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Clara Josephine BROSTUEN

Female 1890 - 1977


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  • Born  12 Aug 1890  Mt. Horeb, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Primrose Township - per Outhouse Genealogy
    Christened  7 Sep 1890  Springdale Luth Church, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Md by Rev. S. Gunderson.--Outhouse Genealogy
    Gender  Female 
    Census  1900  Springdale, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census  1910  Springdale, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation  1910  Springdale, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    servant in private household 
    Census  1920  Mt. Horeb, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • She is listed as age 29.
    Census  1940  Westport, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence  Between 1945 and 1972  Avalon, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Roy and Clara bought lived in the Madison area in the early years. They also lived at Beloit, but I don't know if they owned or rented a farm. Sometime after LeRoy quit high school, they bought a 160-acre farm on Trescher Road at Avalon in Rock Co, Wisc which he farmed for many years. For retirement, Roy and Clara bought a one-room school house at Delavan ca 1960. They converted the one-room structure into a two-bedroom house. It originally had hard-wood flooring which Roy and LeRoy tore up and reinstalled in the farm at Avalon where LeRoy and Alice were living. The farm at Avalon was sold a short time later to Lige Inman who later remodeled it. In 2011, Lige sold the farm to one of the sons of Floyd and Coleen Huisheere, classmates of this recorder.
    News item  8 Mar 1962  Fairfield, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    card party 
    News item  31 Jul 1962  Avalon, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    won prize 
    Residence  Between 1972 and 1977  Madison, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • She lived with her daughter, Judy.
    _UID  B48BE4E66F4E4335BB0952C59C1FD2B15792 
    Died  16 Feb 1977  Madison, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Buried  Janesville, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • Private funeral services held at Albrecht (pron. albright) Funeral Home, Milton, WI, Rev. David Johnson officiated.
    Person ID  I1073  OuthouseLine2014 | Descendants of Emanuel Henika b. 1757 Germany
    Last Modified  26 Oct 2013 

    Family  Roy Johnson OUTHOUSE,   b. 8 Oct 1893, Madison, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1967, Janesville, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  28 Jun 1917  Mt. Horeb, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Julia Mary OUTHOUSE,   b. 16 Nov 1919, Des Moines, IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1988, Madison, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Rosalind Clara OUTHOUSE,   b. 28 Dec 1920, Madison, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1990, Indianapolis, Marion, IN Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Leroy William OUTHOUSE,   b. 28 Jan 1922, Cottage Grove, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1971, Janesville, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  23 Jul 2013 
    Family ID  F432  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Clara was baptized and confirmed in the Springdale Lutheran Church, Mt. Horeb, WI. She was a member of the Pella Lutheran Church, Clinton, WI, and its Ladies Aid Society. She was a member of the Fairfield Grange (Bradford twp, Rock Co, WI), the Delavan Efficiency Club, Zor Auxiliary and Daughters of the Nile. She was also an honorary member of the Rural Advancement Club.

      Clara wanted to publish a piece of music as her sister Sophie had done. Although she had written a piece called "Beautiful Wisconsin" it was never published. Slow, parlor music was not in vogue. The Outhouse Family Record indicates that she had several pieces copyrighted.

      Clara had a piano but she also wanted an organ. After her husband died, she purchased a double keyboard organ.

      Clara's grand-daughter remembers her as a very considerate, caring person. She adored her grandchildren and wanted to please them whenever she could. Christmas always meant a fancy new dress.

  • Sources 
    1. [S200] OUTHOUSE, Clara Brostuen.

    2. [S7] Personal Records, Baptismal certificate (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S201] Federal Census, 1900 Springdale, Dane, WI; E.D. 66, Fam #168 (Reliability: 4).
      Clara Brustuen, dau, b. Aug 1889*, age 10, b. Wis
      *Clara always said she was born in 1890.

    4. [S201] Federal Census, 1910 Springdale, Dane, WI, E.D. #86, Fam #47 (Reliability: 3).
      She is 26 and living with her parents.

    5. [S201] Federal Census, 1910 Springdale, Dane, WI, E.D. #86, Fam #47 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S142] Fed Census - 1920 Wisc, Pg 6A, ED21 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S201] Federal Census, 1940 Madison, Dane, WI; ED 13-68, Fam #84 (Seyene Rd) (Reliability: 3).
      Clara, wife, age 49, educ-8; b Wis; 1935-Town of Madison

    8. [S73] Personal Knowledge of Lynne Bliss.

    9. [S150] Newspaper, Janesville Daily Gazette, 8 Mar 1962 (Reliability: 3).
      Fairfield Grange will play host at a public card party at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Grange hall. On the committee are Messrs. and Mmes August Schumacher, Roy Outhouse, Harvey Millard and Albert Van Acker. There will be prizes, and lunch will be served.

    10. [S150] Newspaper, Janesville Daily Gazette, 31 Jul 1962 (Reliability: 3).
      First place baking contest winner - Mrs. Roy J. Outhouse, butterhorn rolls.

    11. [S73] Personal Knowledge of Lynne Bliss, Milton Lawns Memorial Garden (Reliability: 3).