Guri Olsdatter KVALE

Notes:

dwfrench1

Died:
Hodne

Family/Spouse: Gulbrand Olsson HAADNE. Gulbrand died in Unknown; was buried on 6 Sep 1747 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is Karen Gudbrandsdatter Hodne, I17689, in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Hodne 90/2

Karen married Peder Knudsen ONSTAD on 28 Oct 1740 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Peder (son of Knut Gudbrandsen ONSTAD and Kari Pedersdotter DALE) was born in 1694 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Mar 1769 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 10 Mar 1769 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I16777 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Onstad 35/2 Nordre

Died:
Jørstad 36/1 Sørre

Buried:
age 56

Guri married Knut Jensen JØRSTAD on 11 Jun 1769 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Knut (son of Jens Knutsen VAARUM (ROGNE)(JØRSTAD) and Barbro Mattsdotter ROGNE) was born in 1738 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Nov 1798 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 21 Nov 1798 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I17691 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Onstad 35/2 Nordre

Gudbrand married Marit Gulliksdatter RØN on 19 Oct 1769 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit was born on 27 Apr 1749 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1823 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Jørstad in Volbøe

Died:
Dahle in Hegge

Family/Spouse: Rønjus Nilsen ROBØLE. Rønjus (son of Nils Andersen ROBØLE and Ragnhild Rønjusdatter NORDTORP) was born in 1749 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Feb 1830 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Jørstad 36/1, sørre Ø.S.

Family/Spouse: Torgeir Torgeirsson WINDINGSTAD. Torgeir (son of Torgeir Eivindson WINDINGSTAD and Ingeborg Olsdatter HAMRE) was born in 1768 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Torger Olson WINDINGSTAD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sebjørg Gulliksdatter TÜF. Sebjørg was born on 20 Aug 1775 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1816 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Y

Kari married Jon Svenson HEGGE on 6 Jun 1795 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Jon (son of Sven Torsteinson HEGGE and Marit Jonsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1764 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Mar 1810 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Onstad i Volbøe

Died:
Onstad i Volbøe

Family/Spouse: Marit Olsdatter SKATTEBU. Marit was born on 22 Apr 1781 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Oct 1887 in Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Onstad on Volbøe

Family/Spouse: Marit Jonsdatter ALFSTAD. Marit was born on 29 Nov 1778 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

per dwfrench1

Birth:
Dale in Hegge

Family/Spouse: Anne Johannesdatter MOE. Anne (daughter of Johannes Østensen HELLE and Sigri Olsdatter FØRRESTRAAE) was born on 20 Nov 1785 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1868 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In a transcribed list of baptisms from the Slidre church book records, Torger (christened 9 Oct 1791) was the illegitimate son of Torger Olson Windingstad and Barbro Knudsdotter. He was a soldier and she was a "pige".

His father had another illegitimate son name Torgeir in 1800.

In 1795, Barbro married Lars Gullikson Tüf and her son Torger Torgerson must have been raised on the Tüf farm. In the 1801 Census Torger was age 9, living with Lars Gullichsen and his wife Barbroe Knudsdatter in Røens Annex, Slidre, Christians Amt.

It is reasonable to assume that he became the crofter on the plot of land on the farm Tüf, in V. Slidre, that had a crofter's place that was once called Torgersplassen. It is now 84/2 Moen. Torger's son, Knut Torgersson, bought it in 1856 and sold it to Ole Knutsen Robøle (Raabøle) from Øystre Slidre in 1859. 

Torgeir married Anne Knudsdotter KAARSTAD on 17 Jan 1819 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Knud Tollevsen and Anne Iversdatter) was born about 1794 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Olesen WINDINGSTAD. Ole (son of Ola Torgeirson WINDINGSTAD and Kari Olsdatter HODNE) was born on 29 Aug 1779 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Knut Olsson STRANDE. Knut (son of Ole Knudsen SKATTEBOE (DAHLE) and Anne Trondsdotter GARLI) was born in 1791 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1863 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is Ingebjør Jonsdatter Onstad, I40967, in Jim’s VS, no husband or children shown.

She was born on Onstad 35/1 Nedre in Øystre Slidre according to Jim’s VS. The birth record shows Rogne sokn.

May be the Ingeborg Johnsdatter, age 61 and a widow, living with her son John Eriksson, age 22 and unmarried, on the Storeqvale farm in Lomen in the 1865 census.

Ingeborg married Erik Iverson QVALE on 6 Jul 1829 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Erik (son of Iver Gulbrandson HASLEBREK and Ingeborg Eriksdatter PRESTEGARD) was born on 24 Dec 1797 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Onstad i Volbøe

Family/Spouse: Ole Nilsen KLEVBRAATEN. Ole (son of Nils Knudson SKATTEBOE and Sidsel Olsdatter VINDINGSTAD) was born on 20 Jan 1805 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1852 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Onstad in Volbøe

Died:
Røvang i Lomen

John married Gro Gudmundsdatter GARVIG on 5 Jun 1854 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Gro was born on 6 Jul 1827 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Dale in Hegge

Sigrid married Knud K SNORTUM on 11 Jan 1847 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Knud (son of Knud K SNORTUM and Sigrid Øysteinsdatter MOE) was born on 3 May 1827 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Jul 1902 in Canby, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper
• Baptism: 25 Mar 1821, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The farm name Tüf (Tuf, Tuff, Tüv or Tüff) was found in the birth record of her daughter Ingeborg. From Strande, N. Jørstad, Ø. Slidre, Norway. It’s also shown on Anne and Knud’s marriage record (“Tüfseie, Strande”).

Immigrated with husband and two children 1852. Family was on steamship Atlantic when it sank in Lake Erie in 1852.

According to Ø. Slidre B, Torgeir married Kirsti Andersdotter Rebne. Was this a second marriage?

Anne’s marriage was listed in Øystre Slidre Kirkebok, 1849-1874. Vol 1, p. 171, located at Statsarkivet Hamar. She was listed as Anne Torgersdatter, 22 years of age, daughter of Torger Torgersen. Place of birth was illegible, but included Strande. (But see above.)

