Knudt ELLINGBOE

1875 - 1942  (66 years)

• Name	Knudt ELLINGBOE
  Birth	14 Oct 1875	Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
  	According to birth registration he was born in Mishicot, but, according to marriage registration he was born in Gibson. His SS application used 15 Oct 1875.
  Christening	24 Oct 1875	Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Confirmation	8 Jun 1890	Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
  Occupation	Plumber, Mechanic, Auto Dealer
  Death	3 May 1942	Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
  Burial	6 May 1942	Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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  Notes	In many articles in the Menasha newspaper he is referred to as “Newt” or “Newton.” Knudt and Elizabeth were killed when their car was hit by a North Western Railroad Streamliner train at a crossing in Menasha. He apparently didn’t see the approaching train and was hit broadside. The couple was on their way home after a visit to Oshkosh. The train hit the left rear corner of the car, a Buick coupe, throwing it into the air and into a telephone pole which broke off about 15 feet above the ground. Authorities believed that the car would have cleared the track if it had traveled just 4 feet more. The wig-wag signal at the crossing was reported to have been working properly according to witnesses to the crash. Knudt was apparently single and living in Marshfield, Wisconsin, at the time of the 1900 census (June 12th). He is shown as 24, born in 1874 (?), living as a boarder in a hotel on 2nd Street apparently owned, or at least run, by a Robert Mc Mallum (sp?). Knudt’s occupation is shown as plumber. Knudt, and his sister Anna, were the only family members listed in Wisconsin in the Genealogy.com index for the 1900 census. Their parents were left off the index because their entries in the census form were in the illegible portion at the bottom of the page. From a website called “Norwegians in the Civil War”: ELLINGBOE, Knut Spanish-American War: Corporal. Ellingboe's father came from Vang, Valders, Norway. Post war: He was living in Menasha, Wisconsin, in 1907. Sources: (ULVESTAD p262) Birth and Christening: JCC Records and Birth record dated and recorded 29 Apr 1880, Register of Deeds, Manitowoc, WI. Death: "The Menasha Record" 4 May 1942, p. 1, and family sources. Knut’s enlistment in the 2nd regiment was noted in the April 28, 1898 edition of the Manitowoc Tribune. The same paper noted his decampment in the May 19, 1898, edition. A later article referred to his being in the Rankin Guard. Knudt became sole owner of the Menasha Plumbing & Heating Co. in December of 1906 when he bought out his previous partner, a man named McIntyre. In 1909, he sold the Tinning Dept. of that business to Emil Lehman, In the 1910 census, Knute and Elizabeth and their three children live at 354 Second Street in Menasha. Knute is a plumber in a tin shop. In 1916, the business became the Harper & Ellingboe Co., a plumbing business which also sold Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, and Monroe automobiles. Knudt registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Neenah. He was a self-employed plumber and lived at 354 2nd in Menasha, Winnebago County. He was described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and of medium build with blue eyes and light brown hair. In 1922, Knudt retired from Harper-Ellingboe (which then became Harper-Krieg Motor Car Co.) but retained ownership of the “livery” end of the business. At the end of 1926 he became the head (Excellent High Priest) of the Island City chapter of the Arch Masons. In the 1930 census, he and his family live in Menasha. Knudt is a plumber for a plumbing company. Knudt is shown as a veteran of the Spanish-American war. He became city plumbing inspector in May of 1939, a position that paid $50 per month. Later, he became building inspector too. In the 1940 census, he and his wife live at 502 Keyes Street in Menasha, the same house in which they had lived in 1935. He was a plumbing and building inspector for the city of Menasha. He earned $430 in 1939. He and Elizabeth had eighth-grade educations. They had a 61 year-old lodger living with them named Sigrid Dudley, a widow with five years of college. She was a health supervisor for the city schools. She made $2200 in 1939. According to the obit, he and his wife had lived in Menasha for 40 years. He was a Menasha building inspector and chairman of the Menasha tire rationing board. He was a Master Mason and was part of the John A Bryan lodge of Masons.
  Person ID	I2305	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Helge Christophersson ELLINGBØE,   b. 16 Feb 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 9 Mar 1913, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Ingeborg (Emma) Knutsdotter THOMPSON,   b. 26 May 1850, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 24 Feb 1909, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1871	Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F1655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Frederika Albertina REHBEIN,   b. 2 Mar 1881, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin d. 3 May 1942, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	13 Jun 1901	Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
  Notes	Witnesses: Willie Weirts, Anna Rehbein, Clara Ellingboe, AnnieEllingboe, W. Rehbein, Albert Zander.Officiating person: H. Mueller.Affidavit dated 13 June 1901; registered 18 June 1901.
  Children	1. Clarence Howard ELLINGBOE,   b. 27 Mar 1902, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin d. 13 Sep 1971, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida (Age 69 years)   2. Marjorie Edith ELLINGBOE,   b. 19 Aug 1904, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin d. 4 Jan 1975, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 70 years)   3. Ellsworth Knowlton ELLINGBOE,   b. 15 Oct 1909, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin d. 19 Apr 2000, Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F1648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart