Archive Record
Metadata
Creator |
Worringer, Ingebor Grinde. |
Title |
Eken Family history |
Object Name |
Manuscripts |
Catalog ID Number |
1988.010.0001 |
Dates of Creation |
1971 |
Language of Material |
English |
Scope & Content |
The Eken Family History is comprised of a nine-page genealogical essay written in 1971 by Ingebor Grinde Worringer and a single black and white photograph of the Eken family taken around 1890. The essay provides biographical details on the backgrounds of Iver Thoralson Iverson (1836-1917) and Johanna Oldsdatter Iverson (1837-1901), who emigrated from Sogn, Norway to an area in the Town of Vienna, Dane County, Wisconsin known as Norway Grove. Upon reaching Wisconsin, Iver Iverson decided to Americanize the family name to Eken. The essay contains individual biographical sketches for all ten of the Eken children: Thorald, Ola, Ingebor (Emma), Sjur, Annie, Sarah, Iver, Jr., John, Olena, and Andrew, as well as details on their descendants, who mostly settled in the Madison, Wisconsin area. Thorald and Ola's farm near the Oscar Mayer plant on the northeast side of Madison was later platted and named Eken Park. |
Archival History |
Presented by Glen W. Wheeler, Madison, Wisconsin, June 17, 1988. 1988.010 |
People |
Worringer, Ingebor Grinde |
Subjects |
Family trees Family Emigration & immigration |
Call Number |
ARM 88-04 |
Places 1 |
Norway Grove (Wis.) |
Places 2 |
Vienna (Dane County, Wis. : Town) |
Places 3 |
Madison (Wis.) |