Tomas Gullikson KVIE

Family/Spouse: Ragnhild Kristoffersdatter. Ragnhild was born in 1623 in Norway; died in 1717 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/3 Nigarden

Family/Spouse: Marit Andersdatter KJØS. Marit (daughter of Anders Torgerson KJØS and Kari Olsdatter KJØS) was born about 1650 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1719. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

grb Garstad 104/ i Høre

He is I1219 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes: Gullik also owned Høyme 7/8 in Vestre Slidre, but he mostly lived in Garstad and probably used Høyme as a farm. He changed his residence to Høyme around 1711 for part of Skeie in Høre, which he had until then used next to Garstad.

Birth:
Kvien 96/3 Nigarden

Family/Spouse: Barbro Embreksdatter GARSTAD. Barbro (daughter of Embrikt (Engebret) Bjørnson GARSTAD and Anne Knutsdatter HØVE) was born about 1664 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1729 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Iver Halvorson NORDTORP. Iver (son of Halvor Knudson NORDTORP) was born in 1691 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Garstad 104/ i Høre

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Ivarsdatter LIEN. Ingrid (daughter of Ivar Nilsen SEPTUN and Ragnhild Andrisdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1697 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Died:
Kvien

Family/Spouse: Anne Knudsdatter ØDEGÅRD. Anne (daughter of Knut Knutsen ØDEGÅRD and Ragnhild Ivarsdatter VEFLEN) was born in 1695 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Jun 1772 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marit married Gulbrand Anderson RØBØLE on 6 Jun 1747 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Gulbrand was born in 1713; died in Mar 1783 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

grb Hålien 109/5 Nordigarden Høre

Birth:
Garstad 104/ i Høre

Knut married Marit Knutsdatter HANDE in 1738. Marit was born in 1705 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Garstad 104/ in Høre

Family/Spouse: Nils Nilsen KVIEN. Nils was born about 1724 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Einer Østensen KVIEN. Einer was born on 2 Apr 1730 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Anne Nilsdatter RØVANG. Anne (daughter of Nils Jøgersen HØINE and Ingeborg Halvorsdatter BERGE) was born on 15 May 1731 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Jun 1772 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Iver married Ingeborg Eriksdatter PRESTEGARD on 28 Nov 1779 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Erik Svenson PRESTEGARD and Marit Arnesdatter LOMEN) was born on 24 Feb 1759 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hålien 109/5, Nordigarden in Høre

Family/Spouse: Barbro Knudsdatter HOLIEN. Barbro (daughter of Knut Johannesson HÅLIEN and Jørand Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born on 7 Apr 1748 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Jan 1775 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Garstad 104/ i Høre

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Olsdatter VEFLEN (KVIE). Sigrid (daughter of Ola Knutsson KVIEN and Berit Andrisdatter KVIEN) was born in 1752 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hålien 109/5

Died:
Hålien 109/1

Family/Spouse: Johannes Knutsen HÅLIEN. Johannes (son of Knut Johannesson HÅLIEN and Jørand Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1740 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/8 Kvieshaugen

Nils married Guri Hansdatter in 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Halvor Halvorsen HØYME. Halvor was born on 25 Feb 1765 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Jan 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Died:
Helle

Family/Spouse: Sidsel Knudsdatter HELLE. Sidsel was born in 1764 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Aug 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was shown as Erik Iversen Qvale in the birth records for Randi and Marit.

Birth:
Lommen

Erik married Ingeborg Jonsdatter ONSTAD on 6 Jul 1829 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Jon Svenson HEGGE and Kari Gulbrandsdatter ONSTAD) was born on 9 Oct 1808 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was the owner of Helle 106/5-6 Niegarden av Øvre Helle.

He is I7849 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes: Han var utkommandert soldat i 1789. Han brukte både Hålien 109/5 B og Helle., men 16.10.1797 makeskiftet han gården med Knut Olsen Helle (Kvie) mot 106/5-6 Øvre Helle. Knut og Kjersti hadde barna: Gullik (1790-) grb på Helle, Marit (1785-), Ambjørg (1787-) fikk Finnkjell (1809-) og Knut (1812-) med Finkjell Knutson Gryte, Ragnhild (1793-), Ingrid (1796-), Kjersti (1798-), gm Endre Vilhjølmson gårdbuker på Helle 106/2, Øvre, Barbro (1802-1840). Hun døde i legd på gården her. Hun fikk datteren Marit (1828-) med Gullik Thoamssen Høve og sønnen (Thomas med soldat Andris Jørgenson Kvieseiga.

Knut solgte Helle til Ola Erlendson Vøvle 1.5.1806 for 800 rd. Ola brukte gården i tre år før han solgte den til Knuts eldste sønn Gullik for det samme som han hadde gitt for den og flyttet tilbake til farsgården. I 1823 kjøpte han Hovda i VS og flyttet dit.

dwfrench1 calls him Knud Gulliksem Holien d.æ. and has him born in 1760.

Birth:
Hålien 109/5, Nordigarden i Høre

Family/Spouse: Kjersti Olsdatter EGGE. Kjersti (daughter of Ola Olsen EGGE and Ambjørg Gulliksdatter HOVI) was born in 1760 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Holien i Hurum

Died:
Høyme i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Knud Knudsen KVIE. Knud (son of Knud Engebretsen KVIE and Anne Knudsdatter KVIEN) was born on 7 Dec 1754 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1821 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Ivarsdatter KIRKEVOLD. Marit (daughter of Ivar Jørgenssen and Maria Frantzdatter FRIGSTAD) was born on 18 Oct 1778 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 215.

Birth:
Veflen 98/2 Nørre Høre

Family/Spouse: Marit Torsteinsdatter RØYNE. Marit (daughter of Torstein Knutson RØYNE and Marit Rønjusdatter NORDTORP) was born in 1793 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 98/2, Nørre, Høre

Berit married Trond Torleivsen MØSAKER in 1796. Trond (son of Torleiv Kristoffersen MØSAKER and Guri Kristoffersdatter HAMRE) was born in 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 98/ Høre

Marit married Torstein Nilsen KVIE about 1793. Torstein (son of Nils Andersen VEFLEN (KVIE) and Rangdi Bjørnsdatter KATTEVOLD) was born in 1760 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I5745 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han var en tid "skulemeister". Han fikk gården av faren 14.10.1793 for 300 rd.

Margrete og Knut hadde åtte barn: Berit (1800- ), Ingrid (1802- ), Johannes (1804-1883) grb på Hålien. Berit (1807-1873) gift med Nils Torsteinsen Myre grb på Myre 101, Kari (1810-), Jørand (1812-) gift med Ola K Skjefte grb 108/2. Margrete (1815- ) gift med Ola Olsen Framstad, husmann i Gjerdinge under 91/- Brekken. Thomas (1817- ) han var gårdbruker og etterpå innerst på Myre, deretter på Berge i Høre og så på Tørstad. Så ble han husmann under Hålien 109/1 på Stormarken. Frøholm skriver: "Stormake er eit bureisingsbruk, der Solheim 109/7 no ligg, det var ei tid husmannsplass. Vi veit berre om ein brukar eller husmann der. "Tømmes på Stormarken". Han var vanskapt i føtene, mest som "hestefota". Han var skomaker og hadde ei merr han kalla "Syrakssokkføtsla". Han var bor til brukaren i Sygrare. Det gikk et rykte om at det var han som hadde retten til Hålien 109/1, men det er feil. han hadde berre ei ku da han begynte som husmann. Han var gift med Berit Andrisdatter Røvang (1819- ). Ho skulle vere uvanleg lat, og ei av gjentene der skulle ha sagt: "Mø kinne ikkje mø. Me like best rumme". " Berit og Thomas hadde følgende barn: Barbro (1845-), Berit (1849-) hun fikk datteren Ingrid i 1872 med maleren Hans A Pettersen fra Vestre Slidre Ingrid (1852- ) til Vossastrand i 1870, Knut (1855-) og Marit (1859-).

Birth:
Hålien 109/1

Died:
Hålien 109/1

Family/Spouse: Margrete Thomasdatter KVIEN. Margrete (daughter of Thomas Olsen KVIEN and Berit Thomasdatter REMME) was born in 1784 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1865 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hålien 109/1

Family/Spouse: Torleiv Andrisson SKJEFTE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the widow of Aslak Trondsson at the time she married Ola Olsson.

Family/Spouse: Ola Olsson. Ola was born in 1768; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aslak Trondsson BUNDE. Aslak was born in 1764; died in 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nils Toresson SKEIE. Nils (son of Tore Ivarsen ELLESTAD and Jøran Nilsdatter ELLESTAD) was born in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/8 Kvieshaugen

Nils married Anne Andrisdatter BELSHEIM in 1816. Anne (daughter of Andris Gulliksen JEVNE and Dorte Persdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1781 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Groven and/or Steinsbakkadn on Qvien 96.

Soldier (musketér). He was a second son.

Referred to in some sources as Einar Halvorsen Groven Bonde.

Einar took a deed for 160 acres in Rice County, Minnesota, in March of 1855 and build a log house. He established the farm which would remain in his family until the present day.

