Alma Marie ELLINGBOE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Dec 1882, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 9 Oct 1898, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she had only had the 2 children.

In the 1930 census, she and her six year-old son, Rene N, live in Carmel-by-the-Sea in Monterey County, California. She has no occupation.

She and Rene took the S.S. Pennsylvania from the west coast (Los Angeles and San Francisco) to New York in 1933. The ship sailed from the west coast on June 19 and arrived in New York on July 3rd. Their address in the U.S. was Mabton, Washington.

In the 1940 census, she and her son Rene, 16, lived in Mabton in Yakima County, Washington. Neither of them were employed. She claimed to be a widow.

She was called Alma Syse on her daughter Verona’s birth certificate.

Baptism:
“American Lutheran”

Alma married Ingvald E FOSS on 23 May 1903 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Ingvald (son of Andrena NORDBY) was born about 1881 in Norway; died on 24 May 1931 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
ELCA records for Gethsemane Lutheran in Minneapolis. Not in MOMS. Date is illegible: may be 23 November. Minnesota Marriages index says May 23.

1. Monina I FOSS was born on 11 Mar 1905 in Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota; died about 1922 in Washington.
2. Verona FOSS was born on 1 Jan 1907 in Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota; died on 10 Feb 1919 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
3. R.N. FOSS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Apr 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 10 May 1874, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

He was George Ellingboe, 21, “teaching”, living on the V. J. Finstad farm in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1880 census. Also living on that farm were Marit Ellingboe, a 46 year-old widow, “housekeeper”, and Marit’s two sons, Ole, 23, and Andrew, 18. All four of these Ellingboes were born in Norway.

In the 1885 census, he is G. O. Ellingboe in Pillsbury Twp, Swift County.

In the 1895 census he is George Ellingboe and has remarried and is in Kerkhoven Twp.

The November 23, 1897, edition of the Willmar Tribune says that George Ellingboe moved his family to Mille Lacs, Minnesota. In March of 1898, that paper noted that George was on his way to Aitkin County.

In the 1905 state census he and his family live in Lake George Twp, Stearns County.

Land records show that the St. Cloud land office issued a 153.67 acre homestead in Section 2 of Aitkin County to a George O Ellingboe on 14 Jun 1904. The land description is as follows:

1 E½NE 4TH PM No 44 N 24 W
2 SWNE 4TH PM No 44 N 24 W
3 SENW 4TH PM No 44 N 24 W

In the 1910 census, he was a farmer in Crow River Twp, Stearns County. Living with the family is Sarah’s mother, Signe or Sigre Handa or Handr. The Hande site says that George purchased land in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, in 1906.

George moved his family to Canada in 1911. In the 1916 Canadian census, he is George C Ellingboe, age 57, living with his family in “22, 32, 1, Churchbridge” in the province of Saskatchewan, district of “28 Saltcoats.” Living with him is Sarah, 43, Josef S, 13, Verda, 17, Harry C, 19, William R, 8, Mildred J, 11, and Marcus S, 1.

In a Minnesota Valley history, he seems to be referred to as “Professor.” Here is his entry in the “History of the Minnesota Valley”, published in 1882, for Swift County:

Ellingboe, George O., Professor. Professor George O. Ellingboe was born January 29, 1859, in Norway. His father died and he came with his mother to America in 1862; the family resided in Goodhue County, Minnesota, five years and since that have been in Kerkhoven. He received a good education and has since been teaching; has a farm of 160 acres; since 1880 has been town clerk. Married January 30, 1882; Ida Syse.

According to Jim’s source, George had ten children.

Birth:
incorrectly shown as 29 Jan 1859 in the church book record of his confirmation

Confirmation:
Norway Lake (there is more than one Lutheran church with Norway Lake in its name in Kandiyohi County)

Died:
D’Arcy

Buried:
Find A Grave has him and Sarah buried in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan

Jørgen married Inga SYSE on 31 Jan 1882 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. Inga was born on 27 Sep 1860 in Wisconsin; died on 11 Dec 1889 in Minnesota; was buried on 16 Dec 1889 in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Ida in the 1885 state census.

Birth and death dates from Find A Grave.

Birth:
Robert’s death certificate says she was born Minnesota

Died:
D’Arcy says 2 December

Notes:

Married:
West Norway Lake

Notes:

Couldn’t find him in the Vang death records.

Ola married Marit Olsdatter ELLINGBØE on 20 Oct 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Ole Christophersson QVÅLE and Kirsti Simonsdatter LAJORD) was born on 5 Apr 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Dec 1885 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried on 2 Jan 1886 in Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 May 1835, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is Marit Olsdatter Lajord (#I22262) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree. In that tree, her parents are Ola Christopherson Kvåle (1809-1903) and Berit Torsteinsdatter Kattevold (1821-1885).

