Mari Torsteinsdatter KVAM

Notes:

She is not included in Jim’s VS.

Mari married Vilhjølm Andrisson BAGGETUN in 1722. Vilhjølm (son of Anders Vilhjølmson BAGETUN and Torø Eriksdatter) was born about 1682 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Baggetun 35/

Buried:
Kvien 96/

Torø married Peder Endreson KATTEVØL in 1747 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Peder (son of Endre Iverson ELLINGBØ (BERGE) and Gjertrud Trondsdatter KATTEVØL) was born in 1724 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1816 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rangdi Jonsdatter KVÅLE. Rangdi (daughter of Jon Torsteinson KVÅLE and Ragndi Persdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1724 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Oct 1762 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The FamilySearch entry is for Iartrud Pedersdotter, born 1752 in Veflen, Vang, Oppland, Norway. She died in 1842 and her parents were Peder Endresen and Toro Vilhelmsdotter. She had two husbands.

She is Gjartrud Persdatter Veflen, I5902, in Jim’s VS. He has her born in 1753 in Veflen 99/1 in Høre.

Giertrud married Knut Andersen TØRSTAD, Hollien about 1794. Knut (son of Anders Johanneson HÅLIEN and Anne Torsteinsdatter RØINE) was born about 1763 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1817 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Olsen TØRSTAD. Thomas (son of Ola Olsen SKATTEBU and Anne Thomasdatter REMMEN) was born in 1746 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is Andris Persen Veflen, I5876, in Jim’s VS.

Vang C, p. 195.

Birth:
Veflen 99/1 i Høre

Died:
Bunde 97/6 Søre i Høre

Family/Spouse: Berit Olsdatter BUNDE. Berit (daughter of Ola Knutsson KVIEN and Berit Andrisdatter KVIEN) was born in 1768 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 99/1 Høre

Died:
Berge 1010/1 i Høre

Family/Spouse: Anne Torsteinsdatter SKJEL. Anne (daughter of Torstein Kristensen HÅLIEN and Marit Andrisdatter KVIEN) was born in 1754 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 99/1 i Høre

Died:
Framstad, Nørre 102/2

Family/Spouse: Ola Olsen FRAMSTAD. Ola (son of Ola Olsen TØRSTAD and Anne Knutsdatter) was born in 1757 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Tostensdatter SKJEL. Marit (daughter of Torstein Kristensen HÅLIEN and Marit Andrisdatter KVIEN) was born on 31 May 1757 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1827 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Gryte i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Ole Nilsen OXHOVD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Thomas Knutsen Tørstad, I12971, in Jim’s VS.

The FamilySearch entry is for Tomas Knutson, born in 1795 in Torstad II, Vang, Oppland, Norway.

In the 1865 census, shown as Thomas Knudsen, born in 1794 in Wangs, living with son Anders at Høine. His occupation is shown as “Føderaadsmd.”

The bygdebok says he moved to 26/3 Høyne or Sør-Ellestad in Vestre Slidre.

He married his first cousin.

Birth:
shown as age 23 when he got married

Tomas married Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD on 1 Aug 1819 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Johannes Anderson ELLESTAD and Beret Amundsdatter LOMEN) was born on 30 Jul 1796 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died after 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Randi Trondsdatter TØRSTAD. Randi (daughter of Trond Olssen TØRSTAD and Marith Håvardsdatter BØE) was born in 1805; died in 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Haldor Knutsen RINGESTAD. Haldor (son of Knut Pedersen ORMESTAD and Gro Haldorsdatter RINGESTAD) was born in 1768 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ola married Marit Gjermundsdatter LOME in 1815. Marit (daughter of Giermund Knudsen LOMMEN and Ragnild Tostensdatter) was born in 1790 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nils Knutsen ØVRE HELLE. Nils (son of Knut Halvorsen BERGE and Berit Haaversdatter ELLESTAD) was born in 1779 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I12961 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes indicate some confusion: “The bygdebok for Vestre Slidre mixes together the names of wives to Thomas Tørstad and Gullik Hålien.”

Birth:
Tørstad 105/3 in Høre

Died:
Hovda 10/4

Family/Spouse: Gullik Knutsen HELLE. Gullik (son of Knut Gulliksen HÅLIEN and Kjersti Olsdatter EGGE) was born in 1790 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1883 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I12956 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Hun og Andris var først på 107/5-8 Ner-Helle som innerster og etter hvert forpaktere. Sokneprest Müller ga Andris forpaktningskontrakt 3.6.1820, for samme årsavgift som formannen hadde hatt, det vil si 7 tønner stritt bygg (utresket) og 7 bismarpu nd godt sommersmør. Det siste skulle leveres i to butter i prestegården den 12.1. hvert år.

Birth:
Tørstad 105/3 i Høre

Gjartrud married Andris Haldorsen ØDEGÅRD in 1816. Andris (son of Haldor Haldorsen ØDEGÅRD and Marit Torgeirsdatter GRØV) was born in 1786 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died before 1865 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was heir to his father’s farm.

Vang C, p. 325.

Family/Spouse: Anne Madsdatter BERGE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peder married Guri Halvorsdatter HANDE in 1801. Guri (daughter of Halvor Olson HANDE and Ingrid Tostensdatter RUDI) was born about 1781 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Inferred from the 1865 census entry for Beret Arnesdatter.

He is I5877 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Han var først på Bunde 97/6, så kom han til Hålien. Han var i krigen 1808 til 1814. Det finnes et brav han har skrevet fra Salmonrud i Eidsberg i Østfold den 14.8.1809, til fetteren Ola Kr Kvien på Kvien 96/1 i dag. 2.5.1831 ga jhan skjøte på Bund e til den yngste broren Vilhjølm. Når foreldrene døde skulle Vilhjølms svare livaure til Andris og kona hans. Ola og kona Magdalena flyttet til Hålien.

Birth:
Bude 97/6 Søre Høre

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

Notes:

Birth:
Bunde 97/6 Søre Høre

Family/Spouse: Anne Ellingsdatter SKJEL. Anne was born in 1797 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died after 1865 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

vrnesheim calls him Endre A B K Holien

Vang C, p. 239.

Died:
Kval

Family/Spouse: Anne Kristoffersdatter HEEN. Anne (daughter of Kristoffer Gudbrandsen HEEN and Guri Kristoffersdatter MØSAKER) was born on 25 Mar 1801 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Jun 1876 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

p. 196, Vang C

Birth:
Bunde 97/6 Søre Høre

Family/Spouse: Marit Andrisdatter KJØS. Marit (daughter of Anders Ericksen KJØS and Anne Olsdatter GARSTAD) was born in 1814 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

from 97/6

Berit married Johannes Knutsson HÅLIEN in 1826. Johannes (son of Knut Johannesen HÅLIEN and Margrete Thomasdatter KVIEN) was born in 1804 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 12 Sep 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Shown in the 1865 census as Tora Andersdatter, born 1809.

She is Tora Andrisdotter Bunde, I4455, in Jim’s Ellingboe.

She is Tora Andrisdtr Bunde, I5878, in Jim’s Valdres Slekt.

Jim’s VS notes: Tora og Hallvard hadde 9 barn: Hallavrd 1831- på Helle, Sigrid 1833- gift med Øystein J Kvien på Lokreim 81/5, de hadde ikke barn, Andris 1835-1921 på Lykkja, gift men uten barn, Berit 1839-1889 uguft, men fikk sønnen Ola i 1871 med Ola O Beito , Ola dro mtil USA, Marit 1841- til USA, Knut 1843-1940 ugift snekker, Berit 1846- til USA, Ola 1849-1943 ugift skomaker, og Tora 1852-.

Birth:
Location per the 1865 census. Date from confirmation record. Her birth is not in Vang church book birth records. In Jim’s VS, he has her born in Bunde 97/6, Søre Høre

Thora married Arne Hallvardsson HELLE on 17 Jun 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Arne (son of Halvor Knutsen HELLE and Sigrid Arnesdotter NYGARD (BERGE)) was born on 15 Dec 1808 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 May 1896 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 1 Jun 1896 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
97/6

Family/Spouse: Elling Olsson VEBLEN. Elling (son of Ola Erlendsson VEBLEN and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter HELLE) was born in 1804; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Berge 101/1 i Høre

Family/Spouse: Trond Aslaksen BØ. Trond (son of Aslak Trondsson BØ and Ingebjørg Øysteinsdatter BØ) was born in 1787 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

grb on Helle 106/2 Øvre in Reino, Høre

Birth:
Berge 101/1 in Høre

Family/Spouse: Kjersti Knutsdatter HELLE. Kjersti (daughter of Knut Gulliksen HÅLIEN and Kjersti Olsdatter EGGE) was born in 1798 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Vang C bygdebok, p. 284, has him as Ola Olsson, farmer on Framstad 102/2.

Ole married Ragnild Thoresdatter SKEIE in 1816. Ragnild (daughter of Tore Ivarsen ELLESTAD and Jøran Nilsdatter ELLESTAD) was born in 1790 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Nov 1863 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A widower, age 74, living with his son Ole on Helle nedre as Føderaadsmand in the 1865 census. The French Family Tree calls him Peder Olsen Framstad.

He was called Peder Olsen Helle in the birth record for his daughter Sigrid.

Vang C, p. 379.

Family/Spouse: Sigri Thoresdatter. Sigri (daughter of Tore Ivarsen ELLESTAD and Jøran Nilsdatter ELLESTAD) was born about 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There were two sisters named Anne. If the bygdebok is to be believed (Vang C, p. 284), it’s this Anne, the older one, who had the child named Marith with “lærer Nils N. Stølen.” In the birth record, Marith’s father is called Niels Nielsen Remen.

Family/Spouse: Nils Nilsson ØYDGARDEN. Nils (son of Nils Gunnarson ØDEGÅRD and Dorte (Dordi) Olsdatter KVIEN) was born in 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Olsdatter WEBLEN. Anne (daughter of Ola Erlendsson VEBLEN and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter HELLE) was born on 30 Aug 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1845 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Okshovd i Hegge

Family/Spouse: Sebiør Nilsdatter. Sebiør was born on 19 Mar 1786 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Oct 1819, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not mentioned in Linda’s notes.

Family/Spouse: Knute Endreson HELLE. Knute (son of Endre Vilhelmsen BERGE and Kjersti Knutsdatter HELLE) was born in 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Mar 1910 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried as Knudt Thompson. Known as Knudt Thompson as early as the 1860 census. He was the first of his siblings to come to Minnesota.

According to Linda’s notes: came to America in 1855, built log cabin that ended up on the Dakota County fairgrounds, lived in Christiania.

Linda’s notes also suggest that Thomas and Betsy were Knut’s children through Sonova (wrong).

Knut, Ingri, Thomas (b. 12 Apr 1852), and Berith emigrated in 1855 according to the Vestre Slidre church book. Accompanying them were Berith Thomasdatter Ellestad (b. 16 Jan 1823) and Berith Gundersdatter Ellestad (b. 6 May 1854).

In the 1860 census, Knudt Thompson, 38, Ingre, 41, and their children Thomas, 8, Betsey, 6, and Severt, 5, were living in Eureka Townshop. Also living with them was an Ole Thompson, 62. In Tolly Swan’s Thompson papers, it’s speculated that the “Severt” is actually the son of the next-door neighbor.

In the 1870 census, Knudt, 50, was living in Eureka with his wife Susan, 50, Thomas K., 18, Betsey, 17, and a 5-year old girl named, apparently, Lena Johnson. Knudt was living just a few farms away from his brother Peter.

In the 1880 census, “Knut Thompson” was living with his wife Sonova on a farm in Eureka, Dakota County. Also living in the household were 60 or 61 year-old Kristi Oleson, a housekeeper, and 9 year-old E.K. Sun or Seen, helping out on the farm.

His obit:

Knut Thompson, age seventy-three years and nine months, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs Ole E. Forstrom in Eureka and the cause of his death was general decline. Mr Thompson was one of the oldest settlers of this county. He came to this country from Norway in 1854 and settled in Wisconsin, where he lived two years, moving to Eureka in 1856 where he has since resided. Mr Thompson was a man highly esteemed by his neighbors and those who were acquainted with him for his sterling qualities in all that goes to make a good citizen and a Christian gentleman. He has held several positions of trust and was for several years mail carrier from Christiania to Castle Rock. He leaves three brothers, Peter Thompson of Eureka, Andrew Thompson of New Market and Ole Thompson of Norway Lake, Minnesota, and two sisters, Mrs L Soine of Dennison and Miss Anna Thompson of Eureka, and a daughter, Mrs Ole E. (Betsy) Forstrom of Eureka. His wife Ingri preceded him in death in 1863. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Conference Church. Rev Elias Aas will conduct the service.

Lynn Stegmaier, curator of the Dakota City Heritage Village, provided this history of the log cabin that Knudt built:

“The log cabin was built around 1857 by Knudt Thompson, a pioneer from Valdres, Norway. He and his younger brothers, Peter and Andrew and sister, Anna Ellestad were part of a group of Norwegian immigrants who formed Christiania settlement near Chub Lake in Eureka Township, Dakota County, Minnesota. It was desirable land, having a good combination of timber, open prairie and water with a terrain that reminded them of the old country. Knudt Thompson was a carpenter by trade and his careful notching and fitting of the logs reflected his skill.

“Though the Indians had given up their rights to the land in the Treaty of Mendota in 1851, some Sioux lived nearby and paid friendly visits to the cabin.

“Knudt and Sonova Thompson and their children, Thomas and Betsy lived in the cabin for a number of years. Knudt deeded the cabin and land to his brother, Peter who had an adjoining homestead. It served as a home for their sister, Anna Ellestad and others. The longest occupants were their brother Andrew’s son, John who with his wife, Helga and eight children, lived in the cabin from about 1902 to 1917.

“The cabin was passed down and loved by younger generations of Peter Thompson’s family as a summer home. After vandals destroyed the interior, Peter’s granddaughter, Ione van Steenwyk donated the cabin to the Dakota County Fair in 1965. It was rebuilt at its last relocation in Dakota City Heritage Village in 1982.

“The old logs, which had been left uncovered by siding after its move to the Fairgrounds, became infested with carpenter ants, powder post beetles and other destructive insects. After consulting experts in engineering and pest management, the Dakota City Board made the difficult decision to destroy the cabin by fire in March 2003 before the insects resumed additional damage to the cabin and the other historic buildings nearby.”

Birth:
Ellestad

Knudt married Ingri Gulliksdatter EGGE on 17 Oct 1852 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingri (daughter of Gullik Olsen EGGE and Marit Engebretsdatter BEITO) was born on 14 Aug 1819 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1863 in Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knudt married Soneva K SAMPSON after 1863. Soneva was born in 1820 in Norway; died in 1887; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Feb 1825, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is not included in Jim’s databases.

She and her daughter accompanied her brother Knud and his family to the U.S. in 1855.

She is not mentioned in the 1896 obit of her brother Knut Thompson.

dwfrench1 has her dying on 6 Nov 1916.

Birth:
the date for her birth in her emigration record; dwfrench1 says 16 Jan 1825

Family/Spouse: Gunder Endresen GJEVRE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Oct 1827, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not mentioned in Linda’s notes. Probaby didn’t come to the U.S.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1911-MN-012785
• Occupation: Gaardbr og Selveier
• Confirmation: 27 Jul 1845, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is Andris Thomassen Høyne, I33654, in Jim’s VS.

Buried as Andrew Thompson. Shown as Anders Thomasson Ellestad, age 26, in the Vestre Slidre parish record for his marriage to Randi Eriksdatter, age 22.

Referred to by Alison as Anders Tomason Ellestad. Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as Anders Thomasen, living on the domicile of Høine in Vestre Slidre. Anders is the Gaardr og Selveier and he has 1 horse, 6 cattle, 8 sheep, 1 pig, 2 barley, and 4 potatoes. Living with him and Rangdi are their children Berit, Thomas, Erik, and Knud, as well as Anders’s parents Thomas and Berit and Anders’s sister Anne, age 22.

The FamilySearch entry is for Andris Tomasson, born in 1830 in Hoine III, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway.

Rose confirmed that Anders got the family farm in Norway, apparently because Knut had left Norway earlier. Nevertheless, Andrew eventually decided that owning that farm in Norway was less attractive than owning a farm in Minnesota, especially with the letters he must have been getting from Knut and Peter. Peter paid for Anders and his family to come to the U.S.

Linda says Andrew and Randi lived in Webster, the township in Rice County next to New Market.

According to Alison, Andrew and his wife and family emigrated to the U.S. in 1877. According to Rose, they took the train to Farmington. Someone was not there to meet them so they had to sleep in a horse barn.

Alison, citing the Scott County deed, describes their farm as the north half of the southeast quarter of section 34, New Market Township, as of 1 Mar 1878. The family is recorded as landing in New York, aboard the Brittanic (from Liverpool via Queenstown), on June 11, 1877: Anders Ellestad, 46, Rangdi Ellestad, 43, Berit Ellestad, 18, Tomas Ellestad, 16, Erick Ellestad, 13, Knut Ellestad, 11, Marit Ellestad, 9, John Ellestad, 7, Iver Ellestad, 4, Olga Ellestad, 3, and Ingeborg Ellestad, 1. Everyone in the family is shown as being from Germany.

According to Evey: “My great-grandfather Thompson settled in the Webster, Minnesota area which is quite close to the New Market/Lakeville area where the Ellingboes still have their homestead.”

Census taker Peter J. Baetes or Baeten visited the “Andrew Thomson” farm in New Market township, Scott County, on June 22, 1880. The record is shown as image 17 of 20, page 160A. Andrew is shown in the 1880 census as “Andrew Thomson,” age 50, a farmer. His wife is shown as 47 year-old Randy. Children at home are 21 year-old Thom Thomson, 19 year-old Erick Thomson, 17 year-old Knut Thomson, 14 year-old Mary Thomson, 12 year-old John Thomson, 5 year-old “Ingebor” Thomson (female), and 2 year-old Johanna Thomson (female).

The listing of the youngest child as a female appears to have been in error.

In the 1900 census (June 17th), Andrew Thompson and family were living in New Market Township. The household consisted of Andrew, 69 (born Sept 1830), Randie, 66 (born April 1834), Knut A., 34 (born May 1866), Belle, 25 (born May 1875), William Carel, grandson, 10 (born Feb 1890), and George, grandson, 11 (born Aug 1888). The two boys are shown as “at school.” The boys were born in Minnesota; their father was born in Sweden. Knut A. is shown as married, Belle is single. The four oldest are shown as coming to this country from Norway in 1877. Randie and Andrew had been married 42 years. Randie had had 10 children, 8 still living. Andrew owned his farm with a mortgage. Knut was shown as a naturalized citizen, Andrew was still an alien. Andrew cannot speak English. The children were apparently Mary’s and apparently visiting because they seem to have been recorded earlier at their parents’ home in Minneapolis.

Both Andrew and Randy were still on the farm at the time of the 1910 census, living with their single son Knut who is shown as head of the household.

Minnesota Death CertID# 1911-MN-012785 as Andrew E.

Birth:
birth date in his confirmation entry in parish record; Jim says born on Høyne 26/1

Died:
“sleuosis of cardia old age”

Buried:
230 EA 32

Anders married Rangdi Eriksdatter KVÅLE on 2 Jun 1857 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Rangdi (daughter of Erik Iverson QVALE and Ingeborg Jonsdatter ONSTAD) was born on 23 Apr 1834 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was christened on 8 Jun 1834 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Jan 1925 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 29 Jan 1925 in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1916-MN-004884
• Baptism: 8 Oct 1833, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is claimed to have had 10 children, 8 still living. Those numbers are 10 and 7 in the 1910 census.

Shown as Anna E. on her death certificate.

Buried:
252 HN 4 N

Anna married Lars Christopherson SOINE about 1856. Lars (son of Christopher Larssen SØYNE and Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD) was born on 14 Jun 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Apr 1917 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-003164

Notes:

Known as Peter Thompson after he settled in Minnesota (and from the 1860 census on). Lived in Christiania. Buried as Peter Thompson.

“Life History of Peter Thompson Ellestad” by Thilda Marie (Thompson) Ruh

Peter was not born under a lucky star with a silver spoon in his mouth. His troubles on earth have been many. When nine years old he was sent a Norwegian mile along the King's highway on an errand to the minister. This was in itself a great task and Peter tried hard to remember what to say. He was ushered into the preacher's presence who thundered at him, "Take your cap off when you come to see me!" This scared Peter out of a year's growth and left him in doubt as to preachers.

At ten years old his father gave him a knife and a holster. This he was instructed never to lose. However, his first ramble in the mountains this disappeared never to be found and Peter feared the willow switch on spots most tender. Here he showed his resourcefulness in somehow obtaining a knife and holster which he carried and avoided the willow switch.

At the age of sixteen years old came the great event in Peter's life. He was to emigrate...leave father and mother, sisters and brothers and go to the great and then unknown America. Great was the preparation for Peter's departure. The sheep were sheared and wool spun into yarn for stockings, mittens, scarves, and underwear. A chest full of flatbröd, spike|yot (sic), cheese and all good food was also packed for Peter's journey.

We will pass over his leave taking of his people and on April 3, 1852 he started for Christiania via Drammen. Arriving in Christiania he found to his great dismay the boat he was to take had left. After a tiresome wait of four weeks the real ocean voyage began. Twelve weeks on the Atlantic Ocean in their sail boat they landed at Quebec via Montreal to Buffalo, NY.

Now about the middle of August aboard the steamer "Atlantic" on Lake Erie Peter awoke about midnight amongst the wildest confusion. The steamer "Atlantic" had been purposefully run into by the "Ogdensburgh" (the captains were bitter enemies) and the "Atlantic" was bitterly cut in two. Peter alone and unencumbered managed to get to the deck and climbed the mast and jumped into a life boat just as the "Atlantic" sunk. Of the 830 passengers, more than 500 men, women, and children drowned.

Peter was picked up by the enemy steamer, "Ogdensburgh" and landed in Chicago. All of Peter's possessions now were enough clothes to cover his body. The well-filled chest laboriously prepared went to the bottom of Lake Erie. Peter proceeded from Chicago to Milwaukee where the survivors were given $12.50 each. This was a great fortune and he went on to Koshkonong, Dane Co., Wisconsin on August 22, 1852, his journey's end. Here he met people of his Valdres and amongst them a beautiful blue-eyed maiden, Miss Barbro Olsdatter Noben, but Peter had his own to make.

Note:
Entire document handwritten. Margin note: "This was translated into Norwegian by Andrew Veblen and published in the Valdres Samband issue of November 1916."

In the 1860 census, Peter Thompson, 24, his wife “Barber”, 21, and their son Thomas, 1, were living in Eureka Township. The value of their property is $200.

In the 1870 census, the family is still in Eureka Township. The value of their real estate is now $3000. The family consists of Peter, 36, Barbara, 32, John, 9, Antonio 7, Lora, 4, and Walter, 2.

In the 1880 census, “Peter Thompson,” age 44, is living in Eureka, Dakota County, with his wife Barbra, 42, and their children Anton, 17, Laura, 13, Walter, 11, Nels, 9, Tilda, 6, and Lilly, 3. Also living with the family is Peter Westenberg, a 40 year-old shoemaker.

The Peter Thompsons’ neighbors are James and Helona Pool.

Image 235A.

In the 1900 census, Peter was farming in Eureka Township. The household consisted of Peter Thompson, 63 (born June 1836), a widower, Nels A., his son, 29 (born March 1871), single, and Lillie E., 23 (born April 1877), single. Nels is shown as a school teacher, Lillie as a housekeeper. (Nels is the census enumerator.) Peter is shown as having come to this country in 1852. Living next door was Annie Ellestad, 56, a single woman, born in Norway in August 1843 and having come to this country in 1887. Living a few farms away, and on the same census page, was Betsey Forstrom and her family.

In the 1910 census, Peter is living in Eureka with his single sister, Anna Thompson, age 65. Peter is shown as having come to this country in 1852 and Anna, who is still an alien, in 1889. Anna is a housekeeper; Peter has his “own income.”

Cemetery records note: Veteran of 2nd Minnesota Battery, Light Artillery (Civil War) Civil War records on Ancestry.com show Peter was a member of the 2nd Independent Battery of the Minnesota Light Artillery. He entered service and left service as a Private.

From the History of Dakota County, Eureka Twp, published in 1882. Peter Thompson is a native of Northern Norway, born in 1836. Came to the United States at the age of sixteen years and settled in Dane county, Wisconsin, resided there three years. His education was acquired in Norway and Wisconsin. Coming to Minnesota in 1857, he took a claim on the site of his present farm, and has since made it his home. Has held the office of town supervisor, and has been re-elected town treasurer since 1878. Married at Eureka in 1858, to Miss Barbara Oleson, of Hastings. Seven children, four boys and three girls have been born to them. Mr. Thompson enlisted in 1864, in the Second Minnesota Light Artillery, and served until the close of hostilities; was discharged at Fort Snelling in August, 1865.

