Bio: Blumenstein, Aaron (1865 - 1950)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org or marsha@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Blumenstein, Dover, Schmitz, La Fleur, Weihler, Smith, Gulie, Downs, Hendrickson, Baird, Raabe, Esselson, Fulwiler, Gutmann, Wehausen, Kolwey, Bloomenstein

----Sources: Census Records, Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Plat Book, Clark County, Wisconsin, Polk's Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory ..., Volumes 33-34, Wisconsin State Records, Newspaper articles, Marsha Hosfeld Research

Mina Olecie Dover was born May 1876. On Christmas day, 1894, at the age of 18, she married twenty nine year old Aaron Blumenstein in their home town, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. 

June 22, 1900, Floyd Draper stopped by the Blumenstein Hotel and Opera House in Loyal, Wisconsin (pictured below) while recording the 234th township family for the Federal Census, he noted the death of the couples first and only son.  Their little boy, Byron W., born February 10th of that year and sadly passed away the next day.  Aaron and Minnie buried his frail remains in the Loyal, Wis. City cemetery. 

Tragedy again hit the Blumenstein's in February of  1905, when their opera house at Loyal caught fire and burned to the ground. The fire caught in the garret from a defective chimney and had gained considerable headway before discovered.  The Huntley Entertainers had been using the hall the two nights before and the building was being heated up for their use that evening when it caught fire. The company saved all their belongings and the scenery in the building was also saved. The loss will amount to about $2,500 with an insurance of $500. Several other buildings in the neighborhood caught fire but were extinguished before much damage was done.  The building was rebuilt to the pleasure of the people of Loyal.

The Blumenstein Hotel & Opera House, Loyal, WI

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In 1912, F. M. Voight and Mary Voight sold Aaron Blumenstein, part of lots 63 and 64 of block 51, Henning's plat. Seventh ward, city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, east 1/2 of southwest 1/4 of section 15, township 13 north of range 15 east. $1, etc.

In1914, Fred and Mary Voight bought both the hotel and the Opera House from Aaron Blumenstein. The Blumenstein's then moved to Ripon where another Hotel, known as "Blumies Hotel Leroy" was opened.

By 1923, the turmoil in the Blumenstein's life led to a major divorce case in 1924 when the couple divorced.  Aaron lived a long and fruitful life before he was buried in the Loyal, Wisconsin City Cemetery  next to his son, Byron.  We do not know the final details of Minnie Dover Blumenstein's life.  Please contact us if you do!

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----Source: Marshfield Times February 10, 1905 Fire at Loyal

The opera house at Loyal caught fire last Saturday during the noon hour and burned to the ground. The fire caught in the garret from a defective chimney and had gained considerable headway before discovered.

The Huntley Entertainers had been using the hall the two nights before and the building was being heated up for their use that evening when it caught fire. The company saved all their belongings and the scenery in the building was also saved. The loss will amount to about $2,500 with an insurance of $500. Several other buildings in the neighborhood caught fire but were extinguished before much damage was done.

The Central Hotel in Loyal was built in the late 1800s, and the adjoining opera house was built around 1910. In 1914, Fred and Mary Voight bought both properties from Aaron Blumenstein. The Voight's operated the hotel for several years, but the opera house burned to the ground in 1924. After the fire, the vacant lot was made into a pretty flower garden that was enjoyed by everyone.

Blumie's Hotel Leroy, 300 Watson St., Ripon, Wisconsin (pictured below)

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1850-1926 Leroy Hotel (burned down in 1904 and was rebuilt as the Leroy Hotel again)

1926-1948 Blumies Hotel *Notice how similar the window placements and central balcony doors are to the Loyal Hotel pictured above.

1948-1996 Davis Hotel

1996-1998 Landmarks Apartments

1998-Present Mapes House Apartment & Pubs

A commemorative marker is mounted on the facade of the Mapes House Apartment & Pubs, located on the southwest corner of the intersection of East Blossom Street and Watson
Street, at 300 Watson Street, Ripon, Wisconsin 54971.

********The Leroy Hotel was taken over by the college as the women's dormitory because the army [sic] used the campus for its training program and the girls' dorms were used for housing the Army men.

