Marith Håvardsdatter BØE

Notes:

She is I14070 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes for her: De var mange steder i Vang, på Veflen 99/ , på Ner-Helle 107/5-8, Marken av Berge 101/5. På det siste stedet var de fra 1812 til 1818, derfra flyttet de til Bunde 97/1 hvor de var til 1829.

Birth:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre

Family/Spouse: Trond Olssen TØRSTAD. Trond (son of Ola Eivindson FRIGSTAD and Randi Tronsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1776 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1806, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Baptism: 28 Sep 1806, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang C, p. 331.

Jim calls this person Ole Trondsen Ellingbøe, I5827, in his Ellingboe tree.

Jim calls this person Ola Trondsen Tørstad (Bunde) (Ellingbøe), I1856, in his VS.

The researcher finneylinda on Ancestry calls him Ole Thompson Ellingbo.

Listed right before Ole Evensen (#3683) in the Vang churchbook birth records.

On 6 Jan 1838 Ole Tronson Torstad, 32, married Ingebor Andersdatter Ellingboe, 23, in Vang. His father was Tron Olssen Torstad and her father was Anders E. Ellingboe.

He is called Ole Thronsen Torstad in the birth records of all of his children except Ingeborg. For her he is called Ole Thronsen Tvedt. He is called Ole Thronsen Torstad in his family’s emigration record.

The Vang church book shows that Ole, 53, and Ingeborg, 45, emigrated from Vang with their children in March of 1858. The children leaving with them are: Marith, 18, Sigrid, 16, Anders, 11, Randi, 8, Endre, 4, and Ingeborg, 3/4. (Sigrid must have changed her mind or else the scribe got confused. Sigrid did not emigrate. Nor did Marith.)

In his letter to Norway in 1866 (see Jim Ellingboe’s site), Ole offered to pay for Helge Olsson’s (#6218) passage to America by guaranteeing any loan that Helge had to secure. Helge never emigrated. In the letter, Ole Thronsen signed his name Ole Throndsen Ellingböe.

In the 1870 census, he, as Ole Thompson, and his family are farming in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. Ole’s real estate is worth $1500 and his personal property $860. The family consists of, Ole, 68, Isabel Thompson, 57, Andrew Thompson, 22, Rachel Iverson, 19, Nels Iverson, 22, Henry Thompson, 16, Isabel Thompson, 13, and Nels Anderson, 9. Everyone had been born in Norway.

Ole’s agricultural holdings are recorded in the 1870 census’s “non-population” schedule. He owns a total of 115 acres, 30 of which are “improved.” The cash value of his farm is $1500 and, for its implements, $200. He has four horses, 2 “milch” cows, 1 other cattle, 9 sheep, and two swine, the total value of which is $550. For the year ending June 1, 1870, he produced 259 bushels of spring wheat, 100 bushels of Indian corn, 80 bushels of oats, 35 lbs. of wool, 50 bushels of Irish potatoes, 100 lbs. of butter, 30 tons of hay, and 8 gallons of molasses. The value of animals slaughtered or sold for slaughter was $40 and the total estimated value of all farm production was $480. This value was neither particularly high nor particularly low when compared to other farms on the same page of the Silver Lake Twp census schedule.

Katherine locates Ole and Ingebor Thompson in Rock County in the 1875 Minnesota state census. The family lives in Martin Twp, not far from the farm of Nels and Randa Iverson. Ole, 73, and Ingebor, 64, are living with Henry Thompson, 21, Viljir, a 19 year-old female, and Belle Thompson, 17.

In the 1880 census, Ole, 87, and Isabelle, 67, are living in McCook County, South Dakota, with their daughter Isabelle, 22, and next to or with their son Andrew and his family.

In the 1885 Minnesota state census, he is probably the 84 year-old Ole Thompson living with or next door to H O Thompson in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County.

The following was originally prepared by Katherine and can be found at Find A Grave:

Ole Thurston Trondsen & his wife Engeborg Andersdatter both lived at Vang in Valdres, Norway. He worked as a farm hand and at the carpenter trade in this area.

In the month of June 1858, Ole and his family sailed from Christiana (Oslo) to America. The children who made the trip were Anders (Andrew), Henry, Rachael and Engeborg. A daughter Mary remained in Norway. Their sail ship furnished its passengers only with water and no fires for cooking were permitted, so all food had to be cooked or prepared before boarding and was eaten cold. When they arrived at Milwaukee, WI, via Quebec, the St Lawrence river and the Great Lakes, their food and money was all gone and the parents had to work at anything and for what they could get to sustain the family. The entire family walked by stages to Calmer, Iowa, working for food as they journeyed.

At Calmer, Ole found steady work and here they remained until in 1869, when the family moved by oxcart to Worth County Iowa, near the Minnesota line and northwest of the present village of Northwood, Iowa. Ole took up a claim on government land. It is near that farm that the Silver Lake Lutheran Church is located and the family were probably charter members of the original church.

The children in the family decided that they needed a more Americanized name so they called themselves "Thompson" from their fathers "Trondsen", while Ole took the name Ellingboe from the estate in Norway from which he came. This was often done by Norwegian immigrants on the premises that it helped identify them with others from the same area and also added some importance to the bearer of the name.

About 1874, the family moved on to Rock County (Hills), Minnesota, in the southwestern part of the state. Here Ole bought a farm and remained until his death. Henry Thompson remained in Iowa where he became a prosperous farmer with lands and elegant farm home near Northwood, Iowa.

Ole was over six feet tall and a large boned powerful man. He had curly dark brown hair and blue eyes. He was an easy going, pleasant and always helpful individual. 

Birth:
The (very incorrect) date on his gravestone is 16 Aug 1799. Jim has him born on Bunde 97/1, Høre parish.

Died:
Find A Grave has his death location as Hills, Rock County, Minnesota

Buried:
as Ole T. Ellingboe

Ole married Ingeborg Andersdatter ELLINGBOE on 6 Jan 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Andris Eivinsson ELLINGBØ and Dordi Endresdatter HOLIEN) was born on 24 Apr 1814 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Mar 1905 in Hills, Rock County, Minnesota; was buried on 21 Mar 1905 in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anders Knudsen TØRSTAD. Anders (son of Knut Andersen TØRSTAD, Hollien and Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN) was born about 1797 in Tørstad, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Sep 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Intended to emigrate but decided to stay. Included in her family’s emigration record.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Sep 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Sep 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Despite the entry in the emigration section of the churchbook, Sigrid did not emigrate with her family in 1858.

Instead, she stayed behind and married Anders Nilsen Skogstad on 22 Feb 1862 in Vang. The marriage record shows that she was Sigrid Olsdatter Ellingboe, 19 years old and the daughter of Ole Thronsen.

Jim, in his VS (I29356), has her marrying Andris Nilsen Rødningen Skogstad and having two children (Niels Anderson Skogstad, b. 1862, and Ingeborg Andersdatter Skogstad, b. 3 Oct 1863) in Vang. He also has Sigrid dying in Vang on 16 Jun 1865. The Sigrid Olsdatter who died in 1865 was 22 years old.

Sigrid married Andris Nilsen RØDNINGEN SKOGSTAD on 22 Feb 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Andris (son of Nils Nilsen (BØ) RØDNINGEN and Ingrid Andrisdatter LO) was born in 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Apr 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Jim says that he died at age 12 in the summer of 1857 from a fall at Preikestolen, a mountain ledge on Kviteberg, near Fagernes.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Oct 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1880 census, he and his family were farmers in the north half of McCook County, South Dakota. Living next to or with them was Andrew’s parents and sister. One of two boarders on Andrew’s farm was the future husband of Andrew’s sister, Lewis Larson.

Must have died before his brother Henry because he is not listed in Henry’s obit.

He seems to be the Anders Olsen Ellingbö, “b. 6 Mar 1847,” who was confirmed on Trinity Sunday, June 5th, 1863, at the Little Washington Prairie church in or near Decorah, Iowa.

In the record in the church book for his marriage to Ingeborg, no ages are shown for either the groom or the bride nor are the names of Anders’s parents shown. Andrew lived in Worth County, Ingeborg/Emma lived in Faribault County.

Anders married Ingeborg (Emma) Larsdatter UNDERDAHL on 30 May 1873 in Faribault County, Minnesota. Ingeborg was born on 25 Jan 1856 in Norway; died in 1901 in Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-013374
• Baptism: 5 Jan 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her baptismal sponsors were Endre Anderson, Helge Olsen, Marta Jörgersdatter, Marthe Helgesdatter, all of Ellingboe, and Sigrid Erichsdatter Grov.

In the 1900 census, she had had 12 children, 8 still living.

She died as Rangdi Ellingboe Iverson.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

November 7, 1929
All of Grandma Nels Iverson’s children, except Mrs. John Larson of Westport Minnesota, were present last Sunday to help her celebrate her eighty-second birthday. Those present were Mr. & Mrs. Iver Wangsness, Mr. & Mrs Pete Severtson of Sioux Falls, Iver Iverson of Montrose, SD, and Ole N. and Rudolph Iverson of Hills. The visitors brought lunch and it was indeed a happy day for Grandma to have her children and grandchildren with her on this day. We all hope she will live to enjoy many more such joyfull occasion.

November 28, 1929
Two Pioneer Settlers Called by Death – Grandma Nels Iverson died at her home Wednesday morning…Obit. Next week.

