Bertha Iola Marie STRAND

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1915-05344

Notes:

Info from Eric G Bostrom’s Bostrom, Frank Family Tree. He calls Erik “Koppar Erik Ersson.”

Died:
as Iola Warford

Bertha married Clarence O GILBERTSON on 6 Mar 1937 in Koochiching County, Minnesota. Clarence was born on 9 Dec 1904 in North Dakota; died on 1 Jul 1960 in Mountrail County, North Dakota; was buried in United Cemetery, Tioga, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gilbert and Bertha were farming in Golden Valley Twp, Williams County, North Dakota in the 1920 census.

Gilbert was a widower with three daughters farming in Tioga Twp, Williams County, North Dakota in the 1930 census.

Gilbert married Berit ELLINGBOE on 22 Dec 1914 in Renville County, Minnesota. Berit (daughter of Andris Trondsson ELLINGBØE and Berit (Betsey) E LIEN) was born on 10 Apr 1879 in Minnesota; died on 12 Aug 1928 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Tioga, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 4 Oct 1894, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

A member of the first confirmation class of the Wang Norwegian Lutheran Church in October of 1894.

She is the Betsey shown as A. T.’s and Betsey’s daughter in the 1880 census.

In the 1900 census she is probably the Betsy Ellingboe, age 21, born Apr 1879, who is a servant with a family in Stoneham Twp, Chippewa County.

She is the 30 year-old single Bertha living with her brother T. A. and their younger siblings in the 1910 census.

Bertha Iola Marie’s mother is shown as age 36 on Bertha’s birth certificate.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1939-MN-013173

Notes:

From the Budstikken, December 1996:

Was the Valdres Sjugurd Strand America's oldest Hardanger fiddler? A Valdres bygdebok refers to him thus, "When the fiddler, J.O. Quale and Knut Ellingboe visited Sjugurd Strand when he was 100, he played a few tunes." Not many men lived to be a hundred and two generations ago, and still fewer played the hardingfele at that age! So, who was he?

The bygdebok elaborated on him: Sjugurd often played the fiddle in the evening or while resting after work. Quale and Ellingboe heard him play "Teigen" and a springar, "Krosshaugen," which he learned from Ola Strand paa Soyne. Ola was one of the great-est Hardanger fiddlers in his area and, if he was Sjugurd's mentor, the latter may have been a good fiddler, too. Valdres Samband genealogist Betty Rockswold discovered that Ola Strand paa Soyne was married to Sjugurd's cousin.

But Sjugurd was more than a fiddler. The bygdebok continued, "Sjugurd was unusually spry and agile. There is hardly a ceiling in the Øye area which he could not reach with "a stempla rundkast" (a type of halling dance in which the dancer becomes air-borne and kicks the ceiling beams)."

Sjugurd was born in Vang, Valdres, on Oct.25, 1837, and had worked on the Sveji farm south eight summers before he immigrated to the Northfield, Minn., area in 1866, settling on a small farm (possibly in Goodhue County). That same year he married Engeborg Thomasdatter Elton on Oct.25, the birthdays of bride and groom. They had four children while living near Northfield: Thomas, Gilbert, Thomas (the first Thomas died) and Martin. In 1871, the family moved with their ox-drawn wagon to Wang Township, Renville County, Minnesota, where nine more children were born. Four died in infancy.
Torger, Sarah (Mrs. Iver Soine), Ella (Mrs. Olaf Holien), Mary (Mrs. Andres Brekke) and Sever survived childhood diseases.

Sjugurd Strand's name became Americanized to Sever Guttormson Strand, Guttorm being his father's given name. But in Wang Township, he continued to be called Sjugurd Strond, Strond being a dialect form of Strand.

The centenarian enjoyed good health and was active until he fell and injured his hip the year before he died. Until then he carried himself "in a true soldier manner," said one obituary. After his accident, he was confined to bed but was congenial and cheerful.

