Erik (Erick) Andrew THOMPSON

1861 - 1948  (87 years)

• Name	Erik (Erick) Andrew THOMPSON
  Birth	6 May 1861	Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Christening	26 May 1861	Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1948-MN-003518
  Death	11 May 1948	Sanford Hospital, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota
  	stomach cancer
  Burial	14 May 1948	West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota
  Notes	Referred to by Alison as Erik Anderson Ellestad. Other names for Erik were THOMPSON, Edward A, THOMPSON, Erick Andrew and THOMPSON, Ernie A. Shown in the 1865 census as Erik Andersen. dwfrench1 has no information on Erick’s wife or their descendants. Family residence at the time of Erick’s birth: Høine Gård, Lomen Sogn, Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway Naturalization as reported by Alison: 21 October 1897, 7th Judicial District Court, Long Prairie, Todd Co., Minnesota. Witnesses: E. C. Ellestad and Ben Gilbertson. Erick provided documentation that he made his initial declaration to become a US Citizen in the District Court of Dakota County, Minnesota. E. C. Ellestad may be Endre/Andrew Ellestad, perhaps the brother of the wife of Erik’s brother Tom and perhaps a cousin of Erik and Tom. Came to live with Ole and Rose, apparently after his wife died. Came to the U.S. in the spring of 1877 according to his obituary in the Northfield Independent on May 20, 1948. After their arrival in the U.S., Erick, his parents, brothers, and sisters lived in Farmington with Peter and Knute Thompson, his father’s brothers who “had already come and established homes. They made their home with them until they bought a farm in New Market by 1878. Erick attended public school in Dakota County. At the age of 21 his brother and he went to South Dakota to take homestead land, settling near Fredrick on a farm acquired by pre-emption. (Evey quotes her mother describing this as, “Someone had had a homestead there and had left it so [Erick] went to the courthouse and got a right to take that, you know, buy it.”) He, and later with his wife Gunhild, lived on their claim until 1890 when they moved to Hatton, N.D. (Rose said that the farm in South Dakota has “dried out.”) In 1892 or 1893, they moved to Clarissa, Minnesota. (Rose implied that they were going to Todd County because “Andrew Ellestad” lived there.) After a stay there of 25 years, he, with his family, moved to Waubun, and in 1940, he and his wife, whose health was failing, moved to Minneapolis. “Mr. Thompson is survived by two brothers and one sister. Four brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. He leaves 20 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.” Shown in the 1880 census as “Erick Thomson,” age 19, living with his parents in New Market. Minnesota Death Certificate ID# 1948-MN-003518 In the 1900 census, Erick and Julia are living on their farm in Ward township, Todd County. The family consists of Erick, 39 (born May 1861), Julia, 31 (born January 1869), Rosie, 10 (born January 1890), Anna, 8 (born Sept 1892), Mollie, 7 (born Mar 1893), Edward, 4 (born August 1895), Melvin, 3 (born April 1897), and Ellen, 1 (born Oct 1898). Erick and Julie had been married 10 years and Julia had had 6 children, all living. Rosie had been born in South Dakota, Anna in North Dakota, and the other children in Minnesota. Erick emigrated in 1877, Julia in 1887. Their farm is apparently mortgaged. They are on the same farm in Ward Township at the time of the 1910 census in late April. The family is shown as Ernie A., 49, Julia, 42, Molley, 17, Eddie, 14, Melvin, 13, Ellen, 11, Ida, 9, George, 6, and Clarence, 4. Ernie and Julia had been married for 20 years. Julia had had 9 children, all 9 still living. They now own the farm free and clear, no mortgage. In the “Benton, Meeker, and Todd Counties Minnesota Farm Directory, 1913-1914” (probably 1914 for Todd County), the Erick A. Thompson farm is shown as being in Sections 6 and 7, Ward Township, Todd County, Browerville Post Office. In addition to Erick A., the farm household consists of Julia, spouse, and Melvin, Ella, Ida, George, and Clarence, children. They had been in the county for 21 years. The 1914 land ownership map of Ward Twp, Todd County, Minnesota, shows that “A E Thompson” owned 40 acres in the southeast corner of Section 6 and Julia H Thompson owned 100 acres across the road in the northeast corner of Section 7. In March of 1920, the census indicates that the Thompsons