December 5, 1929
GRANDMA IVER LAID AT REST NOVEMBER 30: Hills and community are again called upon to mourn the death of a pioneer mother, Mrs. Nels Iverson, who passed away at her home on November 27, 1929, at the age of 81 years and 23 days.
Grandma was born in Vang, Valders, Norway on November 4, 1848, and at the age of eight came to his country.
Mrs. Iverson, whose maiden name was Rangdi Olson-Ellingboe, was united in marriage to Mr. Nels Iverson, at St. Ansgar, Iowa, on July 16, 1868. From this time until 1871 the family lived in Winnesbeik County, Iowa, when her husband made the long journey to Martin township and took up a homestead one mile southeast of Hills in 1871, then returned east and brought his family here the next year - 1872.
Truly, the title "Grandma" belongs rightly to Mrs. Iverson as they were the first family to settle in this vicinity, and were charter members of the former Synod Church in Hills.
Her husband died on Christmas Eve, 1926, and she is survived by the following children - Mrs. Anna Jensen, Hills; Iver, of Montrose, S.D., Ole N., of Hills; Mrs. John Larson, of Westport, Minn; Rudolph, of Hills; Mrs. P. Severtson, and Mrs. Iver Wangsness of Sioux Falls.
All the children were present at the funeral.
Grandma, up until three days before her death, was able to attend to household duties when she was stricken with heart trouble that was the cause of her passing away.
Rev. Theo. Rodsater conducted services in the home at 1:30 pm., on November 30, and at 2:00 pm services were held at Bethlehem Church, when Rev. Rodsater spoke in English and Norwegian.
The Hills Glee club was also present at the Church and rendered two songs appropriate for the occasion.
The remains were carried to their final resting place in Bethlehem Cemetery by six grandsons, namely Nathan, Earnest and Lawrence Iverson of Montrose, S. Dak., Kenneth and Eugene Iverson, and Nels Jensen, of Hills.
Relatives from a distance at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. John Larson, of Westport, Minn., Mrs. L. H. Larson, of Colton, S. Dak., Mr. and Mrs. Iver Iverson, of Montrose, S. Dak, Mrs. Earl Charles of Omaha.
It is impossible for the younger generation to realize the hardships these pioneers had to endure. The telephone, radio, auto, electric lights and hundreds of other conveniences we enjoy today were then unknown. Much of their trading was done at Sibley, Iowa, and today we think it quite a little journey in a swift moving auto, then to look back at the time when the Iverson’s and other early settlers had to make the journey during the winter months either with horses or ox team to Sibley for the necessities of life.
As we have said before, and in time it will surely come to pass, that monuments will be erected in honor of the early pioneers. This is not much, but it's the only method whereby we can, in a small way, show our respect and esteem to the early settlers who came here and opened the country that we might live in ease and comfort.
Long live the memory of Grandma Iverson

Rangdi’s death certificate shows that she had been in the U.S. for 74 years and had been in Martin Twp for 15 years. The informant for her death certificate was “Dorra Iverson.” Rangdi died of a coronary.

Birth:
Her death certificate gives her birth date as 4 November 1848. This is also the birthdate shown in her entry in the Minnesota Deaths and Burials database on FamilySearch.

Rangdi married Nels Iverson SONDROL on 16 Jul 1868 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Nels (son of Iver Olsen SONDROL and Anne Tronsdatter MYHRE) was born on 28 Apr 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Dec 1926 in Rock County, Minnesota; was buried on 28 Dec 1926 in Bethlehem Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Mar 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 13 Jun 1867, Iowa

Notes:

In the 1875 Minnesota state census, Henry, 21, and Viljer, 19, along with his parents (Ole, 73, and Ingebor, 64) and his sister Belle, 17, live in Martin Twp, Rock County, not far from the farm of Nels and Randa Iverson.

In the 1880 census, he and Isabel S. J. live in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. They have no children.

In the 1885 Minnesota state census, he and his wife and two children (Syrine and Alfred) live in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County.

In the 1895 Minnesota state census, he and his family are still in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County. Their five children are Albert O, 11, Sarine N., 13, Inger T, 6, Edwin T, 4, and Selmer, 2.

In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, Henry and Isabella and family are farming in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

January 28, 1926
Mr. & Mrs. Iver Wangsness of Sioux Falls, Iver Iverson of Montrose, SD and Mrs. Anna Jenson of Hills left last Sunday for Lake Mills, IA to attend to funeral of their uncle.

Katherine has this life story of Henry (originally posted by Shirl2sg):

This is the life of Henry O. Thompson. Henry O. Thompson, native of Valders, Norway, came to the new world with his parents in the early '50s, when he was a lad of five years, the voyage being made in one of the old-time sailing ships which was nine weeks upon the water ‘ere anchor was dropped in the harbor of Quebec. They made their way westward by way of the Great Lakes to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and for a short time were residents of that state, but Iowa proved their ultimate destination. They located in Decorah, Iowa, where they remained for a year, and then traveled across the country with ox teams to Silver Lake township, Worth county, where they purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land. It was a wild tract, entirely destitute of buildings or improvements of any kind. A log cabin was built and the family began life in true pioneer style, sharing in all the hardships and privations incident to settlement on the frontier. After a time the grandfather sold the property in Worth county and removed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, there purchasing a farm upon which he lived for a number of years. He afterward took up his abode in Munda township, Freeborn county, Minnesota, where the grandparents died at the home of their son, Henry Thompson. The latter was a youth of seventeen years when he started out in the business world on his own account. He left Silver Lake township, Worth county, to make his way to the territory of Wyoming, traveling partly by rail and partly on foot. At length he reached Cheyenne, where he was employed as a cook in the government mess house for eleven months. He afterward returned to Silver Lake township and was married to Miss Velger Olson. He next removed to Rock county, Minnesota, where he took up a claim of one hundred and sixty acres of government land that as yet had not known the touch of the plow. Upon that place he built a sod house, which he occupied for two years. He then returned to Silver Lake township and his wife soon afterward became ill and passed away. Later Mr. Thompson wedded Isabel Johnson and bought a farm in Silver Lake township comprising ninety-one acres, upon which he lived for three years. He then traded that property with Ryer Johnson for his present farm of two hundred and forty acres in Munda township, Freeborn county, Minnesota, where he still makes his home. He has devoted practically his entire life to general agricultural pursuits and is still engaged in the cultivation and development of his farm. He has reached the age of sixty-seven years, while his wife is now sixty-four years of age.

Katherine has this obit for Henry (originally posted by Shirl2sg). As Katherine clarifies: “There is another Henry Thompson of the same birth year resident near Lake Mills who is married to a Betsy Leikvold. This may be the source of the confusion.”

OBITUARY: Henry O. Thompson, Worth County, Iowa Henry O. Thompson [1854- aft 1920] HENRY O. THOMPSON was born January 12, 1854 to Ole and Ingeborg Ellingboe Thompson. He came to America in 1858, landing in Quebec on July 4th. He came to Dane Co., Wisconsin where he lived two years, then moved to Winneshiek Co. two years and to Worth Co. in 1862. He married Loine Lakevold in June of 1874. In May, their baby girl, Loine, was born and lived only three months. In January 12, 1877, his wife died, and he married Ingeborg Haugrud in June of 1879. They moved to Freeborn Co. in 1883. They were parents of twelve children (five deceased: William, Inga, Eden and Melinda died in infancy and Evelyn who died at nineteen years); Mrs. H.O. Bendickson, Silver Lake; Olando, Northwood; Mrs. J.A. Oakland, Twin Lakes; Eddie, Glenville; Selmer and Henry at home; Mrs. P.K. Kloster, Portland, Oregon. They moved to Lake Mills in 1920, living near the schoolhouse. Funeral was held at Salem with the Rev. O.R. Sletten in charge and again at the Silver Lake church where he was interred. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Nels Iverson, Hills, MN and Mrs. H.L. Larson, Colton, SD.

According to Rootsweb’s Worth County Marriage Index, Henry Thompson married Betsey Lakevald on 10 Mar 1879.

His Find A Grave entry, created by Katherine Howard, says that he was also known as Endre Olson Ellingboe, the name used for him in the ELCA church records.

Henry died from stomach cancer.

Confirmation:
As Endre Olsen Ellingboe. Ancestry’s indexing of the ELCA records puts this event at Sion in Shell Lake, Iowa.

Endre married Velgjerd Olsdatter LEIKVOLDEIE on 24 May 1874 in Iowa. Velgjerd (daughter of Ole Olson LEIKVOLD and Kari Nilsdatter SVIEN) was born on 29 Apr 1856 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Jan 1877 in Iowa; was buried on 20 Jan 1877 in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Endre married Isabell S JOHNSON on 9 Jun 1878 in Silver Lake Lutheran Church, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. Isabell (daughter of Syvert JOHNSON and Inger) was born on 14 Mar 1857 in Iowa; died on 18 Feb 1951 in Iowa; was buried in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Sep 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 3 Nov 1872, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

Called Isabell Thompson in the 1870 census. Called Belle Thompson, age 17, in the 1875 Minnesota state census when the family lived in Martin Twp, Rock County. Called Isabell Larson in the 1900 census. Called Ingeborg Larson in the 1910 and 1920 censuses. Called Isabelle Larson in the 1930 census.

In the 1880 census, she is living with her parents in McCook County, South Dakota, next to, probably contiguously with, the Andrew Thompson family. One of the boarders on Andrew’s farm is Lewis Larson, 25, her future husband.