Birth:
Tuff in church birth record

Anne married Knud THOMPSON (WINDINGSTAD) (SANDNESS) (STRANDE) on 27 Dec 1850 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Knud (son of Thomas Iversson WINDINGSTAD (SANDNESS) and Ingeborg Larsdotter WINDINGSTAD) was born on 19 Jun 1829 in Volbu, Øystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway; was christened on 21 Jun 1829 in Volbu, Øystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Apr 1895 in Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried on 10 Apr 1895 in Jambo Creek Cemetery, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 2 Oct 1842, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is probably the Gura Jome, a 74 year-old widow living by herself in Ettrick Twp, Trempealeau County, in the 1900 census. There were no other Jomes living in that county. She claimed to have been born in February of 1826 and she claimed to have had 5 children, 3 still living.

Birth:
date shown in confirmation record

Guri married Nils Olsen JOMEN on 29 May 1855 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Nils (son of Ole Andersen JOMEN and Dordi Nilsdatter HAUGE) was born on 30 Apr 1823 in Jommen, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway; died in 1857; was buried in 1857 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Guri married Ole Olsen JOMEN in Apr 1858. Ole (son of Ole Andersen JOMEN and Dordi Nilsdatter HAUGE) was born on 27 Jul 1830 in Jommen, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nils Nilsen SKATTEBU. Nils was born on 26 Nov 1814 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Jun 1878 in Volbu, Øystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jøren Eivindsdatter HAUKHOVD. Jøren was born on 28 Apr 1824 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1898 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Jørstad

Family/Spouse: Kari Halvorsdatter SKATRUD. Kari was born on 30 Mar 1849 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Jan 1942 in Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen ONSTAD. Ole was born on 25 Oct 1826 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 May 1888 in Auburndale, Wood County, Wisconsin. [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:

Birth:
Strandeplassen, Søre Strande

Died:
Heggenes

Family/Spouse: Tollef Olsen MOEN. Tollef (son of Ole Tollefson SKATTEBOE and Ingri Johannesdatter NORDTORP) was born in 1835 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Apr 1900 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gertrude Knudsdatter NESTE. Gertrude was born on 30 Apr 1857 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 3 Oct 1928 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nils Peter RUDIE. Nils (son of Peder Christensen RUDI and Ragnild Olsdatter) was born on 23 Jun 1847 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Feb 1918 in Coos County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knute married Anna HABOL on 21 Oct 1875 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Anna was born on 30 Dec 1854 in Wisconsin; died on 29 Aug 1927 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper
• Baptism: 16 Jun 1850, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Immigrated with parents and siblings in 1852. Family was on the steamship Atlantic when it was sunk in Lake Erie in 1852; all survived.

Shown in the 1880 census as Emma Ellingboe. Shown in the 1900 census as having had 13 children, 11 still living.

Ingeborg married Helge Christophersson ELLINGBØE on 22 Nov 1871 in Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Helge (son of Christopher Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Berith Andersdotter NORDLAND) was born on 16 Feb 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was christened on 29 Mar 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Mar 1913 in Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried on 12 Mar 1913 in Jambo Creek Cemetery, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his wife lived in Marshfield at the time of the death of his nephew, Andrew Ellingboe, in 1934.

In 1941, the couple lived on Vine Street.

Family/Spouse: Helen T. Helen was born on 22 Apr 1859 in Norway; died on 13 Dec 1942 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From her entry in Find A Grave:

BRILLION – Word was received here Saturday afternoon that MRS. ORISON SHAW passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Hamilton at DePere Saturday morning. She had been ailing for some time, death being due to heart trouble.

The deceased was 74 years of age and was born in the town of Eaton, Manitowoc county, Sep[t. 22, 1855. She was formerly Anna Thompson and 51 years ago, in July 1878, she was united in marriage to Orison Shaw at Brillion. The young couple made their home in Brillion all these years and until a few weeks ago when both Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, being in ill health, left for DePere to make their home with their daughter, Mrs. Hamilton.

She leaves to mourn her death the husband, two daughters, Mrs. Frank Zorn of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. F. Hamilton, PePere, one son, Ira Shaw of Sacramento, Calif., six grandchildren and two brothers, Knute Thompson of Marshfield, Edmund Thompson of Seattle, Wis. Also one sister, Mrs. Schubert of Marshfield.

The remains will be brought to Brillion for burial Monday.
Manitowoc Herald News – October 14, 1929

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

Notes:

Born “in Svend Olsen’s house between Cooperstown and Mishicot.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Sep 1855, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 1870, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Confirmation:
Trempealeau Valley Congregation

Family/Spouse: Marit Knutsdatter TØRSTAD. Marit (daughter of Knut Andersen TØRSTAD and Marit Kristoffersdatter KVÅL) was born on 27 Dec 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 May 1923 in Langdon County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Eriksdatter TONSBRAATEN. Marit was born in 1857 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1948 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lawrence A BAIN. Lawrence was born in 1869 in Falbrook, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Sep 1950 in Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole K ANDERSON. [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:

Birth:
Heggenes

Family/Spouse: Kari Torsteinsdatter MOEN. Kari (daughter of Torstein Kristoffersen MOEN and Ingeborg Syversdatter MOAHAGEN) was born on 17 Oct 1874 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Apr 1957 in Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Josephine QUENEMOEN. Josephine was born on 21 Apr 1890 in Minnesota; died on 28 Sep 1973 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: Nettie OLSON. Nettie (daughter of Even Olsen RUDI and Marit K SNORTUM) was born on 30 Aug 1885 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 16 Dec 1963 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George A JONES. George was born about 1885 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 10 May 1888, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Not listed in the 1900 census.

In the 1905 state census, he and his family lived in the village of Glenwood. Thomas was a clerk. He had been in the state and local enumeration district for 7 years, his wife for 24 years, his older daughter for 2 years, 11 months, and his younger daughter for 9 months.

In the 1910 census he and his family lived in the village of Glenwood where he was a traveling hardware salesman. In this capacity, he is listed in the 1910 Duluth city directory. That entry is for a Thomas Ellingboe, traveling agent for the Marshall-Wells Hardware Co., residing in Glenwood. The same entry also appears in the 1911 Duluth city directory.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Glenwood. Name is Thomas Ellingboe, b. January 3, 1874. His present occupation is “hardware” and he lives and is employed in Villard Twp, Pope County. His nearest relative is Bertha Ellingboe of Villard Twp. He is of medium height and build with blue eyes and dark hair.

In the 1920 census he and his family were living in the village of Villard in Pope County, Minnesota. Thomas was a salesman for a hardware store.