From the book - HISTORY OF RICE COUNTY 1882:

WHEELING TOWNSHIP. EVER H. BONDE, deceased, was born in Norway, in December, 1800, and reared on a farm. He was united in marriage in 1835, with Miss Berret Bonde. They were blessed with five children, two of whom are living; Tosten and Halver. In 1849, Mr. Bonde emigrated to America, landed at Quebec and came directly to Wisconsin, settling in Port Washington, where he remained until the spring of 1854, then to Winnesheik county, Iowa, and from there to Rice county, where he took land. He improved the land and built a log house in which he lived until his death, which occurred in 1875. His wife died two years later, seventy-five years of age. Their oldest son, Tosten, was born in Norway, on the 12th of January, 1843, came to America with his parents and made his home with them. He was married in April, 1867, to Miss Ingebor Oleson. They have been blessed with seven children; Edward, who died the 5th of April, 1882, fourteen years and three months old; Thomas, who died in 1870, two years old; Thomas, Barnard, Oscar, who died on the 28th of March, 1882, five yearsof age; Annie, and Albert, who died on the 5th of April, 1882, one year old. Mr. Bonde now occupies the old homestead. In 1870, he built a barn 35x57 feet, and in 1875, he erected the stone house in which they now live. He has been elected to offices of trust in the town, and is Justice of the Peace at present. His brother, Halver, lives in Swift county.

Birth:
other sources say 22 Dec 1800

Einar married Berit Olsdatter EGGE on 29 Jun 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Ola Gulliksen EGGE and Ingrid Øysteinsdatter KJØS) was born on 24 Jun 1801 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Mar 1877 in Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
the bygdebok says 1798

Died:
Framstad

Anne married Ole Kristoffersen FRAMSTAD in 1818. Ole (son of Kristoffer Pedersen BERGE and Ingebørg Haldorsdatter ØDEGÅRD) was born on 25 Nov 1792 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1925-MN-017772
• Confirmation: 15 Jul 1849, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is incorrectly shown as Ragndi Eriksdatter Kvåle, I8781, in Jim’s VS. Jim’s Ellingboe tree does not show the parents of Erik Anderson Ellestad, the man he shows in that tree as Rose’s father.

However, the marriage record shows her as Randi Eriksdatter, age 22 of Qvale, daughter of Erik Iversen.

Rose said that Rangdi “didn’t take” to Rose because she, Rose, “didn’t look like them.” That may be why Ann was sent to replace Rose in the later 19-oughts. Apparently, however, Rose stayed to help on Andrew’s and Rangdi’s farm for a year and a half (1907-1908) and then Ann came for another year and a half. It was while Rose was helping out on the farm that she met Ole Ellingboe. She “worked another summer” and then, presumably, married Ole.

Also known as Randi (on her death certificate) or Rande. Buried as Randi Thompson.

In the 1920 census, she is living in Minneapolis at 1406 E. 22nd Street with her daughter Mary Willson and family. She is shown as 88 years old and having come to this country in 1877, naturalized as a citizen in 1885.

Spent her last years at 3338 Oakland Avenue S., Minneapolis, in the home of her daughter, Mary Willson.

Evey has a formal family photograph taken, probably, in the ‘teens that contains Rangdi with children Betsy, John, Johan, Mary, Erick, Knute, Belle, and Thomas.

Died:
apoplexy and artheroslerosis

Rangdi married Anders (Andrew) Tomasson ELLESTAD on 2 Jun 1857 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anders (son of Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD and Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 29 Sep 1830 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Nov 1911 in New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in 1911 in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Apr 1837, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The birth record for Eiger Rolf says his parents were born in 1834 and 1835.

She’s called Marit Eriksdatter in Eiger Rolf’s birth record, Marit Pedersen in the twins’ birth record. In the twins’ birth record, she’s born in 1836. The domicile mentioned for the twins is Vangsstuen.

Marit married Kristian PEDERSEN on 18 Aug 1862 in Aurdal, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Kristian was born on 30 Jun 1834 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 211 says she was a servant on Garstad in 1801. This is confirmed in the 1801 census. In that census, she is age 19 on Garstad, the gbr for which is Torsten Engebretsen, age 38.

The marriage record suggests that her father was Knud Olsen Haalien.

Ingebors born in 1781:

Hurum; 12 Jan to Knud Leerol and Magreta Knudsdatter; witnesses: Maren Qvam, Iver Hoverstad, somebody, Trond Kattevold, and Finchel Hamre. That Ingeborg lived only 6 months. (Vang B, p. 212.)

Ingebjørg married Ola Erlendsson VEBLEN on 13 Nov 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ola (son of Erland Olsson VEBLEN and Anne Olsdatter BUNDE) was born in 1780; died in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I12960 in Jim’s VS. He is listed in the Vang C bygdebok, p. 359.

Gullik was a farmer and rosemaler. He sold his Helle farm in 1821 and moved to Hovda in Vestre Slidre.

Birth:
Helle 106/5-6 Niegarden av Øvre Helle

Died:
Hovda 10/4; or 1863

Family/Spouse: Sigri Thomasdatter TØRSTAD. Sigri (daughter of Thomas Olsen TØRSTAD and Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN) was born in 1790 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 358

Birth:
Helle 106/5-6 Niegarden of Øvre Helle

Family/Spouse: Endre Vilhelmsen BERGE. Endre (son of Vilhelm Persen VEFLEN and Anne Torsteinsdatter SKJEL) was born in 1790 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This couple and children and grandchildren per dwfrench1.

Birth:
Helle Øvre

Family/Spouse: Tosten Julsen HJELDEØDEGAARD. Tosten was born in 1775 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Gullik Thomasen GROVI. Gullik (son of Thomas Gulliksen HOLIEN and Marit Ivarsdatter KIRKEVOLD) was born on 18 Mar 1804 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbro married Nils Andrisson KJØS in 1822. Nils (son of Andris Nilsson KJØS and Ambjørg Knutsdatter BUNDE) was born in 1793; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Kvie

Died:
nedre Høyme

Family/Spouse: Marit Thomasdatter RØVANG. Marit (daughter of Thomas Alvsen RØVANG and Ingeborg Gunnarsdatter RØVANG) was born on 13 Jan 1793 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1881 in Nedre Høyme, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hovibakken, Lomen

Family/Spouse: Barbro Knudsdatter HELLE. Barbro (daughter of Knut Gulliksen HÅLIEN and Kjersti Olsdatter EGGE) was born in 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen in Hurum

Died:
Kjøs

Sigrid married Erik Anderson KJØS on 8 Mar 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Erik (son of Anders Ericksen KJØS and Anne Olsdatter GARSTAD) was born on 21 Aug 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Apr 1895 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Apr 1820, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 1835, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang C, p. 158 and p. 216.

In the 1865 census, as Knud Andersen, he was Føderaadsmand on Veflen nedre.

Birth:
Veflen 98/2 Nørre Høre

Baptism:
Hurums

Family/Spouse: Berit Gulliksdatter. Berit was born about 1825 in Norway; died in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knut married Sigrid Olsdatter TØRSTAD about 1865. Sigrid (daughter of Ola Knutsen TØRSTAD and Sigrid Alvsdatter LOME) was born on 27 Jan 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she had had 3 children, 2 still living.

Birth:
Veflen 98/2, Nørre i Høre

Barbro married Anders Kristofferson KVÅL about 1850. Anders (son of Kristoffer Olsen KVÅL and Marit Eivindsdatter LOME) was born on 22 Feb 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Oct 1907 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 calls him Ole Andersen Øyene. In the birth record for his daughter Marith, he’s called Ole Andersen Øiens.

Some trees in Ancestry call him Anfine Olsen, apparently erroneously.

He is probably the Ole born to Anders Knudsen Veblen and Marith Tostensdatter on 10 Dec 1828 and baptized in January of 1829 at Hurums. That is what is assumed here.

Family/Spouse: Aaste Helgesdatter WEFLEN. Aaste (daughter of Helge Gullickson ØYLO and Marit Andrisdatter GJEVRE) was born on 23 Jan 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Nov 1831, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her birth year was shown incorrectly as 1830 in the 1900 census. That census showed her as having had 10 children, 6 still living. Those numbers were 9 and 6 in the 1910 census.

The 1900 and 1910 censuses also show her having come to the U.S. in 1855.

In the 1920 census, she is living with her son Andrew and family in Liberty.

Birth:
Veflen 98/2 Nørre, Høre

Berit married Ola Olsen BERGE about 1857. Ola (son of Ola Gullikson BERGE and Anne Ivarsdatter TUNE) was born on 11 Jul 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Feb 1911 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried on 1 Mar 1911 in Valders Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 98/2, Nørre, Høre

Family/Spouse: Nils Gulliksen BERGE. Nils (son of Gullik Hallvardsen BERGE and Gunhild Haldorsdatter ØDEGÅRD) was born in 1799 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 103/ Høre

Family/Spouse: Knut Simenson SØYNE. Knut (son of Simon Knutsson BAGETUN (SØYNE) and Kjersti Ivarsdatter UVDAL) was born in 1786 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 103/ Høre

Marit married Simen Torsteinson LAJORD in 1835. Simen (son of Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD and Guri Simensdatter SØYNE) was born in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1875 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He escaped military service because he had lost 3 fingers on his left hand.

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

Notes:

Vang C, p. 414.

Johannes married Berit Andrisdatter BUNDE in 1826. Berit (daughter of Andris Persson VØVLE and Berit Olsdatter BUNDE) was born in 1806; died in 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hålien 109/1

Family/Spouse: Vilhjølm Ivarsen KVIEN. Vilhjølm (son of Ivar Person and Anne Andrisdatter TUNE) was born in 1798 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsson LYKKJUN. Ola was born in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berit Andersdatter ELLESTAD. Berit (daughter of Anders Johannessen ELLESTAD and Barbro Jøgersdatter LOKEN) was born on 20 Feb 1821 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Died:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Ingrid married Tore Person HELLE in 1857. Tore (son of Peder Olsen SKIEEN and Sigri Thoresdatter) was born in 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1898 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Husmand med Jord, Snedker

Notes:

Of sørre Bunde.

