Ove Ovesen ELLINGBOE

1840 - 1899  (58 years)

• Name	Ove Ovesen ELLINGBOE
  Birth	24 Mar 1840	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	Jim says that Ove was born in Søre Ellingbø, Uppigarden, Skøre, farm 34/1.
  Christening	17 Apr 1840	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	17 Apr 1840	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Confirmation	17 Jun 1855	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Occupation	Carpenter, farmer
  Death	6 Feb 1899	New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota
  	church record
  Burial	9 Feb 1899	West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota
  	“with Albert & Anne” 225 NT 13
  Notes	I4452 in Jim’s Ellingboe. I29556 in Jim’s VS. The 1865 Norwegian census shows Ove being born in 1840. In that census, he is a carpenter living on Ellingbø nordre with 12 others. That farm is owned by Helge Helgesen, b. 1827. There is some erroneous information regarding his date of death. Some sources say either 1897 or 1898. His gravestone says 1898. According to the parish record, his god parents (sponsors) were Christopher Helgeson Ellingbøe, “He”? Helgeson Ellingbøe, Tollef Olsen Ellingboe, somebody Andersen, and Guri Tollefsdotter Ellingbøe (Helge Helgeson Ellingbøe's wife). Christopher's name was in the column for illegimate children as "the trustworthy member of the congregation" who stood for the child. Ove probably would have been baptized at the new (current) Vang church. The old stave church was still standing at the time he was baptized but was probably not used as a church any longer by that time. Although Ove V. Baggethun (#3252) was identified as Ove O.’s father in the Vang church birth record, that paternity is quite unlikely based on the lack of any corresponding matches in modern DNA testing results. At the time of the 1865 census, Ove was one of 13 people living on the “Ellingbø nordre” farm, or domicile, in Vang with the Helge Helgesen family. His family status is shown as “inderst” (farm laborer) and his occupation is shown as carpenter (”snedker”). Those 13 people were: Helge Helgesson, “husfar”, age 39; Guri Torsteensdatter, 34, his wife; Helge Helgesson, 11, their son; Guri Helgesdatter, 7, their daughter; Torsteen Helgesdatter, 5, their son; Ole Knudson, 21, servant; Anne Andersdatter, 18, servant; Helge Helgesson, 73, “foderaadsmand”; Guri Tollevsdatter, 72, his wife; Tollev Helgesson, 32, their son, shoemaker; Sigri Helgesdatter, 28, their daughter; Ole Olson, 12, their foster-son; and Ove Ovesson, 26, Inderst, Snedker. Ove’s occupation is referred to as snedker (carpenter) in Marit’s birth record. Ove and Berit and family moved to Vestre Toten some time after Ole was born because Thea and Anna Maria were born on the Stepperud farm in Ås in Vestre Toten. Ove lost the Toten farm to an unknown relative, perhaps an oldest son, of the previous owner who came forward and, by a strange law at the time, was allowed to force Ove to sell it to him. Ove (42) and Berit (36) arrived (as Ellingbo) in the US on June 11, 1882, in steerage, on the Pollux from Amsterdam. According to the emigration records, they left Kristiania on the Peterson Line ship Christiania on May 20, 1882, with Two Rivers as their destination. (Their out-migration is not recorded in the Vang church book or the Vestre Toten church book.) Ove and Berit arrived with four children: Marit (7), Ole (6), Thea (3), and Anna (11/12). They would have entered the US at Castle Garden on the southern tip of Manhattan island although Berit supposedly (according to Clara and Jan) said they landed at Ellis Island (which wouldn't have been open in 1882, at least as a port of entry). Their arrival in New York would also have been before the construction of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island although the torch-bearing arm would have been on exhibit in Madison Square Park. They went from New York to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, (and, according to Rose, Green Bay) for a year or so and then on to Minnesota. There they lived for three weeks with an aunt of Ove (Sigrid Ellingboe Nelson, #3586) until another baby was born (apparently Oskar, “upstairs in the log house” according to Rose) and then to a sod house. A year later, Ove built the farm house. () This first house and Ove’s only farm was the one Albert inherited. This account is inconsistent with Berit’s claim in the 1920 census that she immigrated in 1863 and became a naturalized citizen in 1870. Ed says the family farm was located five miles southwest of Lakeville. The family is listed in the 1885 Minnesota state census as inhabitants of New Market in Scott County. The household consisted of Ole P Ellingbor, 45, Bary, 39, Meary, 11, Ole, 9, Dille, 7, Anna M, 4, Oscar, 2, and Albert, 0. Their neighbors, or at least the families on either side of them on the census form, were Anna Gilbertson (and Andrew, Zellant, and Meary) and the Thomas and Anna Thompson family. In the 1895 state census, they’re still in New Market. The census-taker was now a Norwegian so the spelling of the names makes more sense: Ove Ellingboe, 55, Beret Ellingboe, 45, Ole Ellingboe, 19, Tillie Ellingboe, 17, Anna Ellingboe, 14, Oscar Ellingboe, 12, Albert Ellingboe, 10, Olga Ellingboe, 7, and Clara Ellingboe, 4 months. Ove’s original farm was the 160 acres of the southeast quarter-section of Section 3 of New Market Twp, Scott County. Later, the farm was split between Ole and Albert, Ole getting the southern 80 acres and Albert the northern 80. Evey recalls that Albert’s farm was originally 60 acres and that he added 20 more in the 1940s. Evey says that Ove built, or helped to build, the District 66 schoolhouse that she and her siblings and cousins attended. Ove was frequently away from the farm, doing “carpentering,” leaving Betsy and the kids to manage it. Ole said that Ove started with oxen, then mules “from Mons Larson”, then young horses. Ove wasn’t a good horseman. From the Minnesota Naturalization Records Index on Ancestry.com: Ellingboe, Ove O.   