Jonathan Carl ELLINGBOE

Notes:

Studied at Clackamas Community College. Went to Faith Christian School. Lived in Gettysburg.

Jonathan C Ellingboe, 59 of Gettysburg passed away on September 10, 2023. Jonathan was the beloved brother of Elisabeth Molatore and is also survived by his ex-wife, Linda Ellingboe. Jonathan was preceded in death by his parents, Ted and Dorothy Ellingboe, and a sister, Christine Ellingboe.

Family/Spouse: Linda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1923-19175
• Occupation: Lutheran Pastor
• Oregon Death Certificate: 97-28367
• Social Security Number: 476-18-5456 Issued In MN Before 1951

Notes:

Graduate of St. Olaf College.

In the February, 1946, alumni magazine: “Theodore Ellingboe is serving his seminary internship at Baltic, S.D., this year.”

The December, 1948, alumni magazine notes: “Robert Theodor Ellingboe, C.T.. 1947. Youth pastor, Norwegian Luth. Ch., Dolores at 19th, San Francisco, Calif. H: Northfield.”

In the 1948 San Francisco city directory, he is an assistant pastor at the Norwegian Lutheran Church. He lives at 3689 19th.

In the 1951 Elizabeth, New Jersey, city directory, he was Theodore Ellingboe, pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 863 Jersey Avenue. His sister also resided at that address. She was an office secretary.

The entry for him and Dorothy in the 1955 Elizabeth, New Jersey, city directory said “rem to Africa.”

Theodore and Dorothy served as missionaries in Cameroun from 1953 to 1963.

In June of 1965, he accepted a call to serve as pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in the Parkchester section of the Bronx, effective July 11th. Up to that point, he had been pastor of the Bethel Lutheran Church in Rowland, Pennsylvania.

A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1997, in the Canby Pioneer Chapel for Robert ''Ted'' Ellingboe, who died Dec. 13 of leukemia at 74.

Mr. Ellingboe was born April 23, 1923, in Milaca, Minn. He was a pastor and retired this year. In 1953, he married Dorothy.

Survivors include his wife; daughters, Elisabeth Molatore of Oregon City and Christine of Milwaukie; son, Jonathon of Milwaukie; and a grandchild.

Disposition was by cremation.

Robert married Dorothy Shirley CHRISTIANSON on 24 Jan 1953. Dorothy was born on 7 Jan 1920 in Brooklyn, New York; died on 5 Oct 2001 in Canby, Clackamas County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A 1965 newspaper article said that her sisters were “Jeanne Tellefsen and Ann Christiansen of Rowland.”

Her obit from the October 27, 2001, edition of the Portland Oregonian:

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, 2001, in Canby Funeral Chapel for Dorothy Shirley Ellingboe, who died Oct. 5 at age 81. Mrs. Ellingboe was born Dorothy Shirley Christiansen on Jan. 7, 1920, in Brooklyn, N.Y. A pastor's wife, she lived in Africa for 10 years and throughout the United States before moving in 1975 to Portland and in about 1981 to Canby. She was a receptionist in the radiology clinic at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and later a chocolate-maker at Filbert Treats in Canby before retiring in the early 1990s. In 1953, she married the Rev. Robert "Ted" Ellingboe; he died in 1997.

Survivors include her daughters, Elisabeth Molatore and Christine Ruth Ellingboe; son, Jonathan C.; sister, Anne Engvaldsen; brothers, Robert Christiansen and Kenneth Christiansen; and three grandchildren.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1960-MN-015883

Notes:

Born on Ellingbø Bøkko 33/3 according to Trudy.

Came to the U.S. in 1896, coming first to Maynard. Worked first for the Great Northern Railroad.

In the 1900 census, Knudt, 24, and his brother (apparently) Ole, 22, are single men boarding with a family in Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. Knudt “Elingoe” is shown as having been born in Norway in February of 1876 and having come to the U. S. in 1896. His occupation is saloon keeper.

At this point, he is working for his uncle’s saloon in Granite Falls. He later bought out his uncle and was the sole owner until 1903 when he sold the saloon/hotel in Sacred Heart and “engaged in general merchandise. The venture was unfortunate.” He went back to Granite Falls and ran a saloon.