From the History of Dakota and Goodhue Counties, published in 1910. Peter Thompson, of Eureka township, has the honor of having served as postmaster of Christiania post office for the long period of twenty-five years, and he would have been retained in service for a still longer period had not the rural free delivery been established and the office abolished. He has also been treasurer of the township for forty years, which covers nearly the whole time of his residence here. Peter Thompson was born at Ellestad, Lommen, Slidre, Norway, June 10, 1836, and came to America in 1852, settling in Wisconsin, where he remained until 1856. In the early spring of that year he pre-empted 160 acres of land in Eureka township, in sections 21 and 28. This he improved and prepared for cultivation, and has since made his home here carrying on general farming. At the beginning of the Indian uprising he went to St. Peter (Mendota) and joined a company, which was sent to the relief of Fort Ridgely. In the summer of 1864 he enlisted in the 2nd Minn. Battery of Light Artillery, going to Chatanooga, Tenn., where he remained until the close of the war after which he returned home to the farm. He was married May 18, 1858, to Barbara Olson, a native of Norway, who came to this country in 1851. To this union were born nine children, of whom six are living: O.J., now of Seattle, Wash.; A. N., now of Virginia, Minn.; Walter M., now of Duluth, Minn.; Nels A., now of Superior, Wis; Laura (deceased); Tilda M., now of Superior, Wis.; Lillie E., who is a trained nurse in St. Paul; Edward (deceased), who graduated from the state agricultural school; and one child who died in infancy. Mr. Thompson is a Republican in politics and the family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books) as Peder Thompson of Farmington. He was a member of the Samband between 1902 and his death in 1917.

Buried:
“urarmia, atherosclerosis”

Peder married Barbro Olsdatter NOBEN in 1858 in Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. Barbro was born in 1838; died on 5 Jan 1897; was buried in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not mentioned in Linda’s notes. Probaby didn’t come to the U.S.

Couldn’t find her in the parish birth records or the parish confirmation records.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-015666

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is probably the 25 year-old unmarried Ole Thomasson, a laborer on the Løken farm in Lomen, Vestre Slidre.

The records for the Norway Lake Lutheran churches in Kandiyohi County show: “Ole Ellestad, born in Balders, married Sigrid Hollen, born in Balders. Came to Goodhue County in 1866.”

In the 1875 Minnesota census, he and his wife and three daughters live in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

In the 1880 census, O.T. (indexed as O.J. Ellestod), 39, and his wife Sigri, 31, were farming in Kerkhoven, Swift County. The children consisted of Betsy, 8, Anne, 6, Ida, 5, and Sophia, 1. The family had a servant, Chas. Johnson, 20, born in Sweden, living with them.

In the 1885 Minnesota census, when the family lived in Kerkhoven Twp, the household consisted of Ole, 44, Sigrid, 36, Betsy, 13, Anna, 11, Julia, 9, Soffia, 6, Emma, 3, and Thomas, 3 months.

Shown as Ole Ellestad in the 1900 census (census enumerator was Ole Ellingboe). (Ole T. was indexed incorrectly as Ole A., census form shows Ole T.) He and his wife and two sons were living in Kerkhoven, Swift County, which is just over the county line from Sunburg, Kandiyohi County. Ole was renting his farm. Sigri had had nine children, six still living.

Lived in Sunburg, MN, near Kerkhoven. Later moved to North Dakota. Living in Kerkhoven Township, Swift County, MN, at the time of the 1900 census (June 1).

The 1900 census shows him as having come to the U.S. in 1866.

In the 1905 state census, Ole and Sigre live in Murdock, Kerkhoven Twp, next door to Rangdy Flattan (#12828) and family.

In the 1910 census, Ole T. Elestad, 69, and Sigre, 62, were living in on a farm in Dunn County, North Dakota. Ole and Sigre had been married for 40 years. Sigre had had 9 children, 6 still living. Ole’s farm is shown as being in Section 22, Twp 145, Range 94. Ole came to this country in 1866 and was a citizen. Sigre came to this country in 1869. The farm adjacent to them, shown as Section 26, was Thomas Ellestad, 25, and his wife Hannah, 27. It was the first marriage for both and the had been married 0 years. Hannah had been born in South Dakota and her parents in Norway.

An Ole T. Ellestad died in Swift County in 1928.

Birth:
Ellestad

Ole married Sigrid HOLLEN about 1869. Sigrid (daughter of Even Helgessen HØVERSTAD and Anne Tostensdatter VØVLISEIGA) was born on 24 Aug 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Feb 1918 in Dunn County, North Dakota; was buried in South Lake Johanna Cemetery, Pope County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berit Nilsdatter RØINE. Berit was born on 28 Mar 1825 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Jun 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-020608
• Baptism: 30 Oct 1844, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 10 Jun 1860, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

One of the Annes, to be known as Anna, came to the U.S. in about 1887 and lived in the Christiania area although she apparently never married. This Anne, born in 1843, is sometimes shown incorrectly as the wife of Lars Soine.

According to the Lomen parish record for emigrants, Anne Thomasdatter Ellestad, b. 24 Aug 1844 (baptized 13 Oct 1844), departed for Amerika on 9 September 1887 with Guro Johannesdatter Egge, b. 9 Jun 1856 (baptized 27 Jul 1856).

She is shown as Annie Ellestad, 56 (born August 1843 in Norway), single and the “head” of a family (just herself) and living next door to her brother Peter Thompson in Eureka Township at the time of the 1900 census.

This Anne was living with her parents and her brother Anders and his family on Høine in Vestre Slidre in the 1865 census. Anne was shown as having been born in 1844.

She is probably the “aunt” living with her nephew Nels Arthur Thompson in Duluth in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, she is a “lodger” at the Augustana Home for the Aged at 1415 Tenth Avenue South in Minneapolis.

Died as Anna Ellestad at the Augustana Home for the Aged where she had been living for 12 years. The cause of her death was coronary thrombosis brought on by arterisoclerosis. She was unmarried and had been a “domestic” for 45 years. The Welander-Quist funeral home handled her funeral.

Died:
Some sources say 21 Dec 1921 but that must be erroneous

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]

Family/Spouse: Andris Jonsen HAUGRUD. Andris was born in 1811 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Ringstad in Lomen

Family/Spouse: Erik Gulbrandsen LØKEN. Erik was born on 7 Jun 1795 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1876 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

D’Arcy says Knud and Barbro had a residence from 1865 to 1875 in Wikhagen, Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Barbro and her husband Knut and their three sons (Haldor, Peder, and Knud) emigrated to America in 1881, destination Decorah. Those three sons, all unmarried, farmed together in Latona Twp, Walsh County, North Dakota, in the 1900 census.

Knud married Barbro Pedersdatter SEMMELINGE on 4 Apr 1846 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Barbro was born on 1 Mar 1815 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hjellehaugen?

Family/Spouse: Marit Evensdatter EINANG. Marit (daughter of Even Olsson EINANG and Berit Engebretsdatter) was born on 9 Aug 1821 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Mar 1913 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Jan 1825, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 28 Jun 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang C, p. 170, shows him as born in 1825 on Kvie 96/5.

His baptismal sponsors were Ragnde Berge, Ingri Qvien, Halvor Berge, Ivar Qvien, and Knud Kjørlien.

In the 1900 census, he is shown, quite incorrectly, as born December 1829. That census also shows that he came to the U.S. in 1854. He is the head of household for a farm in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. He is a widower and the household consists of himself, son Nels (also a widower), daughter Mary Boe (recently married but with no husband in the household), son Christ, 26, son Thomas, 23, daughter Anna, 20, grandson Thomas, 9, and granddaughter Mary O., 7.

In the 1910 census, he is the 84 year-old widower Thomas Haugen living with his son C. T. Haugen and family in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

Thomas N. Haugen, one of the oldest of the pioneers in this community died Sunday, March 6, 1921 at his old home in Warsaw township. He became ill on the tenth day of January and was confined for the greater part of the time to his bed. He weakened day by day until he quietly passed away. He was born in Vang, Valders, Norway on December 18, 1825. {Not correct.} His parents were Nels and Marit Haugen. There, in the country of his birth, he spent his boyhood days at the home of his parents. In 1854, he emigrated to America and located at Manitowoc, Wisconsin where he resided for two years, then he moved to Goodhue County, Minnesota where he took a homestead, settling on 160 acres in Section 32 in Warsaw township. On this farm he made his home continuously until his death. In 1863 he was joined in marriage to Miss Gertrude Lyken by Rev. John Fjeld. She died on August 8, 1895. He leaves six children to mourn his loss: Nels Haugen, Minot, North Dakota Mrs. A.E. (Gertrude) Ramsey, Harvey, North Dakota Mrs. Rev. V.E (Anna) Boe, Finley, North Dakota Chris T. Haugen, who lives on the old homestead Thomas T. Haugen, Dennison, Minnesota Mrs. Carl Brekke, Sharon, North Dakota He also leaves a sister in Warsaw township a Mrs. A.T. Remmen. All of the children were present at the funeral except Mrs. Carl Brekke. Mr. Haugen was, at the time of his death, the oldest man in the community. He was also the oldest man in Vang's congregation and also the oldest in Rev. Haupt's charge. He was one of the organizers's of Vang's congregation and had always been a faithful member. He was a man of quiet disposition, loved and respected by his friends and neighbors. He took a great delight in mediating upon the word of God and was always a regular and faithful attendant at church. During the last year of his life he was feeble on account of poor health. There are now only a few left of those who came over from Norway in the same ship that he came. There are two yet living in Warsaw township; his sister, Mrs. A.T. (Thora) Remmen and H.E. Kasa, both of whom are younger than he was. The funeral was held Friday, March 11, 1921, with a short service at the home and regular services at Vang's Church. The services were conducted by Rev. A. Hauge who preached the funeral sermon. During the services at the church, Rev. V.E. Boe, of Finley, North Dakota, a son-in-law of the deceased, made a few remarks and spoke briefly on the beautiful an Christian life that the deceased had lived. After Rev. Boe had spoken, he sang a solo, "I Know of a Sleep in Jesus Name" in the Norwegian language. The remains were then taken to Vang's cemetery where interment was made. The pallbearers were: E.E. Haugen, T.L. Soine, Mr. T. Holten, E.H. Holien, A.E. Flom and A.O. Bonde.

Baptism:
Hurum

Confirmation:
Hurum

Thomas married Gjertrud Christophersdatter LYKKEN in 1863. Gjertrud (daughter of Christopher Gulbrandsen BERGE and Gjertrud Torgeirsdatter JØVNE) was born in Feb 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Aug 1895 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Sep 1827, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang C, p. 170, shows him as born in 1827 on Kvie 96/5.

Birth:
or 12th of Aug

Baptism:
Hurums

Family/Spouse: Anne Gurine HANSDATTER. Anne was born in 1829 in Telemark, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 calls her Thora Nilsdatter Qvien.

Family/Spouse: Anders Thomasen REMMEN. Anders (son of Tomas Helgesson REMME and Ragnhild Andrisdotter N HAMRE) was born on 12 Aug 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 14 Jun 1913 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Høre, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Aug 1820, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is not listed in the Vang bygdebok.

The name of the Slidre farm where he was born seems to be Skishelden or Spirhelden. Surname shown here was at the time of his marriage.

Came to the U.S. in 1851.

In the 1860 census, he was a farmer in the town of Greenville in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. He was called Kennek Gulickson, age 40, with wife Maria, age 40. Children are Joan M., 16, Steena, 14, George, 7, and Martin, 4.

In the 1900 census, he was called Knudt Gulliksen, a widower, b. August of 1820. He was living with his son George and his family in Monona County, Iowa.

Knut married Maria Johannesdatter SKJEFSTAD on 25 Jun 1843 in Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway. Maria (daughter of Johannes Olsen SKJEFSTAD and Mallene Christophersdatter) was born on 12 Jun 1820 in Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway; died on 22 Dec 1895 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his wife arrived in Milwaukee on 16 Sep 1847, four-and-a-half months after leaving their homes in Norway.

Birth:
Helle 107/5-8 Nerhelle

Family/Spouse: Kari Torsteinsdatter BUNDE. Kari (daughter of Torstein Øysteinson BUNDE and Berit Olsdatter EGGE) was born on 7 Sep 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Feb 1907 in Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Andersdatter GARSTAD. Sigrid (daughter of Andris Halvardsen HAGEN and Ambjørg Olsdatter LYKKJA) was born in 1788 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
dwfrench1 says 30 Apr 1885 in Liberty Twp, Manitowoc County.