Damages Alienation Suit

The Manitowoc Herald News

Fond du Lac, Jan. 17, 1924 – Aaron Blumenstein, Ripon hotel proprietor, who sued A. A. Pilon, Fond du Lac insurance agent and club man for alienation of Mrs. Blumentstein's affections, was awarded $6,000 by a jury in circuit court here today.

Detectives hired by Blumenstein testified that "key hold" observations made by them disclosed Pilon and Mrs. Blumenstein in a room of Blumenstein's hotel in Ripon.

Pilon has been named as co-respondent in a divorce action filed by Blumenstein against his wife, according to court records.  All of the parties are prominent in Fond du Lac County society.

Manitowoc County people have followed the Fond du Lac case with more than passing interest due to the fact that both Blumenstein and Pilon are former residents of the county.  Pilon, defendant in the case, who is held by the jury for a $6,000 judgement, formerly resided at Two Rivers, where he made his home for years, it being said that at one time he was a member of the Coast Guard crew of the government at that point.  Later he engaged in the real estate business and some year ago removed to Fond du Lac, where he followed the insurance and real estate line, and is said to have achieved financial success and to be counted as well to do at this time.

Blumenstein also made his home in Manitowoc County for many years, the family having resided near Valders, between that village and Collios, for many years previous to removing to Ripon where Blumenstein has made a success in the hotel business.

Sensational testimony was presented in the trial of the case and a feature of the prosecution's case was a purported confession alleged to have been signed by Mrs. Blumenstein.  The confession was said to have been made to a Milwaukee detective engaged on the case.  It was alleged that the confession was secured after detectives found Mrs. Blumenstein in Pilon's room, while her husband was absent.

Pilon, called to testify in his own defence, told his story of the two days at the hotel.  He spent the night of Nov. 21 there, he said, and returned on Nov. 22.  He told of watching a game of bridge with two men in the hotel and of drinking a glass of homemade wine with one of them at an hour considerably later than the time at which detectives claim he was in the room with Mrs. Blumenstein.

After he went to his room, Pilon state, Mrs. Blumenstein rushed into the room, seeming to ber very much frightened.  He was just about to put his wallet under his mattress at the time he said.  Mrs. Blumenstein, he testified, declared she thought the two strange men were holding up the hotel.  The couple waited in Pion's room while the supposed robbers seemed to be going to the different rooms, he said.  When they knocked at his door, he said, eh took his wallet which contained $300 and three it out the window.

Pilon claimed that the detectives made demands on him for a cash settlement a few moments after they had sent Mrs. Blumenstein to her room.  He was turned out of the hotel at an early hour in the morning, he said, while he still protested.  One of the detectives told him as he left that they were after the woman, he testified.

Divorce Settlement

Manitowoc Herald-Times 21 Aug 1924

In Fond du Lac courts a decision has been handed down awarding Mrs. Minnie Blumenstein $3,660 as a two-fifths share in property of her husband, Aaron Blumenstein, owner of a hotel at Ripon.  The couple, both of whom are former Manitowoc County residents, recently figured in a sensational case which resulted in an action for alienation.  A. A. Pilon, Fond du Lac businessman, also a former Manitowoc County man, was named in the case.

Supreme Court Upholds $6,000 judgment

Manitowoc Herald-Times 15 Oct 1924

In a decision handed down yesterday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the verdict of a jury in the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court in the Blumenstein-Pilon damage suit growing out of charges by Aaron Blumenstein, Ripon hotel man, against A. A. Pilon, Fond du Lac insurance man, for alleged alienation of affections of Mrs. Blumenstein.  As a result of the decision of the high court, Pilon, a former resident of Two Rivers, this county, must pay the judgement awarded Blumenstein as damages.

The jury in circuit court had returned a verdict of $6,000, of which $1,500 was for compensatory damages and $4,500 exemplary damages.  Appeal was taken from the verdict and judgment of the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court on the grounds of alleged error in instructions by Judge Chester A. Fowler, and because it was held that the exemplary damages were too large in proportion to the compensatory or actual damages.

Evidence taken in the trial of the case, in which conversation between Pilon and Mrs. Blumenstein were included, was entered in the trial of the divorce case, in which Blumenstein secured his freedom from the bonds of matrimony.

