred Olsen, Sam Johnson, George, Olsen, Arthur Ramberg and Peter Ramberg, contractors and friends of the family.
Mr. Mysen died at Hackley Hospital Friday night as a result of a fall at his home.
NOTE: Carolyn Mysen, the main family breadwinner at the time, had just decided to sell the family home and was preparing to move her parents, sisters, brother and two nieces to a more suitable home at 1619 McGraft Street in Muskegon.
Engebret, who was completely deaf by then, felt his wooden frame three-story house shaking. My great-grandfather went out to his front porch steps to investigate. The FOR SALE sign was being hammered above his porch entrance by a hired workman. As Engebret turned around on the steps to get a better look, he fell. The shock threw him off - guard and he lost his balance and fell to the cement sidewalk. He never regained consciousness.
Children born of the marriage of Engebret Mysen & Gusta Hoff in Norway and/or Muskegon, MI:
II. Syver Mysen, known also as "Seaver", carpenter ***
m. 3-3-1908, Lola Addelle Beers, teacher, Sioux Falls, SD
Syver Mysen With Lola Mysen
The portrait of their children, Addelle, Alice and Karl Mysen can be viewed on Addelle Julia Esther
(Mysen) (Wilsie) Staubach site. My mother's family took Sunday drives to the site of a lighthouse that her father had helped build along the Lake Michigan shore. The family picniced there.
Syver was to be hit head-on by a riding cyclist riding his bike on a foggy night, who slammed into my grandfather as he left his car from the driver's side of his vehicle.Syver, it was said, was a man seeming filled with "an essential sadness", as quoted by his son-in-law, Maurice Wilsie. But I offer my own observation, as my Grandfather, Syver Mysen, did always break into a pleasant grin in the presence of any of his grandchildren.
Children born of the marriage of Syver Mysen & Lola Beers,
III.Addelle Julia Esther Mysen, Student
m. (1st/h) Maurice James Wilsie, (Student)
m. (2nd/h) Charles Neff Staubach (Assistant Professor)
NOTE: Addelle was in many ways ahead of her time. She had skipped kindergarten & 1st grade, beginning school in 2nd grade. She had excelled in that which she decided to participate in. Addelle learned violin by a young age. She earned her Eagle Scout Pin as a Girl Scout, which was to be a short-lived honor for the girl's. As legal action soon prevented girls from receiving that honor. The national Boy Scout organization brought a law suit.
Addelle was a second female lifeguard to be hired, with Red Cross training to work Muskegon's Lake Michigan beaches. She was also the first woman lifeguard to be hired at Pere Maquette Park. She had been a strong swimmer and a high diver. She was copy girl for a while at the Muskegon Chronicle to earn money to enable her to attend Muskegon Junior College. She graduated with her peers. She had served on "Said and Done" staff and provided much of her own style artwork to its publication.
"Said and Done" Artwork
Addelle participated in recitals, skits, concerts, school clubs and other school events throughout her education. She followed in her Mysen aunts and uncles footsteps by achieving good grades at school.
She kept a round-robin style correspondence with SPKG pals
She lived in an Honors Dorm, Martha Cook Dormitory, for a time. After her marriage to a student from Muskegon Heights, she lived in an apartment at 903 Mary Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Later she rented a home on Ashley Street in downtown, Ann Arbor, after her divorce. She continue in school, worked part-time at Perry Nursery School on their staff and she took in roomers at home. She was on welfare at that time.
III. (1st/h) Maurice James Wilsie, Student
m. Jan 17, 1931, Addelle Mysen of Muskegon, MI
Divorced: 1935
NOTE: Maurice Wilsie and Addelle Mysen proved incompatible. As Addelle was "a good Girl Scout, through to the bone." Maurice became smitten with revolutionary activities directed against the "Establishment", at the University of Michigan as a student. He took Literature and Psychology in the School of Education. He was kicked out of the university as well as the state because of his involvements. It was said, by both of his wives, that Maurice had blamed them for the children. He had two sons by his 2nd liaison. He was described by his 2nd & same 4th wife, Diana Simon, Russia, as being "a wanderer in search of himself". Maurice, in late life correspondence, had writtem that he had always fashioned himself a "revolutionary".