Except for his injury, he enjoyed good health and at all times had full possession of his faculties. He began using tobacco at age nine, always ate three good meals and two lunches, with coffee each meal.

Sjugurd died March 13, 1939 after a few days of illness. His wife had died January 13, 1937, at age 92.

Sjugurd married Ingeborg Thomasdatter ELTUN on 25 Oct 1866 in Minnesota. Ingeborg (daughter of Thomas Torgeirson ELTUN and Sigrid Ivarsdatter KJERSTEIN) was born on 25 Oct 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Jan 1937 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1937-MN-013268

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-002347
• Confirmation: 5 May 1867, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Came to the U.S. in 1862.

He may be the Anders Ellingboe who was a student at St. Olaf Academy for one year in 1875.

Land records show that the Benson land office issued Andrew T. Ellingboe a 120 acre homestead in Section 4 of Renville County on 15 Dec 1883. The land description is as follows:

1 E½SE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W
2 NWSE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W

In the 1880 census, A. T. Ellingboe was a farmer in Wang Township, Renville County. A.T. was 27, his wife Betsey was 28, their daughter Betsey was 1 and their son Thrond was 2. They lived a few farms away from A. T.’s parents. (A. T. was also a census enumerator in Renville County for the 1880 census.)

In the 1885 state census they are in Wang Twp, Renville County. Their postal address is Sacred Heart.

In the 1900 census, Andrew, age 47 (born Aug 1852), was a farmer in Wang Township of Renville County. His family consisted of his wife Marit, age 38 (born Dec 1861), son Trond, 22 (Oct 1877), Kirsti, 19 (Feb 1881), Endre, 16 (June 1883), Ivar, 14 (June 1885), Anders, 12 (Sep 1887), Clara, 9 (July 1890), Esther, 2 (Mar 1898), and George 8/12 (Sep 1899). Andrew and Marit had been married for 3 years. She had borne 2 children, both still living. Andrew emigrated in 1862, Marit in 1866.

A 1900 land ownership map of Granite Falls Twp in Chippewa County shows A T Ellingboe owning an 80 parcel with A. F. Kattevold. The parcel is the eastern half of the southeast quarter of Section 12. Contiguous with this parcel is another parcel the two of them owned in Wang Twp, Renville County. That Renville County parcel, in the 1900 land ownership map of Wang Twp, was 30.6 acres in Section 7, adjacent to a 60 acre parcel owned by M. Ellingboe.

In a 1913 land ownership map of Wang Twp in Renville County, A T Ellingboe owns a continuous parcel of 276 acres in Sections 3, 4, and 9.

In the 1920 census, he is A. T. Ellingboe, 67, living with his wife Marit, 56, and grown children Esther B., George G., and Agnes M., in Wang Twp, Renville County. Living next door or, more probably, on the same farm, are households headed by sons Endre and the single Iver as well as his nephew Thrond.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books) but his entry specifically says he was not a member of the Samband.

From “History of the Minnesota Valley,” published in 1882 for Renville County:

Ellingboe, A. T. A. T. Ellingboe was born in Norway, August 13, 1852, and when nine years old immigrated with the family to Goodhue county, Minnesota. He attended common school and St. Olaf’s College, Northfield. In 1874 he came to his present home in Wang; has been clerk since the organization of the town, justice since 1876, and postmaster of New Lisbon since June 1879. Betsey Leen became his wife December 16, 1876; Tom, Betsy, and Christina are their children.

From the History of Renville County:

“A triple wedding in which the hearts of six young people of Wang were made happy was one of the notable events of the early days. The ceremony was performed by that beloved pioneer preacher, the Rev. John Berg, in a schoolhouse located on the land of P. C. Brevig in Hawk Creek township. The contracting parties were A. T. Ellingboe and Betsy Lien, daughter of Anders Lien; Ole Erickson Drambroten and Anna Stende, the daughter of Anders Stende, and Gullick Helger- son Weflen and Martha Johnson Tandborg, daughter of Peter Tandborg.”