Aslak (paa haugen) Lajord according to Brad's January 7, 1991, letter. In that letter, Brad explains that Aslak came from a farm named Lajord.

For their marriage entry in the parish record, he is Aslag Olsen Qvale. He is also called that on his daughter Marit’s birth record. For his first son’s birth record he is called Aslak Olsen Söndre-Qvauss. For the 1847 Ole and the 1850 Ole and the 1855 Ole, he was Qvam.

At the time of the 1865 census, Marit and Aslak lived on a farm in Vang named Haaugen.

According the 1865 census, Marit and Aslak had two sons named Ole, one born in 1844, one born in 1855. The older one’s occupation, at the time of the 1865 census, was “er hjemme og er Uhrmager.”

In his letter back to Valdres in 1896, Ove says that Ole died (apparently in the late 1880s or early 1890s) childless.

Åslag married Marit Olsdatter ELLINGBØE KVAM on 9 Jun 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Ola Torleivsson ELLINGBØE and Ågot Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 19 Aug 1817 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Dec 1902 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 3 Jan 1903 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he and his wife lived on Bonde 156a with their daughter Marith’s family. Trond was blind.

Trond married Marit Trondsdatter MYRE in 1823. Marit (daughter of Thron Madson MYHRE and Marit Olsdatter BAKKE) was born in 1800 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 370.

Birth:
Skeie 107/1

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Knudsdatter LYKKJUN. Ingrid was born in 1825 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/8 Kvieshaugen

Died:
Kvien 96/8 Kvieshaugen

Family/Spouse: Kjersti Endresdatter HELLE. Kjersti (daughter of Endre Vilhelmsen BERGE and Kjersti Knutsdatter HELLE) was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

He became a successful farmer and community leader. He married Ingebor Haugen in 1867 and stayed on the Bonde farm all of his life. He built a much-admired stone house in 1875 and kept a journal, written in Norwegian.

Of his 11 children, seven survived to adulthood.


The Tosten E. Bonde Farmhouse, built of locally quarried limestone in 1875, is one of the oldest structures of its kind in Wheeling Township, Rice County. The Bonde family emigrated to Minnesota in 1849 and homesteaded land in 1855. The private home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

In 1849, Einer and Berit Bonde emigrated from Vang, Valdres, Norway, with their two sons, Tosten and Halvor. Berit’s daughter, Kari, from a previous marriage, and her husband, Thomas Veblen, had immigrated to the United States two years earlier in 1847. The Veblens were the parents of famed sociologist and economist Thorstein Veblen. According to family history, the Bondes “dreamed of following Kari’s footsteps to the new world.”

The Bonde family lived in Port Washington, Wisconsin, before moving to Winneshiek County, Iowa, in the spring of 1854. The following year, on June 9, the family settled on 160 acres in section 11 of Wheeling Township in Minnesota Territory. In 1866, the Veblens moved from Mount Vernon, Wisconsin, to a farm in Wheeling Township, Minnesota. The rural community of primarily Norwegian settler-colonists was composed of respected farmers and civic leaders, including Halvor Quie and Osmund Osmundson, founder of Nerstrand.

From 1855 to 1875, the family resided in a log home. In 1865, Tosten, who was described as a “very able young man,” purchased the farm from his father. His brother Halvor, a Civil War veteran, had settled in Swift County, Minnesota. Two years later, Tosten married Ingebor Hougen on April 3, 1867. They had eleven children, born between 1868 and 1887. Tosten’s family lived with his parents until the stone house was completed in the summer of 1875. His father, Einer, passed away on August 27, 1875, and Berit died on March 12, 1877.

In a diary started in 1888, Tosten Bonde noted the improvements to the farm site: a barn was added in 1870, the stone farmhouse in 1875, a machinery shed in 1883, a granary in 1886, and a milkhouse in 1887. The two-and-a-half-story, L-shaped farmhouse was built on a small rise and constructed of locally quarried limestone from the Nerstrand and Faribault area. Situated near a well-traveled highway approximately one mile from Nerstrand, the gabled farmhouse became a focal landmark in rural Rice County after its completion in 1875.

The farmstead, which is still owned by Bonde family descendants in 2020, is in many respects a “living” document to rural agricultural heritage and practices by a single family dating back to Minnesota’s territorial days. Tosten’s diary offers glimpses into late-nineteenth-century farm life with entries like: “The year, 1887, was very dry and the chinch bug destroyed all the wheat and part of the oats. The hay crop was very short.” In his entry for April 12, 1891, he wrote: “Horses are sick from distemper.” The family history noted that Oscar, a son, remarked they cured the horses by “burning rubbers and had the horses inhale the fumes.”

The family history also tells of tragedy within the farmhouse’s stone walls. When an epidemic of black measles occurred in late March and early April of 1882, three sons died in one week: Edward, who was fourteen, Ingebrit, who was six, and Albert, who was barely a year old, fell victim to the disease. According to family lore, when Ingebor worked in her garden, “she would look to Valley Grove Cemetery and long for her little ones buried there on the distant hill.”

In 1890, Tosten was elected to the Minnesota State Legislature; he was reelected the following year. By early 1895, he developed stomach cancer, and he passed away at his home on October 14, 1897. The fifty-four-year-old was survived by his wife and seven children. One obituary noted he was “a good citizen and highly esteemed and respected in the community.”

In February 1981, Britta Bloomberg’s submission for the Minnesota Historical Properties Inventory Form stated, “The Bonde Farmhouse is significant both for its association with a prominent immigrant family and for its notable limestone construction and outstanding integrity.” In April 1982, the private home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

From the Faribault Republican, Oct. 20, 1897, via Find A Grave:

Died at his home in the town of Wheeling on Thursday evening, last, Oct. 14, of cancer of the stomach, with which he had suffered for two and a half years. The funeral was held on Monday, with services conducted by Rev. N. A. Quammen, and the remains were buried in the cemetery connected with Valley Grove church. Mr. Bonde was born in Norway, Jan. 12th, 1843. In 1849 he came with his parents to America and first settled at Port Washington, Wis.; five years later removed to Winneshiek County, Iowa, and in 1855 came to Rice County and located on section no.11, in Wheeling, which has ever since been his home. April 3d, 1867, he married Miss Ingebor Haugen, who survives him, and to them were born eleven children, four of whom are dead, and seven are living; Thomas, Bernhard, Anna, Alfred, Oscar, Edward and Carl, all of whom are at home, except Thomas, who is in St. Paul. Mr. Bonde was a good citizen and highly esteemed and respected in the community in which he lived so long, and was honored by election to various offices in the town and as a representative in the legislature, in which he served during the session of 1891.

Died:
cancer

Tosten married Ingeborg Thomasdatter HAUGEN on 3 Apr 1867 in Rice County, Minnesota. Ingeborg was born in 1847; died on 15 Apr 1932 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Sep 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Served in the Civil War as part of the 2nd Minnesota Cavalry.

He has a great-granddaughter named Nina.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Feb 1839, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

lolligator

Family/Spouse: Andreas Olson ULLAND. Andreas was born on 12 Dec 1825 in Hedmark, Norway; died on 29 Dec 1887 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

Her obit said that she died in Wisconsin while visiting her daughter Mildred. Erika had bee born in Valdres and came to the U.S. in 1880.

She was survived by 7 sons: Henry, Ralph, Nels, Otto, Norman, Walter, and Frederick, and three daughters: Mrs. H.C. Griefenhagen and Mrs. H.R. Johnson of Minneapolis and Mrs. A.S. Berg of Tacoma. Also surviving are two sisters: Mrs. J. Ringstad of Minneapolis and Dagmar Pederson of Canada.

Died:
Clam Lake, Siren

Erika married Nils Fredrick BIORN on 28 Apr 1888 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Nils was born on 18 Jul 1861 in Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Dec 1912 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She survived her sister Randi. She was Mrs. Dagmar Johnson of Ontario, Canada, at the time of Randi’s death.

Notes:

She was Mrs. Ingeborg Peterson of Oslo, Norway, at the time of her sister Randi’s death.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Oct 1878, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

By 1910, he was gbr of Vangskilstuen. His parents lived on the farm as føderaadsm. and føderaadskone.

Family/Spouse: Randi Gulbrandsdatter. Randi was born on 18 Jul 1880 in Aurdal, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Jul 1884, Aurdal, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she was 45 years old. She and her husband had come to the U.S. in 1909.

According to the St. Albans records, she arrived in North America aboard the Pretorian which had sailed from Liverpool on 29 Jan 1909. Her border crossing record said that she was from Aurdal in Valders. Her destination was Minneapolis. She appeared to be traveling with Engebrigt Svendasit a 31 year-old married man who lived in Minneapolis. (Perhaps her sister’s husband.) Ancestry’s indexing of that record has her arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Feb 1909.

She may be the Rangdi Pedersdatter in the 1900 Norwegian census who lived on Vangshjellstuen 98/11 in Nordre Aurdal. That household consisted of Kristian Pedersen, born in 1834 in Rotkjøbing paa Langeland, bagermester og Gaardr; Marit Pedersen, b. 1835 in Vestre Slidre; Rangdi; and Malmfryd, telegrafbud.

From Digitalarkivet, that Rangdi was born 9 Jan 1884, baptized 6 July 1884, on Vangstuien in the Aurdal local parish of Nord-Aurdal. Her parents were Kristian Pedersen and Marit Pedersen, b. 1834 and 1836, respectively. Rangdi was a twin: her sister was Malfryd. Both children were confirmed in the same local parish on 9 April 1899. The farm is still Vangsgjellstuen. The twins’ mother’s name is shown as Marit Pedersdatter. The father’s occupation is Bager.

