Bertha Mathilda ELLINGBOE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Dec 1882, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 23 May 1897, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Berthea Mathilde in her birth/baptism record in the church book.

Probably the Bertha M. Ellingboe, clerk for Henry Allin, and living at 614 St. Olaf Avenue in the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, and the 1903 Northfield city directory.

The 1925 Iowa state census shows that Bertha went to school through the 8th grade.

Living with her mother and two younger daughters in Northfield in the 1930 census. She is shown as still married.

An article on her death in the Knoxville News-Sentinel said that she died of a stroke at Presbyterian Hospital. She had been living with her daughter, Mrs. W. P. Ranney of Gleason Road. The article said that her husband, a retired printer, died five years earlier. Bertha had been born and raised in Northfield and met her husband at St. Olaf College.

Confirmation:
St. John’s

Bertha married Hans A GUNDERSON on 25 May 1904 in Rice County, Minnesota. Hans was born about 1877 in Iowa; died in 1963; was buried in Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
as Hans Gunderson and Bertha M Ellingboe

1. Hazel Beatrice GUNDERSON was born on 3 Mar 1906 in Minnesota; died on 9 Apr 1999 in South Wales, Erie County, New York; was buried in Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
2. Audrey S GUNDERSON was born on 16 May 1909 in Dodge County, Minnesota; died in 1997.
3. Esther Lucille GUNDERSON was born on 25 Feb 1913 in Rice County, Minnesota; died in Dec 1981 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1922-MN-012095
• Occupation: Farmer, postal worker

Notes:

Jon married his first cousin.

From the emigration list - State Archives, Hamar, Norway: 9 March 1850 John Østensen Ellingbøe 36 Margretta Østensd. 31Ambjor 11Ingeborg 7 Ingerid 4* John 1/2 Most information from Vang A. Some information provided by John W. Ellingboe from the emigration list - State Archives, Hamar, Norway: 9 March 1850.

Gravestone says, quite incorrectly, that he died April 26th. Buried as John Johnson Ellingboe III.

Going by the name of J. J. Austinson and farming in Dane County at the time of the 1880 census. Sons John and Martin are shown as born in Wisconsin but son Ole is shown as born in Minnesota.

In the 1900 census, he is John J. Austinson (b. Oct 1850) with wife Emma (b. June 1855), son Martin (b. Mar 1878), daughter Bertha M. (b. Nov 1882), son William A. (b. Dec 1886), daughter Josephine O. (b. Feb 1889), Adolph A. (b. July 1892), and son Thomas A. (b. July 1894 or 1895). Ole and Bertha Strand live next door and son John M. Ellingboe lives on the other side of Ole and Bertha.

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he was a mail carrier on Route #2. He lived at 614 St. Olaf Avenue.

He is John Ellingboe in the 1905 state census. He and his family live at 614 St. Olaf Avenue in Northfield. John is a mail carrier.

Listed as J. J. Austinson in the 1910 census. He is 61, is living at 614 St. Olaf Avenue, and has been married to Emma for 33 years. Emma is 53 and is shown as having had 11 children, 9 still living. Adolph is 17, Thomas is 15, and Julius is 8. J. J.’s next door neighbor is Ole Rolvaag.

In the 1911 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is Jno J Ellingboe, driver for Eltun & Ellingboe Bros. He lives at 614 St. Olaf.

In the 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is Jno J Ellingboe, clerk for Eltun & Ellingboe Bros. He lives at 319 Plum.

He is John Ellingboe in the 1920 census, living with his wife Emma and sister-in-law Bertha Erickson, at 319 Plum Street in Northfield. John is a salesman in a clothing store. The 1921 city directory says he is a janitor with the Ellingboe Dry Goods Company.

