The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-07
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C. O. Teileson has sold his residence
to Thorvald Smithback, possession CIV
en- April LIST next.
Chester Tellefson and family from
Edgerton were visiting at the Week
home couple days last week.
Oscar Dahl, who lives at Spring
Grove, Mimi, is here visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Erland Dahl.
Tha young people gave character
party at Otis Klongland's New Years
eve. Those attending report one big
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. and Rolf Tellef-
son, II. o. Smithback and family ate
their New Years dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ruben Tellefson.
The lutefisk supper served by the
men of the Rockdale church on New
Years eve was well attended and the
proceeds amounted to $76.40. They did
their work in good shape, and wish to
thank the people for their liberal pat
ronage.
On Dec. 10Th your correspondent was
over at Rockdale to help celebrate his
mothers, Hage Tellefson's, birthday.
1t has been a custom for many years
for the children to be with their mother
on her birthday. This is the second
time when all have been present upon
such occasion. There have been IL
children in the family. One sister died
when six months old, another sister was
Mrs. Ole Mathison was called away at
fbn Of
of seven children. The eight children
now living were all present; Mrs. Geo.
A. Lien of Granite Falls, Mimi, is the
only one that does not live in the i'm
mediate vicinity. Mrs. Tellefson has
80 grandchildren, At great-grandchil-
dren and one great-great-grandchild.
Of these there were 48 present. Moth
er was born up in the mountains of
Thelemarken, Norway, of poor par
ents, on Dec. 10Th, 1880. She was
the 9Th child of family of H. Two
died in Norway and nine of the family
and the parents emigrated to America;
mother and :. brother Hans, the young
est of the family, are the only two sur
viving. With such large family as
this and only their labor to depend on
for support, it often happened that the
food was very scant. Mother says they
never starved but there were times
when they did not get all they would
like to eat and many times went to bed
hungry. AS soon as child was old
enough so he could be of any use he
was sent away from home to work for
his board and few scanty pieces of
clothing. Mother was staying with a
family by the name, of Skater, and
when she had reached the age of IA
years she began to prepare herself for
confirmation. In the meantime the
Skater family and others there had
decided to emigrate to America The
folks she was staying with made her a
proposition to advance her passage for
her if she cared to go with them. She
accepted and came to America In l845.
They came over in a sailing vessel and
that their food gave out and they were
starving when they landed. After
coming here TO the ,Koshkonong settle
ment she continued her preparations
for confirmation and after she was
qualified she was confirmed Dy Rev. j..
w. G. Dietrichon After this she went
out to work and for number of years
she worked at hotel in Janesville.
Il
IA, 1850 (St. Valentines day.. They
commenced housekeeping at Cambridge.
Father was then clerking for one Dan
lei Devidson. In 1853 they moved to
Clinton (now Rockdale) where they
had built stone house; in the front
room they started in the store business
and the other rooms and upper story
were used as dwelling. And IN this
building she has made her home for 81
years; here all her children were born
and brought up except the eldest sister
who was born in Cambridge Here we
were all together last Wednesday even
ing, under the same roof where
seven of us were born: here we have
had our joys and sorrows, and when we
look back on these many years we re-
call so many things that we should be
thankful for amongst these is the
privilege that has been granted US to
have our dear mother With us so many
years Yes, thanks to Him from whom
so many blessings flow. Father died
Nov 18th, 1889, so mother has been
widow for 81 years. She is we'll and
very active for her age and is very
much interested III the welfare of her
own and of her friends. She enjoys
visiting and takes great deal of inter
est in all things pertaining to the
church. May she be with us for many
years to come, and when God calls her
from US here may she enter that heav-
emily home with many mansions, and
may we all gather there where there is
no sin, no sorrow, nothing but ever
lasting JOY. God grant this for Jesus
sake.