Family/Spouse: Roland Anderson JOMEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Abt Jul 1803, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

A Halvor Pedersen, age 15, son of Peder somebody, was confirmed in Slidre on 2 Aug 1818 in Røns church. The record suggests that he was baptized in a home baptism on Hande and that his father was born in Tordstad.

On Handemÿren at the time Guri was born.

In the 1865 census, he is 62 and his wife Barbro is 61. He is gbr on Hande 99a in Vestre Slidre. Living with them are their daughters Ingeborg, 18, and Guri, 25, Peder Halvorsson, 31 (presumably the son of Halvor and Barbro), Gunhild Reiersdatter, 25, wife of Peder, and their sons, Halvor Pederson and Reier Pederson, ages 6 and 2. Finally, as Føderaadskone, is Ingrid Halvorsdatter, 76, and unmarried (apparently never married).

In the 1875 state census, he and Barbro were living with their son Ole H. in Swift County, Minnesota. They were shown, incorrectly, as ages 58 and 60, respectively.

Baptism:
“Lomen frå Hurum”

Family/Spouse: Barbro Nielsdatter HØYNE. Barbro was born in 1806 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Dec 1882 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried on 30 Dec 1882 in East Norway Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Surname may have been Hande. dwfrench1 says Tørstad.

Birth:
Knutson Montgomery Family Tree

Died:
Knutson Montgomery Family Tree

Family/Spouse: Ole Knudsen JARSTAD. Ole (son of Knud Gulbrandsen NESJA and Ingeborg Olsdatter SKATERUD) was born on 15 Feb 1809 in Norway; died on 5 Jun 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Skjel 21/ Sørre

Family/Spouse: Ola Nilssen DALE. Ola was born in 1830 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Oct 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Ivar Gunnarson NEFSTAD. Ivar (son of Gunnar Ivarsen TVEIT and Kjersti Nilsdatter ROGN) was born on 18 Apr 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Mar 1902 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Helgesen ROGN. Ole (son of Helge Tomasson JEVNE and Marit Gjermundsdatter ROGN) was born on 25 Jun 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Andris Eivindsson ELLESTAD. Andris was born in 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was his parents’ youngest child. He is called Per in the bygdebok.

In the 1900 census, he was Peter Bunde, living with his wife Betsey and their 7 childen in Center Twp, Nelson County, North Dakota. He had come to the U.S. in 1881, his wife in 1885.

Birth:
date from NDPDI

Peder married Berith Østensdatter HELLE about 1887. Berith (daughter of Østen Nielsen BUNDE and Anne Olsdatter HELLE) was born on 24 Jan 1864 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Sep 1934 in Grand Forks County, North Dakota; was buried in Center Lutheran Cemetery, Nelson County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was the older of the two brothers named Andris. The younger one, by three years, lived only 5 years.

Birth:
Bunde 97/6

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Rønjusdotter TØRSTAD. Sigrid was born in 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vilhjelm married Anne Østensdatter HELLE on 9 Jan 1884 in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. Anne (daughter of Østen Nielsen BUNDE and Anne Olsdatter HELLE) was born about 1861 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Andersdatter ELLESTAD. Marit (daughter of Anders Johannessen ELLESTAD and Barbro Jøgersdatter LOKEN) was born on 2 Jun 1823 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Nov 1895 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 414) says that she married Torleiv and came to the U.S.

Family/Spouse: Torleiv Andrisson RØVANGSMOEN. Torleiv (son of Anders Johannessen ELLESTAD and Barbro Jøgersdatter LOKEN) was born on 28 May 1826 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1909 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Gaardbruger Selveier

Notes:

Not living with his parents at the time of the 1865 census. Shown as Halvor Arnesen, Gaardbruger, born 1832 in Vang, living with his wife, Sigrid Jørgensdatter (born 1838 in Gols Prgj. i Hallingdal), and daughter, Tora Halvorsdatter (born 1864 in Vang), on the Helle øvre farm in Vang i Oppland.

In the 1886 land register, he is probably the Halvor Arnesen who owns a portion (106-4, old 96-179 and 96-182) of Helle øvre in Hurum.

The family is still on the Helle øvre (gaard) farm, farm unit 4a, in the 1900 Norwegian census. The household consists of Halvard and Sigrid and their daughter Berit and son Arne.

Hallvard married Sigrid Jørgensdatter BAKKE in 1863. Sigrid was born in 1838 in Gol, Hallingdal, Buskerud, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Oct 1833, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She and Øystein did not have children. Sigrid did have to endure the indignity her husband’s illegitimate daughter being born two months after their wedding.

Sigrid married Øystein Jøgersson ARNEHAUGEN on 14 Jul 1864 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Øystein was born in 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Gaardbruger Selveier (1900 Census)

Notes:

Supposedly changed name to Spelleman, became famous for playing the violin, and toured the USA. This is not true; perhaps he is confused with another Anders.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, this Anders is the main farmer on Helle øvre (gaard), farm unit number 4b, in Vang, Valdres. He is married. The other two residents of that farm are Anders’s younger brothers, Knut and Ole, both still single. Knut is a snedker, Ole is a skomager.

The bygdebøk says that Anders lived in Lykkjun, farm 106/4 of Ø. Helle. Specifically, “ein mindre part, med tun ovafor gardstunet.”

Anders married Margit Eivindsdatter TØRSTAD in 1891. Margit was born about 1844 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ola Olsen BEITO. Ola was born about 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Mar 1841, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not listed as living with her parents at the time of the 1865 census. A Marith Arnesdatter, born 1843 in Vang, is shown as unmarried, Tjenestepige, and living with the family of Thosten Nielssen and Guri Endresdatter on the Løkken farm in Vang i Oppland.

To Quebec, via Bergen, aboard the Valkyrien in 1869. She arrived in Quebec in June.

The estimable dwfrench1 doesn’t know what happened to her either.

Notes:

In the 1900 Norwegian census he is single, a snedker, living on the Helle øvre (gaard) farm run or owned by his brother Anders. There is some suggestion (“Fælles husholdning ned Ole Arnesen.”) that Knut and his brother Ole maintain a separate household on that farm.

Carpenter. Never married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-013021
• Baptism: 27 Sep 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 23 Jun 1861, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

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.

Birth:
From Jim, Berit’s birth location is the Høre (Hurum) parish, a part of Vang i Valdres closer to Øystre Slidre.

Died:
“Mrs. Ove Ellingboe”

Buried:
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.

Berit married Ove Ovesen ELLINGBOE on 1 Jun 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ove (son of Unknown and Marit Olsdatter ELLINGBØE KVAM) was born on 24 Mar 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was christened on 17 Apr 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Feb 1899 in New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota; was buried on 9 Feb 1899 in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 Norwegian census he is single, a skomager, living on the Helle øvre (gaard) farm run or owned by his brother Anders. There is some suggestion (“Fælles husholdning ned Knut Arnesen.”) that Ole and his brother Knut maintain a separate household on that farm. The farm has a “haandverkshus”, perhaps a separate building in which Ole may have had his shoemaker business.

Shoemaker. Never married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 May 1852, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not listed as living with her parents at the time of the 1865 census. Didn’t seem to be listed anywhere else either.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Oct 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Farm surname inferred from names in the birth record for Ole. The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 187), calls it Vøvle.

Baptismal sponsors: Randi Evensdatter {something}bakken, Bereth Arnesdatter Helle, Mareth Andersdatter and Vilhelm {somebody}son Bonde, Ole Olsen Veblen

Vang C, p. 212, says Anne came to Amerika “der gift med ein frå Sogndal.”

Avis Berger calls her Anna K E Omundson.

Birth:
98/1

Baptism:
Høre church

Anne married Knud Anderssen BUNDE in 1879. Knud (son of Andris Knutson LYKKENS and Marit Trondsdatter BUNDE) was born on 28 Feb 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and Ingrid moved to N. Kvisl 12/1 in Vestre Slidre in 1884.

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Knutsdatter SKEIE. Sigrid (daughter of Knut Nilson SKEIE and Ingrid Knudsdatter LYKKJUN) was born in 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1950 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Helle 106/2 Øvre, Reino, Høre

Family/Spouse: Nils Nilsen KVIEN. Nils (son of Nils Nilsen KVIEN and Anne Andrisdatter BELSHEIM) was born in 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1906 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 347) shows him born in 1831. The 1865 census shows him as age 45, implying that he was born in 1821.

Vang C, p. 232 shows 1822 and calls him Knut Endresson Tørpe and his wife as Gjartrud Tomasdatter Ellestad.

In that 1865 census, he is a husmann med jord on Veflen Øvre.

He is living with his son Thomas in the 1900 census.

Family/Spouse: Giertrud Tomasdatter ELLESTAD. Giertrud (daughter of Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD and Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 7 Oct 1819 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Apr 1893 in Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to the U.S. in 1869 according to the bygdebok.

He was on Tørstad when Ragnild was born. He was on Brekken 91/ when Margrethe was born.

Family/Spouse: Margrethe Knudsdatter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Oct 1823, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 284) does not include her as a child of Ola and Ragnhild.

Sigrid and Berit emigrated in 1864 to settle at first on the farm of Berit and Einar Bonde in Rice County.

She was a widow living with or near her son Ole in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, in the 1900 census. She had come to the U.S. in 1864 and had one child, no longer living (sic).

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: Østen Tostensen BUNDE. Østen (son of Torstein Øysteinson BUNDE and Berit Olsdatter EGGE) was born in 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole K N FRAMSTAD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 May 1828, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not in Vang’s 1865 census,

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: Gunder GJEVRE. Gunder (son of Gunnar Andrison Dy GIVRE and Berit Olsdatter GIVRE) was born on 17 Nov 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Dec 1895 in Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Feb 1834

Notes:

Shown as Ann Framstad on Sigrid’s death certificate. Shown as Anna Framstad (#I54396) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree.

The Peterson/Long family tree on Ancestry has her born 6 Jan 1834 in Framstad/Høre in Vang.

Birth:
shown as 13 Jan 1836 on her gravestone

Died:
Date on her gravestone. As Anne Frovold.

Anne married Ole Knudsen TØRSTAD on 22 Apr 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole (son of Knut Thomassen TØRPE and Sigrid Olsdatter LIEN) was born on 14 Dec 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he and his family lived on Helle nedre in Hurum, Vang. The household included his father, Peder Olsson, age 74, widower, Føderaadsmand.

Birth:
Nedre Helle or Eikren in Høre

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Andersdatter KJØS. Sigrid (daughter of Anders Ericksen KJØS and Berith Gudmundsdatter REMME) was born on 1 Jan 1823 in Årvoll, Aker, Akershus, Norway; died on 11 Aug 1868 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Eikra (Nerhelle) 107/4

Died:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Tore married Ingrid Torleivsdatter SKJEFTE in 1857. Ingrid (daughter of Torleiv Andrisson SKJEFTE and Sigrid Johannesdatter HÅLIEN) was born in 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1892 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 386. Brukar, Helle 107/5.

In the 1865 census, he and his family lived on Helle nedre in Vang.

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Olsdatter KVÅLE. Sigrid was born about 1824 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Apr 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Peder Killo IVERSON. Peder was born on 11 Mar 1839 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Aug 1833, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She had a home baptism on August 6th.

Baptism:
Hurum

Notes:

Birth:
Skehelde

Family/Spouse: Anne Gunnersdatter BUNDE. Anne (daughter of Gunder Østensen BERGE and Ambjørg Knudsdatter BUNDE) was born on 24 Dec 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 Jan 1926 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ruth Hesnard has him born in 1812, dying in 1905, both in Øystre Slidre.

Family/Spouse: Anne Andersdatter ELLESTAD. Anne (daughter of Anders Johannessen ELLESTAD and Barbro Jøgersdatter LOKEN) was born on 12 Jun 1831 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Aug 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, as Thomas Veflen, he was a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County, as Thomas Veflen, born in Norway in May of 1851. His wife was Magret, to whom he has been married for 9 years. He came to the U.S. in 1869.

In the 1910 census, he was still in Wang Twp as Thomas Weflen. It’s his 2nd marriage, her first. They had been married for 17 years. She had had 6 children, 4 still living.

In the 1920 census, he is a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County.