Shown in the 1910 census as having had 9 children, all 9 still living.

Katherine has this life story of Ingeborg (originally posted by Shirl2sg):

Ingeborg (Isabelle) Thomson was born in Vang in Valders, Norway July 18, 1857. Her parents were Ole Thurston Trondsen and Ingeborg Anders daughter.  Her parents are interred in cemetery of the Silver Lake Lutheran church about 4 miles east of Emmons, Minnesota. Ingeborg was about one year old when her parents migrated to America and she was with them on their westward trek across Wisconsin to Calmer, Iowa. The family lived there during the Civil War and she told her children about the Union soldiers passing through on their way south.

When Ingeborg was about twelve (1869) the family moved to Worth County, Iowa, and she later recalled fishing in nearby lakes (Silver Lake being one) and playing with the Winnebago Indian children, that tribe being nearby. When she was about seventeen the family moved on to Rock County, Minnesota, where she found work with the family of a lumber man named Roderick and with them she later moved to the new town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where work had begun on a railroad to link that town with the east. She was governess to the Roderick children.

At the age of twenty-three Ingeborg took up a claim next to one of her brothers, Andrew, about two miles southeast of the present village of Montrose, South Dakota. This place was about one and one-half miles north of the claim of her future husband. Ingeborg, having had schooling in America, did much in helping Lars with his education. Besides mothering nine children she spent long hard hours at keeping house, gardening, raising chickens and at times even helping with the farm work by mowing or driving the horses pulling the reaper.

Despite low prices on farm produce, grasshoppers and sometimes serious droughts, the couple prospered. Their principal source of income was from sale of livestock. By leasing grazing land on the nearby hills they would run up to 150 cattle and they also raised sheep, and hogs.

Lars’s health began to fail about 1904 and the doctors could not diagnose his ailment so, in September, 1909, the couple and younger children moved to Colton a village about twenty-one miles east of Montrose. Lars seemed to overcome his ailment and finally died when he was almost ninety-three years old. He was proceeded in death by Ingeborg by about twelve years. She was then seventy-nine.

Ingeborg was about 5 ft 8-1/2 in tall and was always slim. She had reddish brown hair and blue eyes. Cause of death - cancer of digestive organs. She was always quiet, tolerant and mild mannered to all except in rare occasions in defense of her children, all of whom were born at home without aid of a medical doctor and only a midwife to attend. While Lars was given to outburst of sometimes violent temper, she always remained calm and although she permitted him, as head of the family, to think that his was the final say in family and business matters, there was no doubt that her subtle influence was ever present. She doctored and nursed her children to healthy adulthood and still found time to spend many days and nights watching over and nursing ailing neighbors. Both Lars and Ingeborg were of the Lutheran faith and with the nearest church of that denomination about eight miles distant, the father often held Christian services at home while they lived on the farm. All the children were baptized and confirmed as Lutherans.

Katherine has this obit for Ingeborg (originally posted by Shirl2sg):

Obituary 1936 LAST RITES HELD FOR PIONEER COLTON WOMAN Colton, S.D. June 6 Funeral services were held at the First Lutheran Church here for Mrs. L. H. Larson who died after a long illness. Mrs. Larson was born in 1857 at Vang, Valders, Norway. She came to the United States with her parents in 1858. They settled in Worth County, Iowa, and later moved to the vicinity of Hills, Minn. She came to South Dakota in 1877 and was married to L. H. Larson the same year. They homesteaded three miles south of Montrose and lived there until 1909 when they moved to Colton, where they have lived since that time. She is survived by her husband, nine children, Mrs. Iver Iverson and Mrs. Oscar Severson of Montrose, Mrs. Robert Heihn, Mrs. Frank Sherlock and Mrs. Oscar Thue all of Stanton, N.D.; Mrs. S. M. Walker of near Colton, Henry of Forestburg, Lloyd of Brookings and Lee of Fort Worth, Texas. She is also survived by 43 grandchildren.

Birth:
Tvedt farm

Confirmation:
First Lutheran in Northwood, confirmed as Ingeborg Olsdatter Ellingbö

Ingeborg married Lars H LARSON on 29 Mar 1881 in Yankton, Dakota Territory. Lars was born in 1855 in Norway; died on 4 Sep 1948 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota; was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Colton, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 329, says he died in 1887 and left for Battle Lake, Minnesota, in 1869.

Vang C, p. 231, says he died in 1902. He was also called Knut i Hauge.

He was heir to his father’s Tørstad farm called Dekkadn. For various reasons explained on Vang C, p. 329, he went to Ruskehaugen under 99/1 Øvre Vølve in around 1860. He and his 2nd wife Margrete Vilhjølmsdatter Bunde, their infant daughter Marit and Margrete’s two sons Ola and Ivar left for Amerika in 1869.

Knut married Marit Kristoffersdatter KVÅL in 1853. Marit (daughter of Kristoffer Olsen KVÅL and Marit Eivindsdatter LOME) was born in 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Jul 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
11th or 17th

Ole married Marit Tostensdatter KJØS on 20 Mar 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit was born on 19 May 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Feb 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Olsdatter EIKREN. Sigrid (daughter of Ole Pedersen EIKREN and Sigrid Andersdatter KJØS) was born about 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1952 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Mar 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, as Thomas Anderson, he was a farmer in Lanark Twp, Portage County, Wisconsin. He had come to the U.S. in 1872.

Baptism:
Hurum

Tosten married Ingrid Tostensdatter QVAL about 1879. Ingrid (daughter of Tosten Olsen QVAL and Ingri Trondsdatter BUNDE) was born on 26 Nov 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Oct 1949 in Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Nov 1874, Faribault County, Minnesota

Notes:

Birth and baptism at or near Bricelyn, Minnesota.

Notes:

May be the same person as Ole Andreas.

Notes:

She lived 6 hours.

It’s somewhat speculative that this Kari Andersdatter Ellingbö is the daughter of Anders and Isabelle. The seemingly large difference between death date and burial date is odd.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 May 1883, Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptism:
as Mabel Ann, daughter of Anders O. Ellingbö and Ingeborg

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1909-MN-010620

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

September 27, 1900
At eleven o’clock a.m. today at the Synod Church, occurs the marriage of Miss Ingebor Iverson, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Nels Iverson to Hans A. Grimsoe, Rev. J.H. Lunde officiating. The event will be witnessed by a large concourse of invited guests and a reception will be given at the home of the bride’s parents immediately after the ceremony, when a bounteous wedding dinner will be served. The bride has been a resident of this township since her childhood and is an accomplished young lady, who numbers her friends by her acquaintances, while the groom is a popular young man with excellent habits, who graduated from Luther Normal School in Sioux Falls last spring and is at present engaged in teaching on the second floor of the Qualley residence opposite the Merchants Hotel. The Cresent joins the many friends of this popular young couple in wishing them a happy and prosperous future.

October 4, 1900
The Grimsoe/Iverson nuptials referred to in our last issue were largely attended and the happy young couple received many costly as well as useful presents, also quite a sum of money. The reception at the bride’s home was a very enjoyable affair and Mr. Grimsoe wishes to thank the Hills Ekko for their part in making the occasion one long to be remembered.

July 30, 1903
Mr. & Mrs. H.A. Grimso of Calmar, IA arrived here last week for a visit with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nels Iverson.

September 3, 1903
Mr., and Mrs. H.A. Grimso, who have been here on an extended visit, returned home to Calmar, IA Friday morning.

July 18, 1909
H.A. Grimsoe of Calmar, IA has arrived to spend his summer vacation at the home of his father-in-law Nels Iverson. His wife has been here for some time.

Ingeborg married Hans A GRIMSO on 27 Sep 1900 in Rock County, Minnesota. Hans was born about Oct 1871 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Howard/Messing family tree identifies Anne as the first white child born in Martin Twp, Rock County, Minnesota.

In the 1900 census she had had 2 children, both still living.

She and her three children were living with her parents in Martin Twp at the time of the 1910 census. She is shown as married for the 2nd time but there is no husband with her. She had only had the three children. Her occupation is shown as dressmaker.

She was Anna Anderson in September of 1903. She was Mrs. Anna Jensen at the time of her father’s death.

In the 1930 census she was single and was living with her daughter Dora and her family in Hills. She was employed as a servant for a private family.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

August 16, 1900
G.B. Anderson left Monday morning for the Twin Cities to be absent for some time.
Mrs. G. B. Anderson is at present staying with her parents Mr. & Mrs. Nels Iverson, southeast of town.

April 30, 1903
Anna Anderson whose maiden name was Iverson has been granted a decree of divorce from her husband, George B. Anderson. The parties were married at Sioux Falls Nov. 8, 1893 and lived together until Aug. 2, 1900. Two children were born to them. The plaintiff alleged in her complaint that the defendant had threatened to kill her, that he had not contributed toward her support or the support of the children and that the separation had been brought about by his conduct. Personal service of the complaint and summons were had on Anderson at Albert Lea on September 26. Anderson is said to be employed at that place as a bartender. The decree was granted by Judge Brown Saturday and gives the plaintiff custody of the children and puts the costs of the case on the defendant. E.H. Canfield, Esq. represented the plaintiff and the defendant was unrepresented.

