| Navn |
Asmus Boysen |
| Fødsel |
11 jul. 1868 |
Skanderup, Anst, Ribe  [1] |
| Dåb |
26 jul. 1868 |
Skanderup, Anst, Ribe |
Adresse:
i kirken |
| Udvandring |
1886 [2] |
- Ifl.US Census 1910.
Inspireret af sin onkel Adolph Boysen til at emigrere. Ankom med 3-mastet dampskib Pieter Caland, i Steerage, registreret som kok.
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| Levned |
- "Asmus Boysen was not yet eighteen when he stepped off the ship in New York in the spring of 1886, hoping to make his fortune in the free environment of the United States. In a remarkably short time, he did just that, marrying a beautiful and wealthy woman, building a considerable estate, and making many friends, some of them influential in the political life of the country. But fickle Fate lured him to an Indian reservation in the middle of Wyoming, where he used his newly-acquired political influence to lease a huge tract of land to look for coal. The search for coal proved unrewarding, but Boysen parlayed the worthless lease into a square mile of mineral land athwart a rugged canyon, where he hoped to find precious metals. Alas, that hope was doomed, as well, and he then committed his fortune (and the money of others) to a dam and power plant, in the vain hope to recover it all and more from the sale of power to a new mining industry and the crowd of settlers expected on the reservation land. His quest for success was further hampered by the appearance of lawyer John T. Clarke, who successfully claimed and tenaciously clung to a share in Boysen's property, in a struggle before a number of courts-a struggle that exhausted both their fortunes. In the end, neither was a winner, as a railroad, the State of Wyoming and the river conspired to rob both of the hoped-for pot of gold. The dam Boysen built is gone, but an ironic vindication of Boysen's original dream, is the government's much larger Boysen dam, just upriver from Boysen's location, proving that it made sense to erect a dam and power plant there, if the builder was rich enough and powerful enough. (Bogomtale: Lawrence Woods: Asmus Boysen and His Dam Problems)
"Born in Skanderup, in Ribe County, Denmark in 1868, the entrepreneurial Boysen came to America around 1886. He met and married Illinois native Anna Leet in Chicago and settled near Gray, in Audubon County, Iowa, in the early 1890s. Over the next decade or so Asmus was involved in banking and other capitalist ventures in northwestern Iowa and also served as Representative in the Iowa General Assembly from 1900-1903". (Audubon County, Republican) (Iowa Legislature).
Boysen Dam and Boysen State Park in the Wind River country of central Wyoming are the legacy of Danish immigrant Asmus Boysen. Born in Skanderup, in Ribe County in 1868, the entrepreneurial Boysen came to America around 1886. He met and married Illinois native Anna Leet in Chicago and settled near Gray, in Audubon County, Iowa, in the early 1890s. Over the next decade or so Asmus was involved in banking and other capitalist ventures in northwestern Iowa and also served as Representative in the Iowa General Assembly from 1900-1903. By this time, however, Boysen’s eyes had already turned toward the west. While on a mining exploration trip to Wyoming at the turn of the century he envisioned a dam on the Wind River Canyon that might provide both power for local copper and gold mines and irrigation water for farming. In 1899 he secured a grazing lease on 78,000 acres from local Indian tribes, which he exchanged for clear title to 640 acres in 1905. Moving
his family to the nearby town of Shoshoni, he financed construction of a concrete dam at the mouth of the Canyon in 1908 at a cost of $2,000,000. The 710kw power plant operated until 1923, when a flood caused the lake behind the dam rise, inundating the tracks of the Burlington Northern Railroad. The railroad sued Boysen for damages. Boysen lost the lawsuit, and part of his dam was blasted away to prevent future flooding. It continued to generate power until the early 1930s; the remaining dam was dismantled in 1948. Parts of it can still be seen on the cliff wall adjacent to tunnels at the north end of the Lower Wind River Canyon. Although his dam and fortune were lost, Boysen’s vision endured. A new dam was built slightly upstream from his in 1952, and it and the adjacent recreational area were named for a Danish immigrant who dreamt big. (Museum of Danish America)
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| Beskæftigelse |
1891 |
Carroll, Iowa, USA |
| Ejendomsmægler |
- Boede i Illinois 1890, flyttet til Manning, Carroll county Iowa 1891 og allerede da involveret i salg af land. 1892 flyttet til Audubon, Iowa og var agent for salg af Burlington railroad land i Nebraska, ejendomsmæglerkontor 1893-1895 i Omaha. 1897 flyttet til Gay, Iowa (Woods s. 6 f.)
