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4001

Buried as Knudt Thompson. Known as Knudt Thompson as early as the 1860 census. He was the first of his siblings to come to Minnesota.

According to Linda’s notes: came to America in 1855, built log cabin that ended up on the Dakota County fairgrounds, lived in Christiania.

Linda’s notes also suggest that Thomas and Betsy were Knut’s children through Sonova (wrong).

Knut, Ingri, Thomas (b. 12 Apr 1852), and Berith emigrated in 1855 according to the Vestre Slidre church book. Accompanying them were Berith Thomasdatter Ellestad (b. 16 Jan 1823) and Berith Gundersdatter Ellestad (b. 6 May 1854).

In the 1860 census, Knudt Thompson, 38, Ingre, 41, and their children Thomas, 8, Betsey, 6, and Severt, 5, were living in Eureka Townshop. Also living with them was an Ole Thompson, 62. In Tolly Swan’s Thompson papers, it’s speculated that the “Severt” is actually the son of the next-door neighbor.

In the 1870 census, Knudt, 50, was living in Eureka with his wife Susan, 50, Thomas K., 18, Betsey, 17, and a 5-year old girl named, apparently, Lena Johnson. Knudt was living just a few farms away from his brother Peter.

In the 1880 census, “Knut Thompson” was living with his wife Sonova on a farm in Eureka, Dakota County. Also living in the household were 60 or 61 year-old Kristi Oleson, a housekeeper, and 9 year-old E.K. Sun or Seen, helping out on the farm.

His obit:

Knut Thompson, age seventy-three years and nine months, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs Ole E. Forstrom in Eureka and the cause of his death was general decline. Mr Thompson was one of the oldest settlers of this county. He came to this country from Norway in 1854 and settled in Wisconsin, where he lived two years, moving to Eureka in 1856 where he has since resided. Mr Thompson was a man highly esteemed by his neighbors and those who were acquainted with him for his sterling qualities in all that goes to make a good citizen and a Christian gentleman. He has held several positions of trust and was for several years mail carrier from Christiania to Castle Rock. He leaves three brothers, Peter Thompson of Eureka, Andrew Thompson of New Market and Ole Thompson of Norway Lake, Minnesota, and two sisters, Mrs L Soine of Dennison and Miss Anna Thompson of Eureka, and a daughter, Mrs Ole E. (Betsy) Forstrom of Eureka. His wife Ingri preceded him in death in 1863. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Conference Church. Rev Elias Aas will conduct the service.

Lynn Stegmaier, curator of the Dakota City Heritage Village, provided this history of the log cabin that Knudt built:

“The log cabin was built around 1857 by Knudt Thompson, a pioneer from Valdres, Norway. He and his younger brothers, Peter and Andrew and sister, Anna Ellestad were part of a group of Norwegian immigrants who formed Christiania settlement near Chub Lake in Eureka Township, Dakota County, Minnesota. It was desirable land, having a good combination of timber, open prairie and water with a terrain that reminded them of the old country. Knudt Thompson was a carpenter by trade and his careful notching and fitting of the logs reflected his skill.

“Though the Indians had given up their rights to the land in the Treaty of Mendota in 1851, some Sioux lived nearby and paid friendly visits to the cabin.

“Knudt and Sonova Thompson and their children, Thomas and Betsy lived in the cabin for a number of years. Knudt deeded the cabin and land to his brother, Peter who had an adjoining homestead. It served as a home for their sister, Anna Ellestad and others. The longest occupants were their brother Andrew’s son, John who with his wife, Helga and eight children, lived in the cabin from about 1902 to 1917.

“The cabin was passed down and loved by younger generations of Peter Thompson’s family as a summer home. After vandals destroyed the interior, Peter’s granddaughter, Ione van Steenwyk donated the cabin to the Dakota County Fair in 1965. It was rebuilt at its last relocation in Dakota City Heritage Village in 1982.

“The old logs, which had been left uncovered by siding after its move to the Fairgrounds, became infested with carpenter ants, powder post beetles and other destructive insects. After consulting experts in engineering and pest management, the Dakota City Board made the difficult decision to destroy the cabin by fire in March 2003 before the insects resumed additional damage to the cabin and the other historic buildings nearby.”

ELLESTAD, Knudt Tomason (I1766)

4002

Buried as Laura Thompson

THOMPSON, Bertha Laura (I1946)

4003

Buried as Paul Tonsager.

In the 1880 census, he is Paul Gilbertson, 40, living with his wife Sarah, 30, and their children Georg, 2, and Anna, 5 months, in New Market Twp.

GILBERTSON, Paul (I7735)

4004

Buried as Soneve Thompson. Cemetery records show birth date as 1819.

The 1870 census spells her name as “Susan.” The 1880 census seems to spell name “Sanova” or “Sonova.”

SAMPSON, Soneva K (I1936)

4005

Buried as Susanna Augustine.

JERHOME, Susanna (I17417)

4006

Buried as Thomas Forstrom.

FORSTROM, Thomas Clarence (I1771)

4007

Buried as Thomas Thompson.

The first child with this name born to Peter and Barbro.

Cemetery records show date of birth as April 22nd.

“died, consumption”

Not included with the family at the time of the 1870 census.

THOMPSON, Thomas Edward (I1943)

4008

buried as Torborg

ERICKSON, Torborg (I11643)

4009

Buried as Veola Ellingboe but her name had been put on the gravestone when Oscar was buried.

Viola Ivon on her birth certificate.

From the Minneapolis paper on June 6th:

Ellingboe Veola Ellingboe, age 74 of Lakeville, on 6/3. Survived by sons, Rev. Craig & wife Mary of Northfield, Randy & wife Lynn of Woodbury, Bradley & wife Karen of NM; 9 grandchildren; 1 great- grandson. Funeral service 11 AM Tuesday, St. John's Lutheran Church, Lakeville. Visitation 4-8 PM Monday, White Funeral Home (20134 Kenwood Trail) and also one hour prior to service at church. Interment Highview Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, south of Lakeville. White Funeral Home Lakeville, MN 952-469-2723
Published in the Star Tribune on 6/6/2004.

In 1994 she donated her 114 acre old family farm to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It’s now called the Soberg Waterfowl Production Area, southwest of Lake Marion, straddling the line between Scott and Dakota Counties.

SOBERG, Veola Yvonne (I193)

4010

buried at the hospital’s cemetery

HENDRICKSON, Robert Gerald (I6420)