September 20, 1903
A deal was closed on Monday where Iver Iverson sold the City Restaurant to his sister Mrs. Anna Anderson who took possession the same day.
Mr. Iverson is undecided as to his plans for the future, but will continue to reside in Hills if he can secure a residence. Mrs. Anderson was formerly connected with the City Restaurant in partnership with her brother Ole Iverson, the business being conducted under the firm name of Anderson & Iverson, and the many patrons of this establishment will be pleased to learn that she is again in charge. Mrs. Anderson will give special attention to the baking of bread, cakes and all kinds of pastry, in which line she needs no recommend. She will also continue to handle the well known Hazelwood ice cream. Board furnished by the day or week at reasonable prices.
We bespeak for the City Restaurant under its new management a liberal and growing patronage.

July 3, 1913
A Large Crowd Helps Mrs. Anna Jensen Celebrate Birthday at Old Home. One of the largest gatherings that has taken place in or around Hills, for many years, occurred at the fine old country home of Mr. & Mrs. Nels Iverson last Sunday afternoon. The occasion for such a large crowd was the 41st birthday of their daughter, Mrs. Anna Jensen.
It was planned to give a surprise party on Mrs. Jensen, and in order to not cause any confusion the “surprisers” met at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Ole Iverson and drove or marched in a body to the old Iverson home.
It is estimated that at least 300 friends partook in this event and it seemed that nearly every available space on the big lawn was occupied.
About five o’clock the crowd was treated to a number of selections by the Hills Cornet Band,…
Mrs. Jensen was born on the old homestead in a sod house on June 26, 1872, one week after they had moved into their new home….
Mrs. Jensen… bears the distinction of being the first white child born in Martin Township that is living today…
About seven o’clock the company dispersed feeling that they had spent a most enjoyable day.

In the 1930 census, she, as Anna Jensen, is single and is living with her daughter Dora and family in Hills.

Anna married George B ANDERSON on 8 Nov 1893 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, and was divorced in Apr 1903. George was born in Oct 1870 in Iowa; died on 28 Nov 1913 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Anton D JENSEN about 1906. Anton was born in Illinois; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married E A GRIMSOE on 19 Oct 1895 in Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married his first cousin.

He and Ida and their family were farmers in Greenland Twp, McCook County, South Dakota.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

March 21, 1929
Mr. & Mrs. O.N. Iverson and his sister Mrs. Anna Jensen autoed to Montrose last Sunday to visit their brother Iver Iverson and family. In passing the Lakeside Dairy near Sioux Falls the water was nearly two feet deep and reached above the running boards. Flags were placed along the road to show motorists where the road lay and in this way they pulled through without mishap.

In the 1930 census, Iver and his family farmed in Greenland Twp, McCook County, South Dakota. In that census, his household includes Lydell L Lloyd (or, perhaps, Floyd), age 7, “grand son.” Lydell had been born in North Dakota to parents born in South Dakota.

Family/Spouse: Ida LARSON. Ida (daughter of Lars H LARSON and Ingeborg Olsdatter THOMPSON) was born in Jan 1882 in South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-025232

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name shown as Thompson on death certificate.

In the 1910 census, he was an engineer in a lumber mill in Hills.

In the 1930 census, Ole was the manager of a garage in Martin Twp.

Ole married Ida Pauline RUDRUD on 7 Dec 1904 in Rock County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Knudt RUDRUD and Mathea Johannesdatter BERGSHAUGEN) was born on 16 Feb 1879 in Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin; died on 12 Jun 1962 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the September 10, 1896, Hills Crescent: Died – Dora, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Nels Iverson died at her home one miles south of Hills, Monday due of the dreaded disease consumption, at the age of 13 years, 10 months, 28 days. She has been unwell for some time and her death was expected every moment. Funeral services were held in the white church Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Lunde of Luverne and she was laid to rest in Hills cemetery.

But if she died in 1896, who was the Dorra Iverson who was the informant for Rangdi’s death certificate?

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1969-MN-020813

Notes:

“Of Westport, Minnesota” at the time of her mother’s death.

Note that Bertha died on the same day as her sister Nelia.

Bertha married Ole Johan LARSON on 3 Oct 1906 in Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-014654

Notes:

Living with his parents at the time of the 1920 census. He was single and his occupation was garage mechanic.

Spouse named Thompson.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1969-MN-018160

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe.

Called Rangdi N. in the 1910 census. Called Ragndi Nelia in a biography of her father published in 1911.

She is Rachel Nelia Sivertson, wife of Peder, living in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, in the 1920 census. They had no children.

She died of a heart attack. The informant for her death certificate was her son Virgil Severson of Hills.

Note that Nelia died on the same day as her sister Bertha.

Nelia married Peter O SEVERTSON about 1919. Peter (son of Ole SEVERTSON and Anna BERGE) was born on 23 Apr 1892 in Minnesota; died on 26 Apr 1959 in Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

December 29, 1927
Mr. & Mrs. Iver Wangsness and children of Sioux Falls spent Christmas day at the home of her mother, Mrs. Nels Iverson.

Amanda married Iver Benjamin WANGSNESS on 29 Dec 1915 in Rock County, Minnesota. Iver (son of Christopher WANGSNESS and Carrie LOFTESNESS) was born on 8 Jul 1891 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota; died on 21 Aug 1956 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jul 1876, Silver Lake Lutheran Church, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

The child lived three months according to the church record. The seemingly large difference between death date and burial date is odd. According to a IAGenWeb account of the Ole and Kari Leikvold family, mother and daughter are buried together in one casket.

Notes:

Birth:
Birthdate inferred from his father’s obit and birth dates of his siblings.

Died:
Death date inferred from grave stone.

Buried:
“Aged 1 day” on grave stone he shares with Edin, Malinda, and Inga.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 May 1882, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

Single and living at home with her parents in the 1910 census.

Although she was born in Iowa, her birth was also registered in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota, on November 25, 1884, “Syrene O Thompson.”

Baptism:
as Syrine Ovidia Ellingbö; First Lutheran Northwood

Died:
last residence

Serena married Hans O BENDICKSON on 3 Feb 1913 in Grove, Worth County, Iowa. Hans (son of Ola BENDICKSON and Martha JOHNSON) was born on 10 Nov 1884 in Lake Mills, Winnebago County, Iowa; died in Apr 1966 in Lake Mills, Winnebago County, Iowa; was buried in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His birth in Nunda Twp was registered twice. The first registration, on June 13, 1884, was for Alfred Thompson, born 20 May 1884. The second registration, on December 22, 1884, was for “Alford” O Thomson, born 20 Mar 1884.

Called Albert O in the 1895 state census.

Called Alfred O in the 1900 census.

No longer living at home with his parents in the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census, he is probably the O H Thompson, age 35, born in Minnesota, who is a farmer in Hartland Twp, Worth County, Iowa. He owns his farm but with a mortgage. His wife is Minnie and living with them is N H Mehus, brother-in-law.

In the 1925 Iowa census, he is Olando Thompson (indexed Blando), age 41, living in Hartland Twp, Worth County, with his wife Ida, 35, their sons Harvey, 3, and Melbourne, 2, and a lodger, Raymond Fisher, age 18.

In the 1930 census, as Olanda Thompson, he and Ida and their family live in Hartland Twp, Worth County.

In the 1940 census, as Olando Thompson, he and Ida and their family live in Barton Twp in Worth County, the same house in which they had all lived in 1935.

Birth:
His birth was registered twice (see notes). Find A Grave uses March 20th.

Alfred married Minnie MEHUS on 23 Jul 1913. Minnie (daughter of Hans MEHUS and Gunvar TRIEM) was born about 1883 in Iowa; died in 1920; was buried in Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfred married Ida Genevieve JOHNSON on 11 Sep 1920. Ida was born on 23 Oct 1889 in Worth County, Iowa; died on 4 Nov 1982 in Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Neither her birth nor her death were registered with the county.

Birth:
Birthdate inferred from father’s obit and birth dates of siblings.

Buried:
“Inga S. Aged 1 Day,” on the gravestone she shares with Edin, Malinda, and William.

Notes:

He died from diphtheria.

Edna T in the overall Freeborn County birth index.

Birth:
Minnesota County Births on FS. As Edin T. Thompson, “female.”

Died:
As Edin T. Thompson, male. In the church records as Edin Tholin Ellingböe.

Buried:
Find A Grave incorrectly says “son of Henry and Isabell.” Grave stone, shared with Malinda, William, and Inga says “Edin T. Aged 4 Yrs.”

Notes:

She is the unnamed Thompson female born in Nunda Twp to Henry and Isabella on September 14, 1888. The birth was registered on October 8, 1888.

In the 1930 census, she and her husband and their 8 children lived in Hayward Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota.

Family/Spouse: Jack L OAKLAND. Jack was born about 1892 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Odin in the 1910 census when he was still living at home.

Birth:
As Edin T Thompson, male. His birth was registered on February 28th.

Edin married Ida Marie KRAVIG on 18 Apr 1913 in Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Jun 1893, Silver Lake Lutheran Church, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

His birthdate is uncertain on his draft registration in June of 1917 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. He is shown as 24 years old and his birthdate as 10 February of 189-something. At that time he was single and employed on his father’s farm.

He died from congestive heart failure brought on by rheumatic heart disease (mitral stenosis).

Birth:
Minnesota County Birth Records on FS. As Selmer O Thompson, birth registered on March 9th. Selmer’s death certificate says 10 Feb 1894.