Diana Simon wrote that Maurice "seemed to have traveled the fine line between genius and insanity". He was "his own worst enemy" and that he seemed "a wanderer in search of himself". One sees a trend toward difficulties that he experienced in his own personal relationships.
In late correspondence, Maurice Wilsie wrote he was not prepared in life to deal with "the emotional baggage that comes from being tied down".
Maurice was a teacher, group therapist and a trustee on a board of directors throughout his life journey. Maurice and Diana Simon left for Australia and ended up in New Zealand. He had been with the U.S.A. Housing Authority, which was under investigation during the McCarthy Era. Maurice involved himself in activites lending themselves to shaking up the "Establishment". He feared the outcome of an investigation.
Maurice was treated for a stroke days before his death. He died
Children of the Marriage of Addelle & Maurice Wilsie,
Ann Arbor, Michigan
IV. Karl Hugh Wilsie, Junior College professor
m. Dona Rosan (Sullivan), Nov 12, 1955, Ann Arbor, MI.
b. February 26, 1935, Nashville, Tennessee
NOTE: Living with his family on the Pacific Coast since 1957.
Children of the marriage of Karl & Rosan Staubach:
GENERATIONS OMITTED - GENERATIONS AVAILABLE
IV. Celia Ann (Wilsie) Staubach Freese,
m. Aug 10, 1957, Raymond William Freese, graduate student,
NOTES: Celia Ann (Wilsie) Staubach Freese, named after a great-grandmother, born in Michigan, named Celia Smith Wilsie.
Celia (Staubach) Freese was married at: The Chapel, United Church of Christ (Evangelical & Reformed) & Congregational Christian Churches, as merged 1957, 315 Hitt Street, Columbia Missouri, to Raymond William Freese, graduate student in Mathematics, August 10, 1957 at 7 p.m. CDT
Rev. Robert F. Richter, officiating.
Mabel Busdieker, sister-in-law was Matron of honor
Karl Staubach, brother-in-law was Best Man
Rosan Staubach, sister-in-law punch server
Mrs. Vera Armil, Floral Arrangements
Mrs. Dee Richter, Soloist: "The Lord's Prayer"
Diana Schnormeier, Guest Organist
Roger Jaeger, Usher/Photographer
Marion Schlemeier, Guest Book
Children of the marriage Raymond & Celia Freese:
Addelle Julia (Mysen) Wilsie's 2nd marriage:
III.Charles Neff Staubach, Spanish Professor
b. Mar 15, 1905, Yonkers, NY,
Sp. (1st/w) Mary Karpinski, divorced, (no children)
Sp. (2nd/w) Addelle (Mysen) Wilsie, Aug. 28, 1937, (in Muskegon, MI)
Sp. (3rd/w) Bernadine (Erb) Kolmainen (widow), 198(?), Salt Lake City, UT -
NOTE: "Chuck's" dad, Charles P. Staubach, a Burroughs Adding
First courting in Tarrytown, New York;
Moving to Glen Ridge,NJ;
Living in Yonkers, NY;
Spending Falls in Cocoa, FL;
Spending Winters in Detroit, MI;
Spending Springs in Hartford, CT
and spending Summers at Silvan Lake, MI.
The Charles P. Staubach family took 3 cruise ship tours around-the-world together. I have a 1930 daily diary of the trip
Addelle was a member of the Ann Arbor Civic Orchestra, while very pregnant with me, pending her divorce, when she met Chuck Staubach, who also was a violinist. It would be 3 & 1/2 years before Addelle and Chuck would marry.
Addelle was an active member the faculty Women's Club and a university Theatre Arts group, after marrying Chuck. She taught in public schools when her karl and Celia were small.
Addelle was a fine seamstress; a Girl Scout leader through many of her adult years; a den mother and involved in the school, neighborhood activites of with children and family. She was a neighborhood mom, who organized things for kids to do during holiday and summer vacations.
Addelle had severe allergies and severly deteriorating lungs in her advanced years. She became "allergic - to - the - environment". After reading up on "death with dignity" and she over-medicated at home.