The family was living in Milwaukee in a rented apartment at 813 6th Street at the time of the 1930 census. Tom, 56, was a tinner at a furnace company (he was unemployed at the time of the census); Bertha, 49, was a nurse for a private family; Kenneth A., 22, was a clerk in an office; Evelyn L., 21, was a clerk at a telephone company; and Walter G., 19, was a clerk in a grocery store.

In the 1939 Milwaukee city directory, he and Bertha lived at 2024 North 33rd.

In the 1940 census, he and Bertha and their daughter Evelyn and her husband live at 2024 North 33rd Street, a rented residence that is the same one at which Thomas, Bertha, and Evelyn lived in 1935.

Thomas married Bertha BERG on 3 Jul 1902 in Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota. Bertha was born on 2 Oct 1880 in Sweden; died on 2 Apr 1970 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Plumber, Mechanic, Auto Dealer
• Confirmation: 8 Jun 1890, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In many articles in the Menasha newspaper he is referred to as “Newt” or “Newton.”

Knudt and Elizabeth were killed when their car was hit by a North Western Railroad Streamliner train at a crossing in Menasha. He apparently didn’t see the approaching train and was hit broadside. The couple was on their way home after a visit to Oshkosh. The train hit the left rear corner of the car, a Buick coupe, throwing it into the air and into a telephone pole which broke off about 15 feet above the ground. Authorities believed that the car would have cleared the track if it had traveled just 4 feet more. The wig-wag signal at the crossing was reported to have been working properly according to witnesses to the crash.

Knudt was apparently single and living in Marshfield, Wisconsin, at the time of the 1900 census (June 12th). He is shown as 24, born in 1874 (?), living as a boarder in a hotel on 2nd Street apparently owned, or at least run, by a Robert Mc Mallum (sp?). Knudt’s occupation is shown as plumber.

Knudt, and his sister Anna, were the only family members listed in Wisconsin in the Genealogy.com index for the 1900 census. Their parents were left off the index because their entries in the census form were in the illegible portion at the bottom of the page.

From a website called “Norwegians in the Civil War”:

ELLINGBOE, Knut

Spanish-American War: Corporal. Ellingboe's father came from Vang, Valders, Norway. Post war: He was living in Menasha, Wisconsin, in 1907. Sources: (ULVESTAD p262)

Birth and Christening: JCC Records and Birth record dated and recorded 29 Apr 1880, Register of Deeds, Manitowoc, WI. Death: "The Menasha Record" 4 May 1942, p. 1, and family sources.

Knut’s enlistment in the 2nd regiment was noted in the April 28, 1898 edition of the Manitowoc Tribune. The same paper noted his decampment in the May 19, 1898, edition. A later article referred to his being in the Rankin Guard.

Knudt became sole owner of the Menasha Plumbing & Heating Co. in December of 1906 when he bought out his previous partner, a man named McIntyre. In 1909, he sold the Tinning Dept. of that business to Emil Lehman,

In the 1910 census, Knute and Elizabeth and their three children live at 354 Second Street in Menasha. Knute is a plumber in a tin shop.

In 1916, the business became the Harper & Ellingboe Co., a plumbing business which also sold Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, and Monroe automobiles.

Knudt registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Neenah. He was a self-employed plumber and lived at 354 2nd in Menasha, Winnebago County. He was described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and of medium build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In 1922, Knudt retired from Harper-Ellingboe (which then became Harper-Krieg Motor Car Co.) but retained ownership of the “livery” end of the business.

At the end of 1926 he became the head (Excellent High Priest) of the Island City chapter of the Arch Masons.

In the 1930 census, he and his family live in Menasha. Knudt is a plumber for a plumbing company. Knudt is shown as a veteran of the Spanish-American war.

He became city plumbing inspector in May of 1939, a position that paid $50 per month. Later, he became building inspector too.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife live at 502 Keyes Street in Menasha, the same house in which they had lived in 1935. He was a plumbing and building inspector for the city of Menasha. He earned $430 in 1939. He and Elizabeth had eighth-grade educations. They had a 61 year-old lodger living with them named Sigrid Dudley, a widow with five years of college. She was a health supervisor for the city schools. She made $2200 in 1939.

According to the obit, he and his wife had lived in Menasha for 40 years. He was a Menasha building inspector and chairman of the Menasha tire rationing board.

He was a Master Mason and was part of the John A Bryan lodge of Masons.

Birth:
According to birth registration he was born in Mishicot, but, according to marriage registration he was born in Gibson. His SS application used 15 Oct 1875.

Buried:
3:30 PM, N 03 000 0 46 1 001

Knudt married Elizabeth Frederika Albertina REHBEIN on 13 Jun 1901 in Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Elizabeth was born on 2 Mar 1881 in Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 3 May 1942 in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 26 May 1892, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1907 Milwaukee city directory, he is Andrew Ellingboe, machinist, living at 3011 Mt Vernon Ave.

In the 1910 census, he is Andrew Ellingboe, 32, living with his wife Susan, 22, her brother William Brauer, 18, and her brother Joseph, 10, in Milwaukee. Andrew and Susan have been married for 2 years and have no children. Susan, William, and Joseph were born in Wisconsin, their father was born in Wisconsin, and their mother was born in Germany. Andrew is a machinist for the railroad, William and Joseph work in the lithograph industry.

Registered for the draft in September of 1918. At that time, he and his wife were living at 491 39th Street in Milwaukee. He was a machinist for the C. M. and St. Paul Railway in Milwaukee. He was tall, medium build, grey eyes and light hair.

In the 1920 census he and Susan and their daughter Florence, 9, live in Milwaukee at 491 39th Street in a house they rent. Andrew is a foreman in a railroad shop.

In the 1926 Milwaukee city directory, he is a mechanic. He and Susan live at 414 25th.

In the 1930 census he and Susan and their daughter Florence live in Milwaukee at 414 25th. Andrew is an electrical inspector for the railroad.

Birth record dated 29 Apr 1880, recorded 29 Apr 1880, from Register of Deeds, Manitowoc, WI, USA, 15 May 1969.

In Wisconsin index of births, his birth date is shown as 30 Aug 1877.

Birth:
30 Aug 1877 in Register of Deeds records and in the WHS Genealogy Index. 30 August is also the date in his baptism record. However, 31 Aug is the date in his confirmation record.

