Our Family Ancestry - Person Sheet
NameHenry VEUM 
Birth11 Feb 1894, Chimney Rock, WI, USA
Death17 Aug 1958, Osseo, Trempealeau, WI41
Burial1958, Osseo, Trempealeau, Wi
FatherHalvor H. VEUM (1864-1941)
MotherAnna Benetta OLSON (1871-1937)
Spouses
Birth9 Oct 1899, Hale, Trempealeau, WI
Death29 Jan 1975, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
Burial2 Feb 1975, Osseo, Trempealeau, Wi
Marriage14 Dec 1929, Strum, Trempealeau, WI
Notes for Henry VEUM
Owned a 1956 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe DeVille. No factory air or optional larger engine. Car now owned by Gene Grengs of Eau Claire. All original and unrestored. Grengs bought it when Emma died?
Winona Daily News, 31 Dec 1962
Henry Veum’s holiday spirit was dampened somewhat in municipal court (Tuesday?). Veum, 70, 705 W. Broadway, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunken driving and paid the $100 fine...
Thirty-second, 32nd Division (Wisconsin and Michigan National Guard)
32nd (old 11) Division - Michigan and Wisconsin. Trained at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Tex.
Nickname: Red Arrow Division
125th, 126th, 127th, 128th Infantry (Inf.)
119th, 120th, 121st Artillery (Art.)
119th, 120th, 121st Machine Gun (M. G.)
107th Engineers (Eng.)
Major General Commanding: W. G. Haan, R. L. Howze.
Engaged: Grimpettes Wood, Bellevue Farm, Fismes, Argonne, Rhine.
http://renton.50megs.com/Tuscania/index02.html
http://renton.50megs.com/hoboken/regiment02.html
http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/tuscania.htm
http://www.donlowconcrete.com/Engineers/Pages/tuscania.htm
Was listed as a passenger on the TSS Tuscania’s final voyage. Was from Independence, Trempealeau, Wisconsin: 107th Engineer Train, 32nd Division (Red Arrow Division), Feb. 5th 1918: Private Henry Veum
Mom said he learned how to knit on the Tuscania voyage.
On the evening of February 5th, 1918, a German U-boat sent the Tuscania to the bottom of the North Channel Sea. On its final voyage, the passengers aboard this vessel, consisted of a large contingent of American Army soldiers. This was a story that shocked America, for it was the first time since the American Civil War, that Americans had felt the loss of mass casualties on such a large scale. The Tuscania Survivors Association was the third such Association to be formed in America, the Titanic being the first, and Lusitania being the second. Explore the history of this ship, and browse the passenger list for survivor’s accounts.
Killed from the actual torpedo that struck the Tuscania, the number estimate given by survivors is about six. Of the Men who tried to escape by lifeboats, there were few survivors. From newspaper sources, magazines, to history text books the total number of Tuscania victims documented seemed to vary from one source to the next.
These men of the Tuscania perished February 5, 1918. The cause of death in most cases is drowning, mainly due to Lifeboat mishaps, some were killed instantly when they were dashed against the rocks of Islay, Island. The bodies washed up for weeks on the shores of Islay, many were mutilated beyond recognition. Many of these men had to be identified by fingerprints.
Regarding the Tuscania casualties, the official U.S. Army reports state that there were three different burial sights on Islay Island; Kilnaughton, Mull of Oa, and Port Charlotte.
The Glasgow Islay Association published a photographic album dedicated to the memory of the brave men who perished as a result of the torpedoing of the Steam Ship Tuscania. This album reveals that there were in fact not three but four actual burial sights selected for the Tuscania casualties. They were Kilnaughton, Port Charlotte, Kinabus, and Killeyan. I will note that both Kinabus and Killeyan are on the Oa, so technically the U.S. Army report is correct.
The United States lost 200 American Soldiers, it was the first time since the American Civil War, that the United States had suffered the loss of mass casualties on a single day. The news of the loss was published nationally in the states; the reaction was a mixture of surprise and shock.
The United Kingdom had been engaged in the World War Conflict for several years before the Americans entered. They had endured the loss of many men and many ships to u-boat activities. The exact total number of Mercantile Marines of the Tuscania that perished may remain unknown. Thanks to "The Commonwealth War Graves Commission" and reports in a U.S. Army document, the majority are certainly known, and are posted here. The Mercantile Marines not accounted for are those whom were lost at sea. There were newspaper reports that there were men killed in the area in which the torpedo impacted, and others trapped behind the water tight doors.
The final resting place of the Mercantile marines that were recovered can be found in one of three locations:
1) Kilchoman Military Cemetery, Islay, Scotland.
2) Kilnaughton Military Cemetery, Islay, Scotland.