She is Marit Olsdatter Qvale, #I8255, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. In that tree, her parents are Ole Christopherson Qvale (1809-1903) and Kjersti Simonsdatter Søyne (1812-1864).

The Ellingboe tree record is the more recently modified, suggesting that it is more authoritative. The Vang birth record confirms that Marith was the daughter of the unmarried couple Ole Christopherson Qvale and Kirsti Simonsdatter Lajord.

Jim’s notes for Marit in his Ellingboe tree:

Marit was the illegitimate daughter of Ole Christopherson Kvåle and Kirsti Simonsdatter Lajord (or Søyne), according to the Vang church books, but I could not find anything about this in Anders Frøholm's Vang A.

The emigration records for Vang show that on 22 Mar 1862, Marith Olsdotter Ellingböe, widow, age 27, intended to travel to America with her two sons, Ole Olson (age 6) and Jörgen Olson (age 4). Marit was married in 1857 to Ola Jørnsson (born 1831, died between 1859 and 1862), who farmed a piece of land called "Plassen, Nørre Plassen or Jørnplassen, under Ellingbø, Nigarden, no. 33/1.”

According to the 1885 Minnesota census, her son Andrew was born in Ontario, although Arta Juneau believes that he was born soon after Marit's arrival in Northfield, Minnesota, where her brother Tosten Quamme was already living. Apparently she never remarried and had a difficult life, dying in her sixties.

Marith, 27 a widow, Ole, 6, and Jørgen, 4, left Vang for Amerika on March 22, 1862, through Bergen. This was the same day that Thrond Iverson Ellingboe (#3164) left Vang for America with his family. In Marit’s emigration record there is no mention of Andrew. In a Norway Lake church record, Marit, as Ole’s mother, is reported to have come to Goodhue County in 1862 and to Norway Lake in 1868.

Could not find an entry for Andrew’s birth in the Vang parish record.

In the 1870 census, Mary and her three boys are living on the Cal Johnson farm in Benson Twp, Chippewa County, Minnesota.

In the 1875 Minnesota census, she is Mary Olsen, 29, living with her three boys in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

In the 1880 census, Marit and her three boys are living on the V. J. Finstad farm in Kerkhoven Twp. George, 21, is “teaching.” Also living on that farm were Marit Ellingboe, a 46 year-old widow, “housekeeper”, and Marit’s two sons, Ole, 23, and Andew, 18. All four of these Ellingboes were born in Norway.

In the 1885 census she is living in Kerkhoven Twp with her sons Ole, 28, and Anders, 22, as well as Erland Johnson, 21, of Norway. Anders is shown as born in Ontario.

There is a gravestone for Marith O. Ellingboe in the Sunburg cemetery that provides the 1885 death date.

She was a charter member of West Norway Lake Lutheran Church.

Buried:
Norway Lake

Notes:

He is Jørn Eivindson Ellingbø, #I2133, in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree. He is Jørgen Eivindsson Ellingbø, #8258 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

In his marriage record he is shown as age 30 and his father seems to be Even Anderson Ellingboe.

He farms Pladsen, Vang, in the 1865 census. The household consists of Jørgen, 63, Anne, 62, Even, 26, Anders, 13, Sigri, 21, and Ole Evensson, 74. Everyone other than Jørgen and Anne are unmarried. Even and Ole are tailors.

Died:
died in 1887 according to Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree information

Jørgen married Anne Thomasdatter HAGASTRØND on 30 Oct 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Thomas Andrison BELSHEIM and Ambjørg Olsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born about 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died after 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is #I5153 in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree. She is Anne Thomsdatter Oldre, #I8261 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

In her marriage record she is show as age 29 and her father seems to be Thomas Anderson. According to Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree, her father was Thomas Andrison Belsheim and her mother was Ambjorg Olsdatter Ellingbø.

Died:
died in 1889 according to Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree information

Notes:

Vang A, p. 671. This citation only mentions his later marriage to Berit Torsteinsdatter Kattevøl.

Ole married Kirsti Simonsdatter LAJORD. Kirsti (daughter of Simon Knutsson BAGETUN (SØYNE) and Anne Torsteinsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Søyne.

Vang A, p. 852, only mentions her marriage to Per Toresson in 1858.

She is I17762 in Jim’s VS. He shows her as marrying Per Toresen Tynjum of Lærdal.

She is I8260 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. Jim’s notes there: She had at least two illegitimate children with Ola Christopherson Kvåle (Marit and Tosten) before she married farm laborer Per Toresson Tynjadn from Lærdal.

Birth:
Søyne 50/