Selmer married Mabel O LARSON on 12 Jun 1921. Mabel was born on 1 Jan 1902 in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa; died on 1 Nov 1990 in Iowa; was buried in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed in the Nunda Twp birth records.

In the 1900 census, she is age 4, born June 1895 in Minnesota.

In the 1910 census, she is age 15.

In the 1920 census, she is the 22 year-old Ida Kloster, wife of Peter G or Peter S, who lives in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota. Peter was born in Illinois in 1896 or 1897. That woman’s maiden name was Thompson, her father was born in Norway and her mother in Iowa.

In the 1930 census, she is a 32 year-old divorcee living with her children in Community Acres, Multnomah County, Oregon, as DeEtta Kloster. She is a saleswoman in a department store.

In the 1940 census, she is the 43 year-old Etta McPherson, wife of Leonard, age 48 and born in Massachusetts. That household, which includes Etta’s youngest son Marvin, is in Coquille, Coos County, Oregon. Five years earlier, all three had lived in Marshfield in Coos County. Leonard is an automobile salesman.

The Oregon Death Index records two entries for the death of Etta Macpherson, husband’s name L: 3 Jul 1954 in Deschutes County, and 15 Nov 1955 in Multnomah County. Her and Leonard’s last entry in the city directories was in the 1948 Coos Bay, Oregon, city directory in which Leonard M and Etta MacPherson lived at 630 N Heath in Coos Bay.

Birth:
Ida D Thompson as recorded in the Freeborn County Birth Index. Supposedly the main record is in Book B, p. 149, Line 1.

Died:
Either 1954 or 1955 (probably the latter), see notes.

Ida married Peter G KLOSTER on 22 Oct 1915 in Lake County, Indiana, and was divorced. Peter (son of Martin J KLOSTER and Gina KASTEVOLD) was born on 21 Apr 1897 in Illinois; died on 23 Apr 1980 in Palm Beach County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leonard Montgomery MACPHERSON. Leonard was born on 9 Mar 1892 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“Melinda” in the 1900 census (June 9th).

Birth:
No first name on her birth record which was registered on December 20th.

Died:
As Jospehine Malinde Ellingböe in the church book

Buried:
“Malinda J. Aged 2 Yrs.” on the grave stone she shares with Edin, William, and Inga.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1920-MN-013178

Notes:

Or Evelyn. Still alive in the 1920 census, in which she is single and living at home with her parents and two of her brothers on the family farm in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota. She is a student at a music conservatory, perhaps St. Olaf College, especially since she died in Rice County.

According to her death certificate, she was a domestic in a private household and had lived in Northfield for 10 months. Her address was still her parents residence in Iowa.

She died from pneumonia, brought on by influenza.

Birth:
Minnesota County Birth Records on FS. Her death certificate says, incorrectly, March 15th. Her birth record with the county was registered on March 14th.

Died:
at Northfield Hospital as Evelyn Ruthie

Buried:
Dalby says “buried with Ellingbo.” Her grave stone says Evelyn R Thompson.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Baptism: 15 Sep 1902, Iowa

Notes:

The information for this child is somewhat speculative. His birth certificate showed his father as “Ellend” and his mother as “Awra” Jenson, both born in Norway, and to which he was child #2 (??). His birth was in Haymond or Hayward in Freeborn County.

In the 1920 census, he is living with his parents and brother and sister on the family farm in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota.

In the 1930 and 1940 censuses, he and his wife, son, and mother live on a farm in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota.

According to his mother’s obit, he took over the family farm “near State Line Lake” after his mother’s death.

Birth:
not in the list of Minnesota births

Baptism:
Immanuel Lutheran in Forest City

Died:
last residence Mason City

Henry married Betsy Luella HOLSTAD on 28 Mar 1923 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Betsy was born on 7 Sep 1900 in Worth County, Iowa; died on 19 Mar 1993 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married her first cousin.

She is probably the Ida M. Everson who died in Minnehaha County in South Dakota on 18 April 1953.

Family/Spouse: Iver W IVERSON. Iver (son of Nels Iverson SONDROL and Rangdi Olsdatter ELLINGBOE) was born on 19 Nov 1878 in Rock County, Minnesota; died in 1953 in Montrose, McCook County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census she was boarding with the Reverend Ole Elstad family in Osseo, Sumner Twp, Trempeleau County, Wisconsin. Ole was 33 and born in Norway; his wife, Matilda, was 27 and born in Minnesota. Agnes is shown in that census entry as having been born in June of 1885 which is inconsistent with Laura’s birthdate. In the SSDI, Agnes’s birthdate is shown as 19 June 1883 which is consistent with her age (46) in the 1930 census.

In the 1930 census, she and Robert and their family lived in the city of Tripp, South Dakota, where Robert was the manager of a department store. They had three sons.

She was “of Stanton, North Dakota” at the time of her mother’s death.

Died:
last residence

Agnes married Robert HEIHN about 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and Oscar farmed in Sully County, South Dakota, in the 1930 census. They had four sons.

She was “of Montrose” at the time of her mother’s death.

Family/Spouse: Oscar SEVERSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she and Frank and their two daughters lived in Stanton, North Dakota, where Frank was a mail carrier.

She was still living in Stanton at the time of her mother’s death.

Hannah married Frank Purcell SHERLOCK about 1916. Frank was born on 4 Nov 1889 in Iron County, Wisconsin; died on 10 Apr 1969 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she is shown as 38 year-old Margaret (Mrs. Sigward M.) Walker. She and her husband and their 7 children farm in Buffalo Twp, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

She was living “near Colton, South Dakota” at the time of her mother’s death.

Family/Spouse: S M WALKER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his wife Julia, 32, and their four children live in Forestburg, Sanborn County, South Dakota, in the 1930 census. Henry is a contractor and carpenter. Henry was a veteran of the World War.

He was “of Forestburg” at the time of his mother’s death.

Family/Spouse: Julia. Julia was born about 1898 in South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she and her family lived in Stanton, North Dakota, where Oscar was a merchant of general merchandise. They had three children. In that census entry, Alma’s mother’s birthplace was shown as Wisconsin.

She was still living in Stanton at the time of her mother’s death.

Alma married Oscar Helmer THUE about 1921. Oscar (son of O R THUE and Paula) was born on 2 Jan 1892 in Walcott, Richland County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He lived in Brookings, South Dakota, at the time of his mother’s death.

Birth:
SD Births

Died:
Find A Grave

Family/Spouse: June Mabel AKER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He lived in Fort Worth, Texas, at the time of his mother’s death.

He had served in the U.S. Army. He died at St. Josephs’ hospital in Fort Worth of a stroke. His occupation was Director of Public Works for a municipal government.

Birth:
SD Births

Family/Spouse: Audrey STONE. Audrey was born on 29 Jul 1906 in Texas; died on 28 Mar 1972 in Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Mar 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang C, p. 231, says that she was in Amerika in 1874.

Baptism:
Hurum kirke

Family/Spouse: Torger NELSON. Torger (son of Nils Nilsen SKATTEBU and Barbro Torgersdatter TÜF) was born on 28 Mar 1847 in Aust-Agder, Norway; died on 27 Jan 1912 in Dickey County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Apr 1863, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Hurum

Sigrid married Jøger Knudsen HELLEVang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Jøger (son of Knut Jøgersson HELLE and Sigrid Olsdatter LYKKJUN) was born on 31 Dec 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Mar 1951 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Paulina IVERSON. Paulina (daughter of Peder Killo IVERSON and Sigrid Pedersdatter HELLE) was born on 19 Nov 1879 in Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 15 Apr 1966 in Richland, Valley County, Montana; was buried in Rawson Cemetery, Rawson, McKenzie County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Apr 1885, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

eklundina says she arrived in New York on 19 Sep 1904.

In the 1920 census, she and her four children lived in Alexander in McKenzie County, North Dakota. She was a “farmer-landlord.”

In the 1940 census, she and Iver lived in Arnegard in McKenzie County, North Dakota. Included in the household were two lodgers as well as Anna’s 23 year-old daughter, Julia Iverson, a school teacher.

Anne married Albert IVERSON on 26 Mar 1911 in McKenzie County, North Dakota. Albert was born on 5 Nov 1883 in Harmony, Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 12 May 1919 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Iver MIDSTOKKE on 4 Jan 1924 in Steele County, North Dakota. Iver died on 7 Mar 1942 in North Dakota; was buried in Alexander Cemetery, Alexander, McKenzie County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lee Edward GUYANT. Lee was born in 1884 in Wisconsin; died in 1953. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She only had the one child.

Myrtle married Harry Burr POMEROY on 19 Nov 1919 in Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin. Harry was born in 1891 in Wisconsin; died in Jan 1980 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1930-MN-013226

Notes:

Dora died of tuberculosis which she had had for 2 years.

Dora married Oscar Herman HERREID on 1 May 1918 in Rock County, Minnesota. Oscar (son of Amund H HERREID) was born on 19 Dec 1894 in Minnesota; died on 24 May 1970 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1903-23466

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

June 25, 1903
Mr. and Mrs. Iver Iverson of the City Restaurant are rejoicing over the arrival of a 10-pound girl Sunday night. (20th)

March 10, 1904
Mr. and Mrs. Iver Iverson, who recently moved to Montrose, SD, had the misfortune to lose their baby by some sudden illness. The bereaved parents brought the little body here for burial yesterday.

Notes:

Not listed with the family in the 1930 census.

Notes:

Not listed with the family in the 1930 census.

Died:
SSDI last residence

Ernest married Drieda A ELLIS on 26 Nov 1930 in McCook County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as married in the 1930 census. She is listed as Irine Iverson with her parents and siblings. No husband is listed with her.

Family/Spouse: FLOYD. was born about 1910; died in Assumed. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed with the family in the 1920 or 1930 censuses.

Notes:

He may be the Lawrence Iverson who died in Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, in October of 1982. That Lawrence was born 4 April 1910.

Lewis married Selma Georgina Johanna DALEN on 4 Jan 1936 in Miner County, South Dakota. Selma (daughter of Severt DALEN and Agathe HAALAND) was born on 21 Jul 1901 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota; died on 13 Jan 1974 in Anoka County, Minnesota; was buried on 17 Jan 1974 in Solway Cemetery, Solway, Beltrami County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lewis married Gladys Marvel THOMAS on 28 Jul 1979 in Wadena County, Minnesota. Gladys was born on 19 May 1914 in Wisconsin; died on 13 Mar 1998 in Wadena County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

January 15, 1927
Mrs. Anna Jensen of Hills & her two sisters, Mrs’s Iver Wangsness and Pete Severtson, attended the funeral of their nephew Floyde Iverson, the ten year old son of Mr. & Mrs. Iver Iverson of Montrose, SD last Thursday. The little fellow has been working in the garage on the home place while the car was running and was overcome by the gas fumes. He was taken to a Sioux Falls hospital but passed away Tuesday of last week.

Notes:

Her obit:

Mable E. Thompson, 90, formerly of Hartford, SD passed away Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005 at Dow Rummel Village.
?Mable was born March 14, 1915 in Montrose, SD to Iver and Ida (Larsen) Iverson. She married Ivan Thompson on February 24, 1933. They farmed near Montrose, Humboldt and Hartford.
?Mable was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Hartford. She was a lifetime member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Happy Hour Extension Club and Happy Gals Card Club.
?Her hands were busy making quilts, lefse, embroidery and tending to her African Violets. She enjoyed dancing and family gatherings.
?She will be dearly missed by her family; Louella (Glenn) Lueth, LaVern (Darlys) Thompson, Loren Gene (Phyllis) Thompson, Beverly Liesinger, Lucille Gray, Dean Gray; twelve grandchildren, twenty one great grandchildren, one sister Verda (Harley) Ellsaesser and a host of other relatives and friends.
?She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son-in-law, Wayne Liesinger and eight siblings.
?Memorials may be directed to Christ Lutheran Church Building Fund in Hartford.
?Scripture Service 7:00pm Sunday, August 7, 2005 Miller West Funeral Chapel
?Funeral Service 10:30am Monday, August 8, 2005 Christ Lutheran Church, Hartford, South Dakota
?Interment Hartford Cemetery Hartford, South Dakota

Died:
Dow Rummel Village

Mable married Ivan B THOMPSON on 24 Feb 1933 in McCook County, South Dakota. Ivan was born on 24 Feb 1909 in Iowa; died on 25 Feb 1999 in Hartford, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She survived her sister Mable, the only one of her siblings to do so.

Verda Marie Iverson Ellsaesser, 90, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City.

She was born Aug. 28, 1924, in Montrose, S.D., to Iver and Ida Larson Iverson.

On April 20, 1945, she married Harley C. Ellsaesser. He died in December 2007. She also was preceded in death by a son, Ronald.

Survivors include two daughters, Sharon Kraber of Guymon, Okla., and Nancy Riney of Pinehurst, N.C.; two sons, Larry Ellsaesser of Springfield, Mo., and Gary Ellsaesser of Hugoton; 18 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Oct. 11 at Faith Lutheran Church in Hugoton. A private burial took place Wednesday at Hugoton Cemetery.

Verda married Harley C ELLSAESSER on 20 Apr 1945 in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota. Harley was born on 2 Aug 1920 in Kansas; died on 15 Dec 2007 in Kansas; was buried in Hugoton Cemetery, Hugoton, Stevens Couty, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-23552

Family/Spouse: GOSSMAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-22413

Notes:

Class of 1927, Hills Consolidated High School.



Her last residence, according to the SSDI, was Stickney, Aurora County, South Dakota.

Minerva married Lewis Ward MESSING on 9 Jul 1938 in Yankton County, South Dakota. Lewis was born on 30 Oct 1904; died in Jul 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Earl RYDER. Earl was born on 26 Sep 1912 in South Dakota; died on 26 Jul 1988 in Lewis County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1909-23268

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1912-25495

Notes:

Virgil was a student living in Sioux Falls in the 1937 and 1938 Sioux Falls city directories.

VIRGIL DOANE SEVERTSON was born March 24, 1921 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Peter O. and Nelia (Iverson) Severtson and was a Pipestone resident for 26 years. Virgil grew up in Sioux Falls and graduated from Washington High School in 1939. After graduation, he moved to Hills, Minnesota and started farming with his father on the Severtson Homestead. Virgil farmed the family's land alongside his father and later his son for 65 years.

In the early 1940s, Virgil attended and graduated from an aircraft manufacturing course in Omaha, Nebraska and went on to work at Boeing, building B-17 Flying Fortresses in Seattle, Washington. After returning to the family farm, he earned a commercial pilot's license and became an exceptional aviator, conducting charter flights all over the United States and Canada while winning a number of flying competitions and using his planes for hunting trips in his spare time. Although farming was his vocation, he was equally passionate about his avocation - the art of flying.

He married Alice Wiesner of Clear Lake, South Dakota on June 12, 1949. Together they raised five children. Virgil loved music and encouraged his family in all of their music endeavors. He was an active member of the community and a member of his church council. He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church and was most recently a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Trosky, Minnesota.

Virgil died peacefully surrounded by loving family on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Riverview Health Services in Flandreau, South Dakota at the age of 92 years, 9 months and 21 days.

Virgil Severtson lived a life that glorified God. He will be remembered for his warmth, sense of humor and love of life.

Virgil is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Alice Severtson; son, Lyndon Severtson of Hills; four daughters, Marie (Eddie) Crouch of Yorktown, Virginia, Yvonne (Philip) Hoffman of Colton, South Dakota, Cynthia (Marc) Aldrich of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Teresa (Jon) Klosterman of Pipestone; 11 grandchildren, Naomi, Lindsay, Nathan, Peter, Alex, Aaron, Harrison, Kiley, Allison, Kasey and Teresa; and two great-grandchildren, Madison and Wyatt. He was preceded in death by his parents, Peter and Nelia Severtson; and his sister, Lois Morris.

The family would like to extend our sincere appreciation to the staff at Riverview Health Services in Flandreau for their care and compassion shown to Dad and the family during this difficult time.

Memorial donations may be made in lieu of flowers to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.

Virgil married Alice Lorraine WIESNER on 12 Jun 1949 in Deuel County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lois Mae (Severtson) Morris, of Sioux Falls, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Lennox Good Samaritan Center in Lennox, SD.

She was born May 10, 1927 in Sioux Falls to Peter O. & Nelia (Iverson) Severtson.

In the spring of 1939, her family moved to the family farm near Hills, MN which was homesteaded by her grandfather, Ole Severtson. She attended a one room rural school house for two years before attending the high school in Hills for the next two years. In 1945, she graduated from Washington Senior High School in Sioux Falls. She then worked as a stenographer at Sioux Falls Paint & Glass Company.

Lois met her future husband, Lloyd Kenneth Morris, through mutual friends at the Arkota Ballroom. Lois married Lloyd, a South Dakota Air Guard member, on June 8, 1952 at her parents' farm near Hills, MN. The couple raised their family and lived in their Sioux Falls home on West 9th Street for the next 50 years. Lloyd & Lois were members of First Lutheran Church where Lois was a member of a circle and the women's group. Lois was also a scout leader when her children were active members.

After Lloyd retired in 1977, the couple enjoyed spending the winter months as "snowbirds" in Florida, Texas, and Arizona.

Lois is survived by her brother, Virgil (Alice) Severtson, Pipestone, MN; two sons: Larry (Linda) Morris, Sioux Falls, Myron Morris, Sioux Falls; one daughter: Renae (Jon) Koser, Saint Louis Park MN; three grandchildren: Mike (Kelly), Katie, and Emily Morris, Sioux Falls; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, as well as her husband's five siblings and their spouses. In lieu of flower, memorials are preferred to Alzheimer's Association or the donor's favorite charity.

Lois married Lloyd Kenneth MORRIS on 8 Jun 1952 in Rock County, Minnesota. Lloyd was born on 10 Aug 1917; died on 12 Feb 2011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of her mother’s death in 1976, she was Mrs. Edwin A. Holland of Sioux Falls.

Dolores married Edwin Archibald HOLLAND on 26 Jun 1954 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Edwin died on 26 Aug 1987. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He lived in Schenectady, New York, at the time of his mother’s death in 1976.

Died:
last residence

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Aug 1920, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota

Notes:

Sales engineer for General Electric.

He lived in Fargo at the time of his mother’s death in 1976.

Baptism:
Immanuel Lutheran

Harold married Elizabeth EDWARDS on 11 Apr 1946 in Schenectady County, New York. Elizabeth was born on 26 Feb 1920; died on 1 Apr 1995; was buried in Bella Vista Memorial Cemetery, Bella Vista, Benton County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elaine A. ‘Blondie’ Harvey, 97, passed away Oct. 24, 2019. She was born Sept. 9, 1922 in Sioux Falls, S.D. to Iver and Amanda (Iverson) Wangsness. 