In the 1930 census, he was Thomas K. Weflin, age 78, living in Granite Falls in a house that he owns. The rest of the household is his wife Margaret, 58, his daughters Frances, 27, and Palma, 14, his brother John, 72, and two boarders.

He may be the Thomas Weflen who died 11 Oct 1932 in Yellow Medicine County.

Birth:
Helle i Hurums

Baptism:
Hurums

Thomas married Ragnild Andersdatter HAGEN on 18 Mar 1883 in Renville County, Minnesota. Ragnild (daughter of Anders Syversen ELTUN and Guro Trondsdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born on 29 Sep 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Jun 1888 in Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Margaret Eriksdatter LOCKREM about 1893. Margaret (daughter of Eric LOCKREM and Maren Olsdatter Sløtet KVAM) was born on 14 Feb 1873 in Minnesota; died in 1950 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As John K, he is living with his brother Thomas in the 1930 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Aug 1852, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

“tree fell on him”

Buried as Thomas K. Thompson.

He is not mentioned in the obituaries of either of his parents even though he was 11 years old when his mother died and was clearly her son according to the Vestre Slidre birth records.

The church book record for his birth indicates that he was the 2nd instance of leiermaal for both parents.

Baptism:
he was given a private baptism at home on April 18th by his aunt Berit Thomasdatter Ellestad

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1938-MN-003493
• Baptism: 6 Nov 1853, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The Ole Forstrom (shown as Fostrom) family were farming in Eureka Township at the time (June 5th) of the 1880 census. The family consisted of Ole, 39, Betsey, 26, Thomas, 6, and Eda, 3. Also apparently living with them was Thomas Thompson, 21, shown as “cousin.”

By the 1900 census, Betsy is a widow and still living in Eureka Township not far from Peter Thompson. She is 46 (born Oct 1853 in Norway) and came to the U.S. in 1855. Living with her is her sons Olai B., 16 (born Feb 1884) and Arthur J., 9 (born Nov 1890). Arthur is still in school but Olai is shown as a farm laborer. Betsy is shown as having borne 7 children, 5 still living. Also living with her, although also shown as “head,” is her son Thomas, 25 (born June 1874), and Thomas’s wife Tina, 24 (born May 1876). Thomas and Tina have been married for 5 years and have two children (Tina has had a third one who is now dead): Norris O., 3 (born Dec 1896), and Clarence T., 1 (born April 1899).

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Mrs. Betsey Fostrom of Farmington. She was a member of the Samband between 1910 and 1916. In her entry she is erroneously listed as the daughter of Peter Thompson.

In the 1920 census, she is shown to have come to this country in 1855 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1857.

An obituary:

In the death of Mrs B. E. Forstrom, Dakota county pioneer for 82 years and highly respected woman of Lakeville, the community loses a beloved character, known and admired by everyone. To her friends she was Grandma Forstrom. News of her demise came rather suddenly Tuesday morning, September 27, 1938 at the home ofher son Arthur, where she has made her home. She was able to be out-of doors on Saturday for a walk. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at the Arthur Forstrom residence and 2:00 o'clock at the Lutheran Free Church in Eureka. Burial will be beside her husband in the adjoining cemetery. Three ministers will have charge of the service, Rev J. R. Langsjoen, the pastor; Rev B. L. Sundal, former pastor; and Rev A. H. Gjevre, pastor of St. John's at Lakeville. Mrs. Sundal will sing several favorite requests of the deceased. Pallbearers will be Milford Halling, Rudolph Ruh, Sherman Torbinson, Oscar Shirley, Sylvester Steen and Carlton Leine. Betsy Thompson was born in Valders, Norway, October 14th, 1853. At the age of one and a half, she imigrated to the United States with her parents, arriving at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, from where they moved to Nerstrand, Minnesota, after a short period in Wisconsin. In the early spring of 1857, the family pre-empted a homestead near the Twin churches in Eureka township, where she lived until her marriage to Ole Forstrom, at which time they purchased the farm where Eureka Center is now located. There a family of seven children were born, two of whom died in infancy and a daughter, Ida (Mrs Ed Ruh) preceded her mother in 1905. Mr Forstrom, the husband, is also deceased. Those surviving to mourn the loss of a loving mother are Thomas of Montana, Edward, Robert and Arthur of Lakeville; also nine grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Mrs Forstrom will not only be missed by her family but a host of friends in Lakeville, Eureka and the surrounding territory will feel the loss of a kind friend and helpful neighbor. She had an unusual personality that won for herself friends wherever she went and this warm friendly spirit will live on through the years. 10-14-1853/09-27-1938 COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON

Jane Gilbertson Nelson also compiled the puzzling obit for “little Ole Forstrom” as well as this one for which there is no confirmation in either the birth or the death records of the MHS or of the cemetery record for Highview in the Dalby database:

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANIA LUTH. CHURCH & CEMETERY, EUREKA TWSP. DAKOTA COUNTY, MN. COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON. Name: Gladys Caroline Forstrom Birth: July 19, 1926 Death: August 2, 1926 Father: Ole E. Forstrom Mother: Betsy Forstrom Little Gladys lived 15 days and is buried in the Christiania Lutheran Free Church cemetery, Eureka township. 07-19-1926/08-02-1926

{Clearly this could not have been a child of 72 year-old Betsy.}

Family/Spouse: Ole Endresen FORSTROM (FYSTRO). Ole (son of Endre Endresen and Kari Olsdatter) was born on 27 Dec 1840 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Oct 1897; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Jun 1854, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her uncle Knud Thomassen was her responsible person.

She accompanied her mother in emigrating to the U.S. in 1855.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Sep 1857, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Referred to by Alison as Berit Andersdatter Ellestad

Shown in the 1865 census as Berit Andersdatter.

Arrived in the U.S. on 11 Jun 1877 as Berit Ellestad aboard the Brittanic.

Described by Rose as “a big fat woman.”

According to Evey, Betsy was living in or near Mayville, North Dakota, in 1890.

Called “Bergie P” in Ida’s baptismal record.

In the 1930 census, she is a widow and is living with her daughter Lydia and family in Bingham Twp, Traill County, North Dakota.

Not in the 1940 census. Not in the death records of either Minnesota or North Dakota.

Died:
The 1945 is on her gravestone. The more precise date is from Find A Grave. The death is not in the Minnesota Death Index nor is it in the North Dakota death index.

Family/Spouse: Peder I TWENGE. Peder was born about 1860; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Berit married John SWENSON about 1891. John was born in Jun 1845 in Sweden; died on 2 Nov 1925 in Polk County, Minnesota; was buried in Skatvold Cemetery, Climax, Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1941-MN-013375

Notes:

Referred by Alison as Thomas Anderson Ellestad. Also referred to as Tomas Thompson. Shown in the 1865 census as Thomas Andersen. Buried as Thomas Thompson.

Apparently living with, and helping out on the farm of, his aunt Betsey and her husband Ole Forstrom in Eureka Township at the time of the 1880 census (June 5th).

Farming in Madison Township, Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota, at the time of the 1900 census (June 1st). The family consisted of Thomas, 41 (born Nov 1858 in Norway), Randi, 33 (born Aug 1866 in Norway), Anna R., 8 (born Jan 1892 in Minnesota), Minnie B., 5 (born Nov 1894 in Minnesota), Elmer O., 4 (born Aug 1896 in Minnesota), Ingmar, 2 (born Feb 1898 in Minnesota), and Anton O., 2 months (born Mar 1900 in Minnesota). Randi had borne 8 children, 5 still living. She and Tom had been married for 12 years. She had come to this country in 1887, he in 1877. They owned the farm and it was mortgaged.

In the 1905 state census, the family was in Eagle Valley Twp where they had been for 3 years and 7 months. The family consisted of Thomas A Tompson, 45, Randi, 38, Anna, 12, Minnie, 10, Elmer, 8, Ingmar, 6, Anton, 5, Walter, 3, and Ruth 1.

Farming in Eagle Valley Twp, Todd County, in the 1910 census. This census shows Tom and Randi coming to the U.S. in 1891.

They (”T.A.” and “Arandi”) were still in Eagle Valley Twp in the 1920 census. Anton, Walter, Ruth, and Elmer were all still at home.

Tom Thompson and Randi were living in Eureka Twp, Dakota County, at the time of the 1930 census. See p. 9 of 14.

In the 1940 census, Thomas A and Randie Thompson were living in a rented residence in Castle Rock Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. In 1935, they had lived in a different location in rural Dakota County. Thomas and Randie had been educated through the 4th grade.

Came to this country in 1877.

Thomas married Rangdi Olsdatter ELLESTAD on 15 Jun 1888 in Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota. Rangdi (daughter of Ole Vilhelmson LUND ELLESTAD and Anne Endrisdatter BAGGETHUN) was born on 19 Aug 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Jan 1944 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried on 20 Jan 1944 in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1948-MN-003518

Notes:

Referred to by Alison as Erik Anderson Ellestad. Other names for Erik were THOMPSON, Edward A, THOMPSON, Erick Andrew and THOMPSON, Ernie A. Shown in the 1865 census as Erik Andersen.

dwfrench1 has no information on Erick’s wife or their descendants.

Family residence at the time of Erick’s birth: Høine Gård, Lomen Sogn, Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway

Naturalization as reported by Alison: 21 October 1897, 7th Judicial District Court, Long Prairie, Todd Co., Minnesota. Witnesses: E. C. Ellestad and Ben Gilbertson. Erick provided documentation that he made his initial declaration to become a US Citizen in the District Court of Dakota County, Minnesota. E. C. Ellestad may be Endre/Andrew Ellestad, perhaps the brother of the wife of Erik’s brother Tom and perhaps a cousin of Erik and Tom.

Came to live with Ole and Rose, apparently after his wife died.

Came to the U.S. in the spring of 1877 according to his obituary in the Northfield Independent on May 20, 1948. After their arrival in the U.S., Erick, his parents, brothers, and sisters lived in Farmington with Peter and Knute Thompson, his father’s brothers who “had already come and established homes. They made their home with them until they bought a farm in New Market by 1878. Erick attended public school in Dakota County. At the age of 21 his brother and he went to South Dakota to take homestead land, settling near Fredrick on a farm acquired by pre-emption. (Evey quotes her mother describing this as, “Someone had had a homestead there and had left it so [Erick] went to the courthouse and got a right to take that, you know, buy it.”) He, and later with his wife Gunhild, lived on their claim until 1890 when they moved to Hatton, N.D. (Rose said that the farm in South Dakota has “dried out.”) In 1892 or 1893, they moved to Clarissa, Minnesota. (Rose implied that they were going to Todd County because “Andrew Ellestad” lived there.) After a stay there of 25 years, he, with his family, moved to Waubun, and in 1940, he and his wife, whose health was failing, moved to Minneapolis.

“Mr. Thompson is survived by two brothers and one sister. Four brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. He leaves 20 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.”

Shown in the 1880 census as “Erick Thomson,” age 19, living with his parents in New Market.

Minnesota Death Certificate ID# 1948-MN-003518

In the 1900 census, Erick and Julia are living on their farm in Ward township, Todd County. The family consists of Erick, 39 (born May 1861), Julia, 31 (born January 1869), Rosie, 10 (born January 1890), Anna, 8 (born Sept 1892), Mollie, 7 (born Mar 1893), Edward, 4 (born August 1895), Melvin, 3 (born April 1897), and Ellen, 1 (born Oct 1898). Erick and Julie had been married 10 years and Julia had had 6 children, all living. Rosie had been born in South Dakota, Anna in North Dakota, and the other children in Minnesota. Erick emigrated in 1877, Julia in 1887. Their farm is apparently mortgaged.

They are on the same farm in Ward Township at the time of the 1910 census in late April. The family is shown as Ernie A., 49, Julia, 42, Molley, 17, Eddie, 14, Melvin, 13, Ellen, 11, Ida, 9, George, 6, and Clarence, 4. Ernie and Julia had been married for 20 years. Julia had had 9 children, all 9 still living. They now own the farm free and clear, no mortgage.

In the “Benton, Meeker, and Todd Counties Minnesota Farm Directory, 1913-1914” (probably 1914 for Todd County), the Erick A. Thompson farm is shown as being in Sections 6 and 7, Ward Township, Todd County, Browerville Post Office. In addition to Erick A., the farm household consists of Julia, spouse, and Melvin, Ella, Ida, George, and Clarence, children. They had been in the county for 21 years.

The 1914 land ownership map of Ward Twp, Todd County, Minnesota, shows that “A E Thompson” owned 40 acres in the southeast corner of Section 6 and Julia H Thompson owned 100 acres across the road in the northeast corner of Section 7.

