Notes on Mrs. Lucie Claussen by Juli Claussen
Lucie/Lucia Sophus/Sophas/Sophia Claussen, her spouse and five children immigrated to the U.S. from Kappeln, then Denmark via Hamburg to New York city, arriving July 5, 1837 on the barque Washington. By September the family was in St. Louis, where her husband became ill and took his own life.
Two weeks later, Lucia appeared in the Bond County, Illinois deed records buying 40 acres at a Sheriff's sale on Sept. 18, 1837, located near Pocahontas. On Sept. 29, 1837, she purchased 80 acres in Montgomery County, Illinois as a resident of that county. In Jan. 1840, records show her as a resident of Montgomery County, where she purchased 80 acres.
The 1840 census shows her as a head of household with four teenagers, living near eldest child, Emil Claussen, south of Walshville, Montgomery County. In Jan. 1842 she sold half of her land, then Sept. 13, 1849, sold the remainder and disappears from Montgomery County records. I am unable to locate her in the 1850 census. In Jul. 1851, she sold land in Bond County to Josiah R. Gillispie. She and her daughters Thekla and Julia traveled back to the old country for a visit. They appear on a New Orleans ship passenger list, landing Nov. 7, 1853, from Hamburg on the same ship the family arrived on in 1837, the Washington.
The St. Louis death registers list her on Aug. 7, 1854, death having occurred on Clark St., and attributed to "marasmus senilis" or progressive atrophy of the aged. This record confirms she lived in the U.S. for 17 years, and it states she'd resided in St. Louis for 1 year.
Lucie/Lucia Sophus/Sophas/Sophia Claussen, her spouse and five children immigrated to the U.S. from Kappeln, then Denmark via Hamburg to New York city, arriving July 5, 1837 on the barque Washington. By September the family was in St. Louis, where her husband became ill and took his own life.
Two weeks later, Lucia appeared in the Bond County, Illinois deed records buying 40 acres at a Sheriff's sale on Sept. 18, 1837, located near Pocahontas. On Sept. 29, 1837, she purchased 80 acres in Montgomery County, Illinois as a resident of that county. In Jan. 1840, records show her as a resident of Montgomery County, where she purchased 80 acres.
The 1840 census shows her as a head of household with four teenagers, living near eldest child, Emil Claussen, south of Walshville, Montgomery County. In Jan. 1842 she sold half of her land, then Sept. 13, 1849, sold the remainder and disappears from Montgomery County records. I am unable to locate her in the 1850 census. In Jul. 1851, she sold land in Bond County to Josiah R. Gillispie. She and her daughters Thekla and Julia traveled back to the old country for a visit. They appear on a New Orleans ship passenger list, landing Nov. 7, 1853, from Hamburg on the same ship the family arrived on in 1837, the Washington.
The St. Louis death registers list her on Aug. 7, 1854, death having occurred on Clark St., and attributed to "marasmus senilis" or progressive atrophy of the aged. This record confirms she lived in the U.S. for 17 years, and it states she'd resided in St. Louis for 1 year.
Notes on Mrs. Lucie Claussen by Juli Claussen
Lucie/Lucia Sophus/Sophas/Sophia Claussen, her spouse and five children immigrated to the U.S. from Kappeln, then Denmark via Hamburg to New York city, arriving July 5, 1837 on the barque Washington. By September the family was in St. Louis, where her husband became ill and took his own life.
Two weeks later, Lucia appeared in the Bond County, Illinois deed records buying 40 acres at a Sheriff's sale on Sept. 18, 1837, located near Pocahontas. On Sept. 29, 1837, she purchased 80 acres in Montgomery County, Illinois as a resident of that county. In Jan. 1840, records show her as a resident of Montgomery County, where she purchased 80 acres.
The 1840 census shows her as a head of household with four teenagers, living near eldest child, Emil Claussen, south of Walshville, Montgomery County. In Jan. 1842 she sold half of her land, then Sept. 13, 1849, sold the remainder and disappears from Montgomery County records. I am unable to locate her in the 1850 census. In Jul. 1851, she sold land in Bond County to Josiah R. Gillispie. She and her daughters Thekla and Julia traveled back to the old country for a visit. They appear on a New Orleans ship passenger list, landing Nov. 7, 1853, from Hamburg on the same ship the family arrived on in 1837, the Washington.
The St. Louis death registers list her on Aug. 7, 1854, death having occurred on Clark St., and attributed to "marasmus senilis" or progressive atrophy of the aged. This record confirms she lived in the U.S. for 17 years, and it states she'd resided in St. Louis for 1 year.
Lucie/Lucia Sophus/Sophas/Sophia Claussen, her spouse and five children immigrated to the U.S. from Kappeln, then Denmark via Hamburg to New York city, arriving July 5, 1837 on the barque Washington. By September the family was in St. Louis, where her husband became ill and took his own life.
Two weeks later, Lucia appeared in the Bond County, Illinois deed records buying 40 acres at a Sheriff's sale on Sept. 18, 1837, located near Pocahontas. On Sept. 29, 1837, she purchased 80 acres in Montgomery County, Illinois as a resident of that county. In Jan. 1840, records show her as a resident of Montgomery County, where she purchased 80 acres.
The 1840 census shows her as a head of household with four teenagers, living near eldest child, Emil Claussen, south of Walshville, Montgomery County. In Jan. 1842 she sold half of her land, then Sept. 13, 1849, sold the remainder and disappears from Montgomery County records. I am unable to locate her in the 1850 census. In Jul. 1851, she sold land in Bond County to Josiah R. Gillispie. She and her daughters Thekla and Julia traveled back to the old country for a visit. They appear on a New Orleans ship passenger list, landing Nov. 7, 1853, from Hamburg on the same ship the family arrived on in 1837, the Washington.
The St. Louis death registers list her on Aug. 7, 1854, death having occurred on Clark St., and attributed to "marasmus senilis" or progressive atrophy of the aged. This record confirms she lived in the U.S. for 17 years, and it states she'd resided in St. Louis for 1 year.
Gravesite Details
Unmarked. The plot was owned by the Conzelman family, who were friends of the Claussens.
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