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John T ELTUN

Male 1864 - 1919  (54 years)


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  • Name John T ELTUN 
    Birth 12 Apr 1864  Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Øye 14/3, Sørre
    Gender Male 
    Death 1919 
    Burial Hawk Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Jim calls him Johannes Trondsen Øye in his Valdres Slekt database. He came to the U.S. with his father in 1876.

      In the 1880 census, John lived with his father in Warsaw, Goodhue County, Minnesota.

      In the 1900 census, he was a boarder in a rooming house in Northfield. He was a clerk. His birthdate was Apr 1864 and he came to the U.S. in 1870.

      At the time of the 1911 and 1915 Faribault city directories, which included Northfield, he and John M and Martin Ellingboe were partners in a Northfield business, at 401 S Division, called Eltun & Ellingboe Bros., Dry Goods, Cloaks, and Groceries.

      In the 1915 directory, he rooms at the First National Bank Building.

      According to his father’s article on the samband site, he took in his brother Johan-Henrik’s son Trond who came to the U.S. in 1895. He secured a medical education and practiced for many years in Velva, North Dakota.
    Person ID I19519  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2017 

    Father Trond Ivarson ELTUN,   b. 23 Jan 1823, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1899, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Gjertrud Johan-Henriksdatter SVIEN,   b. 26 Jun 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1908 (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F14152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart