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8971

He was first a husmann in 68 Brekka, then for a few years at Avskurde (children born ther), and in Brekka again from about 1852, until emigrating to America in the spring of 1856.

Vang B, p.218.

HAUGEN, Nils Knutson (I37100)

8972

He was first baptized by his father at birth in North Branch.

St. Olaf, ’43. Mechanical contractor, Park Ridge.

John Nathan ("Nate") Kildahl, age 88, of Park Ridge, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, November 18. Nate was born July 18, 1920 in North Branch, Minnesota. He attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. He was a veteran of both World War II and Korea. He entered military service in 1942 and served in the Army Air Corps as a navigator. Nate was stationed in the Pacific with the 8th Combat Cargo Squadron in New Guinea, Philippines, Okinawa, and eventually Tokyo, Japan. During the Korean War he served as a navigator-bombardier with the 17th Bombardment Group (Light) Night Intruder in Pusan, Korea from 1952-1953. He flew 50 combat missions in the B-26 and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals.

Nate was employed by the Barber Coleman Company as a heating and air conditioning engineer and salesman beginning in 1941. After he returned to the States from Japan in 1946 he rejoined the Barber Coleman Company - and again in 1953 after returing from Korea. He retired from Barber Coleman in 1975 following nearly 30 years of service.

Nate used his innate mechanical and engineering skills constantly, whether helping family, friends, church or condo association. He was a lifelong and avid yachtsman who kept a sailboat or powerboat in the Wilmette Harbor for decades until his death. He, family and friends sailed the Great Lakes every spring, summer and fall. He spent many winters in the Florida Keys.

He was a member of Edison Park Lutheran Church for nearly 80 years and was active in leadership positions in various church committees and organizations.

Nate is survived by his wife of 63 years, Kathryn (nee Larson); daughters, Barbara (David) Adams and Karen (Christopher) Woodward; five grandchildren, Karen (Andrew) Adams-Moran, Matthew (Tierney nee Callahan) Adams, Erik Adams; Spencer and Travis Woodward; and a great-grandson, Ethan (Matthew and Tierney) Adams and two other great-grandchildren soon to arrive. He was preceded in death by his brother Lars Charles ("Chuck") Ingvar Kildahl.

KILDAHL, John Nathan (I27916)

8973

He was found twice in the 1930 census. In the first, he was 29, single, and still living with his parents and siblings in Greenvale Twp.

In the second, he was married with one child and a farmer in Woodside Twp in Polk County. His parents were born in Denmark.

SORENSON, Sophus C (I17005)

8974

He was from Massachusetts where he did newspaper work.

He served in the U.S. Army Ambulance Service with the French Army and rose to the rank of Sgt. 1st class.

An article in the Flagstaff newspaper of 26 May 1922 notes that he will go to San Francisco to marry Miss Anna Marie Ellingboe on June 11.

Wilfred O Lyon died in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, on 20 Oct 1925 of tuberculosis. He was a chemist. His death certificate only cites a widow, Mrs. W. O. Lyon. He was born in Connecticut on 2 Jan 1898 to Samuel and Mary (or May) Elizabeth Stafford Lyon. In his will, signed the day before he died, he bequeathed everything he had to his wife, Anna Ellingboe Lyon of Prescott and also named her executrix.

LYON, Wilfred Otis (I27732)

8975

He was George C. in the 1900 census but seems to be Calvin Goodrich in his draft registration.

Calvin’s draft registration was made in Brown County, South Dakota, where he as a sales agent for a coal mining company. He was married and lived in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He was described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair.

He is Calvin G. Mousseau in the 1920 census. He and his wife and daughter live in an apartment complex on West Lake Harriet Boulevard in Minneapolis. He is a salesman in wholesale hardware.

MOUSSEAU, Calvin George (I5618)

8976

He was George Ellingboe, 21, “teaching”, living on the V. J. Finstad farm in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1880 census. Also living on that farm were Marit Ellingboe, a 46 year-old widow, “housekeeper”, and Marit’s two sons, Ole, 23, and Andrew, 18. All four of these Ellingboes were born in Norway.

In the 1885 census, he is G. O. Ellingboe in Pillsbury Twp, Swift County.

In the 1895 census he is George Ellingboe and has remarried and is in Kerkhoven Twp.

The November 23, 1897, edition of the Willmar Tribune says that George Ellingboe moved his family to Mille Lacs, Minnesota. In March of 1898, that paper noted that George was on his way to Aitkin County.

In the 1905 state census he and his family live in Lake George Twp, Stearns County.

Land records show that the St. Cloud land office issued a 153.67 acre homestead in Section 2 of Aitkin County to a George O Ellingboe on 14 Jun 1904. The land description is as follows:

1 E½NE 4TH PM No 44 N 24 W
2 SWNE 4TH PM No 44 N 24 W
3 SENW 4TH PM No 44 N 24 W

In the 1910 census, he was a farmer in Crow River Twp, Stearns County. Living with the family is Sarah’s mother, Signe or Sigre Handa or Handr. The Hande site says that George purchased land in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, in 1906.

George moved his family to Canada in 1911. In the 1916 Canadian census, he is George C Ellingboe, age 57, living with his family in “22, 32, 1, Churchbridge” in the province of Saskatchewan, district of “28 Saltcoats.” Living with him is Sarah, 43, Josef S, 13, Verda, 17, Harry C, 19, William R, 8, Mildred J, 11, and Marcus S, 1.

In a Minnesota Valley history, he seems to be referred to as “Professor.” Here is his entry in the “History of the Minnesota Valley”, published in 1882, for Swift County:

Ellingboe, George O., Professor. Professor George O. Ellingboe was born January 29, 1859, in Norway. His father died and he came with his mother to America in 1862; the family resided in Goodhue County, Minnesota, five years and since that have been in Kerkhoven. He received a good education and has since been teaching; has a farm of 160 acres; since 1880 has been town clerk. Married January 30, 1882; Ida Syse.

According to Jim’s source, George had ten children.

ELLINGBØ, Jørgen (George) O (I6242)

8977

he was given a private baptism at home on April 18th by his aunt Berit Thomasdatter Ellestad

THOMPSON, Thomas Knudt (I1768)

8978

He was grb Skjel 20/1 in Vestre Slidre, a farm he bought in 1751.

He is I6414 in Jim’s VS.

HÅLIEN, Torstein Kristensen (I3508)

8979

He was Gullick Thompson in the U.S.

Father of 16 children according to the article in the Grand Forks paper about his death.

In the 1900 census, he was a farmer in Walle Twp, Grand Forks County, North Dakota.

He was a county commissioner and a state representative as a Democrat.

He is from Vestre Slidre, the son of Thomas Gulliksen and Ingebor Olsdatter who lived on Bakkene in the 1865 census.

GROVI, Gullick Thomasson (I28629)

8980

He was Gustav O. Heen, single and living next door to his father and step-mother in the 1900 census.

HEEN, Gustaf (I24591)