Anders married Susan Helen BRAUER on 9 Nov 1907 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Susan was born on 29 Aug 1887 in Wisconsin; died on 8 Jun 1972 in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; was buried on 10 Jun 1972 in Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jun 1879, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
• Confirmation: 10 Jun 1894, Gibson Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Died of tuberculosis.

Living in Milwaukee as a housekeeper for a widower (name illegible) at the time of the 1900 census (June 11th).

I recorded the confirmation date as 10 June 1890. That was a Sunday. June 1st of 1890 was a Friday.

I recorded her birthday in the JCC confirmation records as 9 May 1879. Wisconsin Deaths and Burials has two entries: one says that her birth date was 9 June 1879, the other says 9 January 1879.

In the Wisconsin death index, her death date is 12 Jul 1903 in Manitowoc County. Wisconsin Deaths and Burials says 12 Jul 1902 in Gibson.

Birth:
According to birth registration she was born in Mischicot. Confirmation record lists her as being born in Gibson on 9 May, 1879, but (9 April ?) is inserted. Find A Grave uses the May 9th date. FS’s Wisconsin Deaths and Burials says she was born 9 Jan 1879.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Type trimmer
• Confirmation: 18 Jul 1897, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Single and living at home in Gibson at the time of the 1900 census. Occupation shown as carpenter.

In the 1905 state census, Gilbert and Christ are boarders in the Caroline Burt household in Two Rivers. The two brothers are factory laborers.

Information from Jambo Creek Church records, Nona Ellingboe, Census, Ray Ellingboe, etc.

Gilbert, 29, Carrie, 25, and Leona, 7/12, were living at 1309 23rd Street in Two Rivers at the time of the 1910 census. Carrie is shown as having had 2 children, 1 still living. Everyone listed was born in Wisconsin. Gilbert’s occupation is type trimmer.

Birth:
3 Aug 1881 according to death information provided by Mrs., Gilbert Ellingboe. 14 Aug 1891 according to Jambo Creek Church, confirmation record.

Gilbert married Caroline R (Carrie) VERTZ on 23 Oct 1907 in Wisconsin. Caroline was born about 1885 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Confirmation: 18 Jul 1897, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1905 state census, Gilbert and Christ are boarders in the Caroline Burt household in Two Rivers. The two brothers are factory laborers.

At the time of the 1910 census (May 13th), Christ was still single but was listed as the head of household for the farm in Gibson township. The household consisted of Christ, 26, Helge, 70 and a widower, Clara, 18, Eleonora, 14, and Edward, 16. Christ is shown as the owner of the farm which he owns with a mortgage.

Registered for the draft in Two Rivers on September 12, 1918, in Two Rivers, as Christopher Ellingboe. He gave his address as Route 2, Mishicot, where he was a self-employed farmer. He gave his nearest relative as Irma Ellingboe of Route 2, Mishicot. Christ was described as of medium height and build with light blue eyes and light brown hair.

Christ is shown as the owner of the farm in the 1921 plat book.

Probably refers to this Christ Ellingboe:
Farmer and Breeder of Pure Bred Holstein Cattle
Sect. 15 Gibson, PO Mishicot
Came to County 1884
Taken from 1921 Manitowoc County Patron Directory from Standard Atlas of
Manitowoc County Wisconsin published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Publishers and
Engravers, Chicago

In the 1940 census, he was a farmer in Gibson Twp. He and Irma had eighth-grade educations. Living with them was their still-single daughter Lucille, age 24, a high school graduate. Her occupation was “house, private.”

In his World War II draft registration, he gave as his telephone number 7F22 in the Tisch Mills exchange. His address was Route #1, Mishicot.

In the 1950 census, he and Irma live with their son, John C., in Milwaukee.

His obit in the April 12, 1954, edition of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:

Ellingboe, Christopher. Apr. 9. 3115 N. 14th St., aged 70 years, beloved husband of Irma Ellingboe, father of Mrs. Agnes Thompson, Mrs. Glen Daigle, and John Ellingboe, brother of Oscar, Walter, Edward, and Eleanor Ellingboe. Also survived by 2 sons-in-law, 7 grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Services Tuesday, April 13, at 1:30 p.m. from Church of Incarnation. Interment Holy Cross.

Died:
His wife’s obit erroneously says 1953.

Christopher married Irma GEIMER on 23 Nov 1910 in Cooperstown, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Irma (daughter of Peter G GEIMER and Wilhelmina SERVERT) was born on 28 May 1887 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 10 Dec 1973 in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin; was buried on 14 Dec 1973 in Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 032784
• Confirmation: 7 Jul 1901, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1907 Richmond, Indiana, city directory, he may be the Oscar Ellingboe, fireman, who lives at 1028 N H.

In the 1910 census, he is a carpenter and lodges with his brother Walter with a family in Two Rivers.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Gary, Indiana. At that time, he and his wife, Anna, lived at 456 Harrison in Gary. Oscar was a carpenter for Homer Lee of Gary. He was described as of medium height and slender build with blue eyes an brown hair.

He and his wife Anna and his mother-in-law were living in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the 1920 census. (May be indexed as Dingboe.) No children. Oscar was a house carpenter. The same trio was living in Lake Geneva in the 1930 census.

In the 1940 census, he lived in Lake Geneva. He was an unemployed contractor. He was married but seems to have been recorded in the census separately from his wife.

A brief article in the October 30, 1941, edition of the Manitowoc Herald Times:

Oscar Ellingboe, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, building contractor in the county on business this week recalled the striking differences in ship building now and 80 years ago.

Mr. Ellingboe is a former Gibson resident. He and Mrs. Ellingboe have been visiting with relatives at Two Rivers and at Gibson. His father, Helge, and grandfather, Knud Thompson, cut tall trees from the forests in Two Creeks, sheared off the bark, and delivered them in Milwaukee for use as masts in sailing vessels. Most of these trips were made in small craft.

Mr. Ellingboe recalled that on one of the return trips his father and grandfather were forced to walk from Milwaukee and carried with them a much-needed plow.

When he registered for the draft in 1942, he lived at 316 Wells, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The person who would always know his address was Ada C Ellingboe of the same address. His employer was Hobart Hermansen.

In the 1950 census, he was a carpenter living in Lake Geneva as a “roomer” with the Harry Becker family. Oscar was 65 and a widower.

He is probably the Oscar Ellingboe listed in the 1956 Sarasota, Florida, city directory. That Oscar, and his wife Mabel M, reside at 2027 Laurel.

