The Lucken Family

Worden Twp., Clark Co., Wisconsin

JACOB E. LUCKEN, of section 14, Thorp Township, was born in Froen, Norway, September 29, 1842, the son of Erick Lucken, deceased, a native of the same country.  He was a farm boy who received a common school education before coming to the United States in 1866.  He first resided in Vernon County, Wisconsin, and in January, 1867, removed to Eau Claire, same State, where he worked at the carpenter's trade two seasons, and also in the woods.  In 1869 he went to Minnesota, where for one year he worked on a farm in Houston County.  In 1870, he returned to Vernon County, Wisconsin where he spent a short time before moving to Augusta.  In the fall of 1871, he once again moved to Clark County to settle on section 11, township 26, range 4 west, Eaton Township.  He remained there until February, 1876, when he settled on his present farm of 160 acres, with thirty-five of them cleared.

Mr. Lucken was married April 24, 1969, to Carrie Peterson, a daughter of Peter and Annie Peterson, deceased. They have had eight children: Christian, Edward, John, Paul and Rosie. One daughter, Annie, who died at the age of nine years.  Mr. Lucken has held the office of Constable has been a member of the Town Board one year, and School Treasurer several years.

Carrie (Peterson) Lucken, died at her home 5 1/2 miles southwest Thorp, Clark County, Wisconsin at the age of forty-four.  She was born at Skabo, Norway, on Christmas Day, 1848, and came to this county in 1868.  In 1870, she married Jacob E. Lucken, at Coon's Valley, Vernon County, Wisconsin.   Shortly afterward, the newly weds moved to Minnesota.  She was the mother of Chris, Edward, John, Paul, and Rosie. She was buried in the Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery near her home, where her father was also laid to rest.

Edward Lucken was originally buried at the Norwegian Cemetery in 1900 but then at a later date his body was moved from there to the cemetery on the north side of Stanley were his parents and brother and sister-in-law (my grandparents) are buried.  When he died his mother, my great grandmother, picked wild flowers in the woods to decorate his coffin.  I have a picture of that although the picture is of poor quality. 

Gilbert and Mari Lucken sold their farm to their son, Christ and wife Edith Johnson Lucken.  They had two children, Audrey (my mother) and Edward. Christ had the flu of 1918 and his heart was damaged so the Doctor recommended they sell their farm.  They moved into Stanley and Christ died in 1920 of a heart attack.  Edith never remarried and eventually lived with us in Chippewa Falls until she died in 1974.  Audrey died in 1996 and Edward in 2000.

*Edward Lucken (Dec 1880 - 27 Apr 1900 (aged 19); buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Stanley, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA

1900 Federal Census, Worden, Clark Co., WI

Jacob Lucken Male 58 Widowed White Head B 6 Sep 1842 Norway 1866 Norway Norway
Christian Lucken Male 30 Single White Son B 6 May 1870 MN Norway Norway
Johan Lucken Male 20 Single White Son B 6 Apr 1880 WI Norway Norway
Paul Lucken Male 18 Single White Son B 6 Apr 1882 WI Norway Norway
Mabel Lucken Female 15 Single White Daughter B 6 Feb 1885 WI Norway Norway
Annie Pederson Female 81 Widowed White 3 Mother-in-law 5 B 6 Feb 1819 Norway 1882 Norway Norway