Betty Jean SYBILRUD

Notes:

Presumably, she is the Betty Sybilrud who was a student at USC in Los Angeles in 1940.

Family/Spouse: JUDD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hjalmer Waldemar Sybilrud was born 29 January 1894 in New Richland, Minnesota, the sixth of eight children born to Edward Johan Sybilrud (1851-1940) & Rangdi Burtness Sybilrud (1861-1941), both Norwegian immigrants. He was first married to Bertha Kvale (1893-1977). He was a physician. He and his wife & two daughters lived in Bricelyn, MN for many years. They were divorced in 1940. He was later married to Blanche Barbara Swanson (1902-1989) on 10 November 1968 in McAllen, TX. He died on 2 October 1976 in McAllen, TX at the age of 82.

He died from cardiovascular disease and the complications of Parkinson’s Disease.

He was a veteran of both world wars.

Hjalmar married Bertha KVALE on 13 Mar 1918 in Ramsey County, Minnesota, and was divorced about 1940. Bertha (daughter of Thorsten KVÅLE and Rande Iversdatter ELLINGBOE) was born on 7 Feb 1893 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 5 Sep 1977 in San Bernardino County, California; was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Minnesota Births and Christenings entry for this event contains the notation “delayed certificate of birth filed 31 Mar 1958.”

She is 12 year-old Bertha in the 1905 Minnesota state census.

In the 1920 census, she and her husband live in Bricelyn in Faribault County, Minnesota. They have no children. Living with the couple were Bertha’s two sisters, Hannah and Marie.

In the 1930 census, she and her husband and their two daughters live in Bricelyn.

In the 1940 census, she and her (apparently still) husband live in Bricelyn. Their two daughters are listed but shown as absent, presumably away at college. Bertha has an eighth grade education. She and her husband are listed as separate households.

Birth:
per Minnesota Births and Christenings in FamilySearch and Ancestry, as Bertha

Died:
California deaths as Bertha King

Buried:
Find A Grave

Notes:

Married:
not in MOMS; Hosanna in St. Paul according to ELCA

Edward married Randi BURTNESS. Randi was born in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

He is Torstein Helgesen Kvåle, I8564 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Tosten married Berit Gulbrandsdatter ØYLO. Berit (daughter of Gudbrand Olson ØYLO and Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME) was born in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1915 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Notes:

Born on Eltun 13/3, Øye, Vang in Valdres. Died on Bøkko. Born on or resided on Ellingbø Bøkko 33/3 according to Trudy.

In the 1865 census, he was living with his mother, father, and siblings on Eltun farm in Øie subparish, Vang.

In the 1886 land register he is shown as Iver Knudsen, owner of 33/3 Bakkene (old 9-19a1) of Ellingbø nordre.

Living on Ellingbø nordre at the time of the 1900 Norwegian census as Gaardbruger selveier postbefordrer (which may mean farmer who owns his own farm from his grandparents). Living with him are his wife Berit Olsdatter, b. 1844, Gaardmandskone, intet sær erhverv (which may mean something like no other livelihood); their four children: Gjertrud, b. 1874, Gaardsmansdatter, Meierske; Berit, b. 1881, Gaardsmandsdatter, lærling som syerske (which may mean apprentice seamstress); Ivar, b. 1886, Gaardsmandssøn; and Ambjorg, b. 1892, Gaardsmandsdatter. Also living with the family is Gjertrud’s son, Olav Olsson (Sønderol), born 23 Feb 1899. The census noted that this farm did not have any outbuildings. The farm had cattle, poultry, and grain/potatoes but did not have a beehive, an orchard, or a vegetable garden.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, he is Ivar Knutsen Ellingbø, “fader” on the Bakkene 33/3 farm in Vang. The farm is owned by his son, Ivar Ivarsen. The household consisted of Ivar Ivarsen, Ambjørg Ivarsdatter, Maren Ivarsdatter (all three unmarried) and Ivar Knutsen and his wife Berit.

Ivar married Randi Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ. Randi (daughter of Ola Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Randi Larsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 16 Jan 1841 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Feb 1841, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Nørre Ellingbøhaugen 33 according to Trudy.

One of her baptism sponsors was Christopher Helgesson, probably her uncle Christopher Helgesson Ellingbö who was also a sponsor for (the also illegitimate) Ove Ellingboe (#3231).

She was an unmarried servant living with her daughters Ingeborg and Sigrid with Anders Larsson and his wife Gunhild Andersdatter on the Hougen farm in Vang in the 1865 census.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, Randi and Sigri, both unmarried, were living together on a farm referred to as “uden navn Plads uden jord under gaarden Thune nordre.” The two of them were referred to as “aannearbeide, dagarbeider (egne midler).”