In the 1905 state census, Knut, Clara, and Brunelle are living on Baldwin Street in Granite Falls. Knut is a saloon keeper. They had lived in Granite Falls for a year-and-a-half.

He moved to Milaca in 1905.

In the 1910 census, Knute and his family live in Milaca where Knute is the manager of a hardware store. The family consists of Knute I., 34, Clara A., 24, Brunelle M., 5, Harvey I or Q., 3, and Christine C., 1. Knute and Clara had been married for 7 years and these three children are the only ones Clara had had. Knute is shown as having come to the U.S. in 1880.

This was the Ellingboe Hardware Company which he managed until 1912 when he and a partner bought the Milaca State Bank. He bought out that partner in 1919.

Knute registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Princeton. His occupation is “banker” for the Milaca State Bank. His nearest relative is his wife Clara Ann. Knute is described as being of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair. He was a naturalized citizen.

Knute applied for his first passport in August of 1919 in Minneapolis. He intended to visit Norway to “visit aged parents.” This six-week trip is mentioned in the October 23, 1919, edition of the Princeton Union.

A Knute Ellingboe is listed in the 1920 and 1921 Minneapolis city directories at 2834 Chicago Avenue.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Knudt Ellingboe of Milaca. He was a member of the Samband between 1905 and 1916.

In the 1920 census, Knute is shown as a bank president in Milaca. Although he is married, there is no wife listed as living with him. By that time, his wife Clara and their two children (Brunelle, 15, and Margaret, 10) are living in Minneapolis with Clara’s mother, Mary Austin.

Knute applied for a second passport on May 28, 1921, in Milaca. He was described as 45 years old, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, with blue eyes and a “regular” forehead and “regular” nose with a “straight, firm” mouth and a “square” chin. His hair was dark brown and “turning grey.” He had a ruddy complexion with an “oval, broad” face. He had the distinguishing mark of a “small wart inside right eyebrow.” In this application, he states that he came to the U.S. aboard the Christiania on May 1, 1896, and that he had resided, uninterruptedly, in Milaca for 16 years between 1905 and 1921. He conceded that his first passport, issued in Minneapolis in August of 1919, was “used and cancelled in visiting Norway.” Knute also states in this application that he was naturalized as a citizen of the U.S. in Granite Falls. He intends to leave from New York, aboard the Bergensfjord, on June 17, 1921.

On June 19, 1923, Knute served as the identifier for August Stromberg’s application for a U.S. passport. Knute, claiming that he resided in Milaca, the home of the applicant, said that he had known August Stromberg for 18 years and vouched for his identity.

In the 1930 census, Knute and his family lived on 2nd Avenue in Milaca where he was a loan agent for a trust company. The family lived in a house that Knute owned and that was valued at $5500. The family consisted of Knut, 53, Thora, 40, Robert T., 6, and Bertha E., 5. Thora was first married at age 32. Knute is shown as having come to the U. S. in 1905.

In the 1940 census, Knute and Thora and their two children lived in Milaca in the same house they had lived in in 1935. Thora’s father lives with them. Knute was an agent for an investors syndicate and earned $1025 in 1939. Knute had an eighth-grade education, Thora had had two years of college.

In the 1945 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, Knute and Thora live at 806 Forest Ave. Knute is a salesman.

In the 1948, 1950, and 1953 Rice County directories, Knute and Thora live at 915 W. 2nd Street in Northfield. Knute was a janitor at St. Olaf College.

In the 1950 census, Knute and Thora live at 915 W. 2nd Street in Northfield. He works as a custodian at an art barn at a college. Their household also includes Thora’s father and 8 lodgers, all of whom are probably students at St. Olaf. Those eight students, all either 19 or 20 years old, are: George K Lindberg, David Huseth, Robert Wrede, Owen Hawley, William Kopperud, Robert Hauge, Donald Maland, and Donald Myrald.

In the 1957 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, Knute and Thora were still at 915 W 2nd. Knute was an office worker for Edwin L Parson.



Knut’s last trip to Norway was in the summer of 1954. He arrived back in New York on 19 Jul 1954 from Oslo. An earlier trip was in 1919, right after the war. He arrived back in New York on October 7, 1919, aboard the S.S. Vangerfjord which had departed Kristiania on September 27, 1919. He went again in 1922. He arrived back in New York on September 9, 1921, aboard the S.S. Aquitania which had departed from Southampton on September 3rd.