She was living at 3236 N. Thomas Avenue, Minneapolis, at the time of her death. Her obit said that she had lived in Minneapolis for 50 years and was a 40 year member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.

Randi married John Edward Iversen RINGDAL on 12 Oct 1912 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. John was born about 1886 in Norway; died on 20 May 1957 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-019350
• Baptism: 6 Jul 1884, Aurdal, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Died:
as Mrs. Malmfryd Strand

Malmfryd married Engebret Torsteinsen STRAND on 2 Jun 1906 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Engebret was born on 20 May 1877 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Mar 1944 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

aka Erland
aka Vøvle

Family/Spouse: Anne Andrisdatter BUNDE. Anne (daughter of Andris Persson VØVLE and Berit Olsdatter BUNDE) was born in 1814 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen

Died:
Skehelde

Family/Spouse: Tosten Endresen SKEHELDE. Tosten (son of Endre Pedersen SKEHELDE and Marit Tostensdatter SKJEL) was born on 28 Jan 1787 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1848 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kjersti was Knut’s second wife.

Family/Spouse: Knud Johannessen KJØRLIEN. Knud (son of Johannes Gunnarsson ROGN and Anne Joensdatter KJØRLIEN) was born on 27 Feb 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [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:

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:

Birth:
Hjelde in Vestre Slidre

Family/Spouse: Knud Haaversen BRAATEN. Knud was born on 30 Jun 1816 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 May 1898 in Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Øvre Helle

Died:
Hovibakken i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Olsdatter HOVI. Ingeborg (daughter of Ole Olsen HOLIEN and Guri Gulbrandsdatter RINGESTAD) was born on 5 Jan 1826 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Nov 1896 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 80 and p. 94

farmed N. Kjøs 94/2

Family/Spouse: Marit Andersdatter KJØS. Marit (daughter of Andris Torsteinsson KJØS and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter NEDRE HØYME) was born on 14 Dec 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
nedre Høyme

Family/Spouse: Marit Jensdatter KAARSTAD. Marit was born on 2 Jun 1837 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 May 1907 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Andris Torsteinsson KJØS. Andris (son of Torstein Knutsen KJØS and Marit Evensdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 3 Jul 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She was confirmed at 14½ and married at 15½.

Marit married Torstein Torsteinsen KJØS on 3 Jul 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Torstein (son of Torstein Knutsen KJØS and Marit Evensdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 15 Jun 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 May 1924 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jul 1870, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1930 census, listed as Andrew Kvein, he was a farmer in Dieter Twp, Roseau County, Minnesota. He was 59 and a widower. He had come to the U.S. in 1889.

Birth:
Kviesmoen U 96/1 Kvieseigun

Family/Spouse: Gurine (GIna) Jørgensdatter JENSTAD. Gurine was born about 1877 in Norway; died on 31 Aug 1929 in Roseau County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Qual.

In the 1900 census, she had had 12 children, 10 still living. In the 1910 census, those numbers were 14 and 12.

Family/Spouse: Mathia Bertinius REINERTSON. Mathia was born in Vest-Agder, Norway; died in 1936 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Apr 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He was the 2nd instance of leirmaal for his father, the first for his mother.

The sponsors for his baptism were Knud Kjørlien (his principal person), Anders Knudsen Kjørlien, Iver Tostensen Kjøs, Sigrid Johnsdatter Kjøs, and Anne Knudsdatter Qvien.

dwfrench1 has him coming to Amerika in 1864.

Baptism:
Hurums

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Jan 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her baptismal sponsors were Helge Gulliksdatter Veblen (her grandfather, her principal person), Thomas Nilsen Qvien, Ingeborg Andersdatter Tvedteiet, Anne Nilsdatter, and Barbro Olsdatter Qvienseiet. She was her father’s third instance of leirmaal and her mother’s second.

dwfrench1 has her emigrating to the U.S. in 1864.

Birth:
Qvienseiet

Family/Spouse: Ole Andrew Johnson BILDEN. Ole was born on 30 Jan 1850 in Gran, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Jul 1888. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he and his family lived in the city of Manitowoc. Ole was a salesman.

In the 1910 census, he had a general store in the town of Cato in Manitowoc County.

Ole married Marianne (Marion) Olsdatter HOUGEN about 1886. Marianne (daughter of Ola Knutsen HAUGEN and Ingeborg Knutsdatter HEGGE) was born on 30 Mar 1864 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anton O. Berge, 94, of rural Valders, died Tuesday evening at Manitowoc Memorial Hospital after an illness of 10 days.
Mr. Berge was born in the Town of Liberty, Manitowoc County, on April 10, 1864, a son of Ole and Berit Weblin Berge, and was married to Olena Gistad at Valders Evangelical Lutheran Church Oct. 5, 1887. She passed away Feb. 7, 1954. He farmed in the Town of Liberty all his life and served as clerk of Sunnycrest School. He was a charter member of the Valders church.

Mr. Berge leaves seven sons, Oscar, of Addison, Ill., Albert, of Rt. 2, Reedsville, Norman, of Manitowoc, Orrin, of Cleveland, Harold, of Milwaukee, Walter, of Valders, and Oley, on the homestead farm; six daughters, Mrs. Belinda Klann and Mrs. Ruth Bleck, both of Valders, Mrs. John Reinertson, Riverside, Ill., Mrs. Kenneth Johnston, Manitowoc, Mrs. Marvin Berge, Dekalb, Ill., and Mrs. Harold Gram, Chicago; 33 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; a brother, Andrew, Valders; and a sister, Mrs. Mollie Finkelson, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be held at Valders Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Jerry Moe will conduct the services, and burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home in Valders from 4 p.m. Thursday until noon Friday.

In the 1900 census, the family had a 20 year-old house servant named Emma Severson and an 18 year-old farm laborer named Frank Wagner.

Anton married Oline GIGSTAD about 1887. Oline (daughter of Ole Knudsen GIGSTAD and Ragnild Olsdatter RANUM) was born on 4 May 1867 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 7 Feb 1954 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Knud Finkelson, 98, of 723 N. Tenth St., Manitowoc, died Sunday at home.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First Lutheran Church, Manitowoc, the Rev. Vernon Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Mrs. Finkelson, nee Malla Olson Berge, was born March 22, 1867, at Valders, daughter of the late Ole and Beril Veblan Berge.

She was married Dec. 13, 1886, at Chicago to Mr. Finkelson and the couple located at Manitowoc after marriage. She was a member of the Women of First Lutheran and a charter member of the Altar Guild. Her husband died Aug. 9, 1921.

Survivors are two daughters, Miss Mabel, of Manitowoc and Mrs. Edward Seefluth of Stevens Point, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.

Family/Spouse: Knut FINKELSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Emma Alfson, 73, lifelong resident of the county, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harland Peterson, in Valders.

Born Emma Berge in Liberty in 1872, she was married to John Alfson, and they located in the town. He died 30 years ago. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Raymond Brennan of Valders, Mrs. Herbert Vogel of Cato; two sons, Herbert of Valders, Bennett of this city; two brothers, Anton of Valders, Andrew of Liberty; sister, Mrs. Molly Finkelson of this city, Mrs. (sic) four
grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Berge funeral home, Valders, and at 2 o'clock at the West Valders Lutheran church.

Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.

Family/Spouse: John ALFSON. John was born on 10 Mar 1864 in Wisconsin; died on 5 Jun 1916 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried on 7 Jun 1916 in Valders Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 May 1874, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

He and his wife were living with his parents in the 1910 census.

He apparently inherited the home farm in the Town of Liberty.

Baptism:
Valders church

Anders married Mabel GILBERTSON about 1908. Mabel was born on 22 Apr 1884 in Wisconsin; died in 1971; was buried in Valders Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Jan 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Called Sigrid Nilsdatter of Veblensejet at the time of her marriage.

Called Sigrid Nilsdatter Leite Estrem in Find A Grave.

Sigrid married John Johnsen HEEN on 22 Nov 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. John (son of John Johnson NEFSTAD and Ingeborg Eivindsdatter HEEN) was born on 15 Nov 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Dec 1915 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the heir to her father’s farm.

Vang A, p. 854.

As chasmacku1 notes, in his Macku Family Tree, Kjersti and her 2nd husband, her sister Ingeborg, her sister Guri, and her brother Simon, along with Kjerst and Knud’s children Osten and Christopher and Kjersti and Kristoffer Gudmundsson’s children Randi and Knud, departed from Bergen in May of 1850 and arrived in New York on July 15, 1850.

Birth:
Søyne 50/

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Gudmundsen NORDSVEEN. Kristoffer (son of Gudmund Knutsen NEFSTAD and Ragndi Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born in 1813 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Oct 1821, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her baptismal sponsors were Gierthnie Wilhelmsdatter Qvam, Marith Knudsdatter Mÿhre, Thomas Madssen Nertrost, Torsten Kristophersen Kattevold, and Knud Torstensen Söyne.

Birth:
Søyne 50/

Baptism:
as Ingebor Knudsdatter Söyne

Family/Spouse: Ole Andersen 1 DALÅKER. Ole (son of Andris Olsen KVAM and Ingeborg Olsdatter DALÅKER) was born on 26 Jul 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Jul 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He came to the U.S. in 1850.

Family/Spouse: Anna HARRISON. Anna was born in 1842 in Telemark, Norway; died in 1921 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried in Elstad Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 103/1 Høre

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Torsteinson KJØS. Kristoffer (son of Torstein Knutsen KJØS and Marit Evensdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 30 Oct 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Jan 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her parents were the unmarried couple Knud Tostensen Mÿhre of Hurum and Ingbeorg Knudsdatter Søndrol. Her baptismal sponsors were Guri Iversdatter, Ane Tostensdatter, Iver Torkelsen, Anders Johnsen, and Tosten Knudsen. There is no reference to Remme in her birth record.

Her brief obit in the Rice County Journal said that she came to the U.S. with her husband and stepson in 1857.

Family/Spouse: Lars Kristoffersen LØKREIMSHAUGEN. Lars (son of Kristoffer Ivarsen AUSTREIM and Mali (Magelin) Larsdatter LØKREIM) was born on 10 Apr 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Aug 1882 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [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]

Notes:

According to Dwayne, Knut came to the U.S. in 1866.

He is I14833 in Jim’s VS.

Knut married Anna Gurine Gudmundsdatter OSMUNDSEN in 1869 in Minnesota. Anna was born on 13 Sep 1850 in Rogaland, Norway; died on 25 Apr 1934 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1, in his French Family Tree, calls her Sigri Olsdatter Skjefte.

Family/Spouse: Knut Jøgersson HELLE. Knut (son of Jøger Knudsen VIK and Marit Olsdatter LOMEN) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen QUALEY. Ole (son of Ole Gunnarsen LIEN and Ragnhild Arnfinnsdatter OLDRE) was born on 15 Mar 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1912 in Valley County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Caroline Mathilda Ingebretsdatter LONEY. Caroline was born on 28 Apr 1857 in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 26 Nov 1928 in Cass County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Apr 1866, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His entry in Find A Grave:

Alberta Death Register for John Thompson
b. Mar 15 1866 in Norway
d. 20 Dec 1943 @ Camrose, AB
farmer NW 1/4 Sec 25 46 R 20 w 4th (Camrose)
Widower
In Canada & Alberta for 32 years. In Camrose for 9 years.
Registration Number 3082
===
JOHN THOMPSON
On December 20, John Thompson passed away at his son's home, at the age of 77 years. He was born in Vang, Wallers, Norway, in 1866. With his mother, he came when six years old, to North Dakota.

He was married to Anna Benson in 1887. In 1902 he took up homestead land. After several years of farming, the deceased went into the general store business at Hendricks, Minn. In 1911, he and his family came to Alberta and homesteaded at New Brigden. His wife predeceased him in October, 1924, and four sons also have predeceased him.

In 1934 he and his son, Solvin, moved to Camrose and rented the McCallum farm, where he resided until his death.

Left to mourn his loss are five sons, three daughters and twenty-six grandchildren; Bertha (Mrs. J. O. Johnson), Wyndone, N.D.; Ben of Camrose; Hjalmer of Kingman; Oscar of Wembley; Clara (Mrs. Harvey Hamilton), Sedalia; Annie (Mrs. Hans Oltman) and Solvin and Edwin of Camrose.

The Camrose Canadian, December 29, 1943, page 6

John's wife, Annie, died at New Brigden, Alberta, in 1924 (Alberta Death Reg. #2115).

Family/Spouse: Annie BENSON. Annie (daughter of Halvor Baardson BENSON and Betsey OLSON) was born in 1868 in Minnesota; died in Oct 1924 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Died:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Family/Spouse: Berit Kristoffersdatter BERGE. Berit (daughter of Kristoffer Nilsen BRUBAKKEN and Ragndi Torsteinsdatter KJØS) was born in 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1942 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Sep 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Unmarried. Stayed at Haugen, Kvam. Unmarried and living with her parents at the time of the 1865 Norwegian census.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, she is unmarried and living with her mother on the Haugen farm in Vang.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, she is living on farm 51/1, Nerre Lajord, in Vang. This is apparently her brother’s farm but she is in a separate household. Living with her is Johannes G. Okshovd, b. 1840. Marit’s birth date is shown as 28 July 1842. Her occupation is “Lever av formue, har en kostgjænger,” (lives off wealth, has a boarder). His occupation is “offentlig fattigunderstøttelse” (public elderly support).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Watchmaker
• Baptism: 28 Dec 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

According the 1865 census, Marit and Aslak had two sons named Ole, one born in 1844, one born in 1855. The older one’s occupation, at the time of the 1865 census, was “er hjemme og er Uhrmager.”

Both Ole Aslaksons were baptismal sponsors for Marit Ovesdatter (#258).

From Ove Ovesen’s letter to his mother in January of 1896, it appears that this older of the two Oles had died in 1894 or 1895 and that he had married but had no children. It also can be inferred from Ove Ovesen’s letter that this older of the two Oles died in Minnesota because it seems as if Ove had visited his house.

The 1880-1881 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, watch mkr. for A Evanson & Co. boarding at the Victoria Hotel.

The 1881-1882 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, watchmkr. for W.C. Leber, boarding at 203 N. 2d Ave.

The 1882-1883 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, watchmaker for W.C. Leber, residing at 207 N 3rd Ave.

The 1883-1884 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, “with W C Leber,” residing at 913 North Washington Ave.

The 1885 and 1885-1886 Minneapolis city directories show an Ole A. Kvam, a watchmaker employed by W C Leber, residing at 112 S 3rd Ave.

The 1886-1887 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, jeweler for W.C. Leber, residing at 112 S 3rd Ave.

The 1888 Minneapolis city directory shows an Ole A. Kvam, watchmaker for W C Leber, residing at 111 Island Ave.

MOMS shows an Ole Kvan marrying a K Paulseth in Hennepin County on 25 Jan 1888. FS’s Minnesota County Marriages has no name for the woman but says she was 25 years old and that Ole A Kvam was 38.

An advertisement for W.C. Leber (”Dealer in Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry.”) in the 1888-1889 Minneapolis city directory includes the line “O.A. Kvam, Repairing of Fine Watches.” W.C. Leber was at “No. 208 Hennepin Avenue.”

That 1888-1889 directory shows Ole A. Kvam, watchmaker for W C Leber, residing at 111 Island Ave. Note that this is the same address for his first cousin, Jøger Ellingboe (#4056), who was a jeweler for Adolph Leber.

The 1890-1891 city directory also shows Ole A Kvam, watchmaker for W C Leber, residing at 111 Island Ave.

An article in the Saint Paul Globe, Tuesday, February 27, 1894:

O. A. Kvam, the jeweler, died at St. Mary’s Hospital Sunday from the effects of an operation to relieve an ulcer in his stomach. He was advised by Dr. Hoegh to have the operation performed two weeks ago but kept putting it off and it is thought that the delay proved fatal as the disease gained such headway that medical skill was unavailing.

Notes:

No baptism.

Notes:

No baptism.

Died:
14 days old

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Clockmaker and Farmer
• Baptism: 10 Jun 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He or his brother was one of the baptismal sponsors for Ole Ellingboe (#3235). He or his brother also, apparently, made the trip to Vestre Toten to be a sponsor for Thea (#269). Both Ole Aslaksons were baptismal sponsors for Marit Ovesdatter (#258).

Farmed Lajord 51/1 from 1890 to 1925. Built a new out building 1924.

According the 1865 census, Marit and Aslak had two sons named Ole, one born in 1844, one born in 1855. The older one’s occupation, at the time of the 1865 census, was “er hjemme og er Uhrmager.”

In the 1900 Norwegian census, Ole Aslaksson Kvam, a widower born 1855, was living on the Lajord nedre farm in Vang. His occupation was gaardbruger s uhrmager (farmer and watch-maker). Ole’s three children by his first wife, Aslak, Kristoffer, and Marit, were also living with him on the farm. Also living in the household were two servants and the føderaadsmand and føderaadskone, Endre Kristoffesson Lajord, b. 1828, and his wife Guri Torstensdatter, b. 1828. These were the people who had owned the farm previously and who still received a living and the right to live there.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, Ole Aslaksen Kvam still resides on Lajord 51/1 (Nerre-Lajord). The household also includes his 2nd wife, Marit Kristoffersdatter, as well as his five children: Aslak Olsen Lajord, Kristoffer Olsen Lajord, Marit Olsen Lajord, Ole Olsen Lajord, and Torstein Olsen Lajord. The two youngest children were by Marit. The household also includes Guri Torsteinsdatter Lajord, b. 1838.09.09, føderaadskone.

Died:
p. 892

Ole married Ingeborg Kristoffersdatter KVÅLE on 12 Jun 1889 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Kristoffer Torsteinson KVÅLE and Berit Torsteinsdatter LAJORD) was born in 1860; died on 29 Jun 1897 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 6 Jul 1897 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Marit Kristoffersdatter on 21 Jun 1903 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Kristoffer Olson) was born on 11 Aug 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was heiress to the farm owned by her father.

Marit married Andris Knutson LYKKENS in 1851. Andris (son of Knud Olsen LYKKENS and Sigri Andersdatter) was born on 11 Aug 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Jan 1827, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she was Ingeborg Trontson, age 74, mistakenly shown as being born in December of 1825. She is living with her son, Thomas Trontson, age 35, born in Wisconsin, and his family in the town of Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin.

In that census, she had had 4 children, of which 3 were still living.

It wouldn’t seem that she could have had a son Thomas, born in Wisconsin in 1865 or so if she was still in Norway for the 1865 census with, apparently, all of her children, none of whom was Thomas.