That Oscar and Mabel are still in Sarasota in 1958, living at “6 14th (Mob Homes).”

Birth:
He said April 6th on his World War II draft registration.

Died:
Jim says that Oscar died in Florida. The Florida Death Index doesn’t show that.

Oscar married Anna M LUSIGNAN before 1919. Anna (daughter of Susan) was born about 1883 in Wisconsin; died in Mar 1937 in Wisconsin; was buried on 22 Mar 1937 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oscar married Ada Helen MEYROSE in 1938. Ada was born in Oct 1881 in Wisconsin; died on 16 May 1947 in Wisconsin; was buried on 19 May 1947 in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oscar married Mabel DENNEN in 1952 in Sarasota County, Florida. Mabel was born on 11 Feb 1882 in Massachusetts; died on 6 Jun 1963 in Lawrence, Erie County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Engineer - International Harvester
• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 025142
• Baptism: 22 May 1887, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
• Confirmation: 7 Jul 1901, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Residence at death: 180 Park St., Sussex, WI. Member of Mount Zion Lutheran church, Henry L. Palmer Lodge NO. 301 F. and A.M., Palmer Chapter No. 87 R.A.M., Ivanhoe Commanderery No. 24 K. T., and Managerial Pension Club of International Harvester.

The JCC confirmation records show his baptism date as May 22. May 22, 1887 was a Sunday. April 22, 1887 was a Friday.

In the 1909 Milwaukee city directory, he is a trucker. He lives with his cousins at 154 S Bay.

In the 1910 census, he is a machinist for a culvert plant and lodges with his brother Oscar with a family in Two Rivers.

Registered for the draft in Milwaukee, date illegible. He was married and living at 1212 Burleigh in Milwaukee. He worked for International Harvester, Milwaukee Works 25. He was described as tall and of medium build with grey eyes and light hair.

In the 1920 census, he is living in Milwaukee with his sister Eleanor and his son Robert at 1373 Louis Avenue. He is shown as married but his wife is not mentioned. Walter is a machinist at an electrical something.

In the 1926 Milwaukee city directory, he is an assistant foreman for International Harvester Co. He lives at 1550 16th. His sister Eleanor lives at this same address.

In the 1930 census, he is shown as a widower living in a house he owns, worth $6000, at 1550 16th Street in Milwaukee. Living with him is his son Robert, his sister Eleanor, and his 25-year-old niece Clara. Walter is a foreman at a steel mill and Clara is a stenographer at a telephone company.

In the 1939 Milwaukee city directory, he is a foreman for International Harvester. He lives at 3532 North 16th with his sister Eleanor and his son Robert A.

In the 1940 census, he and his son and his sister Eleanor live at 3532 North 16th Street in Milwaukee, the same house in which they all had lived in 1935. Walter owned the house and it was worth $5500. He is a widower. He is a foreman at a farm machinery company, a job which earned him $3000 in 1939. He had an eighth-grade education.

In his World War II draft registration, he gave as the person who would always know his address Miss E.E. Ellingboe, 3532 N 16th Street. He was employed by Internation Harvester. His telephone number was Concord 2439M.

In the 1947 city directory, he is a toolroom foreman at International Harvester. He and Rose live at 3532 N 16th.

In the 1950 census, he and his wife and daughter Jane, and his widowed mother-in-law, lived 3532 16th Street in Milwaukee. He was a mechanical engineer for a farm machinery company.

Baptism:
ELCA records

Died:
last residence was Sussex, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Walter married Selma PFIEFFER about 1915. Selma was born on 11 Nov 1893 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 18 Oct 1918 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; was buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Rose Katharine LEDERER on 23 Nov 1942. Rose was born on 7 Apr 1900; died on 13 Mar 2004 in Sussex, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 27 Nov 1904, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Died of hydrocephalis. Earned $2 per week doing housework. Was earning $4 per week when she died.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Clerk
• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 021206
• Baptism: 10 Sep 1893, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
• Confirmation: 6 Dec 1908, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Two Rivers. At that time he was single, working as a clerk for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, and living at 1600-something 21st Street in Two Rivers. He is described as tall and of slender build with blue eyes and light hair.

Edward is 27, a single laborer and a “boarder” living in Two Rivers in the 1920 census.

In the 1920 Manitowoc city directory, which includes Two Rivers, he is Edward Ellingboe, a clerk for R H Suettinger. He lives at 1600 21st, Two Rivers.

In the 1923 Manitowoc city directory, which includes Two Rivers, he is Edward Ellingboe, a clerk for Hamilton Manufacturing Co., residing at 1600 21st, Two Rivers.

In the 1926 Manitowoc city directory, he is a clerk. He and Clara live at 2009 Adams in Two Rivers.

He and his family live in Two Rivers in the 1930 census. Edward is an office clerk at a cabinet factory. He was a veteran of the World War.

In the 1938 Two Rivers city directory, Edward and Clara lived at 1708 23rd. Edward was a department manager at Hamilton Manufacturing.

In the 1940 census, he and Clara and their three children lived in Two Rivers at 1708 23rd Street, the same house at which they all had lived in 1935. This was a rented residence. Edward had had one year of college, his wife had had three years of high school. Edward was the office head of a wood shop office, a job in which he had earned $1820 in 1939.

In his World War II draft registration, he claimed to be employed by Hamilton Mfg. Co. His obit said that he retired from Hamilton in 1959 after more than 39 years with the firm, 30 of which were as a department head in the sales division.

In the 1950 census, he and Clara lived in Two Rivers. He was a department head in sales and orders at a furniture factory.

Edward married Clara KRAINEK on 2 Sep 1924 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Clara was born on 4 Aug 1893 in Wisconsin; died on 16 Feb 1980 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried in Forest View Cemetery, Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 388-20-9513 Issued In Wisconsin Before 1951
• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 203960
• Confirmation: 6 Dec 1908, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Died as Eleanor Ellingboe according to the SSDI. Last residence was Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Shown as Eleanor in the index of Wisconsin births.

In the 1916 Milwaukee city directory, she is Eleanor Ellingboe, dressmaker, living at 491 39th.

Eleanor is 24, single, and keeping house for her brother Walter in the 1920 census.

In the 1926 Milwaukee city directory, she is Eleanor Ellingboe living at 1550 16th, the home of her brother Walter.

In the 1939 Milwaukee city directory, she is a housekeeper living with her brother Walter and nephew Robert A at 3532 North 16th.