Blumenstein is also a former resident of the northern part of Manitowoc County.

----Source: Marshfield Times August 14, 1912

Mrs. A. Blumenstein of Loyal spent last Thursday in this city.

----Source: Oshkosh Daily Northwestern July 20, 1914 REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Reported to The Northwestern by the Greenlaw-Thomas Abstract company, corner State and other affects.

F. M. Voight and Mary Voight to Aaron Blumenstein, part of lots 63 and 64 of block 51, Henning's plat. Seventh ward, city of Oshkosh, east 1/2 of southwest 1/4 of section 15, township 13 north of range 15 east. $1, etc.

 1900 United States Census, Liberty Manitowoc Wisconsin

O* Last Name: Dover Date of Birth: 1829 Age: 71 Place of Birth: Norway State: Wisconsin County: Manitowoc City: Liberty Head of Household's First Name: O* Head of Household's Last Name: Dover Head of Household's Suffix: Mrs Relationship to Head of Household: Self Marital Status: Widowed Father's Place of Birth: Norway Mother's Place of Birth: Norway Mother's Number of Children: 15 Gender: Female Ethnicity: American Race: White Year of Immigration: 1849 Suffix: Mrs

1870 Federal Census, Liberty, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin, United States, pg. 30.

Name: Aaron Blumenstein, 4 yr. old white male
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Page Number: 30

Household Members
Wilhelmina Blumenstein F 38 b. (1832) Saxony, estate: $5,500, personal: $900
Charles Blumenstein M 18 (1852) Wisconsin
Gustav Blumenstein M 16 (1854) Wisconsin
Bertha Blumenstein F 14 (1856) Wisconsin
Henry Blumenstein M 12 (1864) Wisconsin
Emma Blumenstein F 8 (1862) Wisconsin
Aaron Blumenstein M 4 (1865) Wisconsin
Mina Blumenstein F 3 (1866) Wisconsin
William Blumenstein M 0 (1870) Wisconsin
Frederik Gutmann M 18 (1852) Prussia

*1870 Federal Census Mortality List: BLUMENSTEIN: Fredk........48 (b. 1822)...M...Sax.....Farmer...Apr.. Consumption.....190..Liberty

1875 Wisconsin State Census, Liberty, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin, United States

Blumenstein
Event Place: Liberty Town, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Number of White Males: 4
Number of White Females: 3
 

1900 Federal Census, Loyal township Loyal village, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, June

Blumenstein, A. (Aaron) 35 yr. old married male, hotel manager
Race: White 
Years Married: 5 yrs.
Birth Date: Dec 1865
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1895
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany

Can read and write, employed

Household Members
Blumenstein, A. -  Head M 35 (Dec 1865) Wisconsin
Minnie Blumenstein Wife F 24 (May 1876) Wisconsin, 1 child, 0 living
Rona Schmitz Hired girl F 17 (Dec 1883) Wisconsin
Nancy La Fleur Boarder F 35 (Jan 1865) Canada F, 4 children, 4 living
Maimie La Fleur Boarder F 12 (Dec 1888) Wisconsin

1905 Wisconsin State Census, Loyal village, Clark, Wisconsin, Page: 249

Aaron Blumenstein
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Parent 1 Birthplace: Germany
Parent 2 Birthplace: Germany 

Household Members
Aaron Blumenstein Head M 39y Wisconsin
Minnie Blumenstein Wife F 29y (1876) Wisconsin
Annie Baird Domestic F 25y Wisconsin
Haysert Baird Son Of Domestic M 5y Wisconsin
Mytle Hendrickson Domestic F 20y Wisconsin
William Gulie Hostler M 21y Wisconsin
Wisley Downs Hostler M 40y Wisconsin
Edward Hecker Boarder M 24y Wisconsin
George Weihler Boarder M 41y Wisconsin
Gilford Smith Boarder M 65y Wisconsin

1910 Federal Census, Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

Aaron Blumenstein, 44 yr. old married male
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1866
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany

Household Members
Aaron Blumenstein Head M 44 Wisconsin
Minnie Blumenstein Wife F 35 (Wisconsin
Martha Raabe Servant F 26 Wisconsin
Anna Esselson Servant F 19 Wisconsin
Edward Fulwiler Servant M 28 Wisconsin