Baptism:
Hurum

Ingri married Tosten Olsen QVAL in 1848. Tosten (son of Ola Kristoffersen KVÅL and Marit Torsteinsdatter SKJEL) was born in 1798; died on 17 Oct 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Ellingson VEBLEN. Ole (son of Elling Olsson VEBLEN and Anne Andrisdatter BUNDE) was born in 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1948 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/8 Kvieshaugen

Family/Spouse: Nils Andrison HOVDA. Nils (son of Andris Andrisson HØVDA and Berthe Andrisdatter ØYO) was born in 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his wife raised five children on the Bonde farm.

From the Faribault Daily News, Jan. 13, 1971:

Funeral services for Oscar Albert Bonde, former resident of Nerstrand, were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Grace Lutheran Church in Nerstrand with the Rev. V. A. Jensen officiating. Mrs. Conrad Gaasedelen sang a vocal solo and one vocal selection was sung by the grandchildren. Victor Radtke, Wilhelm Vesledahl, Helmer Mohn, Harold Mosher, Ingebrit Engeseth and Harris Quie were pallbearers. Interment was in the Valley Grove cemetery. Oscar Albert Bonde passed away at the Kenyon Sunset Home on Sunday, Jan. 3, after an extended illness, at the age of 87 years.

The son of Tosten and Ingeborg Hougen Bonde, he was born at Nerstrand, on March 3, 1883. He attended the public school at Nerstrand. June 19, 1919 he was united in marriage to Clara Severson. They resided on the Bonde Homestead until his retirement in 1954, continuing to live in the Nerstrand community until 1965 when he became a resident of the Kenyon Sunset Home where he resided until his death. One granddaughter preceded him in death.

He is survived by his wife Clara, three sons, Earl and Harold of Nerstrand, Robert of St. Louis Park; two daughters; Alice (Mrs. Herman Stenbakken) of Kenyon, and Helen (Mrs. Richard Lodmill) of Edina, also, twenty-two grandchildren.

Oscar married Clara Bertine SEVERSON in 1919. Clara (daughter of Johannes Olsen SEVERSON and Anna Severine VOLD) was born on 21 May 1896 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 14 Mar 1979 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

lolligator

Family/Spouse: Julia Helene STEMSON. Julia was born on 3 Nov 1880 in Freeborn County, Minnesota; died on 27 Jul 1956 in Mower County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 8 Dec 1895, North Dakota

Notes:

Confirmation:
Bethany Lutheran in Hatton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 May 1886, North Dakota

Notes:

Apparently living with Betsy and John Swenson at the time of the 1900 census. Not living with them in the 1905 state census.

In the 1905 state census, she is the 19 year-old Ida Mjoen living in Vineland Twp, Polk County, Minnesota.

She is probably the 24 year-old widow and housekeeper Ida Muen or Muens living with Samson Nesvig in Traill County in the 1910 census. Samson Nesvig’s obit said that he married Ida Mjoen on July 30, 1910.

In the 1920 census, Ida and Samson and family were living in Belmont Twp, Trail County, N.D. with their three children and his two daughters from an earlier marriage. Samson had no occupation. His two daughters from the earlier marriage were listed as servants.

In the 1940 census, she was a 53 year-old widow living in Belmont Twp. Living with her were her daughter Irene and daughter Barbara with Barbara’s husband Walter.

At her death, her “usual residence” was in Buxton, Belmont Twp, North Dakota.

Birth:
Hatton

Baptism:
Mayville Lutheran

Died:
Place of death was Harriman Sanitarium in Grand Forks, at which she had resided for 2 years.

Ida married Trond Andersen MJØEN on 17 Jun 1904 in Polk County, Minnesota. Trond was born on 7 Jun 1878 in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 23 Aug 1907 in Polk County, Minnesota; was buried in Skatvold Cemetery, Climax, Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married Samson J NESVIG in Jun 1910 in Buxton, Traill County, North Dakota. Samson (son of Jacob NESVIG and Bertha) was born on 22 Mar 1869 in Rogaland, Norway; died on 14 May 1937 in Traill County, North Dakota; was buried in Ringsaker Lutheran Cemetery, Traill County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Oct 1891, North Dakota

Notes:

He is probably the 26 year-old Selmer Swenson living in Bingham Twp, Traill County, North Dakota, in the 1920 census. He is a farm laborer on the John Thoe farm. John Thoe is probably the father of Selmer’s sister Lydia’s first husband.

Baptism:
Bethany Lutheran in Hatton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Oct 1891, North Dakota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, as “Bertha Swenson,” 19, she was a “millinary” and living with her aunt Belle and Belle’s husband Nick Bergerson in Duluth.

In the 1920 census (January), William, 31, Bertha, 28, and Eunice, 4, were living in Buffalo, New York, on Elmview Place. William was working in the credit department of a radiator company.

In the 1930 census (April), William L., 40, and Bertha, 38, Ross were living in an apartment, known as the Brittany Apartment Hotel, at 5528 Kenmore Avenue in Chicago. William was in the banking field and was not a veteran. Their daughters were Eunice B, 14, and Geraldine, 8.

In the 1940 census, she was a 47 year-old widow living in East Lansing, Michigan. She was a saleswoman for a lingerie company. Living with her was her 18 year-old daughter Geraldine, a student. Both women were high school graduates. In 1935, both women lived in Detroit.

A Bertha Ross, b. 16 Aug 1891, died in Phoenix in January of 1969. Her Social Security number had been issued in Michigan.

Baptism:
Bethany Lutheran in Hatton

Bertha married William LeRoy ROSS in Aug 1914 in Custer County, Montana. William was born on 12 Dec 1888 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois; died on 24 May 1931 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Included in the 1910 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Jul 1895, North Dakota

Notes:

In the 1915 North Dakota state census, she was Lydia Thoe, living in Bingham, Traill County, with John Thoe, foreign born (probably her father-in-law), Arthur G. Thoe, native born (probably her husband), Madline S. (probably Shirley), and Lucel, a native born white female.

In the 1920 census, she and Edwin Bagge, 26, were farming in Bingham Twp, Trail County, North Dakota. The household consisted of Edwin, 26, Lydia, 25, Shirley, 7 and one month, Ardis, 4 and 7 months, Albert Bagge, 13, Edwin’s brother, and Henry Bagge, 18, Edwin’s brother. Henry is shown as a college student.

In the 1930 census, she and Edwin are still in Bingham Twp. The household consisted of Edwin L., 36, Lydia T., 35, Shirley M., 16, Ardis L., 14, Helen M., 9, John C., 7, Walter L., 6, Beverly E., 3 and 5 months, Donna M., 9 months, and Lydia’s widowed mother Betsey, 70. Also living with the family is a 14-year-old farm laborer, born in Norway, named Ben Holte.

Birth:
per North Dakota death index

Baptism:
Bethany Lutheran in Hatton

Died:
Bingham Twp

Lydia married Arthur Gunder THOE on 19 Jun 1912 in Polk County, Minnesota. Arthur (son of John S THOE and Ingeborg Karine Gundersdatter KVALE) was born on 10 Jan 1886 in North Dakota; died on 10 Nov 1918 in Cass County, North Dakota; was buried in Salem Cemetery, Traill County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Edwin Louis BAGGE on 13 Dec 1919 in Clay County, Minnesota. Edwin (son of John BAGGE) was born on 4 May 1894 in Roselle, Cook and Dupage Counties, Illinois; died on 11 Jan 1948 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona; was buried in Hillsboro Cemetery #1, Hillsboro, Traill County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Sep 1898, North Dakota

Notes:

Called Tillie in the 1905 Minnesota state census. She is still living with her parents in Polk County, Minnesota, in the 1920 census in which she is called Lelia.

In the SSDI, a Lillian Stanfield, b. 22 Jul 1898, died in Traverse City, Michigan, on 12 Jul 1993. According to the Michigan Death Index, that Lillian lived in Garfield, Michigan.

Baptism:
as Lillie Amanda at Bethany Lutheran in Hatton, Traill County

Family/Spouse: STANFIELD. died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

With her family in the 1900 Federal census and the 1905 state census but not listed with the family in the 1910 census. She was still alive in 1910 according to her mother’s child count.

A different Anna Thompson married an Ingvald Simonsen in Todd County on 21 May 1913.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1973-MN-010672

Notes:

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.

It is probably this Minnie who Rose was referring to when she said “Minnie worked for Grandma {Julia} for nine years.”

Minnie married George Engwald SNESRUD on 19 Mar 1919 in Todd County, Minnesota. George (son of Theodore C SNESRUD and Anna Caroline OLSON GRAFF) was born on 12 Dec 1896 in Minnesota; died on 11 Apr 1978 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Solor Lutheran Church Cemetery, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1965-MN-025928
• Baptism: 31 Dec 1896

Notes:

His mother’s maiden name is shown as Ellastad on his death certificate.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1918, in Todd County. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1930 census (April 28th), Elmer and his brother Anton were farming on adjacent farms In Eagle Valley Township, Todd County, MN. The family consisted of Elmer, 32, his wife Emma, 24, and their children Evelyn, 5, and Lloyd, 11 months. Elmer and Emma were married when they were 27 and 18, respectively. Elmer was born in Minnesota and his parents in Norway. Emma was born in Minnesota and her parents in Bohemia. Elmer was renting his farm which was characterized as a dairy farm. He did not have a radio.

In the 1940 census, the family lived on a farm in Eagle Valley Twp, the same house that they had all lived in in 1935.

Elmer and Emma appear to have had a grandson born in September of 1962.