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| Beskæftigelse |
eft. 1890 |
Audobon, Iowa, USA [7] |
| Landmand |
Adresse:
Gray, Lincoln IA |
- Farmer, ifl. Stand Form for Members of the Legislature.
US Census 1900, Lincoln Township, Audobon, Iowa:
Boysen, Asmus, July 1868, (age when married) 31, Denmark (Forældre begge Denmark), (Immagration), 1886, na
Boysen, Anna, Wife, March 1871, (age when married) 28 (Children born living), 9,4, Illinois (forældre Connecticut, England)
Boysen, Allan, Son, July 1890, Iowa, at school
Boysen, Helena, Daughter, Nov 1891, Iowa, at school
Boysen, Anna, Daughter, Mar 1893, Iowa, at school
Boysen, Rosa, Daughter, Feb 1900, Iowa
Boysen, Delia Jepp, Servant Aug 1871, Iowa (begge forældre Germany)
og yderligere en servant
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| Beskæftigelse |
1900 |
Audobon, Iowa, USA [8] |
| Politiker |
Adresse:
Lincoln, Audobon IA |
- Representative in the Iowa General Assembly from 1900-1903, Republican.
US Census 1900, Lincoln Township, Audobon, Iowa: Boysen, Asmus, Head, July 1868, 31, Denmark, (Begge forældre Denmark), (Immigration) 1886 Na [ingen stillingsbetegnelse]. Med ægtefælle Boysen, Anna (Wife, Mar 1871, 28, (Children, living) 9,4, Illinois, (Forældre Connecticut, England)), børnene Boysen, Allen (Son, July 1890, Illinois, at school), Boysen, Helena (Daughter, Nov 1891, Iowa, at school), Boysen, Anna (Daugther, March 1894, Iowa, at school), Boysen, Rosa (Daughter (feb 1900, Iowa), samt to tjenestepiger og fire farm laborers.
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1905 |
Audobon, Iowa, USA [9] |
| Agent |
Adresse:
Gray, Lincoln IA |
- Iowa State Census 1905: Land agent and Politics. 19 år i USA 15 år i Iowa. Værdi af ejendom $200.000
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| Beskæftigelse |
1910 |
Freemont, Wyoming, USA |
| Kapitalist |
Adresse:
2nd Street, Shoshoni WY |
- US Census 1910, Second street, Shoshoni town, Freemont, Wyoming:
Boysen, Asmus, Head, 41, (Years married) 20, Denmark (Forældre begge Denmark), (Immagration) 1886, NA, Capitalist
Boysen, Anna L, Wife, 38, (Years married) 20 (Children born living), 4,4, Illinois (forældre Connecticut, England)
Boysen, Allan, Son, 19
Boysen, Helena, Daughter, 18
Boysen, Maria, Daughter, 16
Boysen, Darlina, Daughter, 10
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| Beskæftigelse |
1914 |
New York, New York, USA [10] |
| Ejendomsmægler |
Adresse:
New York City, NY |
- Ved vielsen 1914 til Kathryne: Boysen Asmus, Real Estate Broker, New York City.
(Trods forskel i navn og i ægtefællens alder må følgende være Asmus Boysen):
US Census 1920: 1355 47th Place, Chicago:
Boysen, Albert, lodger, 51, M (Immigration) 1886 NA 1891, Denmark (begge forælde Denmark), Salesman, Real Es.
Boysen, Catherine, lodger, 29, M, Texas (Forældre Ohio, Missisippi)
Boysen, Raymond, 13, S, Texas (Forældre Denmark, Ohio)
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| Død |
nov. 1939 |
Cook, Illinois, USA [11] |
Adresse:
Chicago, Cook IL |
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Asmus Boysen
Published information: death: November 1939; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
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| Begravelse |
Los Angeles, Californien, USA [12] |
Adresse:
Grand View Memorial Park and Crematory, Glendale CA |
- Afbildet. I West Mausoleum sammen med ægtefællen. Find A Grave læser fødeåret 1888, men givet ægtefællens data må dette være Asmus Boysens grav.
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| Person-ID |
I11961 |
Simon |
| Sidst ændret |
9 maj 2024 |
Om slægterne Brændgaard & Heilesen
1868 - 1939 (71 år)
