CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - CLAUSEN Christina Mathiesen

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CHRISTINA CLAUSEN

Christina Mathiesen was born on December 20, 1844 in Germany. She came 
with her family to America settling in Iowa. On September 6, 1867 she was 
married to Frederick Clausen. They lived in Cedar County, Iowa for 15 years 
and then moved to Nebraska, locating near Plainview. They then bought a 
farm southeast of Magnet and again moving south of Magnet and the family 
worked hard to make this homestead one they could be proud of. It was 
widely known as the Clausen Place and being a model farm for others to 
strive for. Christina passed away on November 9, 1906. She leaves 7 children 
along with her husband to mourn her passing. Mrs. Thomas Gerdau, Mrs. 
August Krohn, Mrs. Fred Soost, Mrs. John Wagner, John, Theodore and William.