Chuck, who legally adopted my brother Karl and me, wrote a 369 page tribute titled: Addelle, for his children; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He had published multiple copies and sent then to family just
Children of the Wilsie Marriage:
Karl Hugh (Wilsie) became Karl Hugh Staubach through legal adoption, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Celia Ann (Wilsie) became Celia Ann Staubach through legal adoption, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Charles Staubach & Addelle Wilsie (had no other children)
NOTE: My mother had 3 miscarriages. One, early miscarriage, as the result of on auto accident in which Karl and I were both involved in 1942 on an icy slippery stretch of roadway on our way to have portraits made at the Carolyn Mysen Studio in Muskegon, Michigan.
A second miscarriage happened in Bogota, Colombia, South America, in 1945, at about 3 months. The last one happened when I was Junior high school age in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Uncle Arnold Baldwin Staubach and Aunt Emilie Mills had no children.
Uncle Lodge DuBois Staubach and Aunt Dorothy Campbell had no children.
Aunt Elise Staubach never married and lived at home with her parents.
Karl & Celia Staubach were the only / and adopted grandchilldren.
CONTINUING WITH SYVER MYSEN'S CHILDREN:
III. Karl Ernest Mysen
NOTE: This infant was born with a spine that opened up the back, after birth similar to spina bifida.
III. Alice Ruth Mysen
m. (1st/h) Jun 26, 1937, Louis Freye, Muskegon, MI
Children of Alice & Louis Freye, Muskegon, MI:
m. (2nd/h) 1947, Richard Sylvester Zimmerman,
Children of Alice & Dick Zimmerman, Muskegon, MI:
III.Karl Robert Mysen
m. Marion Pomeroy, Jul 18, 1942, East Lansing, MI
Muskegon Chronicle News Clips
August of 1941 Enlistment & 1942 & 1943 Clippings
Ensign Karl R. Mysen, 27, years old, reported for active duty in the US Naval Air Corps. He began training in August at Miami and was commissioned on May 22 at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station. Ensign Mysen was graduated from Muskegon Senior High School in 1932. Later he attended Muskegon Junior College and the University of Michigan. At the time he entered training he was employed as a cost accountant in the Chevrolet Division of the General Motors Corporation. On three weeks furlough, Ensign Mysen was visiting his sister, Mrs. Louis Freye, 2155 Lake Shore Drive, Muskegon, before leaving for active assignment.
Karl R. Mysen, 27, 222 West Paterson Street, was commisioned an ensign in the naval reserve and received his "wings" last week at the naval air station, Jacksonville, FL.
He has been trained to fly in fog and darkness and has taken courses about weather conditions, aviation mechanics and communications. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Seaver Mysen, Muskegon, Michigan, he attended Muskegon Junior College and the University of Michigan. He is now on active duty in the naval reserve.
Ensign Mysen Is Wed at Columbus to Miss Pomeroy Former Muskegon High Athlete, Now Navy Flier, and East Lansing Girl Exchange Vows in Saturday Ceremony
Announcement is made in Muskegon of the marriage of Miss Miriam Pomeroy, of East Lansing daughter of Mrs. Clark Morrison Pomeroy, of Lake Worth Florida and Ensign Karl Robert Mysen, Saturday July 18. Ensign Mysen, is the son of Seaver Mysen, 2155 Lake Shore drive, Muskegon and Mrs, Lola (Beers) Mysen, of Rhinelander, WI.
The ceremony took place in the 1st Community Church in Arlington, a suburb of Columbua, OH. The pastor, Rev. Richard Norberg lead the service. Attending the couple were Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Schaefer, of Arlington. Mrs. Pomeroy and a son Richard, also were present. The bride is a graduate of Sterling High
Ensign Mysen is a graduate of Muskegon High School, where he was excelled in athletics, attended Muskegon Junior College, and the University of Michigan. He received his wings in May from the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville, FL, and now is stationed at Columbus, OH, on ferry duty from the Curtiss Wright Aircraft Company Plant. Ensign and Mrs. Mysen are at home at 1515 Franklin Park Aveue, Columbus, OH.
Lt. Karl Mysen, Pilot, Missing December 4, 1943
Lt. Junior grade Karl Mysen of Muskegon, son of Seaver Mysen of 2155 Lake Shore Drive, who was ferrying planes for the US navy has been missing since Saturday. Relatives were notified today by telephone from Mrs. Mysen at Columbus, Ohio.