In March of 1920, the census indicates that the Thompsons were living in Lake Grove Township, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. Clarence, Melvin, and George were still at home.

They were in the same place at the time of the 1930 census. Erick A. is shown as 61, his wife Gunhild is shown as 62, George is 26 and Clarence is 24. The family does have a radio. (Erick was 68 at the time, of course. The census taker may have mistaken Erick’s claim that he was born in 1861.) The date of emigration for Erick is shown as 1884 and 1886 for Gunhild.

In the 1940 census, Erick, Julia, and Clarence lived on the family farm in Lake Grove Twp, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. They lived in the same house in which they had lived in 1935.

After his wife died, he moved in with Rose and Ole Ellingboe.

His obit said that he had been a patient in Sanford Hospital in Farmington for six months. He had moved his family to Clarissa in 1892 and stayed there for 25 years during which time he helped establish a church and a school, was a township supervisor, and served on the school board. He moved to Waubun in about 1917 and then, with his wife’s health failing, he and Julia moved to Minneapolis in 1940. After her death he stayed mostly with Ole and Rose.

His obit claimed that he was survived by two brothers and one sister (John, Johnnie, and Belle) and was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.

Died:
stomach cancer

Erik married Gunhild Mikkelsdatter (Julia) DIGENE on 27 Feb 1889 in Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota. Gunhild (daughter of Mikkel Gudbrandsen DIGENE and Marit Eriksdatter DAHLEN) was born on 2 Jan 1868 in Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway; was christened in Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Mar 1942 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Mar 1942 in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-019117

Notes:

Also referred to Knute or Knut Thompson. Shown in the 1865 census as Knud Andersen. Buried as Knute A. Thompson. Shown in Minnesota Death records as Knute A. Thompson. Buried as Knute A Thompson.

By 1907, Knut was helping his parents on their farm. Rose, and later Ann, was sent to help.

Shown as Knut A. Thompson in the 1910 census. Living in New Market township. The household consisted of Knut, 46 and single, Andrew, 79, Randy, 77, and Minnie, niece (? not clear), 15 (? not clear). Andrew and Randy had been married 51 or 57 years. Randy had had 10 children, 8 still living. Minnie was apparently born in Minnesota (not clear), the other three in Norway and having emigrated in 1877. Minnie is apparently a servant.

Knute seems to be a “lodger” in Duluth at the time of the 1920 census. He is shown as 56 with no occupation.

His death certificate shows him as a single farmer of “Elkoe.” He died of stomach cancer. His sister Mary Willson was the informant. He had lived with her at 3338 Oakland for a month and a half before he died.

It would have been shortly after Knut died that the Willsons to in Rangdi.

Birth:
May 10th according to his death certificate

Died:
died of stomach cancer and “obstruction of the pyloris.”

Buried:
230 EA 32

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1937-MN-019721
• Baptism: 8 Apr 1866, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Referred to by Alison as Marit Andersdatter Ellestad. The 1900 census shows her birth year as 1867.

Died at home (3338 Oakland Avenue S., Minneapolis) of cardiovascular renal disease brought about by pneumonia). She had been sick for 3 years.

Evey quotes her mother, Rose, as saying, “That Aunt Mary, you know, the Willson girls’ mother, you know, she was a darling. She always had to go and meet everybody, and have everybody over to her house, and she always had such nice food and nice house and the girls were so nice.”

Birth:
born February 2 according to death certificate

Buried:
cemetery records say burial was on May 8th; Section 31, Lot 207B, Grave 5

Mary married Adolph WILLSON (GLANZELIUS) on 28 May 1886 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Adolph was born in Oct 1861 in Sweden; died on 10 Mar 1948 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 13 Mar 1948 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1949-MN-015125

Notes:

Also known as John Thompson.

“Lived here with 8 children.”

In the 1900 census, he and Helga and his niece “Elma Wilson” lived on a rented farm in Webster Twp, Rice County.

In the 1910 census, he and his family live next door to Peter Thompson in Eureka township. The family consists of John A. Thompson, 40, Helga O., 30, Ralph O., 9, Margaret A., 7, Lillian B., 5, Helen C., 3, and Ruth A., 1. The children were born in Minnesota, the parents in Norway. The parents had been married for 10 years. All the children were born in Minnesota. Helga had had 5 children, all still living. John A. had come to this country in 1871, Helga in 1895. Their other next-door neighbor was the Edwin P. Ruh family. (John A. was also listed in the 1910 census with the Willsons in Minneapolis.)

At the time of the 1920 census (late January), the family was living in Eureka Township of Dakota County. The family consisted of John A., 50, Helga O., 39, Ralph O., 19, Margaret A., 17, Lillian B., 15, Helen A., 13, Ruth A., 11, Roger A., 8, Esther L., 6, and John O., 2 and 6 months. John came to this country from Norway in 1884 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1890. Helga came to this country from Norway in 1895 and was naturalized in 1901. Margaret is shown as a housekeeper for a private family.

At the time of the 1930 census (April), the family was living in New Market Township of Scott County. The family was John A., 61, Helga, 50, Ralph O., 29, Roger A., 18, Esther, 15, Johnny, 12, and Loyal, 9. John and Helga were married at ages 30 and 19 respectively and were both born in Norway.

Cemetery records show his year of birth as 1869.

The “Solor’s Lutheran Cemetery” was established in 1881 in Greenvale Twp, Dakota County. It was a 1 acre plot of land in Section 9, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter. The cemetery was later abandoned and moved to Webster Twp, Rice County, about 6 miles west, to the location of the Solor Lutheran Church of Webster. It is not clear whether or not anyone is still buried at the Greenvale Twp location.

His obit in the Faribault Daily News:

WEBSTER--(Special)--Funeral services for John A. Thompson, 80, who passed away at his home near Lakeville Sunday evening were held Wednesday afternoon, September 28, from the Solar Lutheran church, with the Rev. Hoff of Lakeville officiating. Burial was made in the Solar cemetery. John Thompson was born in Valdres, Norway, August 12, 1869. He was the son of Andrew and Randy (Elstad) Thompson. He came to this county with his parents at the age of 8, and settled in Lakeville community. On March 13, 1898 he was married to Hilga Hanson. He is survived by nine children, Mrs. George Bergstrom (Helen), Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Eldo Murray (Margaret), Mrs. Clarence Tonsager (Ruth), Mrs. William Geister (Esther) all of Minneapolis; Mrs. Joe Docken (Lillian) of Webster; Ralph and Roger at home; Loyal of Eureka Center, Johnny of St. Paul; and 19 grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Belle Bergerson and one brother, Johnny both of Minneapolis. His wife passed away June 22, 1943.

Jon married Helga Alida HANSON on 22 Mar 1900 in Scott County, Minnesota. Helga was born on 1 Apr 1882 in Norway; died on 23 Jun 1943 in Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in Solor Lutheran Church Cemetery, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also known as Iver Thompson. According to Rose, via Evey and Alison, Iver and Ole died of “black diphtheria” shortly after the family arrived in this country. Did not appear in the 1880 census.

Died:
diphtheria “after 1877”

Buried:
“probable burial”; not found by Debbie Boe in her indexing of the cemetery

Notes:

Also known as Ole Thompson. According to Rose, via Evey and Alison, Iver and Ole died of “black diphtheria” shortly after the family arrived in this country. Did not appear in the 1880 census.

Died:
diphtheria “after 1877”

Buried:
“probable burial”; not found by Debbie Boe in her indexing of the cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1966-MN-010646

Notes:

Also known as Belle Thompson. Shown in 1880 census as “Ingebor.”

Still living with her parents at the time of the 1900 census.

In the 1905 state census, she is 28 year-old Belle Thompson, a tailor, living with her sister Mary Willson and family in Minneapolis.

Shown in the 1930 census as Belle Bergeson living in Duluth at 1631 First Street as a servant for Isabel White, 80, and her son Chester, 43. Belle is shown as first marrying at the age of 29.

She was a housekeeper living with George Strom in Duluth in the 1940 census. She had lived in Minneapolis in 1935.

She lived in Minneapolis at the time of her brother Jon’s death.

BERGERSON, BELLE  

Minnesota Death Certificate ID# 1966-MN-010646   

 Date of Birth: 05/14/1875
 Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE
 Mother Maiden Name: QUALLE
 Date of Death: 04/24/1966
 County of Death: HENNEPIN

Ingeborg married Nick BERGERSON about 1905. Nick was born on 13 Mar 1878 in Norway; died on 28 Dec 1928 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1964-MN-008242
• Occupation: Street car conductor, teamster, machinist helper, painter

Notes:

Also known as Johnnie Thompson.

Appears to be listed as “Johanna”, a female, in the 1880 census.

In the 1910 census, he is John A. Thompson, a 32 year-old single street car conductor, living with his sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Adolph Willson in Minneapolis.

In the 1920 census, on January 14, 1920, he is John A. Thompson, living at 3740 30th Ave. (This is the house that Minnie’s parents lived in in the 1910 census.) (ED #219, image 35 of 40, Ward 12).

In the 1930 census, he is Johan A. The family is still living at 3740 30th Avenue in south Minneapolis in a house worth $4500 that they own. The household does not have a radio. Johan is a machinist helper at the steam railroad shops.

In the 1940 census, he is Johan. He and Gyda and their daughters live at 3740 30th Avenue in south Minneapolis. He is a painter.

He lived in Minneapolis at the time of his brother Jon’s death.

Died as Johan A.

He died at home of a heart attack. He lived at 6820 16th Avenue South in Richfield when he died. He was a painter and a widower. His wife was Minnie. His daughter Evelyn was the informant for his death certificate.

Died:
at home

Johannes married Gyda Magdalene (Minnie) BENSON on 26 Oct 1910 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Gyda (daughter of Haakon BENSON and Lina Andrine Olsdatter) was born in 1877 in Norway; died on 20 Dec 1949 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1935-MN-013429

Notes:

Widowed spouse of Thomas G. Ellingboe according to entries in the Northfield city directory. She appears in the 1899, 1903, 1921, and 1926 city directories. Her maiden name of Soine comes from her daughter’s death certificate.

In the 1895 census she is a widow living with her daughter Mabel in Northfield.

In the 1900 census she is a widow dressmaker living with her daughter in Northfield. In that census, she is shown as born in Minnesota.

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Anna T Ellingboe, widow of Thomas G, a dressmaker living and working at 105 E 5th.

In the 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Anna M Ellingboe, widow of Thomas, residing at 429½ Division.

She was living with the Federmans in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

In the 1929 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Anna Ellingboe, the widow of Thomas, residing at 411 Washington in Northfield.

She died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Buried:
Funeral through St. John’s.

Anna married Thosten (Thomas) ELLINGBOE on 3 Nov 1881 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Thosten (son of John Øysteinsen ELLINGBØE (BÖE) (BØKKO) and Margrete Øysteinsdatter BØE) was born on 1 Nov 1859 in Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin; died on 9 Oct 1889 in Minnesota; was buried on 11 Oct 1889 in Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1944-MN-004632

Notes:

Married his first cousin.

Farming in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County in the the 1900 census. Living next to his father Lars.

In the 1930 census, he and Anna were still living in Warsaw Twp with their sons Ludvig and Abraham. Son Carl was living next door.

Thomas married Anna Theoline ELLESTAD on 2 Jul 1892 in Swift County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Ole Tomason ELLESTAD and Sigrid HOLLEN) was born in Dec 1873 in Minnesota; died on 9 Mar 1943 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“Betsey”, age 9, in the 1870 census.

Born September of 1860 according to the 1900 census.

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Mrs. J N Kildahl of St. Paul. She was a member of the Samband in 1904.

Living with her son Karl in North Dakota at the time of the 1930 census.

Living with her daughter Anna in South Dakota at the time of the 1940 census.

Bertha married Johan Nathan KILDAHL about 1883. Johan (son of Johan Nilssen and Nikolina Andersdatter BUVARP) was born in Jan 1857 in Beitstaden, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 25 Sep 1920 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she had had 8 children, 6 still living.

Called Molla.

Marit married Andrew A ESTREM on 8 May 1884 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Andrew (son of Anfind Andersen AUSTREIM and Marit Knutsdatter DE TASA) was born on 14 Mar 1859 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 3 Feb 1920 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 6 Feb 1920 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-022662

Notes:

Called June in the 1870 census.

Also called Jennie.

