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Berit (Betsy) THOMPSON

Female 1857 - 1945  (88 years)


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  • Name Berit (Betsy) THOMPSON 
    Birth 2 Aug 1857  Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 20 Sep 1857  Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 28 Nov 1945  Polk County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The 1945 is on her gravestone. The more precise date is from Find A Grave. The death is not in the Minnesota Death Index nor is it in the North Dakota death index.
    Burial Skatvold Cemetery, Climax, Polk County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Referred to by Alison as Berit Andersdatter Ellestad

      Shown in the 1865 census as Berit Andersdatter.

      Arrived in the U.S. on 11 Jun 1877 as Berit Ellestad aboard the Brittanic.

      According to Evey, Betsy was living in or near Mayville, North Dakota, in 1890.

      Called “Bergie P” in Ida’s baptismal record.

      In the 1930 census, she is a widow and is living with her daughter Lydia and family in Bingham Twp, Traill County, North Dakota.

      Not in the 1940 census. Not in the death records of either Minnesota or North Dakota.
    Person ID I1642  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2023 

    Father Anders (Andrew) Tomasson ELLESTAD,   b. 29 Sep 1830, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1911, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Rangdi Eriksdatter KVÅLE,   b. 23 Apr 1834, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1925, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jun 1857  Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Peder I TWENGE,   b. Abt 1860   d. Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Caroline Ragna TWENGE,   b. Abt Oct 1881, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Ida TWENGE,   b. 3 Apr 1886, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1960, Grand Forks County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F1180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John SWENSON,   b. Jun 1845, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1925, Polk County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1891 
    Children 
     1. Selmer SWENSON,   b. 16 Aug 1891, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Bertha SWENSON,   b. 16 Aug 1891, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1969, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     3. Netta (Nettie) SWENSON,   b. May 1893, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Lydia T SWENSON,   b. 22 May 1895, Traill County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1932, Traill County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     5. Lillian SWENSON,   b. 22 Jul 1898, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1993, Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    Family ID F1186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2005