Marith Gundersdatter GJEVRE

1860 - 1951  (90 years)

• Name	Marith Gundersdatter GJEVRE
  Birth	3 Dec 1860	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	Arnehaugen 96/10 under Kvien
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	10 Feb 1861	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1951-MN-013328
  Death	17 Nov 1951	Renville County, Minnesota
  Burial	21 Nov 1951	Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota
  Notes	She is Marit Gunnarsdatter Kvien, I21942, in Jim’s VS. No spouse or children shown. She was born on Arnehaugen 96/10 under Kvien. Her parents were not married at the time she was born. Called Marit G Gjevre in the History of Renville County. That history says that Marit was a cousin of A T Ellingboe’s first wife, Berit Lien. (Apparently Marit’s father was a brother of Berit’s mother.) Although she is listed with her parents and siblings in Renville County in the 1880 census, a note says that she was “at Minneapolis.” In the 1910 census, she is shown as having borne 3 children, all 3 still living. She is shown to have been married to Andrew T. for 13 years. In the 1930 census, Marit, 69, was living with, and listed as a servant (“maid”) for, Sever Weflen, a 56 year old single farmer in Renville County. The Sever Weflen farm was located next to the residence of Iver A. Ellingboe. She is shown to have emigrated in 1866. In the 1936 Minneapolis city directory, she lives with George and Agnes at 409 E 18th. In the 1938 Minneapolis city directory, she lives at 1711 Portland Avenue S, apartment 23. In the 1940 census, she lived at 1711 Portland in Minneapolis with her son George and daughter Agnes. Marit had had zero years of schooling. She died at home in Renville of senility which she had had for 5 years. She had lived in Renville for 5 years and 11 months. Her death certificate lists her father’s name as Gunner Gjerre and her mother as Gro Weflen. She is the Marith Gundersdatter of one of the Qvien farms in Vang in the 1865 census. That Marith was 6 years old and her father was Gunder Gundersson, age 28, and her mother was Gro Helgesdatter, age 31.
  Person ID	I6640	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	12 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Gunder GJEVRE,   b. 17 Nov 1837, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 9 Dec 1895, Minnesota (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Gro Helgesdatter WEFLEN,   b. 9 Aug 1835, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 6 Mar 1924, Renville County, Minnesota (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F1824	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Andris Trondsson ELLINGBØE,   b. 13 Aug 1852, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 17 Aug 1926, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1897	Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota
  	bride’s name Mary G Gjevre
  Children	1. Esther B ELLINGBOE,   b. 21 Mar 1898, Minnesota d. 8 Jun 1972, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (Age 74 years)   2. George Gotfred ELLINGBOE,   b. 25 Sep 1899, Minnesota d. 3 Dec 1954, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota (Age 55 years)   3. Agnes Maria ELLINGBOE,   b. 3 Sep 1901, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota d. 2 May 2000, Chippewa County, Minnesota (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F2184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2015