Family/Spouse: Anders HØVERSTAD. Anders (son of Andris Andrisson HØVERSTAD and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter AUSTREIM) was born in 1864 in Minnesota; died on 14 Apr 1887 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gjertrud married John Martin SVIEN in 1897. John (son of Johan-Henrik Johannesson SVIEN and Berit Helgesdotter KASA) was born in 1855 in Wisconsin; died on 12 Oct 1920 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1885 state census, she was the 17 year-old Berit Soine living with her married sister Bertha in Holden.

In Find A Grave, she is assigned to the wrong parents.

In the 1940 census, she is still living in Holden with her son Arthur.

Find A Grave has her having an additional child, Paul Gerhard, b. 20 Sep 1907, d. 24 Sep 1907. That would be consistent with her entry in the 1910 census which shows her as having had 7 children, 6 still living.

Berit married Knute Arnfinnson ESTREM on 2 Jun 1896 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Knute (son of Anfind Andersen AUSTREIM and Marit Knutsdatter DE TASA) was born on 13 Jun 1860 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 23 Dec 1926 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The details for this child are from Traci’s tree.

Notes:

“Thrown from horse.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1914-MN-004937

Notes:

In the 1880 census she is age 4. In the 1895 state census she is age 19 and living at home. She is shown as a single “schoolteacher” living with her parents in the 1900 census.

According to her death certificate, the parents of Christine Kasa were Lars Soine and Anna Ellestad. However, the death certificate shows Christine’s birth date as 6 Oct 1878. The 1910 census shows that Christine Kasa was born in 1878. We’ll show the 1900 census’s birthdate because it is consistent with most other information but there is an irreconcilable difference here.

The 1910 census shows her marriage to Erick as his second and her first.

She died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Christine married Erik KASA on 24 Feb 1909 in Meeker County, Minnesota. Erik (son of Helge (Henry) Eiriksson KASA and Ingrid Ivarsdatter (Ida) ELLINGBØ) was born on 26 Sep 1869 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 6 Jul 1964 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christine married John Albert TASA on 5 Dec 1900 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. John (son of Thomas Knutsen TASA and Ambjørg Ivarsdatter OLDRE) was born on 5 Aug 1875 in United States; died on 9 Nov 1905; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Alfred SOINE in 1903. Alfred (son of John Jonson SOINE and Ingeborg Ovesdatter KATTEVOLD) was born on 19 Feb 1882 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 25 Dec 1967 in Canada; was buried in Woodslee United Church Cemetery, South Woodslee. Essex County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried as Thomas Thompson.

The first child with this name born to Peter and Barbro.

Cemetery records show date of birth as April 22nd.

“died, consumption”

Not included with the family at the time of the 1870 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Washington Death Certificate: 22661

Notes:

Called John in the 1870 census. Not living with his parents in the 1880 census.

May be the Olai J. Thompson, age 19, who was a druggist clerk in Fergus Falls in the 1880 census. This Olai was born in Minnesota and both of his parents in Norway. He was a boarder with a druggist named A. Shore.

In the 1910 census, may be the Olai Thompson, 49, living with his wife Mary in Seattle. They live in a house that they own, have been married for 26 years, and have no children. Olai works in the grocery business. Olai was born in Minnesota and both of his parents were born in Norway. Mary, also 49, was born in South Dakota and both of her parents were born in Norway.

In the 1930 census, he is probably the Olai J. Thompson, a 69 year-old widower, living alone in Elliott, King County, Washington. This Olai was born in Minnesota and both of his parents were born in Norway. He was first married at age 23.

Probably is the Olai J. Thompson, age 91, who died in Washington on December 10, 1951. The death certificate number shown here assumes that.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1916-MN-025231

Notes:

An article in the Virginia Enterprise (7 Oct 1898) describing a visit to Anton by Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Thompson, said that Walter was a “closer” for the Singer Manufacturing Company in Duluth and that Walter was a member of the Republican county committee, a political difference from Anton who is chairman of the “local Towne and Lind Club.”

Anton ran for mayor in 1899 and lost by 4 votes.

In August of 1907, the Virginia newspaper reported that Anton was “seriously ill at his home on Central, … [suffering] from acute appendicitis in conjunction with his recent injury received in a runaway, and his condition is said to be critical.”

By 1909, Anton was manager of the Singer Agency in Virginia. Anton got out of the business in July of 1912.

He lived in Virginia, Minnesota, in 1910 when his father’s entry in the Dakota/Goodhue County history was written.

Anton died of stomach cancer. He was a clerk for the Park Board of the city of Virginia which is where he resided. The informant for his death certificate was Nels A. Thompson of Duluth.

Died:
died at St. Luke’s Hospital, Duluth

Family/Spouse: Carrie S KNUTSON. Carrie (daughter of Martha L) was born about 1867 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried as Laura Thompson

Buried:
“with Peter & Barbro” 230 EA 32

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Nov 1868, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota

Notes:

An article in the Virginia Enterprise (7 Oct 1898) describing a visit to his brother Anton by “Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Thompson,” says that Walter was a “closer” for the Singer Manufacturing Company in Duluth and that Walter was a member of the Republican county committee.

In the 1900 census, Walter, 31 (b. March 1869 in Minnesota), Lillian, 27 (b. May 1873 in Michigan), and Walter’s sister Tillie M., 24 (b. Nov 1875 in Minnesota) were living in Duluth at 715 West 2nd Street. Walter was a manager of a sewing machine company.

In March of 1900, Walter was appointed city clerk by Mayor Hugo of Duluth.

An article in the Virginia Enterprise (2 Jan 1903) notes that “N. A. Thompson has gone to Superior where he assumes the agency of the Singer Manufacturing Co., succeeding Walter M. Thompson, who has been assigned to the management of the Duluth house.”

In the 1905 state census, he and Lillian live in Duluth at 617 East 3rd. He is an agent for a sewing machine company. Living with him and Lillian are two men who, like Lillian, also sell sewing machines. The two men, apparently boarders, are Edward Hanson, 45, and John A Johnson, 35.

In 1910, he (as Wilter M. Townsend) and his family are living at 617 East 3rd Street in Duluth. They now have a daughter, the only child Lillian has had. They also have a servant: Emmy Carlson, age 19, born in Minnesota of Swedish parents. Walter is a “local agent” for a sewing machine company.

Birth:
per Highview baptism record, ELCA

Baptism:
Highview

Walter married Lillian THORP on 6 Dec 1897 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Lillian (daughter of Henry T THORP and Louisa A MELITZER) was born on 3 Apr 1873 in Manistee County, Michigan; died on 2 Jan 1927 in Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1930-MN-026193

Notes:

An article in the Virginia Enterprise (2 Jan 1903) notes that “N. A. Thompson has gone to Superior where he assumes the agency of the Singer Manufacturing Co., succeeding Walter M. Thompson, who has been assigned to the management of the Duluth house.”

Nels and his family were living at 119 East 7th Street in Duluth at the time of the 1910 census. Nels was an agent for the Singer Company.

Nels was the informant for his brother Anton’s death certificate.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as N A Thompson of Duluth. He was a member of the Samband in 1920 and had been since 1906.

In the 1920 census, the family is living at 1820 East 7th Street in Duluth. Living with the family is a 75 year-old single woman named Anna _stad, born in Norway, andd shown as “aunt.” Nels is now a clerk in the post office.

In the 1930 census (April 7th), the family is still living at 1820 East 7th Street in Duluth. Nels is still a postal clerk and Bessie, living with them and still single, is a public school teacher. Peter is also living at home, no occupation shown. Two days after the census-taker visited, Nels was dead.

Nels married Jennie G ENGER on 14 Sep 1904 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Jennie (daughter of ENSTAD) was born on 8 Jun 1880 in Zumbrota, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 7 Dec 1962 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1963-MN-028313

Notes:

Single and living in Duluth with her brother Walter and his wife in the 1900 census.

She lived in Superior, Wisconsin, in 1910 when the entry for her father was written for the Dakota/Goodhue County history.

Married Edwin, a widower.

No mention of Edwin in the cemetery records. Listed in cemetery records as Thilda M. Thompson. Buried with her parents.

Died as Thilma M. Ruh. Buried as Thilda M. Thompson.

Buried:
“with Peter & Barbro”

Thilda married Edwin P RUH after 1930. Edwin (son of Olof Peterson RUH and Marit Knutsdatter) was born in Jan 1867 in Minnesota; died on 7 Dec 1939 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1924-MN-022548

Notes:

Single and living at home with her widowed father and brother Nels at the time of the 1900 census.

According to the entry for her father in the Dakota/Goodhue county history, she was a trained nurse living in St. Paul in 1910.

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Lillie E Thompson of Farmington. She was a member of the Samband between 1906 and 1911.

Also according to the Valdris Book, Lillie served in World War I as a Red Cross Army Nurse.

Her brother Nels A. was the informant for her death certificate. He had her buried in Duluth. Lillie died from tuberculosis.

Single. Never married.

Birth:
according to her death certificate

Died:
at St. Luke’s Hospital which was also her residence

Notes:

The second child with this name born to Peter and Barbro. Buried as Edward Thompson beside his mother and sister.

He graduated from the “state agricultural school.”

Buried:
“with Peter & Barbro”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 May 1872, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 17 Apr 1887, Minnesota

Notes:

Also known as Laura. Shown as Betsy L in the 1875 Minnesota census. She was the 23 year-old Laura in the 1895 Minnesota state census. At that time, she was still living at home with her parents.

She never married.

She may be the baptismal sponsor Betsey Ellestad for Martin O Ellingboe.

Baptism:
First Norway Lake Lutheran

Confirmation:
First Norway Lake Lutheran

Buried:
but the South Lake Johanna Lutheran Church record says West Norway Lake

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-004921

Notes:

Or Thealine.

Married her first cousin.

At the time of the 1900 census, she had had 4 children, only 2 of them (Ludvik, Clarence) still living.

Shown in the 1910 census as having borne 8 children, 6 still living. In the 1900 census, that was 4 and 2.

Anna married Thomas L SOINE on 2 Jul 1892 in Swift County, Minnesota. Thomas (son of Lars Christopherson SOINE and Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD) was born in Aug 1859 in Wisconsin; died on 17 Mar 1944 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1907-57-348
• Baptism: 1875, East Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Julia in the 1875 and 1885 Minnesota censuses.

Ida died from pyaemia (blood poisoning due to an abscess). Both of her parents were born in Norway.

She is probably buried in Layman’s Cemetery.

Ida married Anders Christian (Andrew) RASMUSSEN on 27 Oct 1897 in Swift County, Minnesota. Anders was born on 4 Jul 1872 in Denmark; died on 18 Feb 1913 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Layman’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1877, East Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Inferred from baptism record.

Notes:

Sophie is a 31 year-old widow in the 1910 census. She and her children were living with her late husband’s father in Kerkhoven Twp. She had had 4 children, 3 still living. Their neighbors were the Ole Ellingboes (#5122).

In the 1920 census, she and her three children live next to or with her brother Victor in Decorah Twp, Dunn County, North Dakota.

In the 1930 census, she was a 51 year-old widow and was living with her son Selmer and his family in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

She is included in the History of Kenyon on pp. 201, 202.

The Kjos Family Tree shows her death as 31 Dec 1954. The Washington Death Index shows a Sophia O Hagen dying in Mount Vernon on 30 Dec 1954. That Sophia had been born in “abt 1879.”

Sophie married Ole FRAMSTAD, Jr on 14 Feb 1900 in Swift County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Ole Olsen FRAMSTAD and Marit) was born about May 1877 in Minnesota; died on 10 May 1906 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophie married Ludvig HAGEN in 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Mar 1882, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 3 Oct 1897, Minnesota

Notes:

Still alive as the 13 year-old Emma in the 1895 Minnesota state census.

An Emma Ellestad was a baptismal sponsor for Roy O. L. Rasmussen at his 1903 baptism in Minneapolis.

In the 1940 census, she and her two adult sons live in Manhattan. She is shown as married but there is no husband in the household. She has no occupation.

In the 1950 census, she is unemployed and stilll lives at her apartment on West 177th Street in New York City. Her marital status is “separated.”

Confirmation:
South Lake Johanna Lutheran in Brooten

Emma married Clarence Arthur NICHOLS on 8 Sep 1909 in Pine City, Pine County, Minnesota. Clarence (son of Dan M NICHOLS) was born in Dec 1883 in New York; died in Apr 1977 in Queens, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed in the 1880 census.

Notes:

Shown as Thomas Elestad in the 1910 census, at which time he and his wife were living in Dunn County, North Dakota, on a farm nearby or adjacent to, the farm of Ole T. Elestad. (See notes for Ole.)

