Henry Johnson SVIEN

1890 - 1968  (77 years)

• Name	Henry Johnson SVIEN
  Birth	1 Apr 1890	Dennison, MN., USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jan 1968	Sacred Heart, MN., USA
  Burial	Hawk Creek Lutheran Cementery
  Notes	Candice skriver videre etter at moren til Henry d°de i 1984 (etter Don Sviens notater) At this point, son Henry went to Sacred Heart, Minnesota, to live with his Uncle and Aunt Helge Svien. Helge og Berit hadde ingen barn, så Henry ble et pleibarn for dem. Henry J. Svien, son of Johan Martin, lived with his Aunt and Uncle Helge Svien in sacred Heart, Minnesota. When Henry was sixteen his Uncle Helge died. Henry continued to live with his Aunt Berit and worked as a secondman in one of the local grain elevators. As he gained experience as a grain buyer, he was named manager of the Farmers Elevator at Minnesota Falls about four miles east of Granite Falls, Minnesota. It was here that Henry met his future wife Hulda Oslund. In 1917-1918 he served in World War I, with several months time in France. After the war Henry returned to the elevator at Minnesota Falls, On June 29, 1919 Henry J. and Hulda Josephine Oslund were married at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Oslund. They made their home in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Hulda taught rural school until they moved to Hazel Run, Minnesota in 1924. Prior to their move, Henry had accepted the job as manager of the Hazel Run, Minnesota Produce Company. It was at Hazel Run that a son, Donald Jean was born. (Don is the author of this Svien Saga). But the sad part was that Hulda died of blood poisoning on June 10, 1924. She is buried at Hawk Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery. Henry was now between a rock and a hard spot -- an eight day old son and no mother. The grandparents, Emanuel and Mathilda Oslund, offered to raise Donald with financial help from Henry. Henry continued his job at Hazel Run until in 1929, he took a management position at a Harold, South Dakota elevator. While at Granite Falls, Henry was an organizer of the American Legion Post in 1919. When at Hazel Run he served as a village trustee for several years. After two years at Harold, South Dakota, the drought and grasshoppers brought farming to a halt. The elevator doors were closed and Henry returned to Sacred Hear and Berit Synnes. Mrs. Synnes owned two farms and for two years Henry repaired, painted, and did general cleanup. He also repaired and painted the Synnes home of Sacred Heart, inside and out. In 1933-35 Henry served as manager of the Farmers Elevator Company of Hendricks, Minnesota. HE left Hendricks in 1936 to become manager of the Pennock Grain Company, and Feed Mill of Pennock, Minnesota. He held this position until he retired in 1957. Henry remarried in 1944 to Minnie Arneson Nelson. Minnie had a son by her previous marriage, Roger. Minnie died of cancer March 2, 1966. Henry was always active with the American Legion, and Vinje Lutheran Church. He died January 28, 1968 and is buried next to his first wife Hulda at Hawk Creek Lutheran Cemetery.
  Person ID	I13635	Valdres Slekt
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	John Martin SVIEN,   b. 8 Dec 1855, Dane Co., Wisconsin USA d. Oct 1920, Cannon Falls, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Martha UREVIG,   b. Oct 1862, Urland, Norge d. 4 Apr 1894, Webster, SD. USA (Age ~ 31 years)
  Family ID	F4623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Minnie ARNESON,   b. USA d. 2 Mar 1966
  Marriage	1944
  Family ID	F5133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Hulda Josephine OSLUND,   b. 21 Aug 1897, Sacred Heart, MN., USA d. 10 Jun 1924, Hazel Run, Minnesota, USA (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1919	Minnesota Falls MN USA
  Children	+ 1. Donald 'Don' Jean SVIEN,   b. 2 Jun 1924, Hazel Run, Minnesota, USA d. Wil
  Family ID	F5132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007