Wisconsin Marriage Records

Name: Aron Blumenstein
Spouse's Name: Mina Olecie Dover
Event Date: 25 Dec 1894
Event Place: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Father's Name: Karl Blumenstein
Mother's Name: Wilhelmine (Gunther)
Spouse's Father's Name: O. T. Dover
 

August Henry Kolwey
Spouse's Name: Emma Fr. Blumenstein
Event Date: 06 Dec 1884
Event Place: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Father's Name: Henry Kolwey
Mother's Name: Anna Wehausen
Spouse's Father's Name: Charles Blumenstein
Spouse's Mother's Name: Wilhelmine Gunther

Wisconsin Death Records

Byron W Bloomenstein
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin
Residence Place: Loyal, Clark, WI
Gender: Male
Age: This child lived just one day
Race: White
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1900
Birthplace: Loyal, Clark, WI
Burial Date: 1900
Burial Place: Loyal, Clark, WI
Father's Name: Aaron Bloomenstein
Father's Birthplace: WI
Mother's Name: Minnie Bloomenstein
Mother's Birthplace: WI

Charles Blumenstein
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1898
Event Place: Newton, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Residence Place: Newton, Manitowoc,
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Marital Status: Married
Race: W
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1852
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Birthplace: Liberty,
Burial Place: Liberty, Manitowoc Co., Wis.
Father's Name: Carl Blumenstein
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Wilhelmine Blumenstein
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Spouse's Name: Heneite
 

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Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin, United States Death Records

Germans to America Passenger Data file, 1850-1897

Carl Blumenstein
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 15 Jan 1850
Event Place: New York, New York, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Birthplace: Prussia
Occupation: Farmer
Ship Name: Meta
Birth Year (Estimated): 1822
Departure Port: Bremen
Literacy: Unknown
Destination Place: Wisconsin
Transit or Travel Compartment: Staying in the USA [Transit]; Steerage [Travel]

Affiliate Publication Title:

Aaron Blumenstein was the proprietor of the Opera House, Central and Livery Manager in Loyal, Wisconsin. Polk's Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory ..., Volumes 33-34

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Blumenstein, A., Hotel Loyal, 1895, 1905 "Patrons", Listed in the Plat Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Book, Clark County, Wisconsin

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School: Granton, Wis. Parent Teachers Meet (9 Jan 1935), Clark ...

Mr. Johnson reported that the Homecoming basketball game with Loyal will be this Thursday evening in the Opera House. There was no unfinished business.

www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/3data/69/69729.htm

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Loyal Opera House Burns (4 Feb 1905)
www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/5data/114/114327.htm

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The Mina (Dover) Blumstein's Family was researched by Marsha Hosfeld who wrote:

"There are a couple of Trees for this family under Thoresen but they do not include Mina so were no help in tracking her down post-divorce."

DOVER Family Research

http://www.2manitowoc.com/41.html

WEST VALDERS CEMETERY, Liberty Township, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin

OSSW = ON SAME STONE WITH

DOVER: See DOVRES

DOVERY: O.K./1817-1902

DOVRES:

Ole T. & Barbro T. Dovres children:

Born Hannah Olava Dovres/Fodt 21 Oct. 1862/Dodt Marts 1866, ossw:

Birthe Aletta Dovres/Fodt 22 Mar. 1864/Dod 5 Sept. 1881, ossw:

Johann/Fod 20 Dec. 1859/Dod 17 Jan. 1882, ossw:

Ole T. DOVER/Fodt 1828/Dod 8 Apr. 1893, ossw:

Barbro T. DOVER/Fodt 24 Aug. 1879/Dod 21 Juni 1908    << a typo or mis-read … likely born 1829

Note: Stone reads Dovres

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Aaron Blumenstein also has family members buried there:

BLUMENSTEIN:

Wilhelmine/Geb. 2 Aug. 1831/Gest. 7 Oct. 1899 - Footstone: Mutter

Bertha/Tochter von C & W Blumenstein/Gestorben Oct. 23, 1874/Alt 18 Jahre

Charles/Born Oct. 31, 1852/Died Nov. 18, 1898, ossw:

Freddie/Born Dec. 27, 1892/Died Jan. 25, 1893

Carl/Geb. d. 30 Nov. 1823/Gest. d. 7 Mai 1865

    Karl Wilhelm Blumenstein, husband of Wilhelmine nee Seifert, born 

    at Kahle in Saxe-Altenburg, buried on the Evang. Filial-Cemetery on

    Calumet Street (from Trinity Lutheran ch. record).