She was still living with her brother Walter at the time of the latter’s World War II draft registration (1942).

In th 1947 city directory, she is a machine operator for “Mil Saddlery” and lives at 2404 N 50th.

In the 1950 census, she is Eleanor Ellingboe, age 54, living in Milwaukee. She claims to have never been married and works as a sewing machine operator at an industrial seating plant.

Died:
the Wisconsin Death Index says she died in Waukesha County

Notes:

Birth:
Battle Lake

Died:
Devils Lake

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Skrautval

Family/Spouse: Mina BERDAHL. Mina was born in 1895 in Grand Forks County, North Dakota; died in 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Helvi Alina TALVITIE. Helvi was born on 15 Oct 1917 in Clark County, Washington; died on 10 Aug 1969 in Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James SANDERS. James was born in 1909 in Kentucky; died on 25 Jan 1948 in King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1950 census, he and his family lived in Auburndale. He worked for a plywood factory.

Norman married Bernice MANLICK on 16 Oct 1933 in Auburndale, Wood County, Wisconsin. Bernice was born on 13 Jan 1913; died on 7 Sep 2003 in Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin. [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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1983-MN-013677
• Social Security Number: 477-07-4979

Notes:

“of Duluth” at the time of each parent’s funeral.

The Duluth telephone directory of 1949 lists a Geo Thompson living at 202 West 3rd Street. His phone number was Melrose 4540.

Living with his parents in Mahnomen County at the time of the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

In the 1939 Duluth city directory, he and Frances live at 704 E 2nd. He is an ice-cream maker for the Arrowhead Co-op Dairy. Frances is a maid.

In the 1940 census, he and Frances and George lived in Duluth at 2906 West 2nd Street, a rented residence. Five years earlier, George had lived on the family farm with his parents in Mahnomen County and Frances had lived in Eveleth. George was a high school graduate, Frances had a 7th grade education. George was a checker at a creamery. He had earned $500 in 1939.

In the 1943 Duluth city directory, he and Frances live at 11 S 60th Avenue W. He is a checker for the Arrowhead Co-op Creamery.

In the 1944 Duluth city directory, he is George E Thompson, “helper”, who lives with his wife Frances at 11 South 60th Avenue West.

In the 1946 directory, he is a roofer for Gold Bond Roofing.

In the 1957, 1958, and 1960 directories, he and Frances still live at 11 S 60th Avenue W. George was a laborer for the DM&IR.

His obituary was published on p. A8:1 of the May 8, 1983, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

George E. Thompson, 79, of 11 S. 60th Ave. W., died Saturday in Hospice Duluth at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was born in Clarissa, Minn., and had lived in Duluth since 1937. He worked for the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railway at the ore docks before retiring in 1967. He had previously worked for Arrowhead Creamery. Surviving are his wife, Frances; two daughters, Ursula Karlen of Blaine, Minn., and Rose Stewart of Esko; two sons, George A. of Duluth and Frank J. of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two sisters, Anna Peterson of Elk River, Minn., and Ida Luce of the state of Virginia; three brothers, Edward and Clarence, both of Elk River, Minn., and Melvin O. of Duluth; 13 grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bell Brothers Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Birth:
Not listed in the MHS birth certificate index

Family/Spouse: Frances Agnes O’ KORN. Frances (daughter of Frank O’ KORN and Ursula JAKELJ) was born on 20 Jun 1910 in Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 13 May 1999 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-29276
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2005-MN-020576

Notes:

Living with his parents in Mahnomen County, Minnesota at the time of the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

Apparently worked with a traveling carnival when he met Fern. Fern later left for Oregon where Jay was born.

In the 1940 census, Clarence was living with his parents on the family farm in Lake Grove Twp, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. Clarence was shown as single. He had an eighth-grade education and worked in gravel hauling on a WPA road improvement project.

Clarence and Gertrude lived at 88 Spruce Place in Minneapolis, near Loring Park, at the time of their stillborn son in 1942.

He was “of Duluth” at the time of his mother’s funeral; “of Webster” at the time of his father’s funeral.

Served in the military from 1942 to 1946. In one of Ed Ellingboe’s letters to Ruby in August or September of 1942, he seems to be referring to Clarence being in Boston at that time.

In the 1946 Duluth city directory, he and Gertrude lived at 2219 South (with Melvin and Edith). Clarence was a driver for Security Stage.

In the 1950 census, Clarence and Gert, with their sons Clarence and Ronald, lived on a farm in Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. Clarence was a farmer and Gertrude was a nurse at a city hospital.

Clarence was living in Elk River when his brother Edward died. Clarence was the informant for Edward’s death certificate. He was also living in Elk River when his brothers George and Melvin died.

On May 2, 2002, Alison drove Clarence to see the old Thompson farm in Clarissa.

HIs obit:

Clarence Thompson

Thompson Clarence, age 99, of Big Lake passed away on July 16, 2005. Preceded in death by wife, Gertrude and son, Ronald. Survived by longtime companion, Juel Biddick; sons, Jay (Leslie) Ross of Beaverton, OR, Clarence "Butch" (Wendee) Thompson of Sarona, WI, and Kenny (Dolly) Thompson of Sebeka, MN. Also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandsons. Clarence enjoyed spending time outdoors, fishing and hunting. Funeral service 12 noon Wednesday at Dare's Funeral Home, 805 Main St., Elk River (973-441-1212). Visitation one hour prior to service Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment Orono Cemetery.

Died:
Monticello Big Lake Community Hospital

Clarence married Fern Lettie LUFF on 23 Dec 1933 in Detroit Lakes, Becker County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Fern (daughter of Charles Fred LUFF and Eva Augusta CIBART) was born on 15 Jul 1912 in Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minnesota; died on 30 Jun 1975 in London, England; was buried in Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarence married Gertrude Frances PERRA on 16 Jul 1942 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Gertrude (daughter of George John PERRA and Mary JOLICOEUR) was born on 29 Jan 1911 in Wright County, Minnesota; died on 7 Nov 1988 in Anoka County, Minnesota; was buried on 10 Nov 1988 in Orono Cemetery, Elk River, Sherburne County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1947-MN-021384
• Social Security Number: 474-22-3897

Notes:

A grandson of Andrew Thompson named George, born in August of 1888, was living with Andrew and Randie at the time of the 1900 census (June 17th). He was shown as attending school, he was born in Minnesota, and his father was born in Sweden.

