MATHILDA HOUGHTON

Mrs. Charles Houghton, 82, of 1208 N. Eighth St., Manitowoc, died Friday morning
at home following a heart attack.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Manitowoc, the
Rev. Edmund Olson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The former Mathilda Gullickson was born April 22, 1881, at Tisch Mills, daughter of
the late Thomas and Sarah Helgeson Gullickson. She was married to Charles Houghton
in September, 1905, at Manitowoc, where they lived all their married life. Mr.
Houghton died in 1952. She was an honorary member of the Women's Missionary Federation
and a member of the Ladies Aid and Esther Circle of St. Paul Church.
Surviving are a son Gordon Houghton of Madison; six daughters, Mrs. Margaret Klehm
of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mrs. Harlan Ott of Manitowoc, Mrs. Roland Schwitzgoebel
of Marquette, Mich., Mrs. Earl Melchert of Two Rivers, Mrs. Joseph Hogan of Sturgeon
Bay and Mrs. E.R. Ettner of Norfolk, Va.; 20 grandchildren; and five great grand-
children.
Friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday and until 10:30 a.m. Monday at Urbanek and
Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and from then until the hour of service at the
church.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. February 21, 1964 P. 15
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Mathilde Gullickson Houghton, born April 22, 1881 in Stangleville, Kewaunee Co.,
Wisconsin to Thomas Gullickson and Siri Helgesdatter. Married
September 26, 1905 to Charles Houghton in Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin.
Died February 21, 1964 in Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin, aged 82. Buried
in #44 Evergreen Cemetery.
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Thomas Gullickson (Tommes Gulliksen) was born on December 12, 1834
in Røvang, Lomen, Slidre, Oppland, Norway to Gullik Thomassen and
Ragnild Jonsdatter. He left his church in Røvang on March 2, 1857
and landed in New York on June 18, 1857, coming directly to Kewaunee
County. His parents came about ten years later (refer to Manitowoc-skogen).
He married Siri Helgesdatter on April 6, 1866 at the Franklin Norwegian
Lutheran Church. He died September 21, 1920, aged 85, and is buried at
the Franklin Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery, Kewaunee Co., Wisconsin.
Siri and Ragnild Thomas and Sara Gullickson
Sarah Gullickson (Siri Helgesdatter) was born on January 16, 1842 in
Schaveldeie, Nord Aurdal, Valdres, Oppland, Norway to Helge Eriksen
and Sidsel Olsdatter. She arrived in New York on August 29, 1865 and
came directly to Kewaunee County. Her widowed father came with her.
She died January 21, 1927, aged 85, and is buried at the Franklin
Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery, Kewaunee Co., Wisconsin.
(all sent in by researcher/see contributors page)
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[d. 2-21-1962/age 82 yrs./widow of Charles Houghton]