    (Karl Wilhelm Blumenstein/d. 05/07/1865/bur. 05/10/1865/from records of

     St. Johns Evang. Luth. Ch.)

C.F./Geb. 22 Febr. 1822/Gest. 17 April 1870

Separate stone/Lieut C.F. Blumenstein/Co. C 34th Wis. Inf.

(Friedrich William/b. 29 Nov. 1869/d. 1 Aug. 1870, Liberty/no stone)

Searched for children of Ole & Barbro Dover: www.FamilySearch.org

Thorval Dover

Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947

birth: 15 November 1855 / 1856, Wisconsin

death: 28 June 1919, Chicago, Cook, Illinois    burial: 3 July 1919, Valders, Wis.

residence: 28 June 1919, Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.  

father: Ole T. Dover                       

Thorval Dover

Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1955-1994

birth: 15 November 1855, Wisconsin

death: 28 June 1919, Cook, Illinois, United States    burial: 3 July 1919, Valders, Wis.

residence: 1327 W. Erie St., Chicago, Cook, Illinois            

father: Ole T. Dover                       

Clara Sophie Dover

Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930

marriage: 29 December 1896                     

father: Ole T. Dover        mother: Barbro

spouse: Gullie Hougen   other: T.K. Hougen, Annie Berge                                              

Thorwald Dover

Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930

marriage: 30 April 1899, Manitowoc, Wisconsin 

father: Ole Dover          mother: Barbara Johnson

spouse: Clara Tutgen   other: August Tutgen, To..Ska                     

Mina Olecie Dover

Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930

marriage: 25 December 1894, Manitowoc, Wisconsin     

father: O.T. Dover

spouse: Aron Blumenstein    other: Karl Blumenstein, Wilhelmine (Gunthe)

mother was living with her son when she died…?

Barbara T Dover

Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922

Name: Barbara T Dover      Birth Date: abt 1830    Birth Place: Norway

Death Date: 21 Jun 1908    Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Burial Date: 22 Jun 1908     Burial Place: Valders, Wis

Death Age: 78    Race: White    Marital Status: Widowed    Gender: Female

Father Birth Place: Norway       Mother Birth Place: Norway

FHL Film Number: 1239798

Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922

Name: Barbara T Dover    Birth Date: abt 1830    Birth Place: Norway

Death Date: 21 Jun 1908    Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Burial Date: 22 Jun 1908     Burial Place: Valders, Neb

Death Age: 78    Race: White    Marital Status: Widowed    Gender: Female

Father Birth Place: Norway    Mother Birth Place: Norway

Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois    FHL Film Number: 1239771

SURPRISE!  This looks like the Dover family.  Since Barbro’s maiden name is given as Johnson, this could be her parents living with them: John & Maria Swinson.  (Ole’s father could have been Torvil, result = Torrison?)

www.ancestry.com

1880 United States Federal Census

Name: Barbara Torrison    Age: 52    Birth Year: abt 1828    Birthplace: Norway

Race: White    Gender: Female    Relation to Head of House: Wife   

Marital Status: Married    Spouse's Name: Ole Torrison    Occupation: Keeping House

Father's Birthplace: Norway        Mother's Birthplace: Norway

Home in 1880: Liberty, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Ole Torrison                55    Farmer    b. Norway

Barbara Torrison        52    Keeping House    b. Norway

Torvel Torrison           24    Works on farm    b. Wisconsin

Anna Torrison             18    b. Wisconsin

Lettie Torrison            16    b. Wisconsin

Charley Torrison         14    b. Wisconsin

Christina Torrison      12    b. Wisconsin

Julia Torrison              10    b. Wisconsin

Clara Torrison              8    b. Wisconsin

Mennie Torrison         7    b. Wisconsin                          << Mina / Minnie Dover