George was apparently recorded earlier (June 5th) with his parents’ household in Minneapolis.

In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, he is Geo H Willson, a clerk for Northern Express Co., residing at 1406 East 22nd Street.

In the 1910 census, he is living at home and is a bill clerk for an express company.

George registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Minneapolis. He lived with his wife at 735 East 16th Street in Minneapolis and was employed as a fireman in the city fire department at Engine Co. #26, 722 East 22nd Street. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and blond hair.

In the 1920 census, he and his wife Christine are living in Minneapolis in rented apartment on East 16th Street. They have no children. George is a fireman.

In the 1930 census, he and Christine are renting an apartment at 735 East 16th Street in Minneapolis. They have no children but they do have four “roomers” apparently living with them.

In the 1940 census, he is living apart from Christine. He is a fireman and lives at 2011 21st Avenue in south Minneapolis.

His death certificate shows that he was “found” on June 4th so he may have died earlier. At the time of his death, he was separated from his wife Christine and was living at the Nordic Hotel at 903 3rd Avenue South in Minneapolis. The cause of death is shown as “coronary sclerosis” but no autopsy was performed. The informant for the information on his death certificate was Rena Willson. George is shown as having been a Minneapolis fireman but he was considered retired at the time of his death.

Buried:
Section 9, Lot 164, Grave 31

George married Christine ENGA before 1918. Christine (daughter of Even ENGA and Kristia) was born on 14 Aug 1874 in Ossian, Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 27 Feb 1962 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 1 Mar 1962 in Glen Haven Memorial Garden, Crystal, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1957-MN-024235
• Occupation: Boilermaker, Soo Line Railroad
• Social Security Number: 701-05-2512

Notes:

A grandson of Andrew and Randi Thompson named William Carel was living with them at the time of the 1900 census (June 17th). He was born in February of 1890 in Minnesota. His father was born in Sweden.

Carl was apparently recorded earlier (June 5th) with his parents’ household in Minneapolis.

In the 1910 census, he is living at home and his occupation is shown as laborer at odd jobs.

He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Minneapolis. He lived at 2841 11th Avenue South with his wife and child. He was employed as a street car conductor by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company. He was described as of medium height and slim build with blue eyes and light hair.

He is Carl A. Wilson in the 1920 census, age 29 and living in Columbia Heights, Anoka County. His wife Gertrude is 28 and his son Stanley is 3. Carl’s occupation is boilermaker helper at railroad shop.

In the 1930 census, Carl and his family are renting a duplex at 3119 Hayes Street in Ward 9 of the city of Minneapolis. Carl is 40, Gertrude is 38, Stanley is 13, and Dorothy M. is 8. Carl is a boiler washer in the steam railroad industry.

An article in the Star on March 2, 1940, describes how he was held up, perhaps at gunpoint, by three men who “roughed” him up and stole his wallet containing $14 in cash.

Lived at 707 27th Avenue S.E. at the time of his death. His spouse’s name is shown as Anna and she was the informant for the information on his death certificate. He died of asphyxia caused by a massive pulmonary hemorrhage aggravated by lung cancer.

Died:
at General Hospital

Family/Spouse: Gertrude M BLEACHER. Gertrude was born about 1891 in Wisconsin; died on 27 Mar 1938 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 29 Mar 1938 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carl married Anna Christine BENJAMINSON on 7 Apr 1944 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Nels BENJAMINSON and Rebecca HANSON) was born on 30 Jul 1900 in Norway; died on 13 Apr 1967 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 17 Apr 1967 in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1977-MN-023032

Notes:

Rena was the informant for the information on her mother’s death certficate.

Buried:
Section 31, Lot 221B, Grave 1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1984-MN-020271

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is shown living with her uncle John Thompson and his wife Helga in Webster Twp, Rice County. She was also listed with her parents in Minneapolis so she was caught twice in the 1900 census. She was probably visiting in the Webster Twp instance.

Buried:
Section 31, Lot 221B, Grave 2

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1900-21870
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1987-MN-004914

Notes:

He was living at home with his father at the time of his father’s death.

He may be the Ralph of “Ralph and Esther Thompson”, witnesses to the baptism of Patricia Ruth Tonsager.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1902-05901
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1993-MN-009896

Notes:

Shown as child #2 on her birth certificate.

She was Mrs. Elda Murray of Minneapolis at the time of her father’s death.

Margaret married Eldo Roy MURRAY on 20 Jun 1925 in Dakota County, Minnesota. Eldo was born on 8 Mar 1889 in Minnesota; died on 15 Aug 1973 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1976-MN-028752

Notes:

Not listed in the index of Minnesota Births.

She was Mrs. Joe Docken of Webster at the time of her father’s death.

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.

She died of a heart attack at the Minnesota Odd Fellows Home in Northfield. She was the widow of Joseph; they had lived in Webster.

Lillian married Joseph L DOCKEN on 23 Sep 1923 in Scott County, Minnesota. Joseph (son of Ludvig Oleson DOCKEN and Laura GUNDERSON) was born on 6 May 1901 in Rice County, Minnesota; died on 14 Apr 1965 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Solor Lutheran Church Cemetery, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2000-MN-004589

Notes:

Not listed in the index of Minnesota births.

The informant for her death certificate was John O. Thompson, her brother. Her husband was George C. Bergstrom. They lived at 300 Spruce Street, Apt 314, Farmington, Minnesota. Helen had gone to school through the 8th grade. She died from a stroke.

She was Mrs. George Bergstrom of Omaha, Nebraska, at the time of her father’s death.

Died:
Fairview Ridges Hospital

Family/Spouse: Carl George BERGSTROM. Carl was born on 13 Sep 1898 in Minnesota; died in Jul 1985 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1908-05985
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1977-MN-003117
• Social Security Number: 473-32-3685 issued in MN before 1951

Notes:

1909 birth date on her death record, 1908 on her birth certificate.

She was Mrs. Clarence Tonsager of Minneapolis at the time of her father’s death.

Died:
zip code 55422

Ruth married Clarence Merville TONSAGER on 21 Jun 1928 in Scott County, Minnesota. Clarence (son of George P TONSAGER and Thea A ELLINGBOE) was born on 15 Oct 1905; died on 27 Jul 1987 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1910-06118
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-003027

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name shown as Hanson on birth certificate.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1912-06751
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1984-MN-004700

Notes:

Cemetery records show birth date as January 28th.