Baptism:
as Elmer Oscar Thompson

Elmer married Emma Albena VOLENEC on 17 Sep 1924 in Todd County, Minnesota. Emma (daughter of Anton VOLENEC and Anna) was born on 31 Aug 1906 in Minnesota; died on 3 Jun 2004 in Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota; was buried on 7 Jun 2004 in Woodman Cemetery, Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1977-MN-026999

Notes:

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Scott County. At that time he was a section foreman for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad in St. Paul. He lived in Elko, Scott County. He gave his nearest relative as T. A. Thompson of Clarissa, Todd County. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and blond hair. The registrar added “physically qualified.”

Single and living with Minnie and George in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

In 1931, at the time of the birth of their first child, the couple lived at 3228 Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis. On Joan Irene’s birth record, Ingmer was shown as 29 years old and Inga as 20 (neither correct).

He was the informant for his mother’s death certificate.

Birth:
in Joan Irene’s birth record, he is indicated as having been born in Clarissa

Ingmer married Inga Irene SNESRUD on 9 Feb 1931 in Rice County, Minnesota. Inga (daughter of Theodore C SNESRUD and Anna Caroline OLSON GRAFF) was born on 6 May 1913 in Webster, Rice County, Minnesota; died on 22 Oct 1991 in Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1969-MN-032719

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name shown as Ellestad on his death certificate.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Long Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota. He was a farmer on the family farm owned by his father, Thomas Thompson of Route 2, Browerville. He was described as tall, of slender build, with blue eyes and dark hair. He claimed March 21st as his birthday.

In the 1930 census (April 28th), Anton and his brother Elmer were farming on adjacent farms in Eagle Valley Township, Todd County, MN. The family consisted of Anton, 30, his wife Martha, 26, and their son Earl, 4. Anton and Martha married when they were 24 and 20, respectively. Anton and Martha were born in Minnesota. Anton’s parents were born in Norway, Martha’s in Germany. Anton owns his farm which is characterized as general farming. His household does not have a radio.

In the 1940 census, he and his family farmed in Germania Twp, Todd County.

Anton married Martha Amelia Paulina BARTELT on 28 Nov 1923 in Todd County, Minnesota. Martha (daughter of Herman BARTELT and May WENDT?) was born on 20 Apr 1904 in Todd County, Minnesota; died on 5 Oct 1997 in Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Browerville, Todd County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1964-MN-008539

Notes:

His mother’s maiden name is shown as Elestad on his death certificate.

At the time of the 1930 census (April 4), Walter, 27, and his wife Laura G., 23, were living at 3430 First Avenue S. in a house they were renting. The household had a radio. Living with Walter and Laura were Ruth M., 25, sister, Selmer Thompson, 34, a roomer, Arthur E. Nelson, 25, a roomer, and Arthur’s wife Mabel G., 22, a roomer. Walter and Laura were first married at ages 23 and 19 respectively. Laura and her parents were born in Minnesota. Walter and Selmer were motormen on the street railway. Ruth was a waitress at a club.

In the 1940 census, Walter is a farmer in Greenvale Twp, Dakota County. His household consists of himself, age 37, his wife Laura, age 34, and the Alfred Henderson family: Alfred, 34, “brother-in-law” and farm laborer, Elenor O, 28, Betty Lou, 9, Ronald R, 7, and Robert A, 8.

Walter married Laura Genevieve OLSON about 1926. Laura was born on 14 Feb 1906 in Runeberg Twp, Becker County, Minnesota; died on 5 Feb 1995 in Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1904-29307

Notes:

Living with her brother Walter in Minneapolis at the time of the 1930 census.

Called “Ruth Mundina Patterson” in her death notice in the 29 Jun 1943 edition of the San Francisco Examiner.

Birth:
California Death Index says 19 Mar

Ruth married Ethner Levi PATTERSON about Dec 1931 in San Francisco County, California. Ethner was born on 16 Jun 1907 in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado; died on 21 Jul 1982 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1976-MN-030843
• Occupation: Homemaker, Cook
• Social Security Number: 477-30-1544 issued in MN before 1951

Notes:

After her younger sister Ann had been in New Market for a year and a half, helping their grandmother Rangdi on the farm, Julia decided it was Rose’s turn. Rose recounted to Evey, “I had been sick. I went to school, and then I got the measles and my eyes got so bad, amd Ma wanted me to go down there then, because she though that would be nice for me. I had to take over the baking and everything, you know, when I came there. I was seventeen. I stayed there a year and a half then and then I came home again. I met your dad, then and he came up and visited us up in Clarissa. And then I went back in the spring to work for Knute. I worked another summer there and then I went home, and then I got married.”

To put Rose’s story in perspective, her sister Ann would have gone to New Market from Clarissa in the summer of 1903 and stayed in New Market until the early spring of 1905. Rose would have gone down to help her grandmother in, probably, the spring of 1907 and stayed there until late summer of early fall of 1908. In the spring of 1909 she went back to New Market to work for Knute (#1687) and went back to Clarissa in the late fall of 1909. She got married a few months later.

According to Evey, “Ma’s name was Rose though people always called her ‘Rosie’, probably because in Norwegian her name would have two syllables: ‘Ro’se’ (with a rolled r) and the e pronounced like an i. Due to a law which was later changed, Ma lost her citizenship when she married Pa and had to apply for citizenship later on with him.”

Rose M. Ellingboe, age 28, of Lakeville in Scott County, was included in the 1918 Alien Registration.

How Ole and Rose met, according to Evey: “Grandpa Thompson and family, including my mother, were by that time living near Waubun in Mahnomen County. When my mother, who was the oldest, was about eighteen years old, she went for a visit and to help out her grandmother Thompson near Webster. While she was there, she met a young man named Adolph Davidson (#13416) who lived near there. Adolph was a friend of my dad, and consequently my mother met him through Adolph. (It seems she once told me that she went out first with Adolph, so I think that is the way it happened.) Adolph and his wife, Inga, were their friends all their married life. Interesting side note: Inga (#11920) was a cousin of Annie, later to be Albert Ellingboe's wife.”

“My dad, being one of the oldest, built a half mile west of the old house when he married my mother. My mother sold our farm and moved into Lakeville, shortly after Pa died.Not far from there, was the area around Eureka Center and the East and West Christiania churches.”

The oldest child. Of Rose’s four sisters, none lived on farms after they were married. One lived in Colorado, one in Illinois, and the other two in Minneapolis. Two of the sisters were childless, one had two sons, and one had only one daughter.

Had to be “renaturalized” as a citizen because she married a non-citizen. This naturalization took place in Minneapolis, U.S. District Court, 4th Division, on November 10, 1937, with Ole’s naturalization. In the naturalization certificate, Rose is described as 5’4” tall, 110 lbs., blue eyes, light brown hair.

In the 1950 census, Rose and Jeanette live on Morgan Street in the village of Lakeville. Rose is a cook’s aid in a cafe.

Rose went to Europe in the summer of 1958. Her trip included a visit to Sweden to daughter-in-law Anna’s relatives. In a letter to Sweden in September of 1958, Anna says: “Ed’s mother is back safely, she had a nice trip. We never thought she would go to Sweden! Thanks to Olle for he was kind to drive her to Östersund. She told us of Olle and Gösta how kind they are and how fun she had with you all. She has now seen Sweden but she don’t know anyone there.”

Funeral service at St. John's Lutheran Church, Lakeville, 3:00 PM, Sunday, January 2, 1977, Rev. Dallas Blenkush officiating.

Buried:
“with Albert & Anne”

Rose married Ole Oveson ELLINGBOE on 12 Feb 1910 in Ward Twp, Todd County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Ove Ovesen ELLINGBOE and Berit Arnesdatter HELLE) was born on 25 Sep 1875 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Jan 1948 in Sanford Hospital, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried on 8 Jan 1948 in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Minnesota death record gives her date of birth as September 15, 1891.

As Evey quotes Rose, when her grandmother Rangdi needed some help on the farm in New Market, Anna was sent down on the train from Clarissa. “Ann was eleven years old then, going on twelve. She was supposed to go in company with a student from Augsburg that was out there preaching in our little church, but he wrote afterwards to Dad and Mother and said he was on the train but he didn’t see Dad’s daughter. So she got to Minneapolis all by herself. And then Aunt Mary met her at the depot. Ann was there [in New Market], helping her grandmother Rangdi, a year and a half.”

In the 1910 census, she may be the Anna Thompson, 17, who was a servant for a family in Akeley Twp, Hubbard County, Minnesota.

An Anna Thompson married a Peter Peterson in Hennepin County on 10 Sept 1918. An Anna Thompson married an Arthur M Peterson in Yellow Medicine County on 7 May 1919.

In the 1920 census, Ann and Arnold were living at 2705 Stevens Avenue, in the upstairs. They were each 28 years old. Arnold was a merchant tailor. Ann was a telephone operator.

She and Arnold were living at 2621 2nd Avenue South in Minneapolis at the time of the 1930 census. Arnold R., a tailor, is 37. Ann M. is 36. They had been married between 9 and 12 years. Arnold was born in Minnesota but his parents were born in Sweden. Arnold was a veteran of the World War.

In the 1940 census, Arnold and Anna live at 2617 Clinton Avenue in Minneapolis in a rented apartment. Arnold has an 8th grade education, Anna a fifth-grade education. Arnold is an assistant custodian at a men’s lodge or lodging. Anna is a custodian of an apartment building.

“Of Minneapolis” according to Gunhild’s obituary. Anne was the informant for the information on her mother’s death certificate and, at the time of her mother’s death, lived at 2617 Clinton Avenue as Mrs. A. R. Peterson.

She was living in Elk River at the time of her brother George’s death.

