Berit Arnesdatter HELLE

1846 - 1926  (79 years)

• Name	Berit Arnesdatter HELLE
  Birth	20 Aug 1846	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	From Jim, Berit’s birth location is the Høre (Hurum) parish, a part of Vang i Valdres closer to Øystre Slidre.
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	27 Sep 1846	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Confirmation	23 Jun 1861	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1926-MN-013021
  Death	26 Mar 1926	Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
  	“Mrs. Ove Ellingboe”
  Burial	30 Mar 1926	West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota
  	Some records say 29 Mar but that’s a Monday and inconsistent with the obit which says that her funeral was on a Tuesday. The ELCA records correctly say March 30th.
  Notes	She is the younger of two sisters named Berit. She appears to be the only sibling who came to the U.S. or had children come to the U.S. At the time of the 1865 Norwegian census she was Berith Arnesdatter, born 1847 in Vang, living with the household of Torger Ejvindsen and Sigrid Torstensdatter (born 1822 and 1825, respectively, in Øystre Slidre Prgj.) on the farm of Holien in Vang. Berith is shown as unmarried, “hans Søsterdatter”, and “bestyrer hans Husholdning.” Listed just before Berith, and the reference of “his”, is Ole Andersen, born 1787 in Vang, “deres Føderaadsmand.” (That Ole is I8411.) In the 1900 census, Betsy and family are living in New Market Township. The family consists of Betsy, 50 (born August 1849), Ole, 24 (born Sep 1875), Tillie, 21 (born June 1878), Oscar, 16 (born June 1883), Albert, 15 (born 1885), Olga, 12 (born Sep 1887), and Clara, 5 (born January 1895). For some reason, Anna Maria is not listed with the family and does not appear to have been included anywhere else in the census. Olga and Clara were born in Minnesota. Betsy is shown as having had 10 children, 8 still living. The family emigrated in 1887. Betsy owns the farm but it is still mortgaged. In the 1905 state census, Betsy Ellingbo lives in Scott County with her children Ole, Anna, Albert, and Clara. (Olga seems to have been missed.) In the 1910 census (May 10th), Betsy is 60 and four of her children are living with her: Anna, 29, Albert, 25, Olga, 22, and Clara, 15. Olga’s occupation is clearly shown as servant; Albert’s as a traveling something in the creamery industry. Two doors down from Betsy is her son Ole and his new wife Rosie. Evey says: “My father’s parents were buried ... in an area outlined in cement. A spire-like gravestone was in the middle of the area with Grandpa’s name on it and with ‘born’ and ‘died’ written in Norwegian with the dates. Grandma Ellingboe was also buried there.” In the 1918 Alien Registration, she was Betsy Ellingboe, age 69, of Lakeville, Scott County. Shown as “Betsy” in the 1920 census. In that enumeration, she is shown as the head of household, owning her property free of any mortgage, and Albert, Clara, and Olga are shown as living with her. Also in that enumeration, Berit is shown as being unable to read or to write. The census enumerator apparently had some trouble determining whether or not Berit was able to speak English; he finally concluded that she was. Her death certificate, for which her daughter Thea was the informant, gives Berit’s birth year as 1847. She lived at 306 Washington in Northfield where she had lived since the summer of 1924. She died of cardiorenal disease. Her obit was in the Northfield News, April 2, 1926 edition: Mrs. Betsy Ellingboe died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Alvin Liggett, Friday, March 26, 1926, at 12:15 following a lingering illness of several months. The funeral was held at the Liggett home at 12 o'clock Tuesday and at the Christiania Lutheran Church in the afternoon. Rev O. E. Skavlan officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Betsy Ellingboe was born in Valders, Norway on August 26, 1843. She was married to Ova Ellingboe in Norway and more than forty-five years ago immigrated to the United States. They made their home in Wisconsin for a short time and later came to Lakeville where they made their home until Mr. Ellingboe's death, 37 years ago. Mrs. Ellingboe made her home with her children, having lived in the Liggett home for a year. Mrs. Ellingboe is survived by eight children, Mrs. Mary Lee, Omak, Washington; Ole Ellingboe, Mrs George Tonsager and Albert Ellingboe, all of Lakeville; Oscar Ellingboe of Leavenworth, Kansas; Mrs John Selmo, Solway, Minnesota; Miss Olga Ellingboe and Mrs. Albert Liggett of Northfield. 08-26-1843/03-26-1926 She is probably the “Betsy, widow of Ole Ellingboe” living at 312 Washington in the 1926 Northfield city directory. Evey believes that Berit, and probably Olga and Clara, moved to Northfield after Albert and Annie were married and took over the Ellingboe farm in New Market. She doesn’t seem to have an individual gravestone at the cemetery plot in the West Christiania Cemetery. HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANIA LUTH. CHURCH & CEMETERY, EUREKA TWSP. DAKOTA COUNTY, MN. COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON: Mrs Betsy Ellingboe died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Alvin Liggett, Friday, March 26, 1926 at 12:15 following a lingering illness of several months. The funeral was held at the Liggett home at 12 o'clock Tuesday and at the Christiania Lutheran Church in the afternoon. Rev O. E. Skavlan officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs Betsy Ellingboe was born in Valdres, Norway on August 26, 1843. She was married to Ova Ellingboe in Norway and more than forty-five years ago immigrated to the United States. They made their home in Wisconsin for a short time and later came to Lakeville where they made their home until Mr Ellingboe's death, 37 years ago. Mrs Ellingboe made her home with her children, having lived in the Liggett home for a year. Mrs Ellingboe is survived by eight children, Mrs Mary Lee, Omak, Washington; Ole Ellingboe, Mrs George Tonsager and Albert Ellingboe, all of Lakeville; Oscar Ellingboe of Leavenworth, Kansas; Mrs John Selmo, Solway, Minnesota; Miss Olga Ellingboe and Mrs Albert Liggett of Northfield.
  Person ID	I3232	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Arne Hallvardsson HELLE,   b. 15 Dec 1808, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 15 May 1896, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Thora Andersdatter BUNDE,   b. 23 Dec 1809, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. Jul 1889, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1829	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F2158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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)
  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		Ove and Berit Probably from the 1880s
  		Berit Helle Ellingboe