When last reported he was in flight between Portland and Seattle. Because of the terraine of that region, an enforced landing could entail a several day delay before any report could be obtained, hence relatives hope that he is safe. He has been stationed from Port Columbus, Ohio, from whence he flies planes for the Naval Air Corps. Lt. Karl Mysen was first commisioned as an ensign, at Jacksonville, Florida, May 22, 1942.
Lt. Junior Grade Karl Mysen Is Found Dead
The Body of Missing Airman Is Recovered by US Navy Saturday,
Muskegon Chronicle &
Muskegon Bureau of the Grand Rapids Herald
The body of Lt. Karl Mysen of Muskegon, reported missing since December 4, has been recovered by the US Navy, presumably from the plan wreckage, relatives here were informed today in a phone call from Mrs. Mysen from Columbus, OH. Lt. Mysen, 28 years old, was the son of Seaver Mysen, 2155 Lake Shore Drive.
When last reported he was in flight between Portland and Seattle. He had been stationed at Port Columbus, OH, from where he was flying planes for the Naval Air Corps.
Mrs. Louis Freye, 2155 Lake Shore Drive, a sister; Mrs. Charles Staubach, 824 Granger Avenue, Ann Arbor, another sister; his mother, Mrs. Lola Mysen, of Rhinelander, WI and Carolyn Mysen of Carolyn Mysen Studio, is an aunt. He has a large number of other relatives here.
Saturday, December 18, 1943
Buglers To Sound Taps Monday for Lt. Mysen
A funeral service with military graveside rites will be held, Monday for Lt. Junior Grade Karl Robert Mysen, 29 years old, killed on a routine flight between Portland Oregon and Seattle, Washington, when a fighter plane he was delivering crashed into a mountain in heavy fog on December 1, 1943. Wreckage of the plane was found on December 10. (Addelle's 35th birthday)
Funeral service in the Witt Funeral Home at 2 p.m., Dr. Samuel N. Oliver, of the First Congregational Church officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood, where two buglers will sound "Taps".
Lt. Junior Grade G. H. Sandstrom. USNR, escorted the body of Lt. Mysen to Muskegon from Seattle, WA. Bearers for the rites will be Charles LeFevre, Evert Kisinger, G. Stafford Pearsons, William H. Harris, William Short and Erwin Bassett.
Lt. Mysen, son of Syver Mysen of Muskegon and Lola Beers Mysen of Rhinelander, WI, was born in Muskegon on June 27, 1914. Karl was a graduate of Muskegon High School. He subsequently had attended Muskegon Junior College and the University of Michigan. An Eagle Scout, Karl was a counselor at Boy Scout Camp for a number of summers.
Prior to his enlistment in August of 1941, he was employed as a cost accountant with the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Corporation, in Flint. He trained at Miami and Jacksonville and was commissioned in the Naval Air Corps. in May of 1943. He was stationed at the Naval Aircrapt Delivery Unit at Columbus, OH.
Lt. Mysen was married at Columbus on July 18, 1942, to Miriam Pomeroy, of East Lansing.
Survivors besides the widow now of Columbus and his parents are two sisters, Mrs. Louis H. Freye, of Muskegon, and Mrs. Charles Staubach, of Ann Arbor, Michigan,and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Engebret Mysen, of Muskegon.
NOTE: My favorite uncle, Karl Robert Mysen, died instantly in a fiery air crash along with another pilot of a twin aircraft as they both slammed into a cloud-covered Mt. Hood during the night training mission. All of his squadron perished stateside on their training assignments as members of the Naval Air Corps during WWII. He was a cheerful fellow and a very attentive fellow around children.
One of two of my most vivid memories was when Uncle Karl drove my brother Karl and me around in our Uncle Karl's newly purchased robin egg blue convertible. One Easter when I was living at 824 Granger Avenue, Uncle Karl brought me a complete cardboard farm set to put together to make a barn. I enjoyed it for years.
CONTINUING WITH THE CHILDREN OF INGEBRET SYVERSEN MYSEN
II. Carolyn Mysen
NOTE: Great Aunt Carolyn Mysen was a bit taken aback, when I was not named after her, she wrote her niece, Addelle Mysen Wilsie, that she wouldn't be calling me Celia. I have the note she wrote my mother.
Muskegon Chronicle:
Carolyn Mysen, Photograher, dies at age 74 in 1959: Miss Carolyn Mysen, 74, of 1619 McGraft Street, formerly a leading photographer in Muskegon, died yesterday at the Muskegon County medical care facility after a four year illness.