Also from the History of Renville County, also via the Dalby Database, published in 1916:

A. T. Ellingboe was born in Norway, Aug. 13, 1852, and was brought to America in 1861 by his parents, Thrond I. and Kjirsti Kjirtsen, with his three brothers, Iver, Henry and Thron, and his four sisters, Veljer, Kjersti, Soneva and Berit, the voyage taking eleven weeks. The family came to Goodhue county, July 4, and made their home there. Here A. T. received his education at the common school and then spent one year at St. Olaf's College at Northfield, Minn. In 1873 he moved to Renville county, where he secured a homestead in section 4, Wang township, where he has lived ever since. Mr. Ellingboe has held many positions of public trust. In 1876 he was elected town clerk of Wang, which position he has held ever since. In 1877 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he also has held ever since. In 1878 he became clerk for School District No. 44. In 1880, 1890 and 1910 he was appointed enumerator of the census of Wang, Hawk Creek and Ericson toenships. In 1902 he was elected treasurer of the Hawk Creek Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co., and has held the office ever since. He was postmaster of New Lisbon for eighteen years. Mr. Ellingboe was married Dec. 16, 1876, to Berit E. Lien, daughter of Endre K. Lien and Berit (Gjevre) Lien, natives of Norway, who came from Norway in 1866. Nine children were born to this union, six of whom are living. Thron, born Oct. 6, 1877, died Sept. 18, 1913. Bertha, born April 10, 1879, married Gilbert Strand in 1914 and has one child, Bertha lola Marie. Christine, born Feb. 13, 1881, has been a teacher for ten years. Endre, born June 10, 1883, is a farmer in section 10. Wang township, and married to Gina Lofsgorden, June, 1912. Iver, born June 10, 1885, is a farmer in section 10, Wang township. Andris A., born Sept. 16, 1887, is a land owner in North Dakota. Clara, born July 16, 1890, is a teacher. Two children died in infancy. Mrs. Ellingboe died Aug. 26, 1895. Mr. Ellingboe was married a second time to Marit G. Gjevre, Aug. 1, 1897. She was a cousin of his first wife, and daughter of Gunder and Gro (Helgeson) {rjevre, natives of Norway, who came to America on the same ship as the parents of his first wife. Three children were born by this marriage: Esther, born in 1898, a student at Madison, Minn.; George, born Sept. 25, 1899, at home on the farm, and Agues, born Sept. 3, 1901, student at Maynard public schools, Maynard, Minn.

From Valdres Pioneer Tales from "Budstikken," May 1971 page 12:

It is a hundred years since the Valdres people first invaded what was to become Wang Township, Renville county Minnesota in a mass. Other settlers had come earlier: Christian O. Narvestad, Hans Grotvedt, and Theodore Rongerud, three brothers; together with Hans Gunderson and Christian Engebretson had come in June, 1867.

The first Valdreses apparently were Thomas Christofferson Lerhol and Anders Thomason Kjersten who came from Vang, Valdres in 1868. But it was not until 1871 that the great migration started and it continued until they filled the whole countryside. Among the early Valdreser were Andrew E. Rogen, Ole Halvorson Holien (Skalberg), George Halvorson Holien (Skalberg), Peter Iverson, Endre' K. Holien, Iver Oie, Iver Nystuen, Helge Evanson (Holien), H. Ellingboe, Andrew T. Ellingboe, Tosten Olson Hamre, Siver Guttormson Strand, Ole O. Strand, Ove Strand, H. H. Weflen, Ingebret Thompson, George C. Heen, Christopher Gulbrandson Heen, Mrs. Mary Ostrem Boe, Ole Thompson Grover, Gullik Weflen, Trond I. Ellingboe, Erick Erickson Viken, Trond Engebretson, Engebret Engebretson, Knute Weflen, Hans O. Berg, Ole Christopherson Soine, Ole O. Belsem, Knud Knudson Viken, Gunder O. Gjevre, Ole O. Grov, Thomas K. Weflen, Evert M. Strand, the Loes, Thorkelsons and others.

