Berit (Betsy) THOMPSON

1857 - 1945  (88 years)

• Name	Berit (Betsy) THOMPSON
  Birth	2 Aug 1857	Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	20 Sep 1857	Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Death	28 Nov 1945	Polk County, Minnesota
  	The 1945 is on her gravestone. The more precise date is from Find A Grave. The death is not in the Minnesota Death Index nor is it in the North Dakota death index.
  Burial	Skatvold Cemetery, Climax, Polk County, Minnesota
  Notes	Referred to by Alison as Berit Andersdatter Ellestad Shown in the 1865 census as Berit Andersdatter. Arrived in the U.S. on 11 Jun 1877 as Berit Ellestad aboard the Brittanic. Described by Rose as “a big fat woman.” According to Evey, Betsy was living in or near Mayville, North Dakota, in 1890. Called “Bergie P” in Ida’s baptismal record. In the 1930 census, she is a widow and is living with her daughter Lydia and family in Bingham Twp, Traill County, North Dakota. Not in the 1940 census. Not in the death records of either Minnesota or North Dakota.
  Person ID	I1642	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Anders (Andrew) Tomasson ELLESTAD,   b. 29 Sep 1830, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 19 Nov 1911, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Rangdi Eriksdatter KVÅLE,   b. 23 Apr 1834, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 25 Jan 1925, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1857	Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Peder I TWENGE,   b. Abt 1860   d. Unknown
  Children	1. Caroline Ragna TWENGE,   b. Abt Oct 1881, North Dakota d. Unknown   2. Ida TWENGE,   b. 3 Apr 1886, North Dakota d. 8 Jan 1960, Grand Forks County, North Dakota (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F1180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John SWENSON,   b. Jun 1845, Sweden d. 2 Nov 1925, Polk County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1891
  Children	1. Selmer SWENSON,   b. 16 Aug 1891, North Dakota   2. Bertha SWENSON,   b. 16 Aug 1891, North Dakota d. Jan 1969, Arizona (Age 77 years)   3. Netta (Nettie) SWENSON,   b. May 1893, North Dakota   4. Lydia T SWENSON,   b. 22 May 1895, Traill County, North Dakota d. 16 Jan 1932, Traill County, North Dakota (Age 36 years)   5. Lillian SWENSON,   b. 22 Jul 1898, North Dakota d. 12 Jul 1993, Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F1186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2005