3) Tower Hill Cemetery, London, England.
The American Red Cross erected a monument to the victims of the Tuscania in 1920 on the Island of Islay. Also in that year most of the American soldiers were exhumed and relocated. Some of the American soldiers rest in the American War Cemetery in England called Brookwood. While the majority of the American soldiers were sent home to America to be buried in a National or Private Cemetery near the soldier's hometown.
Winona Daily News, 31 Dec 1962
Henry Veum’s holiday spirit was dampened somewhat in municipal court (Tuesday?). Veum, 70, 705 W. Broadway, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunken driving and paid the $100 fine...
Thirty-second, 32nd Division (Wisconsin and Michigan National Guard)
32nd (old 11) Division - Michigan and Wisconsin. Trained at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Tex.
Nickname: Red Arrow Division
125th, 126th, 127th, 128th Infantry (Inf.)
119th, 120th, 121st Artillery (Art.)
119th, 120th, 121st Machine Gun (M. G.)
107th Engineers (Eng.)
Major General Commanding: W. G. Haan, R. L. Howze.
Engaged: Grimpettes Wood, Bellevue Farm, Fismes, Argonne, Rhine.
http://renton.50megs.com/Tuscania/index02.html
http://renton.50megs.com/hoboken/regiment02.html
http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/tuscania.htm
http://www.donlowconcrete.com/Engineers/Pages/tuscania.htm
Was listed as a passenger on the TSS Tuscania’s final voyage. Was from Independence, Trempealeau, Wisconsin: 107th Engineer Train, 32nd Division (Red Arrow Division), Feb. 5th 1918: Private Henry Veum
Mom said he learned how to knit on the Tuscania voyage.
On the evening of February 5th, 1918, a German U-boat sent the Tuscania to the bottom of the North Channel Sea. On its final voyage, the passengers aboard this vessel, consisted of a large contingent of American Army soldiers. This was a story that shocked America, for it was the first time since the American Civil War, that Americans had felt the loss of mass casualties on such a large scale. The Tuscania Survivors Association was the third such Association to be formed in America, the Titanic being the first, and Lusitania being the second. Explore the history of this ship, and browse the passenger list for survivor’s accounts.
Killed from the actual torpedo that struck the Tuscania, the number estimate given by survivors is about six. Of the Men who tried to escape by lifeboats, there were few survivors. From newspaper sources, magazines, to history text books the total number of Tuscania victims documented seemed to vary from one source to the next.
These men of the Tuscania perished February 5, 1918. The cause of death in most cases is drowning, mainly due to Lifeboat mishaps, some were killed instantly when they were dashed against the rocks of Islay, Island. The bodies washed up for weeks on the shores of Islay, many were mutilated beyond recognition. Many of these men had to be identified by fingerprints.
Regarding the Tuscania casualties, the official U.S. Army reports state that there were three different burial sights on Islay Island; Kilnaughton, Mull of Oa, and Port Charlotte.
The Glasgow Islay Association published a photographic album dedicated to the memory of the brave men who perished as a result of the torpedoing of the Steam Ship Tuscania. This album reveals that there were in fact not three but four actual burial sights selected for the Tuscania casualties. They were Kilnaughton, Port Charlotte, Kinabus, and Killeyan. I will note that both Kinabus and Killeyan are on the Oa, so technically the U.S. Army report is correct.
The United States lost 200 American Soldiers, it was the first time since the American Civil War, that the United States had suffered the loss of mass casualties on a single day. The news of the loss was published nationally in the states; the reaction was a mixture of surprise and shock.
The United Kingdom had been engaged in the World War Conflict for several years before the Americans entered. They had endured the loss of many men and many ships to u-boat activities. The exact total number of Mercantile Marines of the Tuscania that perished may remain unknown. Thanks to "The Commonwealth War Graves Commission" and reports in a U.S. Army document, the majority are certainly known, and are posted here. The Mercantile Marines not accounted for are those whom were lost at sea. There were newspaper reports that there were men killed in the area in which the torpedo impacted, and others trapped behind the water tight doors.
The final resting place of the Mercantile marines that were recovered can be found in one of three locations:
1) Kilchoman Military Cemetery, Islay, Scotland.
2) Kilnaughton Military Cemetery, Islay, Scotland.
3) Tower Hill Cemetery, London, England.
The American Red Cross erected a monument to the victims of the Tuscania in 1920 on the Island of Islay. Also in that year most of the American soldiers were exhumed and relocated. Some of the American soldiers rest in the American War Cemetery in England called Brookwood. While the majority of the American soldiers were sent home to America to be buried in a National or Private Cemetery near the soldier's hometown.