Otto Torrison               5    b. Wisconsin

John Swinson            84    Father    b. Norway

Maria Swinson          89    Wife       b. Norway

1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Ole Thoreson    Age in 1870: 43    Birth Year: abt 1827    Birthplace: Norway

Gender: Male    Post Office: Kiel

Home in 1870: Liberty, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Ole Thoreson                 43    Norway     Farmer

Barbara Thoreson         41    Norway

Thorwald Thoreson      14    Wisconsin

Sarah Thoreson             13    Wisconsin

Mathilde Thoreson       12    Wisconsin

John Thoreson               10    Wisconsin

Ann Thoreson                  8    Wisconsin

Allette Thoreson             6    Wisconsin

Carl Thoreson                  4    Wisconsin

Christine Thoreson         2    Wisconsin

Julie Thoreson           5/12    Wisconsin

Next Family: Thoreson, Knud 25, Mary, 28, Theodor 1    

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Ole Torrison    Age: 33    Birth Year: abt 1827    Gender: Male

Birth Place: Norway   Post Office: Eaton    Family Number: 1296

Home in 1860: Buchanan, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Ole Torrison                 33    Norway    Farmer

Barbara Torrison         31    Norway

Theodore Torrison        4    Wisconsin                    << Torvel / Thorval ?

Sarah Torrison               3    Wisconsin

Matilda Torrison           2    Wisconsin

John Torrison             6/12  Wisconsin

Anne Iverson                26    Norway

Edward Iverson              3    Wisconsin

Theodore Iverson          2    Wisconsin

Ida Severson                19    Norway      Sewing

1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Barbary Johnson   Age: 21   Birth Year: abt 1829   Birthplace: Norway

Gender: Female    Family Number: 298

Home in 1850: Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA

Ole Oleson                 28

Knuie Anberg            25

Ole oleson Anberg   33

John Swinson            53                   Barbara’s parents

Mary Swinson           50

Ales Farstenson        27                   << possibly Ole Torrison, but age does not match (see next)

Ole Johnson              18

Barbary Johnson      21

Knute Aleson            25

Kandy Aleson            21

PROBABLY our Ole…

1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Ole Toreson    Age: 23    Birth Year: abt 1827    Birthplace: Norway

Gender: Male     Family Number: 338

Home in 1850: Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA

Sarah Toreson    29

Ole Toreson        23     Laborer

Knute Toreson    17    Tailor

YES!

U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875 - 1940

Name: Knud Ole Thoresen              Spouse: Hago Barbro Johannesdtr

Event Type: Marriage     Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1852     Marriage Place: Green Bay, Wisconsin

Father: Thor Haroldsen                    Mother: Sigrid Knudsdtr

Spouse Father: Johannes Robne     Spouse Mother: Marie Olsdtr

Church Name: Trinity Lutheran       Church Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin

BTW, there are Torrisons buried in West Valders Cemetery but I can’t tell if they are related.  There’s a Torval, but the DOB does not fit.

just interesting to me…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valders,_Wisconsin

History

Valders was settled in the 1850s by immigrants from the Valdres mountainous region of Norway. The largest town in Valdres is Fagernes, but many immigrants arriving in Wisconsin came from the valleys of Vestre Slidre and Øystre Slidre, when hunger (sult) in these rocky hillside farms was far from unheard of. Valders did not really develop as a village until the arrival of the railroad in 1896, the traditional year of its founding. It was incorporated as a village under Wisconsin law in 1921, with William F. Christel as the first village president.[7] As the village was founded by Norwegians, it was natural that the first churches were Lutheran: Valders Lutheran parish, Our Savior Lutheran parish, and Gjerpin Lutheran parish. These were later combined into Faith Lutheran parish (ELCA). There is also a small Protestant Conference parish. After the arrival of the railroad, many German settlers moved in who were primarily Catholic, but no parish was developed for them. To this day, there is still a significant population of Catholics, including most of the area farmers, who worship at St. Gregory in St. Nazianz to the south, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Clarks Mills to the north (presently joined to St. Michael in Whitelaw), or St. Thomas the Apostle in Newton to the east.