The township was organized on July 28, 1875 and the first election was held at the home of Elling Johnson. Elling was elected chairman; Ole C. Soine and O. T. Grover, supervisors; Nils Norman was elected clerk but did not qualify so A. T. Ellingboe was appointed to the post which he held for half a century. At the first regular election C. A. Evenson was elected chairman; Erick Viken and O. T. Grover, supervisor; A. T. Ellingboe, clerk, Elling Johnson, assessor; P. L. Brevig, treasurer; K. K. Viken, justice of the peace; and O. K. Williams, constable.

The township was named Wang in honor of Vang, Valdres, as is also the local church, which recently celebrated its 85th anniversary.

Throughout the century the Valdres have been in a majority in the township and continue to be so today. Not only are the Loes, Soines, Ellingboes, Haugens, Lerohls, Strands. etc.. Valdres but many names like Dembroten, Narvestad, etc. represent half-breed Veldreses.

These pioneers came with oxen and covered wagons shortly after the Indian uprisings were over. They still had to fight mosquitos, grasshoppers, prairie fires, droughts, and blizzards. Throughout the century the Valdres have been in the majority in township offices and continue to be so today.

The Wang Township section of the History of Renville County says Andrew T. Ellingboe and Ole O. Belsem (#16300) “came together with the caravan, Ellingboe furnishing a yoke of oxen and Belsem the wagon.”

Birth:
this is also the date shown for his birth in the church book record for his confirmation

Andris married Berit (Betsey) E LIEN on 16 Dec 1876 in Hawk Creek Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Berit (daughter of Endre Knudsen LIEN and Berith Gundersdatter GJEVRE) was born on 11 Feb 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Aug 1895 in Minnesota; was buried on 28 Aug 1895 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 May 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Still alive in the 1895 Minnesota state census.

Died:
according to the History of Renville County

Buried:
probable location

Notes:

Married:
see notes regarding this wedding

Notes:

Birth:
Strand 10/

Guttorm married Marit Gulliksdatter HERMUNDSTAD. Marit (daughter of Gullik Gjermundsen HERMUNDSTAD and Marit Olsdatter Skogatræet BERGE) was born in 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hermundstad 5/

Notes:

Born in Grøv 7/2, nordigarden. Died in Eltun 13/ øvre.

Birth:
Grøv i Øye

Died:
Eltun i Øye

Thomas married Sigrid Ivarsdatter KJERSTEIN. Sigrid (daughter of Ivar Torsteinson KJERSTEIN and Anne Kristoffersdatter LEIROL) was born in 1805 in Norway; died on 11 Sep 1879 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Kjerstein 12/2. Died in Eltun 13/ øvre.

Notes:

Trond had been a farmer at Sygarde, Uvdal (gnr. 2/2) from 1833 to 1850. He took over the farm Bokkadn, i Bøkko, N. Ellingbø (now gnr. 33/3) in the Spring of 1850 when the previous owner, Jon Øysteinsson Ellingbø (Bø), emigrated to America with his family. Trond acquired the name Ellingbøe with the farm and kept it when he emigrated with his wife and 8 children (plus 2 granddaughters) in the spring (22 March) of 1862. Trond sold Bøkko to Knut Iversson Eltun on 25 April 1868 for 500 spd. It was said that Embrik and Helge Ellingbøe bought Bøkko from Trond and then sold half to Knut, and that Jon Endresson and Torstein, Helge's sons, each took over half of the remaining part (i.e., 1/4 part each). Most of the information after emigration of Trond and Kjersti was obtained from Lee Ann Ellingboe Randall.