Registered for the draft on September 11, 1918, in Dunn County, North Dakota. The draft card is mostly illegible but it does show his birthdate and his middle name. He claims to be a farmer and his wife is Hannah. He has blue eyes and light hair.

Still living in Dunn County, N.D., on a farm he owns, in the 1920 census. He and Hannah now have four children.

In the 1930 census, the family is living on a farm in South Avon Precinct, Skagit County, Washington. The family is Thomas, 45, Hannah, 47, Olive, 15, Arvid, 13, Kendall, 9, Tillman, 7, and Winifred, 3. All of the children were born in North Dakota. Thomas and Hannah were married at ages 24 and 26, respectively.

Thomas married Hannah LARSON in 1909. Hannah was born on 16 Mar 1883 in South Dakota; died on 28 Mar 1951 in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 532-34-5690 Issued In Washington 1952-1954

Notes:

Shown as Victor J. Elestad, single and 22, at the time of the 1910 census. Living in Dunn County, North Dakota, on a farm nearby or adjacent to the farm of Thomas Elestad. Victor’s farm is shown as Section 14 or 19. (See notes for Ole.)

Not listed in the draft registrations for WWI.

By the 1920 census, Victor, now 31, had married Lena, 27. They were still living on a farm in Dunn County, North Dakota. They had three children, all born in N. Dakota.

By the time of the 1930 census (April 11th), Victor and his family had moved to North La Connor Precinct, Skagit County, Washington. (Victor’s brother had moved to Skagit County as well. See notes on Thomas.) The family consisted of Victor, 42, Lena, 38, Inez, 14, Edna, 13, Orville, 11, Everett, 9, and Virgil, 3 and 3 months. Virgil had been born in Washington; the other children in North Dakota. Also living with the family was Lena’s mother, Christine Larson, 76, a widow first married at age 20 and who came to this country in 1873. Victor and Lena had married when they were 26 and 22, respectively.

He registered for the World War II draft in 1942. At that time, he lived at Route 4, Mount Vernon, Washington. He gave as his “person who will always know your address” Mr. John Larson of Route 4, Mount Vernon. Victor was a self-employed farmer.

Victor married Olina J (Lena) LARSON in 1914. Olina (daughter of Johan LARSON and Christine STONE) was born on 21 Dec 1891 in Union County, South Dakota; died on 21 Jul 1987 in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Rudibraaten i Rogne

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsen RUDIBRAATEN. Ola (son of Knud Olsen RUDIBRAATEN and Marit Olsdatter RUDI) was born on 20 Jan 1856 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1944 in Auburndale, Wood County, Wisconsin. [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]

Family/Spouse: Marit DE Knutsdatter NESTE. Marit was born in 1853 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Wiig

Family/Spouse: Marit Evensdatter FRISTAD. Marit was born in 1841 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vick Family Tree

Family/Spouse: Knud Knudsen VIK. Knud (son of Knud Tollevsen VIK and Sebjør Engebretsdatter FAUSKE) was born on 9 Sep 1814 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1871 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eivind married Margrethe SYVERSON on 19 May 1881 in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Margrethe (daughter of Jørgen Syverson NEFSTAD and Anna Nielsdatter) was born on 25 May 1861 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emma HELGESON. Emma was born on 2 Nov 1871 in Brown County, Wisconsin; died on 24 May 1924 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Northfield News, Jan. 25, 1938:

Funeral services were held at Vang church Thursday afternoon, Jan. 6, for Nels T. Haugen, who passed away Monday morning, Jan. 3, at Minneapolis after a few days' illness of pneumonia. The services were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Adolph Egge, who preached the funeral sermon. During the services, Mrs. Gertrude Boe Overby of St. Olaf college, a niece of Mr. Haugen, sang two hymns, one in Norwegian and the other in English. There were many beautiful floral offerings, and several gifts in his memory from relatives and friends to missions and charity. The services were attended by a large number of people, who had come to pay their last respects to their departed friends. The Rev. V. E. Boe, a brother-in-law of the deceased, was present at the funeral and spoke briefly at the close of the services. The interment was made in Vang cemetery. The pallbearers were: John Ellingboe, Ole Hoiby, John M. Lie, Nels L. Nesheim, Anton Remmen and Ludvig Soine. Nels T. Haugen was born in Warsaw township December 20, 1862, a son of the late Thomas and Gertrude Haugen. He was baptized as a young child by the late Rev. B. J. Muus and confirmed in 1875 by the Rev. M. O. Boeckman of St. Paul who then was the pastor of Vang congregation. His boyhood days were spent attending the common and parochial schools of the neighborhood. In 1887 he was married to Miss Regina Brekke of Ottertail county, and there he and his wife were engaged in farming. Mrs. Haugen died in 1894. In 1900 the family moved to Minot, N. D. Shortly after his arrival at Minot, Mr. Haugen was employed for several years in the lumber yard of Tosten Kulaas, a former resident of Warsaw township. After several years' work in the lumber yard, he was appointed deputy sheriff of Ward county, N.D., which position he held for four years. In the year 1917 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Eide at Minot, and they went to farming near Minot until 1922, when they moved to this community, where they were engaged in farming until last fall, when they took up their residence in Minneapolis. After coming back to his old home community, he was for several years the janitor in Vang church, a work which he performed in addition to taking care of his farm work. Mr. Haugen was a man whom it was always a pleasure to meet. He had a pleasant smile and kind word for everybody. He made a large number of friends in whatever community he made his home. He leaves a large number of relatives and friends in this community. Endowed with a keen mind and a wonderful memory, he could relate incidents and interesting historical data from the pioneer days of this neighborhood. He was a great lover of horses and could many years afterwards speak of the color and the names of the horses which the pioneers had in the early days of this settlement. If anyone in recent years desired any information about the early history of this community, they were always referred to Nels Haugen. After coming back to the neighborhood where he was born, spent his childhood days and grew to manhood, he again became a member of Vang congregation. Besides his wife Mr. Haugen is survived by one son, Thomas, of Warsaw township and one daughter, Mrs. Carl Estrem, of Minneapolis. He also leaves two brothers, Chris T. Haugen of Warsaw township and Thomas T. Haugen of Northfield, and three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Ramsey of Harvey, N. D., Mrs. V. E. Boe of Finley, N. D., and Mrs. Carl Brekke of Ray, N. D.; fourteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Nels married Karen Regina BREKKE in 1887. Karen (daughter of Ole Karlsen BREKKE and Mari Ellen HOLUM) was born in 1866; died on 14 Feb 1894; was buried in Aastad Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nels married Anne Theoline EIDE in 1917 in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota. Anne (daughter of Peder Knudsen EIDE and Anne Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 8 Mar 1886 in Minnesota; died on 16 Nov 1945 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is shown as the recently-married Mary Boe, b. Jul 1870, living with her father and siblings in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

Called Anna in her father’s obituary.

Funeral services for Mrs. V. E. Boe, who passed away at her home Monday, April 21, were held Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran church with the pastor the Rev. B. R. Biorn, officiating. During the service Mrs. Edward Sovik, Jr., sang and she was accompanied on the organ by Mrs. G. B. Odegaard. Burial was made in the Vang cemetery, east of Dennison. Maria Haugen was born July 10, 1870, in Vang parish, the daughter of pioneers, who had emigrated from Vang in Norway in the early 1850's. She attended the rural public schools near her home and was confirmed in the Lutheran faith by the late Dr. J. N. Kildahl. Later she attended a business college in Red wing. On Dec. 23, 1899, she was married to Vigleik E. Boe, who at that time was a student at the United Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Paul. Following completion of his work at St. Paul, Pastor Boe accepted his first call to Finley, N.D., where they continued to make their home for many years. From 1908 until 1915 they served Zion Lutheran church on Staten Island. Later they spent three years at Osakis then returned to Finley, N.D., where they returned to their original parish. They continued on there until retirement in 1940 when they established their home in Northfield. Mr. Boe passed away in 1953. In recent years Mrs. Boe had made her home with her daughter, Miss Esther Boe. She is survived by three sons and three daughters. They are Mrs. Oscar Overby and Miss Esther Boe of Northfield and Mrs. Harold Everson of Baldwin, Wis.; Marcus Boe, Eagle Grove, Iowa; the Rev. Victor Boe of Concordia College, Moorhead and the Rev. Egbert T. Boe of Menominee, Wis. There are also two brothers, Christ and Thomas Haugen of Northfield and one sister, Mrs. Carl Brekke, of Ray, N.D.; 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Maria married Vigleik Engebretsen BOE in 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married his first cousin.

In the 1910 census, he was a farmer in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. Living with him and his wife and children were his father, Thomas, 84, and a nephew, Thomas, age 19, born in Minnesota.

In the 1920 census, he was a widower. Living with him were his children Gerhard, 15, and his daughter, Gertrude, 12, as well as his father, Thomas, age 94, and two servants, Tillie Holien, 32, and Erik Eckstrom, 29.

Christopher married Marith Torgersdatter LYKKEN on 1 Jan 1903 in Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Marith (daughter of Torger Christopherson LYKKEN and Gjartrud Vilhjølmsdatter BAGGETHUN) was born on 15 May 1873 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 3 Aug 1911 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: A E RAMSEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Faribault Daily News, July 16, 1963:

Funeral services were held Monday, July 15, at 2 p.m. at the Vang Lutheran church for Thomas T. Haugen, 86, who passed away at the St. Olaf Rest Home in Northfield, Thursday, July 11. In the absence of the regular pastor, the Rev. B. J. Blikstad, the Rev. H. S. Bly, officiated. The vocalist was Mrs.Oscar Overby with Mrs. Cyrus Midje at the organ. The pallbearers were Herbert Haugen, Donald Haugen, Gerhard Haugen, Andrew Hoverstad, William Hunt and George Sevcik. Interment was in the Vang Cemetery. Thomas T. Haugen, son of Thomas N. and Gertrude Haugen, was born Nov. 16, 1876, in Warsaw Township. He attended the local schools and was a member of the Vang Lutheran Church. He suffered a heart attack at the St. Olaf Rest Home, where he had lived since his retirement. He never married. He was well known in Dennison as he had been employed at the Dennison Elevator Co. and at the Dennison Hardware Store before going to Northfield, where he was employed for many years at Carleton College before he retired. He is survived by two brothers, Christ and Carl of Dennison and one sister in North Dakota. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and two sisters.

Notes:

She and Carl lived in Sharon, North Dakota, at the time of her father’s death.

Family/Spouse: Carl BREKKE. Carl was born on 6 Nov 1881 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; died on 3 Dec 1963 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Rainbow Valley Lutheran Cemetery, Ray, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hans Olsen FLOM. Hans was born on 28 Jan 1848 in Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1918 in Ward County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Although he survived his sister Marie, he was not mentioned in her obituary.

Family/Spouse: Anne LOCKREM. Anne (daughter of Kristoffer Larsen LOKREIMSHAUGEN and Berit Andrisdatter HØVERSTAD) was born on 1 Dec 1875 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 1 Feb 1948 in Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. John Carr Passes Away at Jamestown Home

Jamestown, N. D., March 6 --- Mrs. John Carr, wife of States' Attorney Carr, passed away at midnight Wednesday night, following an illness of about two weeks. Mrs. Carr has been in poor health for almost two years, but had been gaining in health and strength up to about the first of the year. About two weeks ago, she was taken with what was considered a very mild attack of influenza, and was not considered seriously ill until Wednesday noon. She failed very rapidly from then on until the time of death.

The deceased was forty-five years of age, having been born in Dennison, Minnesota, on May 19, 1874. Her maiden name was Marie Remmen, and she was married to Mr. Carr on August 22, 1905 in Minnesota, coming directly to Jamestown with her husband who had started in business here three years before. Mrs. Carr was a graduate of the State Normal School at Valley City and taught in the city schools at that place for about six years prior to her marriage.

Mrs. Carr leaves in addition to her husband, four children: Edwin, aged 13; Mary, aged 10; William, aged 5; and Martha, aged two years and five months. She also leaves her mother, Thora (Mrs. Anders T. Remmen) of Dennison, Minnesota, two brothers, Martin Remmen of Hettinger, North Dakota and Dr. Nils Remmen of Chicago, Illinois, and two sisters, Margaret (Mrs. Kjostel A. Bonhus) of Valley City, North Dakota and Randine (Mrs. Knute H. Braaten) of Belfield, North Dakota.

Marie married John William CARR on 22 Aug 1905 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]