From a 1981 book on Rice County Families, via the Dalby Database:

John J. and Emma Ellingboe.  John J. Ellingboe, III, married Ambjor “Emma” Strand about 1874.  John was the son of John O. Ellingboe, II, and Margrete Klokergaarden, natives of Norway who immigrated to near Stoughton, WI, about 1849.  Emma was the daughter of Ole and Berit Strand.  Ole and Berit immigrated from Vang, Norway, when Emma was 8 years old, about 1865, to near Stoughton, WI.  John J. and Emma farmed in Wisconsin about 10 years before moving to Northfield.  At Northfield, John J. was a farmer, in addition he was a postal carrier for 20 years and worked in his son’s clothing store.  John J. and Emma had a family of:  John Morris, married Elese Hendrickson and 2nd wife, Thea Berg; Ole married Esther Elton; Martin married Lillian Harmer; Bertha married Hans Gunderson; William married Sadie Nelson and 2nd wife, Nellie Ducette; Josie married Olavus Anfinson; Osten “Adolph” married Elizabeth Rech; Thomas married Grace Thorson; and Joel married Madge Hamblin.  John M. first went into business as partner in Elton-Ellingboe general store in McGloughery Block, 4th and Division Street, Northfield.  Later, John M. and Martin started a men’s clothing store, Ellingboe Clothing located at 19 Bridge Square, which they operated for 41 years with the help of Joel and Thomas, until they sold the business to Leutholds.  About the same time, 1911, Adolph managed a men’s clothing store at Cannon Falls, MN, for John M.  Ole and William worked at Lee Furniture, in Northfield, in the middle of the McGloughery block.  Ole later moved to Ladysmith, WI, where he had his furniture and funeral home.  William had a mortuary in Crystal Falls, MI.  Bertha married Hans Gunderson in 1904.  Hans was employed many years at the Northfield Independent.  Josie worked as a clerk in the general store, Elthon-Ellinboe.  Josie married Olavus Anfinson, of Northfield, on November 16, 1908.  Olavus was a barber in Northfield for over 50 years.  Josie and Olavus had 5 living children and lived in Northfield until he passed away in 1946, at which time she went to live with one of her children in Minneapolis.  Josie passed away October 9, 1972, at the Dilley Retirement Center of Northfield.  

Buried:
21 ND 32 G 24

John married Ambjørg (Emma) Olsdotter STRØND (STRAND) on 2 Mar 1874 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ambjørg (daughter of Ole Olsson STRØND and Berit Øysteinsdotter BÖE ELLINGBØE) was born on 24 May 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Jul 1942 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper
• Baptism: 22 Jun 1856, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Married her first cousin.

In the 1900 census, she is shown as having had 10 children, 8 still living.

She is “Emma, widow of John J. Ellingboe” living at 319 South Plum in the 1926 and 1936 Northfield city directories.

In the 1929 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Emma Ellingboe, widow of John J, residing at 319 S Plum in Northfield.

In the 1930 census, she lives at 319 South Plum in Northfield. Living with her is her daughter Bertha Gunderson and Bertha’s two daughters.

In the 1939 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Emma Ellingboe, widow of John J, living at 319 S Plum in Northfield.

In the 1940 census, she lives in Northfield at 319 Plum, with her daughter and son-in-law, Hans and Bertha Gunderson.

Called Bertha Strand on her son Martin’s death certificate.

Birth:
Find A Grave says, erroneously, 1859. Her gravestone clearly says 1856.

Buried:
21 ND 32

Notes:

Married:
Holden

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Jon's family of 6 emigrated to Stoughton, WI, in the spring of 1850, then later moved to Northfield, Minnesota. Information found in the emigration list of 1850 (State Archives, Hamar, Norway): 9 March 1850... John Østeinsen Ellingbøe, 36, Margretta Øysteinsd., 31, Ambjor, 11, Ingeborg, 7, Ingerid, 4, and John, 1/2 .

According to Jim, Jon was from N. Bø; his mother was from Ellingbø (Bøkko). On 1 March 1830, when Jon was 15, his grandfather Andris (presumably, Jim means Jon’s grandfather Jon Andrisson) sold him Bøkko for 600 spd. with the provision that Andris could farm it as long as he was able. Andris died 16 days later. Jon's father farmed it for him for about 10 years until Jon took over and his father become a pensioner on the farm. Jon also gave a pension to Ivar Helgesson and his wife. See pp. 580-581 Ref. 1 for information to 1850. Some post-emigration information provided by John W. Ellingboe, Lloyd W. Ellingboe, William L. Ellingboe. Other information from census records, obituaries, etc. See photographs of cabinet painted with names of Jon and his wife. The cabinet was exhibited in the lobby of the Grindaheim Hotel by Marit and Helge Ellingboe. When the hotel was sold, the cabinet was moved to the nearby new house of Leif Solemsli, Jr.

