born: 28 May 1888, Charlotte,Clinton Co.,Iowa

died: 21 Jul 1963, Sioux Falls,SD

bur.: 24 Jul 1963, Sioux Falls,SD

spouse: Jess F. BOYSEN

marr: 22 Apr 1908, De Witt,Clinton Co.,Iowa, at St. Patrick's

born: Jul 1879, Germany

died: 6 Oct 1954, Sioux Falls,SD

bur.: Sioux Falls,SD

Children:

Norbert W. Boysen (1912-1967) m. Eleanor Tate

Edwin J. Boysen (1915-1979) Edwin served at Camp Swift, Texas as a Sergeant during WW II. He left for service in 1942. Before leaving he worked in the Sweet Pickle Department at John Morrell in Sioux Falls.

Ambrose Martin Boysen (1915-1985)

John Francis "Frank" Boysen

Cyril Joseph Boysen

Hobart Boysen (1922-1992). Hobart served as a Corporal in the field artillery unit in France in WW II. He worked on the extra gang at John Morrell before he left for service in November, 1942.

James Boysen (1924-1983) James was the first of the five Boysen brothers to join the ranks of the Navy. He was an ordnance man on a carrier in the Southwest Pacific during WW II.

Mary Catherine Boysen m. Eugene E. Carey

                      |--------Michael SHANNON (1800, Ireland - 1860, Ireland)
                      |
           |---------Patrick SHANNON (1830, Ireland - 1903, Iowa)
           |          |
           |          |--------Mary NEYLON (1808, Ireland - Ireland)
           |
  |------Michael Norbert SHANNON (1860, Iowa - 1929, Iowa)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------Jeremiah LUCEY (1800, Ireland - 1897, Iowa)
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Julia LUCEY (1836, New York - 1910, Iowa)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------Bridget DOYLE (1815, Ireland - 1885, Iowa)
  |
Mary Julia SHANNON (1888, Iowa - 1963, SD)
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Margaret Jane ``Maggie'' MCCLIMON (1865, Iowa - 1954, Iowa)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------
                      |
                      |--------

Mary had 24 grandchildren on her death.

Five of Mary and Jess Boysen's sons served in WWII, four in combat at the same time. Two decorated and all with battle stars.

Jess Boysen is a farm laborer in 1900 on the farm of Michael Shannon (his future father-in-law). Jess immigrated to the US in 1893.

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