Buried:
Plot H, 1283

Anna married Arnold Roger PETERSON about 1919. Arnold (son of HELGESON) was born on 15 Apr 1891 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 22 Nov 1959 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“Of Moline, Illinois” according to Gunhild’s obituary.

Living at 408 15th Ave. in Moline, Illinois in the 1920 census (January 10th). The family was Martin J., 32, Mollie, 26, and Orvil, 1 and 7 months. Martin works in a factory, his occupation is illegible.

At the time of the 1930 census, Mollie and family were living at 1016 27th Street in Moline, Illinois, in a house they were renting at $15 per month. The household had a radio. The family consisted of Martin J., 40, Mollie B., 36, son Orvall M., 11, and son Jack D., 5. Martin was born in Iowa and his parents were born in Ireland. Mollie is shown as having been born in Minnesota and her parents in Norway. Both boys were born in Illinois.

Couldn’t find her in the SSDI. She was not listed as a survivor of her brother Melvin in his obituary.

Her obit gave her address as 503 Center Court, Springbrook Courts, Moline.

Died:
obit in the Davenport Daily Times, 17 Oct 1962 edition

Mollie married Martin James RYAN on 21 Sep 1915 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Martin was born on 13 Mar 1888 in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa; died in 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1987-MN-010972
• Occupation: Barber
• Social Security Number: 539-14-3832, issued in WA before 1951

Notes:

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Todd County (Ward Twp). He is single, living with his parents, and occupied in farming. He is described as of medium height, slender build, with brown eyes and dark hair.

In the 1920 census, Edward, 24, is listed as head of household at a residence on West Grant Street in Minneapolis. Living with him are his sisters Ellen and Ida as well as a 19 year-old lodger named Lydia Brettinten. Edward is a barber at a barber shop.

In the 1923 Minneapolis city directory, he is probably the Edw Thompson, barber, who rooms at 2816 Stevens Avenue.

In the 1924 Minneapolis directory, he is probably the Edw Thompson, barber, who lives at 1623 1st Avenue S.

The family was living at 1820 Stevens Avenue in Minneapolis when Edward was born and in the 1926 Minneapolis city directory.

Edward, 34, Evangeline, 25, and their son Edward, 4, were living at 3921 Garfield Avenue at the time of the 1930 census. They were renting their home for $25/month and they did not have a radio. Edward was a barber in a barber shop and he was a veteran of the World War.

In the 1940 census, Edward, Evangeline, and Edward were living in the Victory Heights precinct of King County, Washington. They lived in a house they owned worth $1500. The senior Edward had a 7th grade education and was a barber with his own shop. Evangeline had had one year of high school. In 1935, the family lived in Kansas City.

Of Elk River at the time of his brother George’s death.

The informant for his death certificate was his brother Clarence. Edward died as the widower of Evangeline. Edward died of Parkinson’s disease with its numerous complications.

Died:
Elk River Nursing Home

Edward married Evangeline LOVELACE on 17 Aug 1923 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Evangeline was born on 24 Aug 1904 in Brookston, Culver Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 13 Sep 1980 in Snohomish County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1991-MN-016463
• Occupation: Railroad Worker, “Oiler”
• Social Security Number: 701-14-2503 Issued before 1951 as a RR (railroad) number

Notes:

Diane says Melvin’s middle name was Ollie.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1918, in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, as Melvin O Thompson of Waubun. He lists his employer and nearest relative as his father, Erick Thompson, of Waubun in Lake Grove Twp. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

“of Duluth” at the time of each of his parents’ funerals.

Melvin, 31, Edith, 25, and Evelyn, 3.4, were renting a duplex at 725 3rd Avenue in Two Harbors, MN, at the time of the 1930 census. Their rent was $15/month and they did have a radio. Melvin was not a veteran.

In the 1940 census, Melvin and his family lived at 2219 South Street in Duluth in a house they owned worth $1800. Melvin was a car man for a railroad. He had a sixth-grade education. His wife had had two years of high school. Melvin earned $1200 in 1939.

In the 1941 Duluth city directory, he and Edith lived at 2219 South. He was an oiler for the DM&IR Railway.

In the 1943 directory, he and Edith lived at 2219 South. He was repairman for Goodwill Industries.

In the 1944 Duluth city directory, he was Melvin O Thompson, wife Edith, who lived at 2219 South. In this and all of the succeeding Duluth directories through 1960, he and Edith continued to live at 2219 South but Melvin had no occupation.

Lived at 2219 East South Street in Duluth at the time of death. His death certificate shows that he had been educated through the eighth grade. He died of bronchial pneumonia complicated by or brought on by lymphocitic leukemia. The information in his death certificate came from Melvin Thompson, 1621 Beach Parkway, #202, Cape Coral, Florida.

His obituary was published on p. D02 of the June 5, 1991, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

Melvin O. Thompson, 94, of East South Street, died Tuesday, June 4, 1991, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. He was born in Clarissa, Minn., and had lived in Duluth since 1932. He had worked for the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway, retiring in 1941. He was a member of First Lutheran Church and Sons of Norway Lodge 1-017. His first wife, Edith, died in 1965, and his second wife, Mary, died in 1978. Surviving are a son, Melvin E. of Cape Coral, Fla.; a daughter, Evelyn Eastman of Mantague, Mich.; a sister, Ida Luce of Pen Hook, Va.; a brother, Clarence of Elk River, Minn.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in Johnson Mortuary, where services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Died:
10:14 AM, St. Mary’s Medical Center

Family/Spouse: Elvera PEARSON. Elvera (daughter of Swan PEARSON and Emma) was born on 16 Oct 1904 in Kittson County, Minnesota; died on 3 Sep 2005 in Pennington County, Minnesota; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Lake Bronson, Kittson County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melvin married Edith OMAN in 1926. Edith (daughter of Peter OMAN and Mary NORDSTROM) was born on 19 Feb 1905 in Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota; died on 22 Jul 1965 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melvin married Mary OLSON on 12 Nov 1976 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Mary (daughter of Jacob OLSON and Olen Marie SATHER) was born on 24 Feb 1902 in Wisconsin; died on 26 Jun 1978 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried on 30 Jun 1978 in Riverside Cemetery, Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1976-MN-029122
• Social Security Number: 477-20-6892 Issued in MN before 1951

Notes:

Lived in Denver, Colorado.

In the 1920 census, she was 21, single, and a stenographer living in Minneapolis on West Grant Street with her brother Edward and her sister Ida.

In the 1920 Minneapolis city directory, she was Ellen Thompson, stenographer for United States Fidelity & Guarantee Co. She lived at 2705 Stevens.

In the 1924 Minneapolis city directory, she was probably the Ellen, aka Eleanor, Thompson, a stenographer and bookeeper for Landis Shoe and Harness Machinery. She lived at 2816 Stevens Avenue.

The couple was renting a home in Denver at the time of the 1930 census. They had no children but did have a 34 year-old “roomer” named Henry Z. something. (The name is illegible.) Roy is shown as 33 and Ellen as 31.

Birth:
death certificate said her year of birth was 1899

Died:
Last residence Elk River, Sherburne County, Minnesota

Ellen married Roy H (Bud) WERRELL on 14 Aug 1928 in Colorado. Roy was born on 2 Jun 1895 in Eau Galle, Dunn County, Wisconsin; died on 16 Oct 1970 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado; was buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: DC-79385
• Social Security Number: 468-03-2682 issued in MN before 1951

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she is living with her siblings Ed and Ellen on West Grant Street in Minneapolis. Ida is a tailor in a tailor shop.

In Joyce’s birth record, Albert, 22, a tailor, and Ida, 20, live at 89 N 17th Street in Minneapolis.

“Of Minneapolis” according to Gunhild’s obituary.

In the 1930 census, she was Ida Pearson, 29, living at 212 West 26th Street in Minneapolis. She was married but there was no husband in the household. There was, however, a roomer named William Vang, 35. Vang was an upholsterer. Ida was a machine operator for a retail tailor store.

Ida and Clifford are not in the 1940 census.

She was Ida Luce, of Pen Hook, Virginia, at the time of her brother Melvin’s death in 1991.

LUCE, IDA T. ROCKY MOUNT - Ida Thompson Luce, age 91 formerly of Tanyard Village, Rocky Mount, died Sunday, June 21, 1992, in a local nursing home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Frank Luce. Mrs. Luce attended Woodlawn Baptist Church, and was a member of the former Snowcreek Chapter No. 156 Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Edsel Finney, Penhook; her grandchildren, Sharon and Max Ward, Long Mont, Colo.; Patricia Finney, Virginia Beach; Frances and Charles Hutchinson, Vinton; Janet and James Middlemas, Charlottesville; Katheryn Finney, Penhook; her great-grandchildren, Jennifer Ward, Charles Allen Hutchinson, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Lindsey Middlemas and Sarah Middlemas; and her brother, Clarence Thompson, Elk River, Minn. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 23, 1992, 11:00 a.m. at the Arrington-Bussey Chapel by the Rev. Berlin G. Hanks. Interment will follow in the Franklin Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time on Tuesday at the Arrington-Bussey Funeral Home and other times at the home of Joyce and Edsel Finney near Penhook. The family suggests that memorials be made to the rescue squad of your choice.

Died:
SSDI says Rocky Mount, VA

Ida married Albert L PEARSON in 1920, and was divorced. Albert was born on 21 Dec 1898 in Minnesota; died on 2 Nov 1997 in Pine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married Clifford Frank LUCE on 11 Feb 1939 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Clifford was born on 29 Apr 1901 in Brown County, South Dakota; died on 28 Nov 1983 in Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia; was buried in Franklin Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]