Hazel Angeline MORTENSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1923-14410

Notes:

Called Hazel in the 1940 census. She had an 8th grade education.

She is the Hazel Schwartzwald of Alexandria, “sister-in-law” mentioned in the obit of 88 year old Janice Schwartzwald who died in Pine City, Minnesota on 28 September 2011.

Hazel Angeline Schwartzwald, 97, of Vasa, formerly of Alexandria, passed away Friday, January 22, 2021 at her daughter’s residence.  She was born July 18, 1923 in Sunburg, MN to Sam and Lila (Ellingboe) Mortenson.  She attended schools in Sunburg, and worked for a short time at Moen and Grandrud Grocery Store.  She married Edmund Schwartzwald on December 24, 1944 in Santa Monica, CA.  After he was honorable discharged from the service they moved to Litchfield for a short time, then in 1947 moved to Osakis, until 1965 when they moved to Alexandria.  She was a member at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria.  For the past 10 years she has been living with her daughter near Vasa.  She enjoyed baking, cooking, knitting, crocheting, fishing and playing cards.

She is survived by her daughters, Connie Gillis of Vasa, Sharon (Bruce) Olson of Vasa; six grandchildren, Edmund (Erica) of Kasson, Kyle (Paula) of Vasa, Andrea of Lake City, Dana (Jennifer) of Coronado, CA, Blake (Erin) of Roseville, Brock (Andrea) of Stillwater; 14 great grandchildren, Lydia, Peter, Timothy, Braeden, Owyne, Mikyle, Beibhinn, Max, Emma, Laken, Holden, Clay, Isaac, Claire.  She is preceded in death by her parents, Sam and Lila; sister, Georgine; husband, Ed; infant son, Edmund Jr.; great granddaughter, Katherine.

A graveside service will take place this spring at Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria, MN.  Memorials are preferred to the First Lutheran Church in Alexandria. 

Birth:
Sunburg

Hazel married Edmund Otto SCHWARTZWALD, Sr on 24 Dec 1944 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California. Edmund was born on 4 Aug 1919 in Pine City, Pine County, Minnesota; died on 27 Jul 2010 in Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota; was buried in Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edmund Otto SCHWARTZWALD, Jr was born on 14 Jan 1948 in Douglas County, Minnesota; died on 16 Jan 1948 in Douglas County, Minnesota; was buried in Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1988-MN-033434

Notes:

The still-single Sam and his parents and siblings lived on a farm nearly next door to the farm of Lila’s mother, Sigre Ellingboe, in the 1920 census.

Samuel married Lyla A ELLINGBOE on 9 Mar 1920 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. Lyla (daughter of Andrew J ELLINGBOE and Sigrid LIEN) was born on 19 Nov 1901 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; died on 26 Nov 1975 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1975-MN-028196
• Baptism: 29 Dec 1901, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Single and living at home in Norway Lake Twp with her mother and siblings in the 1920 census.

She was the informant for her brother Ole’s death certificate.

Her name is shown as Lila Emily on her marriage license.

In the 1940 census, she and Sam and their two daughters farmed on a farm they owned, worth $6400, in Norway Lake Twp. Sam had a 7th grade education, Lyla had an 8th grade education.

Birth:
the Willmar Tribune had it as November 21

Baptism:
as Leila Emilia

Hans + Gunhild OLSNESS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1911-MN-005860

Notes:

He is Andris Jørnson Ellingbø (#I22261) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree.

He farmed in Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County. He came to the U.S. in 1872 according to the 1900 census.

A Norway Lake church history says that Andrew first came to Wisconsin in 1872.

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is most likely Anders Jørgenssen, age 13, son of Jørgen Evensson and Anne Thomasdatter of Pladsen farm in Vang.

The 1886 land ownership map for Norway Lake Twp in Kandiyohi County shows A J Ellingboe owning three separate parcels: 1) a 159 acre parcel in the southern half of Section 19, a 40 acre parcel in the northern half of Section 19, and a 40 acre parcel in Section 7.

In a 1915 land ownership map of Kandiyohi County, Andrew owned 160 acres in the southern half of Section 19 of Norway Lake Twp. This plot was a mile from Sunburg and abutted the county line border between Swift and Kandiyohi Counties.

He died of laryngeal tuberculosis which led to asphyxiation. The Willmar newspaper’s obit (February 15th edition) said that the death was unexpected and caused by a complication of bronchial troubles and pneumonia.

Birth:
day of month from Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree

Andrew married Sigrid LIEN on 2 Jan 1877 in Nicollet County, Minnesota. Sigrid (daughter of Ole Knudsen TØRSTAD and Anne Olsdatter FRAMSTAD) was born on 8 Nov 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Jun 1921 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried on 20 Jun 1921 in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-005759
• Baptism: 26 Dec 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree shows Sigrid as #I54394. It has her birthdate as 3 Nov 1859 and her death date as 16 June 1921. Vang church book has her birth date as 8 Nov.

In the 1900 census, she had had 15 children, 12 still living. (The list below includes the 13 children alive at the time of the 1900 census.) Those numbers are 17 and 12 in the 1910 census.

She came to the U.S. in 1861. A Norway Lake church history says that Sigrid came to Iowa in 1861 and moved to Norway Lake in 1871.

In the 1920 census, she is a widow, head-of-household, living on a farm in Norway Lake Twp with her children and daughter-in-law and “step-father” Asle Frövold.

Sigrid died of diabetes.

Baptism:
Hurums

Notes:

Married:
#Cert-13705, indexed as Andreas Ellingson and Liyri Olson

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1823, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His baptismal sponsors were Marit Jermundsdatter Rogn, Marit Thomasdatter Rogn, Thomas Mossager, Helge Ellingboe, and Endre Thomassen Torpe.

Shown as Ole Knudson Torstad in Sigrid’s birth record. dwfrench1 calls him Ole Knudsen Lien d.y.

The Vang out-migration record shows him as Ole Knudsen Tørstad, 27, and his wife, Anne Olsdatter, 25, and their children Knud, 7, Ole, 4, and Sigrid, 1¼, leaving for Amerika on 3 April 1861.

Shown as Ole Lien on Sigrid’s death certificate. Shown as Ole P. Lien (#I54395) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree.

Called Ola Knutsson Nygard in the Vang C bygdebok, p. 284, an entry which incorrectly has him born in 1833.

The record of his marriage to Anne Olsdatter Framstad on 22 Apr 1855, shows him as Ole Knüdsën Nÿgaard, age 31, son of Knud Thomassen, and her as age 21, daughter of Ole Olsen.

The birth record for his first son Knud also shows him as Ole Knüdsën Nÿgaard. The birth record for his son Ole shows him as Ole Knudsen Garstad.

The Johnson Family Tree on Ancestry calls him Ole Knudsen Lien and has him born 16 Dec 1823 in Vang and dying in Iowa in 1864.

Baptism:
Høre

Died:
dwfrench1

Ole married Anne Olsdatter FRAMSTAD on 22 Apr 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Ole Olsen FRAMSTAD and Ragnild Thoresdatter SKEIE) was born on 6 Jan 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Feb 1903 in Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Feb 1834

Notes:

Shown as Ann Framstad on Sigrid’s death certificate. Shown as Anna Framstad (#I54396) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree.

The Peterson/Long family tree on Ancestry has her born 6 Jan 1834 in Framstad/Høre in Vang.

Birth:
shown as 13 Jan 1836 on her gravestone

Died:
Date on her gravestone. As Anne Frovold.

Notes:

Married:
as 31 year-old Ole Knudsen Nÿgaard and 21 year-old Anne Olsdatter Framstad