The Christian Henriksen family emigrated to American in 1874 from Denmark coming direct to South Dakota. Mr. Henriksen purchased a homestead from his son, Claus Matson, who had resided in Garfield township, Clay County for fives years.
Mr. Henriksen, Sr. lived upon his farm until his death in 1902. He survived his wife for three years, her demise occurring in 1899. They were the parents of ten children, namely: Claus Matson, who is a retired shoe merchant of Sioux City, Iowa; Rika, who married Louis Matson, of Nebraska, and at her demise left four children; Annie, Jens Peter, Jane C. and Ida, all deceased: Augusta, the wife of Jens P. Jensen, of Vesington Springs, South Dakota; Anton; Fred; and Carl H., who owns and operates the family homestead in Clay county; and one who died in infancy.
Adapted from "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury and "South Dakota – Its History and Its People" Edited by George Martin Smith, B.A., A.M., Biographical, Illustration, Volume IV, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1915.
Mr. Henriksen, Sr. lived upon his farm until his death in 1902. He survived his wife for three years, her demise occurring in 1899. They were the parents of ten children, namely: Claus Matson, who is a retired shoe merchant of Sioux City, Iowa; Rika, who married Louis Matson, of Nebraska, and at her demise left four children; Annie, Jens Peter, Jane C. and Ida, all deceased: Augusta, the wife of Jens P. Jensen, of Vesington Springs, South Dakota; Anton; Fred; and Carl H., who owns and operates the family homestead in Clay county; and one who died in infancy.
Adapted from "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury and "South Dakota – Its History and Its People" Edited by George Martin Smith, B.A., A.M., Biographical, Illustration, Volume IV, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1915.
The Christian Henriksen family emigrated to American in 1874 from Denmark coming direct to South Dakota. Mr. Henriksen purchased a homestead from his son, Claus Matson, who had resided in Garfield township, Clay County for fives years.
Mr. Henriksen, Sr. lived upon his farm until his death in 1902. He survived his wife for three years, her demise occurring in 1899. They were the parents of ten children, namely: Claus Matson, who is a retired shoe merchant of Sioux City, Iowa; Rika, who married Louis Matson, of Nebraska, and at her demise left four children; Annie, Jens Peter, Jane C. and Ida, all deceased: Augusta, the wife of Jens P. Jensen, of Vesington Springs, South Dakota; Anton; Fred; and Carl H., who owns and operates the family homestead in Clay county; and one who died in infancy.
Adapted from "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury and "South Dakota – Its History and Its People" Edited by George Martin Smith, B.A., A.M., Biographical, Illustration, Volume IV, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1915.
Mr. Henriksen, Sr. lived upon his farm until his death in 1902. He survived his wife for three years, her demise occurring in 1899. They were the parents of ten children, namely: Claus Matson, who is a retired shoe merchant of Sioux City, Iowa; Rika, who married Louis Matson, of Nebraska, and at her demise left four children; Annie, Jens Peter, Jane C. and Ida, all deceased: Augusta, the wife of Jens P. Jensen, of Vesington Springs, South Dakota; Anton; Fred; and Carl H., who owns and operates the family homestead in Clay county; and one who died in infancy.
Adapted from "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury and "South Dakota – Its History and Its People" Edited by George Martin Smith, B.A., A.M., Biographical, Illustration, Volume IV, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1915.
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