He may be the Thomas Thompson, 56, living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in the 1870 census. The household consisted of Thomas, 56, Calista, 53, May 27, Ever 27, Andrew, 17, Betsey, 16, Ada, 12, Thomas, 11, and Betsey, 6. Only the younger Betsey was born in Minnesota. Next door was Torger Thompson with son Thomas, 6, and daughter Sarah, 3, both children born in Minnesota.

Trond settled in Renville County in 1871. According to the History of Renville County:

“Trond I. Ellingboe settled on section 4 {presumably of Wang Twp} in the fall of 1871, and lived there the remainder of his life.”

Land records show that the Benson land office issued Thrond I Ellingboe a 120 acre homestead on 3 Jun 1884. The land description is as follows:

1 S½SW 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W 4
2 SWSE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W 4

In the 1880 census. Trond, age 66, was a farmer in Wang Township of Renville County. He lived with his wife, Kjirsti, age 64, and their son Thrond, age 22. A few farms away lived another of Trond’s sons, Andris (A. T.).

In the 1900 census, Trond, 87 (born Feb 1813) and widowed, was living with his daughter, Synneva Loe’s family in Wang Township. Synneva, age 53 (born Jul 1846), was married 23 years to Ole Loe, age 52 (born January of 1848). Synneva had borne 11 children, 6 still living. Their children at home at the time were Syver, 22 (born Sept 1877), Kirsti, 18 (born Mar 1882), and Gudbrand, 13 (born Oct 1886). Ole owned the farm. Ole had emigrated from Norway in 1872, Trond and Synneva in 1862.

From the Wang Township section of the History of Renville County:”Trond I. Ellingboe settled on section 4 in the fall of 1871, and lived there the remainder of his life. He died at the age of 89 years.”

Birth:
other sources say born on February 18th

Trond married Kjersti Helgesdotter KJERSTEIN in 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Kjersti (daughter of Helge Andrisson KJERSTEIN and Kjersti Tomasdotter TØRPE) was born on 26 Dec 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Oct 1885 in United States; was buried on 8 Oct 1885 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Other sources give her birthdate as 6 Jun 1812 in Kjerstein 12/1.

Came to the U.S. in 1862.

See pp. 234 and 581 Vang A. Some information from Lee Ann Ellingboe Randall.

Birth:
Kjerstein

Notes:

Vang B, p. 299.

Gayle’s Find A Grave entry for him, acknowledging Connie Ferris as the source, says: “Endre was the fifth child of nine born to Knud Thomasen Torpe & Sigrid Olsdatter Lien. He married Berit Gundersdatter Gjevre/Givre 28 Dec 1848 in Vang. They had six children, all born in Vang. “

His farm appears to be Heensejet in the birth record for his son Gunder.

He and his family live on Bakken, probably the plass on Heen 70/1, in the 1865 census. All of their children are listed in that census, other than the first Gunnar who died as a child in 1858.

The bygdebok says that he came to the U.S. around 1870.

He was a farmer in Hawk Creek Twp, Renville County, in the 1875 state census. He lived next door to the Gunder Gjevre (#2560) farm.

In the 1885 state census, all of the children were still at home except for Betsey, who had married nine years earlier. Also in the household in that census were Berit’s recently-widowed sister Marit and Marit’s son Anders.

He is Endre Knutsen Lien, I13887 in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree. Jim does not have Betsey as one of Endre and Berit’s children.

From Wang Township section of the History of Renville County: “Endre K. Lien settled in section 6. At the age of ninety-four he is the oldest man in the township. He still retains much of his early vigor and even this winter is to be found chopping wood and enjoying outdoor exercise. His son, Knud Anderson, a bachelor, came at the same time, and died on the farm some fifteen years ago.”

Birth:
Lien 80/ Septun

Endre married Berith Gundersdatter GJEVRE. Berith (daughter of Gunnar Andrison Dy GIVRE and Berit Olsdatter GIVRE) was born about 1821 in Norway; died on 5 Mar 1905 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is Berit Gunnarsdatter Givre, I13886 in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree.

Buried:
as Berit Lien