Ronald Harrell MAJOR

Notes:

Died:
SSDI

Ronald married Laura M JOHNSEN on 9 Oct 1976 in Ventura County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married P.A. KVALE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with his parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1910 census.

In the 1919 Seattle city directory, as Thorsten A Kvale, he and Bertha live at 3959 Holden. He is a carpenter.

He is not living with his parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1920 census. He was in Seattle when his son was born and was living in Menomonie, Wisconsin, when his son died.

In the 1930 census he was Thorstein Kvale. He and his family lived at 1715 Raynor in Joliet Twp, Will County, Illinois. His occupation was building estimator.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife, their two daughters, and his mother-in-law lived in Los Angeles. He was a contractor in building construction. Everyone in the household had lived in Joliet, Illinois, five years earlier.

On June 7, 1956, he and his wife Frances, b. 3 Apr 1908, arrived in Southampton, England, aboard the S.S. Liberte for a 10 day visit. He is shown as a contractor, she as a housewife. She is a U.S. citizen, he is shown as “stateless.” They arrived back in New York on 10 Aug 1956, aboard the S.S. Ile de France, having saled from Le Havre on August 3rd. Their address was 728 W Windsor Avenue in Phoenix.

He and Frances are included in the 1956 and 1957 Phoenix city directories as living at the 728 W Windsor address. His business in the Kvale Building and Engineering Construction. In the 1957 directory, he is a building and construction engineer for the U.S. government.

Died:
last residence

Buried:
with Helen Fischbach Kvale, 1912-2004

Thorsten married Bertha WICKMAN about 1917. Bertha was born on 23 Nov 1896 in Maine; died on 8 Aug 1976 in Marin County, California; was buried in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her parents were born in Sweden.

Buried:
as Bertha Wickman Kvale

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Baptism: 7 Apr 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Of Skjelhaugen Kvåle 38/9 according to Trudy.

One of his baptismal sponsors was Marit Helgesdatter Ellingbö (2911).

The Vang parish emigration record shows him leaving for “St. Paul” in April of 1890. He departed Liverpool on 30 Apr 1890, bound for New York.

The St. Paul city directory for 1889-91 records him boarding at 288 Williams. His occupation is “turner.”

He (as Thorsten Quale) and Randi and family lived in Northfield in the 1900 census. Thorsten was a cabinet maker. He came to the U.S. in 1890, his wife in 1889. Randi has had 5 children, 4 still living. The 1899 Northfield city directory shows that he is Thorstein Kvalle, a cabinet maker for the firm of Ferguson & Richardson, and that his address is WATER 3 S OF 8 ST.

In 1903, he is Thorstein L. Kvalle, still in Northfield, living at 812 E. Water. His occupation is carpenter.

In the 1905 state census, he and his family still live in Northfield.

In a 1911 land ownership map of Hickory Twp, Red Lake County, T T Kvale owns a 160 acre parcel, the southeast quarter of Section 17.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as “Thorstein T Kvale” of Rudell, Minnesota. He was a member of the Samband between 1902 and 1916.

The family still lived in Rudell, Minnesota, at the time of Harald’s death in 1918.

He and his family lived in Hickory Twp, Pennington County, Minnesota, in the 1920 census. Hannah, Theresa, Ragna, Rudolph, Olaf, and Agnes were still at home.

He and his wife lived in Glenwood, Oregon, at the time of their daughter Theresa’s death in January of 1936.

The California death record shows his birth date as 17 Jan 1866.

His obit in the Los Angeles Times on 7 Jun 1946 referred to him as a retired contractor and builder who resided at 1202 Wexham Way. His surviving daughters were Mrs. Herb Krauch, Mrs. Marie Leffingwell, Mrs. Val Tubor, Mrs. Roy Foster, and Mrs. Bertha Sybilrud.

Birth:
California death record shows his birthdate as 17 Jan 1866

Thorsten married Rande Iversdatter ELLINGBOE on 14 Mar 1891 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Rande (daughter of Ivar Knutsson ELLINGBØ and Randi Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 10 Oct 1869 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Apr 1956 in Butte County, California; was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Jan 1870, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

There were two Randi Ellingbös born in Vang in the 1869-1870 period. One was the legitimate daughter (#4059) of Tollef Oleson Ellingbö and Marit Jøgersdatter. The other was this Randi, the illegitimate daughter of Iver Knutsson Ellingbö and Randi Olsdatter Ellingbö. Randi Iversdatter Ellingbö left Vang on 4 September 1889 for “St. Paul.” A Ragdi J. Ellingboe, spinster, age 19, arrived in New York on September 27, 1889, aboard the S.S. Britannic.

In the 1910 census, she and Thorsten and family were in Hickory Twp, Pennington County (formerly Red Lake County) in Minnesota. At that time, Rande had had 10 children, 8 still living, and 7 of whom (Thorsten A, Olaf, Maria, Hannah, Harald, Ruth, and Rudolph) were still living with her and Thorsten. Rande came to the U.S. in 1889.

A land ownership map from 1911 shows that the Kvale farm in Hickory Twp was 160 acres, the southeast quarter of Section 17.

They were still there in 1920. Rande came to the U.S. in 1889.

In the 1930 census, Randi and Thorsten Kvale were living in south Minneapolis (5344 30th Avenue South, near Lake Nokomis) with their daughters Ragna O, 18, and Agnes V., 16. Thorsten is a cabinet-maker with a sash and door firm.

In the 1940 census, Randi and Thorstein lived in Inglewood City, California, in a house that they owned. Thorstein had been a carpenter for a cabinet manufacturing company. At the time of the census, he was no longer employed and was considered retired. The couple had lived in Los Angeles in 1935. Each had a sixth-grade education.

She died in Paradise, California, where she had lived for 7 years. Her obit (Chico Enterprise-Record, 6 Apr 1956) mentioned a surviving brother Ole Ellingboe of Minnesota. She and her family may not have known that Ole had died many years earlier.

Died:
Paradise

Notes:

Married:
as Thorsten T Kvali and Randi T Ellingbo according to MOMS; Trinity Lutheran in Minneapolis according to ELCA; March 14th is the date of the marriage license