In the 1870 census he and his family live in Stoughton, Dunkirk Twp, Dane County. The family consists of John Ostenson, 55, Margaret, 52, John, 20, Austin, 18, Andrew, 12, Thomas, 9, and Mathius, 8.

Living in Dunkirk, Dane County at the time of the 1880 census as John Austinson, 65. Living with his wife Margaret, 61, and sons Andrew, 22, and Matthew, 18.

In the 1900 census, he is an 85 year-old widower living as a boarder with the Andrew Morgan family in Pleasant Springs, Dane County, Wisconsin. He is still a farm laborer and is shown as having come to the U.S. in 1850.

An article in the Wisconsin State Journal, 6 Sep 1902, says that he came to the U.S. “over 50 years ago, settled two-and-a-half miles east of Stoughton, lived there 19 years, then went to Minnesota. He returned to Dane County 8 years ago last December and since that time has been living with a granddaughter, Mrs. Knud Soine, near McFarland.” … “He was the father of Mrs. J. O. Cold and Matt Ellingbo, of Stoughton. There are three other sons: John Ellingbo of Northfield, Minnesota, Andrew O. and Austin Ellingbo, of Milton, North Dakota, and four dead children (one son and three daughters), two of whom are buried here.”

The article goes on to say: “Mr. Ellingbo landed here following the period of hostilities between Black Hawk and the whites and years before the red men had wholly vanished. He was one of those brave farmers who transformed the woods and the prairies into beautiful homesteads, before the days of the telegraph and railroad.”

Died:
church book says 3 Sep, WHS Genealogy Index says 4 Sep, obit says 8 a.m. September 4th

Buried:
as John Ellingbo

John married Margrete Øysteinsdatter BØE on 30 Oct 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Margrete (daughter of Øystein Torsteinsson BØE and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter NEFSTAD) was born on 9 Apr 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Dec 1891 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is called Margaret Boe on Andreas’s death certificate. Other sources call her Margrethe Ostensdatter Boe. The Wisconsin Deaths and Burials database on FamilySearch calls her Margaret Soiney.

In her marriage record in the Vang church book, she is Margrethe Ostensdatter Söndre Böe. Her father was Osten Tostensen.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Artist
• Baptism: 10 Feb 1822, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

According to his marriage record, his father was Ole Knutson.

Called Ole Olsen Strand in Ambjor’s birth record in the parish records.

He and his wife lived next door to his grandson, John M., at the time of the 1900 census.

He is Ola Olsson Strønd, I636, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Jim says of him in his Ellingboe tree: The foremost rosemaalare in Vang. Sold farm to Andris A. Eltun in 1861. Took family to America in the spring of 1864. Bought farm in Goodhue County, Minnesota, where he painted mostly and was known as "Rosemaalaren"..

Jim, in his VS, mistakenly has Ola Olsen marrying Berit Bøyesdatter Bø. That Berit is his step-daughter, the daughter of his wife, Berit Øysteinsdatter.

He is Ola Olsen Strand, I6881, in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: De reiste til USA i 1864. Han var født på Viste i Vestre Slidre, og vokste opp på Sæbuøddin i Nord Aurdal. Faren hans Ola Knutsen Sæbuøddin eller "Aurdølingen", hadde kjøpte Strand av Ola Knutsen Søyne (Søynin) 1.3.1850. Gården ble siden delt mellom sønnen til Ola Sæbuøddin; Knut og Ola. Knut fikk sørre Strand 10/2, men solgte den siden og dro til USA i 1872.

