Stella C ELLESTAD

Notes:

She seems to be Stella C. in the 1925 North Dakota census in which she is still living at home.

She and Arthur were both of Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington, at the time of their marriage.

She died before her brother Arvid.

Died:
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Stella married Arthur L BERGQUIST on 16 Nov 1929 in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. Arthur was born in 1898 in Washington; died on 26 May 1971 in Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Barbara Christine BERGQUIST was born on 5 Feb 1931 in Washington; died on 2 Aug 1997; was buried in Fir-Conway Lutheran Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington.

Notes:

Shown as Thomas Elestad in the 1910 census, at which time he and his wife were living in Dunn County, North Dakota, on a farm nearby or adjacent to, the farm of Ole T. Elestad. (See notes for Ole.)

Registered for the draft on September 11, 1918, in Dunn County, North Dakota. The draft card is mostly illegible but it does show his birthdate and his middle name. He claims to be a farmer and his wife is Hannah. He has blue eyes and light hair.

Still living in Dunn County, N.D., on a farm he owns, in the 1920 census. He and Hannah now have four children.

In the 1930 census, the family is living on a farm in South Avon Precinct, Skagit County, Washington. The family is Thomas, 45, Hannah, 47, Olive, 15, Arvid, 13, Kendall, 9, Tillman, 7, and Winifred, 3. All of the children were born in North Dakota. Thomas and Hannah were married at ages 24 and 26, respectively.

Thomas married Hannah LARSON in 1909. Hannah was born on 16 Mar 1883 in South Dakota; died on 28 Mar 1951 in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Washington Death Certificate: 5390

Notes:

Washington State death certificate 5390.

Birth:
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-015666

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is probably the 25 year-old unmarried Ole Thomasson, a laborer on the Løken farm in Lomen, Vestre Slidre.

The records for the Norway Lake Lutheran churches in Kandiyohi County show: “Ole Ellestad, born in Balders, married Sigrid Hollen, born in Balders. Came to Goodhue County in 1866.”

In the 1875 Minnesota census, he and his wife and three daughters live in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

In the 1880 census, O.T. (indexed as O.J. Ellestod), 39, and his wife Sigri, 31, were farming in Kerkhoven, Swift County. The children consisted of Betsy, 8, Anne, 6, Ida, 5, and Sophia, 1. The family had a servant, Chas. Johnson, 20, born in Sweden, living with them.

In the 1885 Minnesota census, when the family lived in Kerkhoven Twp, the household consisted of Ole, 44, Sigrid, 36, Betsy, 13, Anna, 11, Julia, 9, Soffia, 6, Emma, 3, and Thomas, 3 months.

Shown as Ole Ellestad in the 1900 census (census enumerator was Ole Ellingboe). (Ole T. was indexed incorrectly as Ole A., census form shows Ole T.) He and his wife and two sons were living in Kerkhoven, Swift County, which is just over the county line from Sunburg, Kandiyohi County. Ole was renting his farm. Sigri had had nine children, six still living.

Lived in Sunburg, MN, near Kerkhoven. Later moved to North Dakota. Living in Kerkhoven Township, Swift County, MN, at the time of the 1900 census (June 1).

The 1900 census shows him as having come to the U.S. in 1866.

In the 1905 state census, Ole and Sigre live in Murdock, Kerkhoven Twp, next door to Rangdy Flattan (#12828) and family.

In the 1910 census, Ole T. Elestad, 69, and Sigre, 62, were living in on a farm in Dunn County, North Dakota. Ole and Sigre had been married for 40 years. Sigre had had 9 children, 6 still living. Ole’s farm is shown as being in Section 22, Twp 145, Range 94. Ole came to this country in 1866 and was a citizen. Sigre came to this country in 1869. The farm adjacent to them, shown as Section 26, was Thomas Ellestad, 25, and his wife Hannah, 27. It was the first marriage for both and the had been married 0 years. Hannah had been born in South Dakota and her parents in Norway.

An Ole T. Ellestad died in Swift County in 1928.

Birth:
Ellestad

Ole married Sigrid HOLLEN about 1869. Sigrid (daughter of Even Helgessen HØVERSTAD and Anne Tostensdatter VØVLISEIGA) was born on 24 Aug 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Feb 1918 in Dunn County, North Dakota; was buried in South Lake Johanna Cemetery, Pope County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Sep 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The 1900 census showed her as having borne 9 children, 6 still living. That census also showed her coming to this country in 1866.

Birth:
North Dakota death index says 1849, other sources say 24 Jul 1848

Notes:

Called Thomas Knutsen Tørstad, I12971, in Jim’s VS.

The FamilySearch entry is for Tomas Knutson, born in 1795 in Torstad II, Vang, Oppland, Norway.

In the 1865 census, shown as Thomas Knudsen, born in 1794 in Wangs, living with son Anders at Høine. His occupation is shown as “Føderaadsmd.”

The bygdebok says he moved to 26/3 Høyne or Sør-Ellestad in Vestre Slidre.

He married his first cousin.

Birth:
shown as age 23 when he got married

Tomas married Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD on 1 Aug 1819 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Johannes Anderson ELLESTAD and Beret Amundsdatter LOMEN) was born on 30 Jul 1796 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died after 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown in the 1865 census as Berit Thomasdatter born in 1794 in Vestre Slidre. Living with her husband on the Høine farm with her son Anders.

In his VS, Jim also shows her incorrectly as Berit Thomasdatter. She was definitely Berit Johannesdatter in her marriage record.

Shown as age 24 when she got married.

She married her first cousin.

Birth:
Lommen

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Mar 1804, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Even and Ragndi were first cousins.

He is not in either of Jim’s databases.

He was a soldier in Norway. He was the heir to his father’s plass in Høllen on Høverstad.

He and Anne were living on Høllen in the 1865 census with their children Sigri, age 19, Anne, age 17, Kristofer, age 12, and Ingri, age 7.

The records of the Norway Lake Lutheran churches have this entry for Even: “Even H. Hollen, born in Balders, married with Anna Tostenson, born in Balders. To Goodhue County 1866.”

In the 1870 census, he and his family lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. The household consisted of Even Helgeson, 67, Anna, 49, Christopher, 15, Even, 8, and Ida, 11.

In the 1880 census, he was Even Helgerson, now living with his family in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County. His household consisted of Even, 77, Anne, 60, Anne, 29, Christ, 24, Even, 17, and a 9 year-old adopted daughter named Maria Olson. Maria had been born in Minnesota and her father in Norway. Everyone else in the household had been born in Norway.

He was 91 year-old Even Hollen, living with his son Even in Kerkhoven Twp, in the 1895 Minnesota state census.

Birth:
or very early 1804; Find A Grave says November 1803

Baptism:
WIlhelm Wilhelmsen Baggethun (#4790) was one of his sponsors

Died:
Find A Grave, from photo of his gravestone

Buried:
as Even H Hollen

Even married Anne Tostensdatter VØVLISEIGA on 11 Oct 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Tosten Pedersen QVIEM and Ingri Jensdatter KVIESMOEN) was born in Nov 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Oct 1913 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Dec 1820, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is not in either of Jim’s databases.

Born Anne Tostensdatter Qviem. Married as Anne Tostensdatter Veflenseiet.

In the 1900 census, she was Anne Hallen, a 79 year-old widow living in Kerkhoven Twp with her son Even Hallen and his family. The census did not include how many children she had had or how many were living.

In the 1905 state census, she was 84 year-old Annie Halen, living with her son Even and his family in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

Birth:
FInd A Grave says Nov 29