Thea A ELLINGBOE

1878 - 1954  (75 years)

• Name	Thea A ELLINGBOE
  Birth	17 Jun 1878	Ås, Vestre Toten, Oppland, Norway
  	Stepperud farm
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	11 Aug 1878	Ås, Vestre Toten, Oppland, Norway
  Confirmation	3 Jun 1894	East Christiania Lutheran Church, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota
  	with her sister Anna Maria
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1954-MN-015012
  Death	1 Feb 1954	Scott County, Minnesota
  Burial	3 Feb 1954	West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota
  Notes	She has no middle name in her birth record in the Ås, Vestre Toten, church book. She may be the “Theodora Ellingbo” recorded in the 1901 Minneapolis city directory as a domestic living at 2613 Portland Avenue. Ed says that Thea and George had nine children. Buried in the same plot as George and Thea are three of their great-grandchildren, called the “Tonsager Triplets”, who died June 17, 1969. Ed says that the Tonsagers' farm was about four miles southeast of the Ellingboe farm. Evey said it was about “three miles from us.” Evey recalls, about Thea: “She was a very warm and motherly person.” Emigrated in 1882 In the 1905 state census, George and Thea lived a little ways away (on the same census page) from the Ellingboes in New Market Twp. At the time of the 1910 census (April 15th), the family was renting a farm in New Market township. The family consisted of George, 31, Thea, 31, Clarence M., 4, Palmer O., 2, and Lester G., 8 months. The couple had been married for 5 years and Thea had had 3 children, 3 still living. Her husband was the informant for her death certificate. George didn’t know who Thea’s parents were. Thea died from a cerebral hemorrhage that had occurred 10 days previously. In the 1940 census, George and Thea, their three youngest sons, and their grandson Robert lived in New Market in the same house all of them had lived in five years before.
  Person ID	I269	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Ove Ovesen ELLINGBOE,   b. 24 Mar 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 6 Feb 1899, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Berit Arnesdatter HELLE,   b. 20 Aug 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 26 Mar 1926, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1874	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F2147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George P TONSAGER,   b. 30 Sep 1878, Minnesota d. 15 Sep 1972, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1904	East Christiania Lutheran Church, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota
  	Scott County #19040114. Thea’s brother Ole, sister Olga, and George’s brother Albert were the witnesses to the marriage.
  Children	1. Clarence Merville TONSAGER,   b. 15 Oct 1905   d. 27 Jul 1987, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 81 years)   2. Palmer Oscar TONSAGER,   b. 15 Nov 1907, Scott County, Minnesota d. 28 Aug 1981, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota (Age 73 years)   3. Lester Geo TONSAGER,   b. 7 Oct 1909, Scott County, Minnesota d. 5 Jun 1945, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 35 years)   4. Sidney Bernhard TONSAGER,   b. 26 Mar 1911   d. 2 Oct 1997, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 86 years)   5. Gladys Theodora TONSAGER,   b. 22 Jan 1913, Scott County, Minnesota d. 19 Feb 1983, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 70 years)   6. Francis Arthur TONSAGER,   b. 31 May 1915, Scott County, Minnesota d. 22 May 1997, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 81 years)   7. Florence Viola TONSAGER,   b. 31 May 1915, Scott County, Minnesota d. 15 Apr 2017, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 101 years)   8. Elvin Leroy TONSAGER,   b. 15 Jul 1919, Scott County, Minnesota d. 10 Jan 1963, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 43 years)   9. Floyd Marion TONSAGER,   b. 6 Jan 1924, Scott County, Minnesota d. 19 Oct 1988, Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2015

  
  

• Photos

  Oskar Ellingboe with his four Minnesota sisters From the mid-to-late 1940s. Oskar Ellingboe, about 62, a.k.a. Arthur Carney, is in the middle. His sisters, from the left, Anna, about 61, Clara, about 50, Thea, about 67, and Olga, about 58.

  
  

  Histories

  Thea's letter to Norway Meant to accompany her father's 1896 letter to his mother and brother. Thea was 18 years old. Skøre and Søndvol are, presumably, references to the names of separate and distinct Ellingboe farms. Tosten Sjelhaugen may be Torstein Helgesson (#2916).