Digital Records: Birth

http://retirees.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/ships/ships1866.html
Ship Aurora
Master: Heltberg
Port: Bergen
Departed: May 6
Arrived: June 4
Cargo: Ballast
Cabin: 7
Steerage: 371
Crew: 17
Sick: -
Dead: -
Consigned to: do
Discharged: June 4
Remarks: All well

Captain J. Heltberg from Bergen May 6 to Quebec June 15.

Church emmigration records indicate that Halvor and family left Hafslo 20 Apr 1866. (Source information: Sogn og Fjordane county, Hafslo, Parish register (official) nr. A 18 (1853-1886), Emigration records 1866, page 106-107. Permanent pagelink: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=...ny&idx_side=-59)

From 1930 Atlas and Farmers’ Directory of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin: VEUM, H H, Rt 2. Wife - Anna; Children - Henry, James, Alvin, Roy, Julia, Lillian & Lionel. Owned 160 acres in section 28 of Chimney Rock Township. Mail came from Independence Post Office. He also owned 69 acres in section 21. Lived in the county for 60 years. He had 1 silo, a tractor and a telephone.

From Many and Memorable...A History of the 110 Rural Schools of Trempealeau County, p. 162: “In the 1870's a general mercantile store was started at the junction of Highway 121 and County V by a Mr. Melsness. A post office was set up at the store from 1899 until 1905 with Tom Kwosek hauling the mail in from Independence three times a week. Halvor Veum established the Little Elk Cheese Factory across the road from the (Russell) store. In 1917 it has sixteen contributing members who owned 250 cows between them.”

From the book History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin (1917), 811: The H. H. Solie Company at Osseo and the Little Elk Cheese Association in Chimney Rock each conduct cheese factories.

From the book History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin (1917), 815: The Little Elk Cheese Association is located in Chimney Rock Township, the president being H. Weum. The record for the year ending April 30, 1916, was as follows : Value of the property, $700. Number of patrons contributory, 16 ; number of cows contributory, 250 ; pounds of milk received, 450,398 ; cheese made, 45,694 ; amount of money received for products sold, $6,158.71.

From the book History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin (1917): Kongsberg Congregation. Hamlin (10 miles ?). Norwegian Synod, 1879 (?). Organized 1879 (?). Dissolved (?). 157 souls in 1879, 168 in 1883. Pastors: H. A. Heyer, 1879-84; A. E. Hauge (?), 1884 (?) (3398- 663).

"100 Year Historical Album of Independence, Wisconsin, 1976":
http://trempealeau.wigenweb.org/histories/100indep...lytradingcenters.htm

Russell
Russell, commonly referred to as Russell's Store, is located at the intersection of Highways 21 on V in Chimney Rock Township, about eight miles northwest of Independence. It is in an area where good farms abound.

The store was started by a Mr. Melsness probably in the 1870's. It also served as a postal station from 1899 to 1905. John Jensen was the next owner who in turn sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sylla who ran it from 1921 to 1969. Thereafter, Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Roskos operated the store until they closed it in 1975.

In the earlier days a cheese factory was located near the store. Exact dates of its existence and original owner's name are not known. John Jensen operated the plant until 1921 when Peter Sylla assumed ownership.

From: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/e/e/C...E-0001/UHP-0079.html
A cousin of John Johnson, Ole Johnson, came from Sweden in about 1880, lived with him for a short time and later bought a farm about a half-mile away. Mrs. Ole (Caroline) Johnson was a very good friend of Mrs. Johnson(h). In 1878 John Johnson was one of the founders of the Kongsberg Lutheran Church, located on the crest of a hill between Bennett and Borst Valleys. John Johnson was an attendant at the wedding of his cousin Ole in this church on August 6, 1881. Four of John's children were baptised in this church and his third child, Julius Benjamin, was the first child baptised in this church. He and his cousin Ole alternated as sponsors at the baptism of John's sixth child (Mathilda) and Ole's first child (Carl Oscar) on June 17, 1883. The church was apparently dissolved in 1884 as the records stop at this time.
The records are written in Norwegian and were in the possession of Mrs. Agnes Garson, Mondovi, Wisconsin in 1971(w).

Biennial Report of the Dairy and Food Commissioner of Wisconsin for the Years 1901-1902:

p162, List of Creameries in Wisconsin:
Trempealeau County
Russell Creamery Co.
Russell

p218, List of Cheese Factories in Wisconsin:
Trempealeau County
Little Elk Cheese Factory
Wm. J. Ennison, La Crosse

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Beverly said that they didn’t really have “reunions” when she was a child, but she remembers that her grandpa Halvor Veum had a watermelon party every October. He grew watermelons and he would invite everyone from the area, and Eau Claire. They would have a potluck meal and Halvor provided the watermelons. The spring water at the farm was very cold and he would put the watermelons in a barrel of the cold water.

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Beverly said that Nora said that they were lucky if they made enough money from the tobacco crop to buy new school shoes. Couldn’t barely afford shoes for the summer. If something went wrong with the crop like drought or worms, they were out of luck.

Obituary:
HALVOR VEUM (SOGN)
Halvor Veum, 76, resident of the Town of Chimney Rock, died at Luther Hospital in Eau Claire Friday, April 11. Funeral services were held at the Chimney Rock Lutheran Church on Tuesday, the Rev. H.A. Wichmann officiating. Mr. Veum was born in Sogn, Norway, May 1, 1864, and came to America with his parents at the age of two years, locating in Goodhue County, Minnesota. In 1870 Halvor came with his family to Chimney Rock, which continued to be his home until his death. On May 9,1893, he married Anna Olson of Chimney Rock who died February 21, 1937. Deceased is survived by five sons and two daughters, 19 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and two sisters. THE WHITEHALL TIMES - APRIL 17, 1941

Immigrated from Norway with his parents in 1867 at the age of two years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogn : Sogn is a in the western part of Norway, in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, surrounding Sognefjorden. It consists of the municipalities Aurland, Balestrand, Hyllestad, Høyanger, Gulen, Leikanger, Luster Lærdal, Sogndal, Solund, Vik and Årdal.

Hafslo is a village in the municipality of Luster, Norway. Its population (2005) is 270.

The surrounding area used to constitute a municipality of its own, but it became a part of Luster on January 1, 1963. Before the merger Hafslo municipality had a population of 2.384;

Most of the people in Hafslo are very curious.

Famous people from Hafslo include linguist Sylfest Lomheim.

From: http://www.rootsweb.com/~witrempe/government/civilcourt/defendant/r.htm
Civil Court Case Index
Defendent: RISBERG R R & SOLFISH S
Plaintiff: VEUM Halvor
Year: 1906
Case#: 1484

Defendent: RISLERB R R & SOLFEST S
Plaintiff: VEUM Halvor
Year: 1916
Case#: 1494

Veum Cemetery, Co Rd V - AKA Hoff Cemetery, Section 20, Chimney Rock

Harry & Aldis Jorine Korslund
Eddavegen 1
N-2817 Gjovik Norge
+47 996 41 065
+47 414 17 987
+47 958 23 145

(online said 2817 Gjovik; http://www.gulesider.no/gsi/map.c?ps=m0&id=p_9...ollX=0&scrollY=0 )