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Joel Arnold ELLINGBOE

Male 1901 - 1981  (79 years)


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  • Name Joel Arnold ELLINGBOE 
    Birth 24 Sep 1901  Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 26 Oct 1901  St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Social Security Number 477-03-2724 
    Death 28 Apr 1981  Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • died in Los Altos?
    Notes 
    • Julius Austinson in the 1910 census.

      Not listed in the index of Minnesota birth certificates.

      He was said to have compiled a fairly complete family tree.

      In the 1921 city directory, he lived at 106 East 6th Street in Northfield and was employed as a clerk at the Ellingboe Brothers (John M. and Martin) business in Northfield. The 1926 city directory entry for him is “moved to St. Paul, MN.”

      In the 1925 St. Paul directory, he is a “colr” for Globe Apparel Shop, his brother Martin’s business. Joel lives at 369 Laurel.

      In the 1926 and 1927 and 1929 St. Paul directories, he is a credit manager for Globe Apparel. He lives at 1091 Goodrich Avenue.

      In the 1930 census, he, Madge, and J. Roger live in St. Paul where the senior Joel is a credit manager at a retail clothing store (probably his brother Martin’s).

      In the 1931 St. Paul city directory, he is still credit manager at Globe. He and Madge now live at 2008 Grand Avenue, apartment 104.

      In the 1933 St. Paul city directory, he is in collections at 502 Commerce Building. He and Madge live at 2008 Grand Avenue, apartment 203.

      In the 1935 and 1937 and 1941 St. Paul city directories, he is a credit manager for Gately Clothinging Co. He and Madge live at 2008 Grand Avenue, apartment 203.

      In the 1940 census, he and Madge live at 2008 Grand Avenue in a rented residence, the same residence in which they had lived in 1935. Joel and Madge had had three years of high school. He was a credit manager in a clothing store, she was not employed. He earned $1935 in 1939.

      In the 1948 and 1950 St. Paul city directories, he has a bold-lettered entry. He and Madge live at 2008 Grand Avenue, apartment 203. Their telephone number is Emerson 9300. Joel is manager of Gately Clothing Co. at 370 Wabasha.

      In the 1950 census, he and Madge live in St. Paul. He is the manaager of a wholesale clothing store.

      Northfield News:

      Ellingboe Joel Northfield News Apr/1981 Brothers who once lived in Northfield died within a day of each other. They were Joel Ellingboe, 79, who died in Mountain View, Calif., on April 28, 1981, and Thomas O. Ellingboe,? 86, who died in St. Paul on April 29. Both had worked in the Ellingboe Clothing store in Northfield, (in the building now occupied by Northfield Insurance on Bridge Square) when it was owned by their late brothers, John and Martin Ellingboe. Joel is survived by his wife, Madge of Cupertino, Calif., but she was taken seriously ill just a couple of days after his death. Their only child, Roger Ellingboe, died two or three years ago. Two grandchildren survive, Richard Ellingboe of Cupertino and Stephen Ellingboe of Renton, Wash., also eight great-grandchildren.

      Ellingboe was born in Northfield on Sept. 24, 1901. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Union Presbyterian Church of Los Altos, of Masonic orders including the Osman Temple Shrine in St. Paul. The Ellingboes had lived in the Twin Cities from the time they left Northfield until they retired to California. The memorial service was held Monday evening, May 4, at the Union Presbyterian Church in Los Altos, the Rev. Kent Meads officiating.

      Tom Ellingboe had always lived in St. Paul since leaving Northfield. He is survived by three daughters, Betty Peters (Mrs. Wallace) of St. Paul, Marilyn Paynter (Mrs, Howard) of Shreveport, La, Nona Hoffman (Mrs. Robert) of Liberty, Mo.; also six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Private interment was held in Forest Lawn Cemetery, St. Paul. There was no visitation. The arrangements were made by the Willwerscheid & Peters Mortuary.

      John M. Ellingboe, who continued the clothing business here after other members of the family had moved away, died on Jan.10, 1958. He was then 83 and had been retired since 1945. He had been in business in Northfield for 42 years since 1903. Martin Ellingboe had already died at the time of Johns death. The brothers were sons of John J. and Ambjor (Strand) Ellingboe. The older members of the family were born in Stoughton, Wis., and the family moved to Northfield in 1882. They settled on the Wall Street road on the farm that has for many years now been in the Miller family.
    Person ID I2690  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 11 May 2022 

    Father John Jonsson ELLINGBØE,   b. 30 Oct 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1922, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Ambjørg (Emma) Olsdotter STRØND (STRAND),   b. 24 May 1856, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1942, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 2 Mar 1874  Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Madge Y HAMBLIN,   b. 6 Jul 1901, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1981, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jul 1919  Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joel Roger ELLINGBOE,   b. 19 Oct 1919, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1979, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F1900  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2010