were living in Lake Grove Township, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. Clarence, Melvin, and George were still at home. They were in the same place at the time of the 1930 census. Erick A. is shown as 61, his wife Gunhild is shown as 62, George is 26 and Clarence is 24. The family does have a radio. (Erick was 68 at the time, of course. The census taker may have mistaken Erick’s claim that he was born in 1861.) The date of emigration for Erick is shown as 1884 and 1886 for Gunhild. In the 1940 census, Erick, Julia, and Clarence lived on the family farm in Lake Grove Twp, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. They lived in the same house in which they had lived in 1935. After his wife died, he moved in with Rose and Ole Ellingboe. His obit said that he had been a patient in Sanford Hospital in Farmington for six months. He had moved his family to Clarissa in 1892 and stayed there for 25 years during which time he helped establish a church and a school, was a township supervisor, and served on the school board. He moved to Waubun in about 1917 and then, with his wife’s health failing, he and Julia moved to Minneapolis in 1940. After her death he stayed mostly with Ole and Rose. His obit claimed that he was survived by two brothers and one sister (John, Johnnie, and Belle) and was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
  Person ID	I219	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	9 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	Gunhild Mikkelsdatter (Julia) DIGENE,   b. 2 Jan 1868, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway d. 19 Mar 1942, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	27 Feb 1889	Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota
  	Alison’s site has the marriage certificate.
  Children	1. Rose Mathilda THOMPSON,   b. 25 Jan 1890, Frederick, Brown County, South Dakota d. 31 Dec 1976, Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 86 years)   2. Anna M THOMPSON,   b. 15 Sep 1891, Mayville, Traill County, North Dakota d. 16 Mar 1986, Sherburne County, Minnesota (Age 94 years)   3. Mollie Bertha THOMPSON,   b. Mar 1893, Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota d. 16 Oct 1962, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois (Age 69 years)   4. Edward THOMPSON,   b. 13 Aug 1895, Minnesota d. 13 Apr 1987, Elk River, Sherburne County, Minnesota (Age 91 years)   5. Melvin O THOMPSON,   b. 1 Apr 1897, Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota d. 14 Jun 1991, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 94 years)   6. Ellen THOMPSON,   b. 12 Dec 1898, Minnesota d. 2 Oct 1976, Wright County, Minnesota (Age 77 years)   7. Ida T THOMPSON,   b. 17 Feb 1901, Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota d. 21 Jun 1992, Franklin Heights, Franklin County, Virginia (Age 91 years)   8. George Eric THOMPSON,   b. 28 Dec 1903, Minnesota d. 7 May 1983, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 79 years)   9. Clarence E THOMPSON,   b. 24 Sep 1905, Ward Twp, Todd County, Minnesota d. 16 Jul 2005, Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota (Age 99 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		The Erick Thompson family Taken in 1942 after Gunhild's death. In the back row it's Edward, 46; Erick, 80; Clarence, 36; Melvin, not quite 45; and George, 36. In the front it's Anne, 50; Molly, 49; Ellen, 43; Ida, 41; and Rose, 52.
  		Thompsons, Summer, 1966 Eight of them (all but Mollie) at a family gathering in Rose's back yard. From left: Edward, 71; Ellen, 67; George, 62; Ida, 65; Melvin, 69; Anne, 74; Clarence, 60; and Rose, 76.
  		The Thompson children, 1905 Probably taken in 1905 before Clarence was born. The small child on the stool is George, not quite 2. Clockwise from him: Ellen, 6; Edward, 10; Mollie, 12; Rose, 15; Anna, 14; Melvin, 8; and ida, 4.
  		The Thompsons, late 1898 Probably taken in late 1898 or early 1899, shortly before or after Ellen was born. The family members: Erick, 37; Gunhild, 31; Rose, 9; Anna, 7; Mollie, 5; Edward, 3; and Melvin, less than 2. At this time they were living on a farm near Clarissa, Minnesota in Todd County.
  		Thompson siblings, 1966 At Rose's house in Lakeville: Clarence, Ellen, Rose, George, Ida, Edward, Anna, and Melvin
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2018

  
  

• Photos		Erick Thompson at about age 84 Taken at the Ole Ellingboe farm.
  		Erick and Julia Thompson, about 1889 Perhaps their wedding photo.