Miss Mysen owned the Caroline Mysen Studio for 25 years, located in the Dearborn Building on Western Avenue until the William D. Hardy store and other buildings were destroyed by fire. Later, she had reopened her studio in the Yonker Building, at Third Street and Monroe Avenue. Miss Mysen retired 10 years ago because of ill health.
Miss Mysen was active in both the Photographer's Association of Michigan and America and had won state and national honors in her Photographic exhibits. She was widely known in the community.
Born in Muskegon, June 27, 1884, Miss Mysen spent her lifetime in this community. She was a member of Our Saviour Lutheran Church.
Surviving are three sisters, Anna and Gussie Mysen, Mrs. Esther Toepfner, all at home: two brothers, George Mysen, Muskegon, and Harris Mysen, at home.
II. Johanne Mysen
NOTE: "Jenny" Mysen took sick in early adulthood and died after a brief illness. I've a letter that "Jennie" wrote to Addelle in the year before Jenny died. The Mysen aunts had bought a coat, a dress and a slip at a sale for their niece at a Thift Shop. They never would have bought such clothes for themselves.
II. Anna Mysen (family housekeeper & cook)
NOTE: Anna Mysen left school after the third grade to become the family's housekeeper and cook for an entire career. She broke her hip in a fall at home in her seventies and was in a wheelchair after that. Great-Aunt Anna was fun loving and quite animated around children.
IN MEMORY OF ANNA MYSEN
Anna Mysen passed away Decmber 31, 1968, at the age of 80 in Muskegon, Michigan. Services were held at The Clock Chapel on Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock on January 3, 1969. The Rev. Lawrence Pratt of Our Savior Lutheran Church was officiating. Internment was at RestLawn Cemetery, Muskegon, Michigan.
Gussie, Carrie, Gusta, Esther & Anna Mysen
II. George Mysen
m. Sep 10, 1919. Muskegon, MI, McGraft Congregational Church
m. Evelyn Irene Robinson Sep 10, 1919, Muskegon, MI
Children of the Marriage of George & Irene Mysen:
III.Jack Alvin Mysen,
m. Charlene Smith
Children of the Marriage of Jack & Charlene Mysen:
III.Beverly Jane Mysen, Muskegon, MI
m. (1st/H) William Overeem
m. (2nd/h) Carl Irvin Brown, Aug 30, 1946
Children of the marriage of Beverly & Carl Brown:
III.Norman Mysen
m. (1st/w) Sandra Ross Davis, Oct 4, 1958
Children of the marriage of Sandra & Norman Mysen:
m. (2nd/w) Linda Dean Tennis Winchester, Nov 28, 1981
Muskegon Chronicle News Clip
George Mysen, 76, of 1415 Montgomery Avenue, a life resident of Muskegon and a former Continental Motors employee, died Friday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Carl Brown, of 261 W. Larch Ave. Born in Muskegon April 15, 1891, Mr. Mysen was married here, to the former Irene Robinson in 1919.
Mr. Mysen was employed by Continental Motors for 15 years before his retirement in 1960. Previous to that he had done carpentry work. George attended Our Savior Lutheran Church and was charter member of the Lakeside Veterans. He also held membership in the Veterans of World War I Greater Muskegon Barracks #328 as well as the AFL-CIO Carpenter's Union.
In addition to his widow and daughter, he's survived by 2 sons, Jack of Muskegon, and Norman currently of Kansas City, Missouri; a brother Harris, of Muskegon; 3 sisters, Mrs. Esther Toepfner, Miss Gussie Mysen and Miss Anna Mysen, all of Muskegon, and 10 grandchildren.
II. Esther Mysen
The family group photo includes the gentleman friends of Esther's four sisters, the wives of her two older brothers and the girlfriend of her younger brother, as well as two niece and nephew. The children up front, left to right, are Alice, Karl and Addelle Mysen.
IN MEMORY OF ESTHER TOEPFNER
She had 3 grandchildren; 1 sister, Miss Gussie Mysen, and 1 brother, Harris Mysen both of Muskegon. Services were held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Our Saviour Lutheran Church with the Rev. Victor J. Luetzow officiating. Internment was in restlawn Cemetery. Visitation today 2-4 & 7-9 at the Clock Funeral Home. Memorials may be sent to the Memorial Fund of Our Saviour Lutheran Church.
II. Leo Louis Toepfner, "Lee", Columbus, OH
Children of the Marriage of Esther & Lee Toepfner:
III. Marilyn Lucille Toepfner
m. Jack D. Fors, Aug 30, 1960
b. Oct 13, 1924, Muskegon, MI
III. Shirley Lee Toepfner
m. Robert Douglas, Muskegon, MI
Children of the Marriage of Shirley & Rob Douglas:
NOTE: A 3rd daughter was born to Esther, who was perfectly shaped and a beautiful full-term infant. But a wrapped around umbilical cord strangled the baby during delivery.
II. Gussie Mysen,
NOTE: Gussie Mysen worked well beyond her retirement years into her seventies as the Chief Executive Officer in the office of a Muskegon car dealership.
When her sister, Carolyn Mysen could no longer keep her Carolyn Mysen Studio business open, due to ill health, Gussie became the family's breadwinner.
Gussie in later years was a the sole caregiver for an invalid niece, Mrs. Marilyn Fors, who required specific attention. In 1994 Gussie fell and needed a hip replacement. She and her niece spent some years at the Northcrest Living Care Center on Ruddiman Dr, in North Muskegon. Gussie died in June 1998, Gussie is survived by her 1 niece, Mrs. Shirley Douglas of Portage, MI.
IN MEMORY OF GUSSIE MYSEN
II. Harris Mysen,
NOTE: Harris Mysen was the youngest and one of three sons to live at home through his lifetime. He was engaged for over 50 years to Ina Horton. Harris worked for many years at a Hardware Store as a clerk in Muskegon. He was 6 years older than his niece, Addelle Julia Esther Mysen.
IN MEMORY OF HARRIS MYSEN
This genealogy illustrates that much of its history is tribute to the growth and development of Muskegon, Michigan, throughout many years. The original town of Muskegon, through those early days, shows that it was a good place for a clannish immigrant Norwegian Lutheran family to thrive. They did, indeed, spend and dedicated their individual lives in and around Muskegon County and its surrounding areas..most of them, through their entire lifetime.
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The "Restauration's" Ship List
And A 150th Sesquicentennial
In 1883, There Had Been 19 Families On Board.
Gusta Matea Hoff Mysen
Syver Mysen - (infant son born in Norway)
Ann Marie Hoff Mortvedt
Jasper Mortvedt
Hans Mortvedt
Helga Mortvedt
Karoline Mortvedt
Johanne Mortvedt Johansen
Helen - called "Sissa" in church records
Jurgen
John - possibly born in America
His wife - (name unknown)
baby died aboard ship and was buried in New York
&/or Engebret Syversen Mysen's Grandparents
b. 1783
d. 1847
b. 4-9-1789, Skibtredt,
(sister of Ingeborg Aamodt)
d. 1871
b. 11-18-1912
m. Arne Mysen
b. 2-10-1814
m. Johanne Lund
b. 8-28-1815
m. Kristen Skjortvedt
b. 1-4-1817
m. Kristen Mysen
b. 10-20-1818
m. Andreas Krogstad
b. 12-30-1820
m. Kristen Westby in Rahkestad
b. 4-18-1822
m. Sofie Aamodt in Trogstad
b. 12-14-1823 (single)
b. 11-9-1825
m. Halvor Kolshus
b. 3-17-1828
m. Karen Sopler in Troborg
b. 2-21-1830
m. Inger Marie, Holdorsen
&/or Engebret Syversen Mysen's Parents
b. 10-2-1814
d. 25-9-1865
b. 20-9-1825
d. 20-3-1900
A List of Siblings, Including Engebret:
Researched by Esther (Mysen) Toepfner
b. 23-1-1846
d. 1916
b. 6-2-1848
d. 10-7-1887
b. 5-20-1850
d. 10-?-1941
b. 5-14-1852
d. 1935
b. 1-4-1855
d. 6-20-1947
b. Jan 4, 1855, Eidsberg, Norway
m. Mar 19, 1880, Augusta Mathea Hoff, Askim Church,
Eidsberg, Norway
d. Jun 20, 1947, Muskegon, Michigan, at the age of 92.
b. 11-19-1856
d. 2-8-1918
b. 3-19-1859
d. 1945
b. 9-22-1861
d. 1-1-1949
b. 12-21-1863
d. 11-?-1925
Middle Row: Gusta, Gussie [youngest Daughter] & Engebret
Front Row: Harris
b. Feb 24, 1860, Askim, Norway,
Hoff Farm Rd., Askim, Norway
m. Mar 19, 1880, Askim, Norway
d. Jun 14, 1954, Muskegon, Michigan, at the age of 94.
Came here in 1883
Active Church Worker
June 14, 1954
1989 Hoff Farm Road, Askim, Norway.
Stands Next To The House In Askim, Norway.
Children of Carl Hansen Hoff & Karen Christiansdatter Gram
f. 14-7-1843 paa Hoff
d. 1-2-1847
f. 22-4-1845 paa Hoff
d. 2-9-1934
m. Andreas Kristensen
f. 20-11-18 paa Hoff
m. Anton Mellby
f.20-12-1848 paa egen under Hoff
reparasjon paa Hoff
han blev 18 aar gammel
f. 20 Des. 1850 paa egen
d. 9-6-1877 paa Hoff
m. Martin Larsen (Loken)
f. 10-10-1852 paa Hoff
m. Nils Mortvedt
f. 14-8-1855
d. 13-10-1913
m. Anna Sofie Svensdatter, Skavong
f. 23-6-1858
d. 24-11-1910
m. Thora Olava Jammeraas
f. 24-2-1860
d. 1954
m. Engebret Mysen
f. 3-11-1862
nun blev 18 aar gammel
f. 31-5-1865
d.
m. Anton Loken
b. Dec 20, 1881, Eidsberg-Mysen, Norway
(dau of William Beers & Julia Weymouth, Rhinelander, WI)
d. Mar 3, 1943, Muskegon, MI
Addelle In Between With Alice At Left.
Muskegon, MI:
b. Dec 10, 1908, Muskegon, MI
d. Apr 5, 1986, Sun City, AZ, chronic lung disease at the age of 77.
One Of Many In The 1926 Issue
throughout her life time. At the University of Michigan, she took education courses, did practice teaching and received her life-time teacher's certificate. She had majored in French and minored in Art. I've a collection of watercolors from art class. Some are original and some are prints. I'm proud to be able to display them in my home. She had only received B+ from her art instructor, her watercolor results resembled oil paintings rather than a desired watercolor. She had a flair for art.
b. Nov 26, 1907, Muskegon Heights, MI, rural
(son of Hugh Wilsie & Camalena Barks), Muskegon Heights,
***
(dau of Syver Mysen and Lola Beers of Muskegon, MI)
d. Jul 3, 1977 - Sunday, Morrinsville, NZ, at age 70.
of a massive brain hemorrhage several days later at home.
b. Jul 10, 1932, Ann Arbor, MI
(son of Maurice Wilsie & Addelle Mysen),
Ann Arbor, MI
(dau of Benjamin Franklin Sullivan & Sara Dean Eidson, TN
Church Secretary/Primary Teacher)
b. Jan 25,1934 (dau. of Addelle Mysen & Maurice Wilsie), Ann Arbor, MI
(son of Herman Freese & Lydia Giessmann, Cappeln, MO,
b. Dec 17 1934, rural Cappeln, MO,
Prof of Mathematics & Computer Science, St. Louis University
GENERATIONS OMITTED - GENERATIONS AVAILABLE
Romance Language Dept.,University of Michigan,Ann Arbor, MI
(son of Charles P. Staubach & Edith Arnold)
d. Jan 25, 1994, Sun City West, AZ at the age of 89
Machine Executive and his family had lived at numerous locations,
three months before his death on January 25, 1994, on his daughter Celia's 60th birthday right after successful triple by-pass surgery, as something burst internally.
(Legally Adopted by Charles Neff Staubach):
b. May 5, 1911, Muskegon, MI
d. Feb. 9, 1912 died in infancy
b. Apr 11, 1913, Muskegon, MI
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Alice (Freye) Mysen and Richard Zimmerman On Their Wedding Day.
b. Oct 24, 1911
d. Oct17, 1988
GENERATIONS OMITTED - GENERATIONS AVAILABLE
b. Jun 26, 1914, Muskegon, MI
d. Dec. 1, 1943, Serving in WWII, test pilot, Naval Air Corp,
at age 36 (no children)
b.