Elaine married Norman W. Harvey Nov. 5, 1954 in Sioux Falls. She was a longtime resident of Hutchinson where she was the oldest living member of Emanual Lutheran Church, member and former matron of the Order of the Eastern Star Silver Leaf Chapter 464, and a clerk at the Social Security Office. 

Elaine is survived by her daughter, Nancy Bowie (Bruce) of Ellsworth; granddaughter, Kandice Choitz (Darrin) of Ellsworth; granddaughter, Kaydee Bowie of Ellsworth; great-granddaughter, Kristin Ann Choitz of Ellsworth, and many nieces and nephews. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Norman; two brothers and two sisters. 

Elaine married Norman W HARVEY on 5 Nov 1954 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of her mother’s death in 1976, she was Mrs. Jack Davidson of Covina, California.

Family/Spouse: Jack DAVIDSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Attended St. Olaf College.

Harvey married Betty Louise MILLER on 7 May 1950 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Melbourne in the 1925 state census.

Helen married Darold BLESS on 14 Jun 1952 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Thomas KNUDSEN on 1 Jan 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ingebor J. Broitzman, 82, of Northwood, died on Friday, March 22, 2002, at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Myrtle, with Rev. Daniel Baker officiating. Interment was in the Wanderer's Rest Cemetery, rural Gordonsville.

Ingebor was born on September 19, 1919, to Jake and Inga (Thompson) Oakland in Winnebago County, Iowa. She was baptized on October 16, 1919, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Scarville, Iowa, by Rev. R. Malmin and confirmed on July 22, 1934, at the Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church, by Rev. Hans Fosner. On September 21, 1938, she married Martin F. Broitzman at the Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church.

Ingebor was a homemaker and active in her community. She was a member of the Women of the Church and the Mary Circle and taught Sunday School. Ingebor had been a member of the District #104 School Board, a 4-H Leader and a volunteer for many charities. She enjoyed sewing, gardening and spending time being mom and grandmother to her family.

Survivors include her children, Betty Broitzman of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Marlene and her husband, David Nelson of Glenville, Duane and his wife, Deb Broitzman of Glenville and Carolyn and Ron Yocom of Austin; special niece, Lorraine and her husband, David Horning; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; special grandnieces, Julie Hunt and family of Illinois, Joan Pillera and family of Lakeville and Vicki Hanson and family of Clarks Grove; sisters, Eleanor Buchanan, Elaine Hill and husband, Jim and Idella Hinds; brothers, Norman Oakland and Robert Oakland and wife, Donna; and sisters-in-law, Marvyl Oakland and Carol Oakland.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Martin; infant daughter, Dorothy; grandson, Wayne David Nelson; brothers, Lawrence, Walter, George and Kenneth; and many sisters and brothers-in-law.

Family/Spouse: Martin BROITZMANN. Martin was born on 23 Aug 1913 in Minnesota; died on 2 Sep 2001 in Northwood, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ernest Ordell Thompson, 90 of Emmons, Minnesota, died peacefully at the Lake Mills Care Center on Monday, February 25, 2013, surrounded by his children. He had turned 90 years old just three days prior to his death.

A Celebration of Life Service will be at 1:00 PM Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Silver Lake Lutheran Church in rural Northwood, Iowa, with Pastor Randy Baldwin and Pastor Bill Peters officiating.

Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 PM Friday, March 1, 2013, at Mittelstadt Funeral Home, 902 East Main Street in Lake Mills, and again one hour prior to the service at the church.

Ernest will be cremated after the service and inurnment will take place at Silver Lake Cemetery at a later date.

Ernest Ordell Thompson was born February 22, 1923, on the east side of State Line Lake, rural Freeborn County, the first born child of Selmer and Mabel (Larson) Thompson. He was baptized and confirmed at Silver Lake Lutheran Church. He attended rural country school until the death of his father in 1940 when he stayed home to help his mother on the farm. He married Dorothy Jean DeVries on June 7, 1953, at Salem Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, Minnesota. They were married 42 years until her death in August 1995. He was employed for many years at the Albert Lea Coop Creamery and later by Mid-America Dairyman as a milk truck driver. He was also a mail carrier for a time in Mankato, Minnesota.

He loved going “Up North” fishing with his children and grandchildren and in 2012 celebrated the 51st Annual Thompson Family Fishing Trip. He spent many years “going to the farm” to help his brother Si farm. He attended the Britt Draft Horse show and could pick the winner most every time. Ernie loved his flowers, creating his “flower tree” every year, and he loved decorating for Christmas. His outdoor lights won several local awards and a spot on television. At one time he had over 15,000 lights displayed. He was a master at lefsa making, enjoyed eating lutefisk every Christmas, and watching his birds in the backyard while having coffee with his neighbors, Tom and Kathy.



Ernie is survived by his four children: Debra (William) Georgia, Lake Mills; Barbara Thompson, Lake Mills; Donald Thompson, rural Northwood; and Victoria Zobel, Lake Mills; his eight grandchildren: Brandon (Blair) Zobel, Omaha, NE; April Zobel, Kansas City, MO; Nolan Zobel, Ankeny, IA; Holly (Toby) Reynolds, Tishomingo, OK; Kim (Andre) Vargas, Tacoma, WA; Eric (Julie) Georgia, Tacoma, WA; Eli Georgia (Anna), Northwood, IA; and Emily Georgia, Miami, FL; his 13 great-grandchildren: Tricia Melton, Michael Baldwin, William Baldwin, Grace Reynolds, Elisabeth Reynolds, Max Reynolds, Andrew Vargas, Zachary Vargas, Mariah Vargas, Celina Georgia, Kendra Georgia, Annabel Georgia, and Erica Georgia. He is survived by his sister Helen (Robert) Edwin, three sisters-in-law, Beulah Thompson, Ardyce DeVries, Phyllis DeVries and his friend Rose Henderson. He is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

Ernie was preceded in death by his parents Selmer and Mabel Thompson, his wife, Dorothy, his brother, Lauritz Thompson and his wife Betty, his sister, Mavis Nordaas and her husband, Haakon, his brother Siram, his brother-in-law, Darold DeVries, sister-in-law, Ruth Dagner, and his son-in-law, Douglas Zobel.

He will be greatly missed.

Ernest married Dorothy Jean DEVRIES on 7 Jun 1953 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. Dorothy was born on 2 Dec 1932; died on 23 Aug 1995; was buried in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2000-MN-006639

Notes:

Died:
Last residence Freeborn County, Minnesota.

Family/Spouse: B.L.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From his entry in Find A Grave:

Birth: 
Jun. 1, 1930
Northwood
Worth County
Iowa, USA
Death: 
Mar. 5, 2012

The Funeral Service for Siram "Si" M. Thompson of rural Northwood, IA, will be held at 1:30 P.M. on Friday, March 9, 2012 at Silver Lake Lutheran Church, rural Northwood, IA. The Reverend Randy Baldwin will officiate. Interment will be in Silver Lake Lutheran Cemetery. Military Honors will be accorded by the Emmons American Legion. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. on Thursday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, and one hour before the service at the church.

Si was born on June 1, 1930, on his home place in rural Northwood. He attended rural country school. He was baptized and confirmed at Silver Lake Lutheran Church. At the age of 17, Si enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was a gunner, serving our country from 1947 until his honorable discharge in 1951. After returning from the service, Si returned to the home farm where he spent his life farming and raising dairy and beef cattle. He married Beulah Ashpole on November 21, 1954 at Silver Lake Lutheran Church. In 2000, when Si retired from farming, he used his woodworking skills and began building a home "in the woods" for him and Beulah. Si enjoyed having coffee and talking with friends.

Si is survived by his wife Beulah of rural Northwood, four children: Angie (Steve)Hannegrefs of Manchester, MN, Scott Thompson (Kelly), Kim (Dan) Swanson and Jason (Laura) Thompson all of Northwood, Iowa, foster son Paul Degn (Deb) of Waseca, MN, grandchildren: Tricia Hannegrefs of Garner, IA, Melissa(Adam)Dahlen of Hartland, MN, Josh Thompson(Tiffany)of Lake Mills, IA Whitney Thomspon (Dan) of Trainer, IA, Brooke Swanson of Lake Mills, IA, Derek Swanson (fiancé Jamie) of Northwood, Rayanna Thompson of Burlington, IA, Sidney, Savannah and Sierra Owen of Forest City, IA;great grandchildren: Coy, Jasmine, and Isaac Schumacher of Garner, IA, Alex and Makayla Dahlen of Hartland, MN, Braden Kane of Lake Mills, IA, Caleb, Tasha, and Jaden Swanson of Lake Mills, IA, brother Ernest Thompson of Emmons, MN, sister Helen (Robert) Edwin of Albert Lea; sisters-in-law: Betty Thompson of Glenville, MN, Betty (Mervil) Christian of Emmons, MN, brother-in-law Richard (Deloris) Ashpole of Glen Allen, Virginia, and several nieces and nephews. Si was preceded in death by his parents Selmer and Mabel Thompson, brother Lauritz Thompson sister Mavis Nordaas and her husband Haakon, sister-in-law Dorothy Thompson, mother-in-law and father-in-law Russell and Jeanette Ashpole and stepmother-in-law Eldora Ashpole He will be greatly missed.