Ola fikk skjøte av faren 15.4.1856 for 250 spd, men solgte den til Anders Eltun i 1861. Ola ville ikke være bonde. Det var maler han ville være, og er også regnet som den største rosemaleren i Vang. "Stranda-målaren" malte kister, skap og annet over hele Vang og i mange andre bygder, bl.a. i Sogn. Det er mange av hans ting som fortsatt henger rundt på gårdene. Inntil han reiste til USA med familien sin i 1864, bodde han på flere forskjellige steder i bygda, bl. på Myre og i nørre Bø, hos søstrene til kona. I USA dro han til Goodhue County i Minnesota, der dyrket han opp en farm, men drev mest med rosemaling og ble kalt "Rosemålaren", men Frøholm skriver at dette arbeidet kastet mindre av seg der over. Det er skrevet en lang artikkel om ham i Valdres Bygdebok bind 5 side 710-713.

Birth:
Viste (“Widste”)

Ole married Berit Øysteinsdotter BÖE ELLINGBØE on 20 Jan 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Øystein Aslaksson BØ and Ambjørg Jonsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 21 Aug 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Dec 1910 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-011549
• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

Emmigrated to Minnesota with family in 1864. First child, Berit, was illegitimate by Bøye Bø.

See pp. 200 & 479 Vang A.

Jim has her born in 1820.

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Øystein farmed Nigarden, N. Bø, from ca. 1810-1830, then sold farm to eldest son Aslak 2 Nov 1830 for 400 spd. and pension, moved to Bøkkadn (N. Ellingbø), to which his wife had rights. He farmed Bøkko from 1830-1840 with the help of his son Jon, who was the owner from 1830 (age 15) and who took over farming in 1840, giving them a pension that consisted of 2 barrels of barley, 2 cows, 1 heifer, 4 goats and sheep, the southern most storehouse, the use of a 1 mål parcel of land on North Klokkarhaug, lower part, with right to cultivate 1 mål of it, and the pasture land Neståkerreina. Jon's whole family emigrated in the spring of 1850. Trond Ø. Bø Ellingbø emigrated to Minnesota in 1853. Trond Ivarsson Uvdal took over Bøkko 1850, but emigrated to America in the spring of 1862. Øystein and his wife moved back to N. Bø in ca. 1865. The farm was divided into three subfarms, two under Bagetun and one under Nordigarden Ellingbø. In 1867 and 1868 (when Trond Øysteinsson returned to Vang) the farm was divided into four parts (See Vang A, p. 582), the main part being Bøkko (#33/3). Trond Ivarsson sold Bøkko to Knut Ivarsson Eltun for 500 spd. on 25 April 1868. It is said that it was Embrik and Helge Ellingbø who bought Bøkko from Trond and sold a half part to Knut, and that Jon Endresson and Torstein (son of Helge) took over each of the remaining half parts.

See pp. 479 and 580 Vang A.

Consistent with the above, Østen Aslaksson, 82, and Ambjør Johnsdatter, 79, were the only inhabitants listed for Ellingbø nordre (farm #19) in the 1865 Norwegian census. In that census, there were four Ellingbø farms in Vang: two called nordre (19 and 20), and two called søndre (21 and 22).

Died:
GNR. 24/1 Nigarden (Nedre Bø)

Øystein married Ambjørg Jonsdotter ELLINGBØE in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ambjørg (daughter of Jon Andrisson ELLINGBØE and Ingrid Tomasdotter HAUGEN (KVÅLE)) was born in 1785 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1881 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

Born in Ellingbø 33/3. She had “rights” to 33/3 Bøkkadn which is why she and her husband Øystein were able to move there in 1830.

See p. 479 Vang A.

Died:
GNR. 24/1 Nigarden (Nedre Bø)

Øystein married Ingebjørg Knutsdatter NEFSTAD. Ingebjørg (daughter of Knut Jonsen RØN and Margreta Knutsdotter NORDLAND (MYRE, HØRE)) was born in 1785 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Jan 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øvre Viste

Ola married Øyen Olsdatter SNORTHEIM. Øyen was born in 1778 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I637 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. His notes say that Øyen “knew witchcraft.”

In the 1801 census, she is probably the Øyend Olsdatter, b. 1778, who is tienestefolk on the Magistad Øvre farm in Vestre Slidre owned by the unmarried soldier Ole Olssen, b. 1780.