An obit in the Faribault newspaper, via the Dalby Database:

Funeral services for Knute Ellingboe, 84, who died Thursday evening in Northfield Memorial hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at St. John's Lutheran church. Rev. B. R. Biorn will officiate and burial will be in Oaklawn cemetery. Friends may call at the Anderson Funeral Home Sunday afternoon and evening, and at the church one hour before the church service.

An obit in the Northfield News, via the Dalby Database:

Ellingboe Knute Northfield News Aug/1960 Knute Ellingboe, 84, died -unexpectedly Thursday evening, Aug. 4, I960, at Northfield Hospital after a four-day illness. The death was due to a heart attack. The final illness occurred just as Mr. Ellingboe’s son, the Rev.
Theodore Ellingboe, was to leave on his return trip to the mission field in Cameroon, Africa, after spending his furlough in the United States. Pastor Ellingboe had planned to leave Northfield on Friday, he and his family to fly from New York on August 12. He will now leave on Tuesday, the day after the funeral of his father.

The funeral was held Monday afternoon, Aug. 8, at St. Johns Lutheran church where Mr. Ellingboe was a member. The Rev. Boral R. Biorn conducted the service. The Anderson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in Oaklawn cemetery, with James O. Caulfield, E. L. Parson, Rudolph Zanmiller, H. B. Jacobson, Adolph Olson and Ivar Brujord as pallbearers.

Mr. Ellingboe was born February 2, I876, in Valdres, Norway, the son of Ivar and Berit Ellingboe. He came to the United States in 1896, settling first at Granite Falls where he was engaged in farming. Later he became an employe of the Milaca Hardware company, then cashier of the Milaca State bank. For several years he was president of the bank. From 1930 till 1936, he managed farms that belong to a fraternal insurance group, the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was employed by Investors Syndicate from 1936 until 1940. After coming to Northfield in 1940, he represented Lutheran Brotherhood. During World War II, he worked in shipyards at San Francisco, Calif. Later he was employed at St. Olaf College and as bookkeeper by the Dan Hansen Plumbing company. Recently he had been employed in the insurance and realty office of E. L. Parson. He is survived by his wife, the former Thora Larson of Brooklyn, N. Y. to whom he was married on July 10,1922, in Minneapolis; by one son, Theodore; one daughter, Miss Betty Ellingboe of Minneapolis; two grandchildren; a brother, Ivar, who lives in Norway; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Steile of Minneapolis and Ambjor of Norway.

Miss Betty ElIingboe, who was engaged in work for The American Lutheran Church in the Seattle, Wash. area when she learned of
her fathers illness, arrive by plane Friday morning.

(Note that this obit makes no mention of the children by his first wife.)

Buried:
buried section F 212 5

Knute married Thora B LARSEN on 9 Jul 1922 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Thora (daughter of Theodore LARSEN and Bertha SIQULAND) was born on 18 Nov 1889 in New York; died on 16 Jun 1978 in Multnomah County, Oregon; was buried on 24 Jun 1978 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Oregon Death Certificate: 78-10062

Notes:

Larson on her marriage record, at least according to the MOMS index.

Born and raised in Brooklyn. She was a New York City school teacher in the 1910 and 1920 censuses. She was still living in Brooklyn with her parents in the 1920 census.

Birth:
date from SSDI

Buried:
buried section F 212 4

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 Berit Olsdatter ELLINGBØ on 13 Jun 1872 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Ole Evenson ELLINGBØ and Maren Wilhelmsdatter BAGGETUN) was born on 3 Nov 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Apr 1931 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Nov 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Unmarried and living with her parents and siblings on Ellingbø søndre 22 in the 1865 Norwegian census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Ship’s Carpenter

Notes:

Emigrated in 1888. In the 1900 census, his birthdate is shown as October, 1862.

He was a 76 year-old widower living with Knute and Thora in Milaca in the 1940 census. He had lived in Brooklyn in 1935.

Lived in the sunroom of Knute and Thora’s house in Northfield. Shown as living with Knute and Thora in the 1950 census.

Theodore married Bertha SIQULAND about 1888. Bertha was born about 1864 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated in 1888. In the 1900 census, her birthdate is shown as February, 1861.

She is not the Bertha Larsen of 1945-MN-013442.