(dau. of Mrs. Clark Morrison Pomeroy, Lake Worth, FL
May 22, 2942 - Aug 1942 at Miami, FL
School and of the University of Michigan School of Nursing.
December 11, 1943
Rites for Muskegon Aviator Killed in West Arranged
& GUSTA MATHEA HOFF, MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
b. Jun 27, 1884, Muskegon, MI
d. 1959 at the age of 74, Muskegon, MI
b. Jan. 15, 1886, Muskegon, MI, "Jenny"
d. Aug 4, 1931, Muskegon, MI
b. Aug 26, 1888, Muskegon, MI
d. 1968, age 80, Muskegon, MI
At Great-Grandma Mysen's 90th birthday
b. Apr 15, 1891, Muskegon, MI
d. Aug 11, 1967, Muskegon, MI
b. Aug 1, 1898, Montegue, MI
d. Nov 16, 1976, Muskegon, MI
b. Oct 4, 1920, Muskegon, MI
d. Jan 16, 1993, Muskegon, MI
b. Oct 11, 1923, Hart, MI
d. Mar 2, 1998, Muskegon, MI
GENERATIONS OMITTED - GENERATIONS AVAILABLE
b. Jan. 18, 1925, Muskegon, MI
b. Feb 4, 1923
GENERATIONS OMITTED - GENERATIONS AVAILABLE
b. Aug 30, 1928, Muskegon, MI
b. Aug 13, 1936
GENERATIONS OMITTED - GENERATIONS AVAILABLE
b. Aug 5, 1937
Obiturary 1967
b. Oct 11, 1894, Muskegon, MI
m. Lee Toepfner, March 24, 1893, of Columbus, Ohio
d. Mar 16, 1982, Muskegon, MI
It's said that the woman in white, Anna Marie Mortvedt, had been driven all the way from Columbus, Ohio, in horse & buggy for Esther and Lee Tuepfner's Garden Wedding. The man at the far left was Anna Marie's driver.
Mrs. Esther Toepfner of 1619 McGraft Street died March 16, 1982 at the age of 87 passed away on Tuesday. The former Esther Mysen was a life long resident of Muskegon and married Leo L. Toepfner on June 30, 1920, who died July 1961. Mrs. Toepfner was a graduate of Muskegon High School and a member of Our Saviour Lutheran Church and its Eunice Circle. Survivors are her two daughters: Marilyn fors of Muskegon and Mrs.Shirley Douglas of Portage, Michigan.
b. March 24, 1893, Columbus, Ohio
m. June 20, 1920, at a Garden Wedding at the home of Esther's parents divorced: 1937
d. Jul 2, 1961
b. Jun 30, 1920, Columbus, OH
(dau. of Lee Toepfner & Esther Mysen)
d. Jun 11, 1998, Muskegon, MI
d. Nov 18, 1961, Muskegon, MI (no children)
b. Feb. 19, 1931, Columbus, OH
(dau. of Lee Toepfner & Esther Mysen)
son of Drs. Robert & (?) Douglas, Muskegon,
GENERATIONS OMITTED - GENERATIONS AVAILABLE
b. Feb 19, 1898, Muskegon, Michigan
d. Nov 14, 1997 - Friday at the age of 99, Muskegon, MI
Gussie Mysen passed away on November 14, 1997 in Muskegon, Michigan, at the age of 99. Services were held at Our saviour Lutheran Church at 2:00 p.m. o November 17, 1997 with the Rev. John Grostic officiating. Internment was at Restlawn Cemetery, Muskegon, Michigan. A reception followed the service at Our Saviour Lutheran Church.
b. Oct. 20 1901, Muskegon Michigan
d. Sep 7, 1885, at age 83, Muskegon, MI
Harris Mysen passed away on September 7, 1985, after a lingering illness in Muskegon, Michigan. Services were held at the Clock Chapel on Tuesday at 1 p.m. on September 10, 1985. Those officiating were the Rev. Tom Williamson and the Rev. Steven Werner. Internment was in Restlawn Cemetery, Muskegon, Michigan.
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