Iver A. BOYUM
Another name for Iver was Ivar A. BOYUM. Noted events in his life were: • Notes: postmaster at Choice, 1889, Fillmore County, MN. In partnership in the Choice store with Melgord was Iver Boyum who was appointed postmaster on Sept. 2, 1889. Ivar A. Boyum was from Arendahl. He was married to Betsy Farenes. Ivar was the postmaster at Choice from 2 Sept. 1889 to 15 Sept. 1890. Ivar was a son on the Reverend Arne E. and Anna (Iverson) Boyum of Arendahl Township. (Arne Boyum was the president of the Hauge Synod of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.) Later Ivar and Betsy lived in Rushford and then in Northfield, MN. They had one child, Agnes Amelia Boyum, who was born in Preble Township, Fillmore County, MN. [and other children...] • Cemetery: Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, 1929, Rice County, MN. Iver married Betsy FARNESS, daughter of Ole Hermundsen FARNÆS and Anna NILSON, on 23 Feb 1889 in Arendahl, Fillmore County, MN.1 (Betsy FARNESS was born about Nov 1869 in Dane County, WI and died on 26 Aug 1920 in Dakota County, MN 5 6.) Noted events in their marriage were: • Alt. Marriage, 23 Feb 1889, Vienna, Dane County, WI. 7 |