Notes:

In the 1928 Portland, Oregon, city directory, she is Alice M Kloster, student, living with her parents at 1494 Mason.

In the 1928 Portland city directory, she’s listed as living with her parents at 1494 Mason. She has no occupation listed.

In the 1930 census, she lives with her mother and siblings in Multnomah County, Oregon. She has no occupation.

In the 1931 Portland city directory, she’s a domestic living at 417 E 55th.

In the 1940 census, Tim and Alice lived in Portland. They had no children. She was a stenographer for a wholesale lumber company. Tim was an assistant bookkeeper for a wholesale and retail machinery company.

Alice married Timothy F MAGINNIS on 10 Aug 1937 in Coos County, Oregon. Timothy was born on 6 Nov 1913 in Oregon; died on 8 Feb 2013 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George Milton Howard Kloster, b. 2 Apr 1919 in Freeborn County, Minnesota; declared dead 2 Jan 1946, and honored at the Honolulu Memorial. He had been a Motor Machinist’s Mate, 1st Class, in the U.S. Navy.

At the time of his death he was married to Ellen Adams Kloster, 519 Bank Street, (either Coquille, Oregon, or New London, Connecticut). He was killed or missing in action as of 11 July 1943, and was considered a casualty of World War II. His last ship had been the U.S.S. Runner (SS 275), a Gato-class submarine that had left Midway on 27 May 1943 bound for the Kuril Islands. On June 26, 1943, she was believed to have sunk the Japanese passenger and cargo ship, the Shinryo Maru. The Runner was declared overdue and presumably lost in July of 1943.

Buried:
Memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, aka The Punchbowl.

Family/Spouse: Ellen ADAMS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marvin Jerome Kloster, b. 2 Oct 1923 in Oregon; d. 16 Jul 1943 in Santa Barbara County, California.

Marvin had enlisted in the Army in Portland, Oregon, on 7 Apr 1943. He is buried in Sunset Cemetery in Marsfield, Oregon. His military headstone was applied for by his mother, “Ida De Etta MacPherson,” (her signature) of 630 N. Heath Street (probably of Marshfield), on July 20, 1944. Marvin was a Private in the 154th Engineers.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Sep 1923
• Confirmation: Nov 1936, Silver Lake Lutheran Church, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

Memorial services for Hilliard Blanchard Thompson, age 92, of Emmons will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Silver Lake Lutheran Church.  The Rev. Randy Baldwin will officiate.  Interment will be at Silver Lake Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church.  
?Hilliard died Sunday, October 11, 2015 at his home.  
?Hilliard Blanchard Thompson was born August 10, 1923 on the Thompson farm home in Nunda Township that was built by his grandfather.  He was the son of Henry Ingvald and Betsy Luella (Holstad) Thompson.  He was baptized and confirmed at Silver Lake Lutheran Church.  Hilliard attended rural school no. 105 until the 8th grade and graduated from Emmons High School in 1941.  

On March 11, 1945 Hilliard was united in marriage to Ruth Elizabeth Johnson at the Glenville Parsonage. 

 In 1956 Hilliard lost his right hand in a corn picker accident.   He was a farmer for all of his life and also worked for 10 years as a fork lift driver at Streaters.   After he retired from Streaters, Hilliard enjoyed woodworking.  He made something for everyone in his family.  He loved farming and was always checking out fields as he and Ruth drove by them. 
  ?Survivors include his wife, Ruth; sons Jerry (Esther) Thompson and Henry Thompson; daughters Sandra Thompson, Lenore (Brian) Boettcher and Renae (Bob) Myers; 13 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 3 step-grandchildren and 5 step-great-grandchildren.  
?The Thompson family would like to thank Hospice for the wonderful care they provided.
?In Lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to Hospice. 

Hilliard married Ruth Elizabeth JOHNSON on 11 Mar 1945 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry Hugh O’DANIELS. Henry was born on 31 Aug 1923 in North Dakota; died on 6 Aug 2017 in King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Multiple sclerosis

Lorraine married Orville HAGEN on 13 Dec 1942 in North Dakota. Orville (son of Gilbert Anton M HAGEN and Hilda HOVLAND) was born on 5 May 1920 in Cass County, North Dakota; died in 1977 in Walsh County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Became engaged to Edna Lydia Roesler in 1944.

Notes:

Birth:
Battle Lake

Died:
Devils Lake

Family/Spouse: Reinhold C GREENING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emma GOSCHKE. Emma was born on 27 Feb 1896 in Germany; died on 18 Mar 1986 in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he, as Knute Hellie, and Elisebeth and their two children lived in Jasper in Pipestone County, Minnesota. He was a contractor.

In the 1930 census, he is a carpenter and now married to Mabel. He now lives in Rose Dell in Rock County which is the part of the village of Jasper that is in Rock County (with the remainder in Pipestone County).

By 1940, he is living in Eden Twp, Pipestone County. He is a carpenter engaged in building remodeling. His children Kenneth, Jean, and Darlene are living with him. The household also contains Sophie Oyen, a 49 year-old divorcee, housekeeper, and Gust Carlson, 27, a hired man.

Knute married Elisabet Johannesdatter KVISSEL on 6 Apr 1914 in Pipestone County, Minnesota. Elisabet was born on 30 Jun 1885 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Feb 1923 in Pipestone County, Minnesota; was buried in Bethania Cemetery, Trent, Moody County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knute married Mabel Rodena IVERSON on 14 Mar 1927 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Mabel was born on 7 Dec 1895 in Pipestone County, Minnesota; died on 23 Feb 1974 in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Morris BRAATEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1940 census, she was a high school graduate.

Family/Spouse: Mervin William OLSON. Mervin was born in 1910 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marjorie MOE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and Edith were married but did not have any children. They lived in Alexander, North Dakota, in McKenzie County. Peter ran a filling station.

Peter married Edith JAMES on 14 Oct 1939 in Richland, Valley County, Montana. Edith was born on 15 Jan 1918; died on 21 Dec 1985; was buried in Alexander Cemetery, Alexander, McKenzie County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

WATFORD CITY -- Stella Van Dyke Wahlund, 92, Watford City, formerly of Bismarck, died Dec. 13, 2003, at a Watford City nursing home. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Wilmington Lutheran Church, Arnegard, with the Rev. Tim Swenson officiating. Burial will be in Schafer Cemetery, Watford City.

Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the services.

Stella was born July 26, 1911, to Albert and Anna (Eikren) Iverson, on her father's farm south of Alexander, N.D. After her father, Albert, passed away, the family moved to Rawson, to run the Heggen Hotel which was owned by Stella's Uncle OJ and Aunt Bessie Iverson. After one year of high school in Rawson, the family moved to Arnegard where Stella graduated in 1930. She attended Dakota Business College in Fargo for one year. As a young woman, she worked in Watford City.

She was married to Raymond Van Dyke in 1939, and they lived in Baltimore, Md. They later moved to Bismarck and Fargo, before retuning to Washington, D.C., where Raymond was employed by the government. They also lived in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland and New Jersey before returning to Chicago. Mr. Van Dyke passed away in 1964. Stella worked in Evanston, Ill., and later returned to Watford City for a few years. She later moved to Bismarck, where she was employed by the Bank of N.D. as an auditor. She retired in 1978.

She married Elmer Wahlund in Bismarck in 1979. They continued to live in Bismarck, and Elmer died in 1992. After his death, she moved to the Missouri Slope Retirement Home in Bismarck. She later moved to the Horizon Apartments in Watford City, and entered Good Shepherd Nursing Home in April 2003.

She enjoyed drawing and painting all of her life. She loved to play card games, especially pinochle and bridge. She enjoyed bowling and watching the Minnesota Twins. She was known for having a sweet tooth.

She is survived by one son, Doug Van Dyke, and his wife, Marcia, Fishers, Ind., and their children, Eric and Amy; and two sister-in-laws, Lettie Dodge and her husband, Donald, and Wilma Ecklund, all of Watford City.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; her twin sister, Thelma B. Stenehjem in 2001; her younger sister, Julia Essen; and her younger brother, Elmer Iverson.

Died:
as Stella A Wahlund

Family/Spouse: Raymond VAN DYKE. Raymond was born on 24 Jan 1917 in North Dakota; died on 12 Feb 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Seven sons, one daughter.

Died:
Lakeview Manor, Weyauwega

Mary married Louis Glen HANSEN on 13 May 1945 in Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin. Louis was born on 16 Dec 1921; died on 8 Mar 1998 in Wisconsin; was buried in Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, King, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Banker

Notes:

Pilot in the Navy during World War II and the Korean conflict. Attended Carroll College in Waukesha. President and Chairman of the Board of the bank in Amherst.

Louis married P.M. GOLDEN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1921-29907

Family/Spouse: Carman ROSS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

US Navy, Vietnam.

Notes:

Two spouses.

Notes:

Her obit said she was an elementary school teacher.

Birth:
Trail; her obit said Clyde, North Dakota

Family/Spouse: George Bernhard LARSON. George was born in 1906 in Renville County, Minnesota; died on 18 Jun 1990 in Josephine County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Chester married Catherine WENDTLANDT on 10 Oct 1937 in Cass County, North Dakota, and was divorced. Catherine was born on 8 Sep 1917 in Tuttle, Bowman County, North Dakota; died on 15 Apr 1987 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]