Elling Halvorson LEE

1871 - 1959  (88 years)

• Name	Elling Halvorson LEE
  Birth	4 Oct 1871	Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota
  	Ilone says October 3
  Gender	Male
  Confirmation	30 Oct 1886	Cottonwood County, Minnesota
  Occupation	Farmer, Carpenter
  Death	5 Nov 1959	Tonasket, Okanogan County, Washington
  Burial	Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan County, Washington
  Notes	In the 1900 census, Elling H. Lee, 28, was a salesman living with his wife and two sons in Walhalla Village, Pembina County, North Dakota. Elling and Mary had been married for five years and she had had only the two boys. In the 1910 census, Elling H. Lee and family were living at 776 or 770 West 4th Street in the 2nd ward of the City of Superior, Wisconsin. Elling does drilling in the iron mining industry. Elling owns his home, with a mortgage, and the home is a house, not a farm. The 1910 census-taker (Harry L. Whitney) must have had a hard time understanding because Mary is shown as born in Iowa as were both of her parents! Similarly, Elling’s parents were also born in Iowa. “Norway” must have sounded like “Iowa” to Mr. Whitney. In the 1920 census, Elling H. Lee, 48, was farming, on a farm he owned albeit with a mortgage, in the Town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin. The family consisted of Mary, 45, Harry O., 23, Floyd M., 21, Ella F., 19, Ivan B., 15, Lillian, 13, and Annie I., 11. Harry and Floyd were born in Minnesota, Ella, Ivan, and Lillian in North Dakota, and Annie in Wisconsin. In the 1930 census, Elling and his family were living at 25 North First St. W. in Omak, Okanogan County, in the state of Washington. They were renting their home, with a rent payment of $15 per month. Their household was not living on a farm and the domicile did have a radio. Members of the household: Elling H. Lee, 57 (born in Minnesota, married at age 23), his wife Mary, 55 (born in Norway, emigrated in 1883, a naturalized citizen, married at age 20), their son Ivan, 25 (born in North Dakota and currently attending school), their son-in-law William H. Sprowl, 38 (first married at age 29, born in Kansas as were his parents), William's wife, and Elling and Mary's daughter, Ella F., 29 (first married at age 21, born in North Dakota), and William and Ella's children: Margaret E., 7, Della M., 6, Harvey C., 4, Mary Lou, 3, and Herbert L., 1. All the children were born in Washington and the oldest two are shown as attending school. Elling is a carpenter in the building industry and William is a lumberman with a lumber camp. Both men are unemployed. (Ella would have been pregnant with Ruth at the time of the census interview.) In the 1940 census, he and Mary lived in Omak. He was a janitor for a public school. He had an eighth-grade education, Mary had one year of college. Ilone says: Elling worked as a steam engineer, bought and sold grain, raised apples, and had numerous other jobs. He was always very dignified and was quite independent. He was a Mason for over 50 years and was a loyal member of the Presbyterian church. He loved our dog Laddie and came by to spend time with the dog nearly every day.
  Person ID	I259	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Halvor Tidemandsen LEE,   b. 18 Apr 1824, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 4 Aug 1889, Minnesota (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Ingeborg Juelsdatter,   b. 22 Feb 1827, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 13 Sep 1911, Polk County, Minnesota (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	24 Apr 1848	Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marit (Mary) ELLINGBOE,   b. 12 Jun 1874, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 22 Jul 1948, Omak, Okanogan County, Washington (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1894	Traill County, North Dakota
  	Traill County Hillsboro Historical Society
  Children	1. Harry Odell LEE,   b. 4 Aug 1896, Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota d. 2 Jul 1978, Omak, Okanogan County, Washington (Age 81 years)   2. Floyd Marion LEE,   b. 2 Jul 1898, Minnesota d. 23 Oct 1961, Issaquah, King County, Washington (Age 63 years)   3. Ella Frances LEE,   b. 30 Aug 1900, Walhalla, Pembina County, North Dakota d. 23 Jan 1987, Omak, Okanogan County, Washington (Age 86 years)   4. Lester Lloyd LEE,   b. 30 Jun 1902, North Dakota d. 19 Aug 1910, Douglas County, Wisconsin (Age 8 years)   5. Ivan Burton LEE,   b. 4 Jun 1904, North Dakota d. 14 Nov 1971, Omak, Okanogan County, Washington (Age 67 years)   6. Lillian Clarece LEE,   b. 15 Apr 1906, North Dakota d. 2 Jul 1924, Okanogan County, Washington (Age 18 years)   7. Annie Irene LEE,   b. 19 Dec 1908, Wisconsin d. 3 Aug 1999, Tonasket, Okanogan County, Washington (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2009

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Elling Lee Elling Lee in 1894, the year he married Marit Ellingboe.
  		Mary and Elling Lee At their 50th anniversary, October, 1944.
  		Elling Lee