Olaf Edward KVALE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1899, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Living with his parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.

Called Edward in his mother’s obituary.

Baptism:
St. John’s in Northfield

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).”

Notes:

Kvale 38/9

Birth:
Øvre Kvåle, Skjelhaugen 38/9

Died:
Øvre Kvåle, Skjelhaugen 38/9

Helge married Sigrid Torleivsdotter ELLINGBØE. Sigrid (daughter of Torleiv Vilhelmson ELLINGBØE and Marit Olsdotter KJØS) was born in 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Gudbrand married Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME. Marit (daughter of Gudmund Jonsen RØN and Sigrid Eivindsdatter REMME) was born in 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Eltun 13/3, nedre. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Died as Knut Iversen Ellingbö.

Han var først på Eltun 13/1 1851-1863. Han flyttet til Ellingbø 33/2 Bøkko i 1868. På Eltun var han postkar. Han fikk Eltun da han giftet seg, men solgte gården til Ivar I Uvdal (1862-1909) i 1863. De sies at det var Embrik og Helge Ellingbø som kjøpte Bøkkadn, som da nettopp var fradelt med eget nr. av Trond Ellingbø og solgte halvparten videre til Knut. og at Jond Endresen Ellingbø og Torstein, sønnen til Helge fikk overta hver sin halvpart. Men i opptegnelsene etter Yngve Ellingbø står det at Knut kjøpte gården av Trond I Ellingbø, fordi buskapen deres var drept av slagbjørn og at de derfor dro til USA.

Det er riktig at bjørnen herjet ganske mye på den tiden, og det __ kan hende at det var derfor de dro til USA, men i statsarkivet på Hamar er det dokumenter som __kan fortelle følgende:

Trond I Uvdal (se faren Ivar Uvdal) overtok i 1850. De hadde 8 barn, og dro til USA med alle barn som levde i 1862. De tok også med seg barna til datteren Velgjerd (Hun hadde to barn utenfor ekteskap). Gården ble så delt i 3 underbruk, 2 under husmannsplasser under Baggetun og ett under nordigarden av Ellingbø 33/1.

Livaursfolket Øystein og Ambjørg bodde her. Med skylddeling 7.10.1867 og 25.4.1868 ble gården delt i fire parter:
grn.: 33/3 Bøkkadn (Bøkko)
gnr.: 33/4 Fagerli (senere hotellet)
grn.: 31/1 Haugadn (som Bøland forpakter, leier eller bruker)
og grn.: 31/2 Grindaheim (nedlagt hotell på nedsiden av riksveien, Men som har gitt navnet til hotellet på Fagerlid). Hovedparten etter delingen var Bokko.

Knut __kan derfor neppe ha kjøpt gården direkte av eierne som ble rammet av bjørn. Det er heler ikke funnet noen dokumetasjon på at hele buskapen ble drept av bjørn, men i en protokoll fra 1860 heter det at to kviger og en kalv skal v?re drept av "biørn på seteren Grov ved Helin den sommeren."

Translated:

He was first at Eltun 13/1 1851-1863. He moved to Ellingbø 33/2 Bøkko in 1868. At Eltun he was a postman. He got Eltun when he got married, but sold the farm to Ivar I Uvdal (1862-1909) in 1863. They say that it was Embrik and Helge Ellingbø who bought Bøkkadn, who was then just separated with his own number by Trond Ellingbø and sold half on to Knut. and that Jond Endresen Ellingbø and Torstein, Helge's son, each took over half. But in the records after Yngve Ellingbø it says that Knut bought the farm from Trond I Ellingbø, because their livestock was killed by a bear and that they therefore went to the USA.

It is true that the bear ravaged quite a lot at that time, and that may be why they went to the USA, but in the state archives at Hamar there are documents that can tell the following:

Trond I Uvdal (see father Ivar Uvdal) took over in 1850. They had 8 children, and went to the United States with all the children who lived in 1862. They also took the children of their daughter Velgjerd (She had two children out of wedlock). The farm was then divided into 3 sub-farms, 2 under homesteads under Baggetun and one under the northern farm of Ellingbø 33/1.

The people of Øystein and Ambjørg lived here. With divisions dated 7.10.1867 and 25.4.1868 the farm was divided into four parts:
grn .: 33/3 Bøkkadn (Bøkko)
gnr .: 33/4 Fagerli (later the hotel)
grn .: 31/1 Haugadn (which Bøland leases, rents or uses)
and grn .: 31/2 Grindaheim (closed hotel on the lower side of the national road, But which has given the name to the hotel on Fagerlid). The majority after the division was Bokko.

Knut cannot therefore have bought the farm directly from the owners who were affected by bears. No documentation has been found that the whole herd was killed by a bear, but a protocol from 1860 states that two heifers and a calf were killed by "bears on the farm Grov by Helin that summer."

Died:
as Knut Iversen Ellingbö

Knud married Gjartrud Thomasdatter ELTUN in 1845. Gjartrud (daughter of Thomas Torgeirson ELTUN and Sigrid Ivarsdatter KJERSTEIN) was born about 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Eltun 13/1. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø.

Knut og Gjartrud hadde barna:
Ivar (f.og d 1845),
Ivar (1848-1921),
Thomas (1851-1852),
Anne (1863-),
Thomas (1865-) til USA 1882.

I 1865 hadde de også en pleiedatter, søsterdatteren til Knut Sigrid Gudbrandsdtr Steinde eller Lundseiga, Hun var gi ft med Torstein O Haugen (Krøsseikra) de dro til USA i 1879.

Translated: In 1865 they also had a foster daughter, the niece of Knut Sigrid Gudbrandsdtr Steinde or Lundseiga, She was married to Torstein O Haugen (Krøsseikra) they went to the USA in 1879.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Husmann at Nordigarden (33/5), later at Haugen under Bøkko.

Vang A, pp. 585 and 574.Vang A, p. 588.

Died:
no comments on cause of death

Ola married Randi Larsdatter ELLINGBÖ on 25 Oct 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Randi (daughter of Lars Michelson KRØSSHAUG and Randi Evensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 29 Apr 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1895 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 13 Sep 1829, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

A Randi Larsdatter Ellingboe, b. 29 Apr 1815, was confirmed in Vang on 13 Sept 1829. This Randi’s parents were Lars Michelson and Randi Evensdatter. The father of the Randi who married Ole Helgesson was Lars Michelson. The father of the Randi who married Knud Iverson was Lars Tostenson. However, Randi is called a widow in the record for her marriage to Knud and her age is 30. Thus, the church book entry for the bride’s father is probably in error for the entry for her 2nd marriage.

She and her second husband may have moved to Tveit according to Trudy. Knut and Randi were living at Tveith in the 1865 census.

Birth:
the date in her confirmation record; may be date of baptism

Died:
Tveitholene 90/8 øvre according to Jim