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Thomas Oscar ELLINGBOE

Male 1894 - 1981  (86 years)


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  • Name Thomas Oscar ELLINGBOE 
    Birth 30 Jul 1894  Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 9 Sep 1894  Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as Thomas Oscar Ellingboe
    Confirmation 23 May 1909  Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as Thomas Oscar Ellingboe
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1981-MN-012696 
    Death 29 Apr 1981  Ramsey County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • May be buried in Forest Lawn, St. Paul.

      He is Thomas A. Austinson, b. July 1893, son of J. J. Austinson, in the 1900 census.

      In the 1913 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he was a clerk for Ellingboe Bros. He lives at 319 S Plum.

      In the 1911 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he was a student living at 614 St. Olaf Avenue.

      Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Northfield as Thomas Oscar Ellingboe, born July 31, 1893. He resides in Northfield (109 6th Street) where he is employed as a clothing salesman by Ellingboe Brothers. He has a wife and child. He is short and of medium build with dark blue eyes and light brown hair.

      In the 1920 census, he is 25 and a salesman in a clothing store.

      In the 1921 Northfield directory, his address is 109 S. Division and he is a clerk with Ellingboe Bros.

      In the 1927 St. Paul city directory, he is a salesman for Maurice L Rothschild & Co. He lives at 183 S Chatsworth.

      In the 1929 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, the notation for him in the Northfield section is Ellingboe, Thos O, moved to St. Paul.

      In the 1929 St. Paul city directory, he is a salesman for Maurice L Rothschild & Co. He lives at 995 Linwood Place.

      In the 1930 census, Thomas and his family live in St. Paul. He is 35 and a salesman in a clothing store.

      The 1930 city directory for St. Paul indicates that Thomas Ellingboe, a salesman for Maurice L. Rothschild & Company, and his wife, Grace Ellingboe, resided at 995 West Linwood Avenue. That house was built in 1892. The building is a 1 3/4 story, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, 1449 square foot, frame house, with a detached garage.

      In the 1931 St. Paul city directory, he is still with Rothschild. He and Grace live at 34 S Lexington Parkway.

      In the 1935 St. Paul city directory, he is still with Rothschild. He and Grace live at 955 Lombard.

      In the 1937 St. Paul city directory, he is still with Rothschild. He lives at 1049 Goodrich, apartment C. Grace isn’t included in his listing.

      In the 1940 census, he and Grace and Wenonah live in St. Paul at 1838 Laurel, a rented residence. Thomas and Grace each had two years of high school. He was a salesman in a retail clothing store and had earned $1920 in 1939. Living with them was their daughter Marilyn and her husband and daughter.

      In the 1941 St. Paul city directory, he is still with Rothschild. He lives on a rural postal delivery route.

      Their rural Ramsey County home, described as “at Labore Road and Edgerton Street” had a fire in April of 1945. The 3:30 a.m. fire had been discovered by Grace’s brother Lawrence who was staying with the Ellingboes while serving on a jury in St. Paul.

      In the 1948 and 1950 St. Paul city directories, he is still a salesman with Rothschild. He and Grace live on rural delivery route 7.

      In the 1950 census, he and Grace live in something Canada in Ramsey County. He is a salesman in a retail clothing store.

      In the 1956 and 1959 directories of the St. Paul suburbs, he is still a salesman for Rothschild. He and Grace live at 2827 Edgerton in Little Canada.

      The birth year on his draft registration was 1893. His birth date on his death certificate is July 30, 1894, which is consistent with the ages shown for him in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

      SSDI shows 29 Jul 1894.
    Person ID I2689  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2022 

    Father John Jonsson ELLINGBØE,   b. 30 Oct 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1922, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Ambjørg (Emma) Olsdotter STRØND (STRAND),   b. 24 May 1856, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1942, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 2 Mar 1874  Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace Sylvina THORSON,   b. 1 Dec 1896, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1973, Ramsey County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1915  Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marilyn Deloris ELLINGBOE,   b. 15 Jul 1916, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 2005, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     2. Wenonah June ELLINGBOE,   b. 17 Dec 1917, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 2010, Arenas Valley, Grant County, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     3. Betty Jane ELLINGBOE,   b. 22 Jan 1921, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 2015, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    Family ID F1899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2012