County: Dakota Reel: 2   Code: 3 Volume: 3   Page: 64 Operator: CONRA   Date: 06 August 1996 Time: 14:11   Document Type: Declaration Years: 1888 -1906   Numbers: 1-451 Rose said that Ove died of liver cancer. The doctor said that it was found “too late” although the options available in 1899 would have been very limited in any case. Buried at West Christiania cemetery at 245th Street and Pillsbury Avenue southwest of Lakeville in New Market Township. His gravestone says “O O E.” Apparently has a gravestone at East Christiania too. At least his death is included in the records of the East Christiania church. The will for Ove O Ellingboe is recorded in the Scott County Will Records, Volume C, 1919-1927, will year 1920. Ove’s will, dated 13 Nov 1897, named his wife, Berit A Ellingboe as the executrix of his estate. The will was witnessed by E.H. Lee and Mary Lee, both then residing in Montevideo. Berit was bequeathed all of Ove’s real estate and person property. There were two exceptions, depending on whether Berit died before either Clara or Olga reached the age of 18. In such a case, Clara was to receive $300 over and above what each of his other children would be entitled by law and Olga was to receive $200 over and above what each of his other children would be entititled by law. Because Oskar and Albert will also under 18 years of age, and still living at home, the exceptions made for Olga and Clara were apparently made because they were daughters under 18 and may not be able to live on their own if Berit died. The thought must have been that Oskar and Albert, although under 18, were old enough to be on their own if Berit died. Ove may also have been explicitly preserving a dowry for his umarried daughters.
  Person ID	I3231	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Unknown
  Mother	Marit Olsdatter ELLINGBØE KVAM,   b. 19 Aug 1817, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 19 Dec 1902, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F2310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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
  	According to Jim, the “best men” were Helge Helgesen Ellingbø (probably #2912) and Even Jørgensen Ellingbø (#5086). The banns were May 3, 10, and 17.
  Children	1. Marit (Mary) ELLINGBOE,   b. 12 Jun 1874, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 22 Jul 1948, Omak, Okanogan County, Washington (Age 74 years)   2. Ole Oveson ELLINGBOE,   b. 25 Sep 1875, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 5 Jan 1948, Sanford Hospital, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota (Age 72 years)   3. Thea A ELLINGBOE,   b. 17 Jun 1878, Ås, Vestre Toten, Oppland, Norway d. 1 Feb 1954, Scott County, Minnesota (Age 75 years)   4. Anna Maria ELLINGBOE,   b. 30 Nov 1880, Ås, Vestre Toten, Oppland, Norway d. 11 Apr 1964, Beltrami County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)   5. Oskar ELLINGBOE (ARTHUR CARNEY),   b. Jun 1883, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota d. 18 Nov 1960, Leavenworth County, Kansas (Age 77 years)   6. Albert Olaus ELLINGBOE,   b. 28 Mar 1885, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota d. 9 Jan 1948, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota (Age 62 years)   7. Olga Bertha ELLINGBOE,   b. 13 Sep 1887, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota d. 24 Sep 1954, Waseca, Waseca County, Minnesota (Age 67 years)   8. Clara Mathilda ELLINGBOE,   b. 2 Apr 1890, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota d. 2 Jun 1891, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota (Age 1 year)   9. Clarence Adolph ELLINGBOE,   b. 8 May 1893, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota d. 23 Sep 1893, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota (Age 0 years)   10. Clara Emelia ELLINGBOE,   b. 16 Jan 1895, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota d. 7 Jul 1992, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa (Age 97 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Ove Ellingboe family Probably from the summer of 1895: Olga, 7; Ove, 55; Oskar, 12; Berit, 49; Clara, about 6 months; and Albert, 10.
  		Ove and Berit's trunk 1
  		Ove and Berit's trunk 2
  		Ove and Berit's trunk 3
  		Ove and Berit's trunk 4
  Family ID	F2147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2016

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Nordigarden Ellingbø The Ellingboe farm in Norway
  		Nordigarden Ellingbø The Ellingboe farm in Norway
  		Ove Ovesen Ellingboe
  		Ellingboe Farm in Norway
  		Ellingboe Farm in Norway
  		Ove and Berit Probably from the 1880s
  		Ove Ovesen Ellingboe

  
  

  Histories

  Ove's 1896 letter to his mother and brother in Norway Trudy believes that the Rangdi Søndvol mentioned here is probably Rangdi Söndrol Flaten (#12828), Ove's first cousin. The Marit mentioned here is probably Marit Aslaksdatter Ellingbøe (#3067), Ove's half-sister.