His father was apparently living with him, perhaps on the family farm, at the time of his father’s death.

Birth:
January 20th on birth certificate

Roger married Lucille Kathryn WIESE on 17 Jun 1940 in Dakota County, Minnesota. Lucille (daughter of DITENBAAER) was born on 21 Jul 1916 in Dakota County, Minnesota; died on 7 Nov 2001 in Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1914-07448
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1979-MN-018741

Notes:

She was Mrs. William Geister of Minneapolis at the time of her father’s death.

Esther married William C GEISTER on 7 Jun 1938 in Scott County, Minnesota. William was born on 15 Nov 1913 in Minnesota; died on 3 Dec 1982 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1917-07812
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2001-MN-524567

Notes:

He lived in St. Paul at the time of his father’s death.

He was the informant for his sister Helen’s death certificate.

Family/Spouse: Loraine Caroline GROSHONG. Loraine (daughter of Ernest GROSHONG and Hilda SANDMANN) was born on 30 Dec 1921 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 18 Aug 1999 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Shirley Mae BERGSTROM. Shirley (daughter of Carl George BERGSTROM and Georgia C) was born on 31 Mar 1924 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; died on 17 Mar 1955 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johnny married Rose Lorraine MESSNER on 24 Oct 1955 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced on 4 Feb 1971 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Rose was born on 1 Sep 1929 in North Dakota; died on 16 Oct 1996 in Minnesota; was buried in Pekin Community Cemetery, Pekin, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1920-08114

Notes:

He lived in Eureka Center at the time of his father’s death.

He is “of Minneapolis” in 2007 according to the obit of his niece, Nordis Docken Meinke.

Thompson, Loyal J. Age 91, went home to Heaven on September 15, 2012. Precious and devoted family man, Loyal "Bobby" was preceded in death by his wife, Verneice Thompson; son, Wayne Jerome Thompson; 8 older brothers and sisters. He was born in a farm house in Eureka Center, MN. He is survived by two children, Audrey Ohlgren and Douglas Thompson (Sharilyn); daughter-in-law, Sherry Thompson; four grandchildren, Amy Dawson (Neal), Andrew Thompson (Anna), Lisa Johnson (Jason), Travis Thompson (Nicole); eight great-grandchildren, Lilly and George, Jack, Molly, Drew and Max, Paisley and Graham. Bobby was an independent building contractor for many years building and remodeling over 200 homes and the restorer and collector of many great automobiles. He was a man of integrity and lived up to his given name, Loyal. His trust was in Jesus to bring him safely to his Heavenly home. Until we meet again, he will be sadly missed. Memorial service Saturday, September 29 at 11:00 A.M. at Emmaus Lutheran Church, 8443 Second Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55420.

Loyal married Verneice Elmere WICK on 25 Mar 1944 in Scott County, Minnesota. Verneice (daughter of LUND) was born on 16 Mar 1925 in Scott County, Minnesota; died on 2 Apr 1973 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Loyal married A.J. ANDERSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1914-42639
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2002-MN-041645

Notes:

In the 1940 census, she lived at home and worked as a power machine operator for a clothing manufacturer.

Flom Helen M. (Thompson), 88, of Kenyon, died Monday, Nov. 18 at Martin Luther Manor in Bloomington. She was born July 13, 1914 in Mpls to Johan & Minnie (Benson) Thompson. On Aug. 26, 1950, she married Kenneth O. Flom of Kenyon. She entered Martin Luther Manor in 1991. Survived by daughters, Muriel (Tom) Hogan of Edina and Karen (Ron) Lee of Plymouth; and grandchildren, Alicia and Brice Hogan, Brianne and Kara Lee. Her parents, husband, infant daughter and sister, Evelyn Peterson preceded her in death. Service Saturday, 11 AM at Holden Lutheran Church, rural Kenyon.

Helen married Kenneth Orlando FLOM on 26 Aug 1950 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Kenneth (son of Martin FLOM and Ida DALBOTTEN) was born on 31 Jan 1917 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 25 Nov 1983 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried in Holden Lutheran Cemetery, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1915-49061
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1980-MN-022786

Notes:

She was the informant for her father’s death certificate. She gave the same address as the address of her father, 6820 16th Ave. S.

Evelyn married Clarence Bertine PETERSON on 21 Aug 1940 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Clarence (son of Axel PETERSON and Christine ERICKSON) was born on 7 Oct 1910 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 1 May 2001 in Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 4 May 2001 in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a roofing contractor in Minneapolis in the 1950 census.

Family/Spouse: Helen MCINTOSH. Helen was born about 1900; died on 22 Aug 1981 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2011-MN-006551

Notes:

Benson, Clara Mildred age 97, of Robbinsdale, passed away peacefully February 26. Preceded in death by husband, Harry; and three children, Mildred, John, and Shirley. Survived by son, Ralph (Ceil) Benson; brother, John (Audrey) Ringdal; beloved cousin, Halvard Strand; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Died:
Park Crest Baptist Care Center

Clara married Harry C BENSON on 9 May 1931 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Harry was born on 17 May 1908 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 11 Nov 1985 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arrested for drunk driving in April of 1954. At that time he lived at 3236 Thomas Ave. N.

Family/Spouse: Kathryne WOLFE. Kathryne was born about 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1916-49122

Notes:

Went by Sally.

She was Mrs. Jord Nelson of Long Beach, California, at the time of her mother’s death.

Not listed as one of her brother Einer’s survivors.

She and Jord may have divorced because they were married in Clark County, Nevada, on 18 Oct 1965.

Birth:
California Deaths says 16 Dec 1917

Family/Spouse: Jord Oscar NELSON, Sr. Jord was born on 10 Dec 1910 in South Dakota; died on 24 May 1966 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1988-MN-021272

Notes:

He registered for the draft on February 14, 1942, at the Lumber Exchange Building in Minneapolis.

He resided at 3236 Thomas in Minneapolis, the same address he gave for the person who would always know his address, Mrs. John Ringdal, presumably his mother. He was employed by the War Production Board at 326 Midland Bank Building in Minneapolis.

According to the Veterans Affairs BIRLS file, he enlisted in the Army on 5 Jul 1941 and was released 23 Jul 1946.

Drowned when he fell into Crystal Lake while walking his dog. He was suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy.

Died:
his mother’s maiden name was Pedersen

Rolf married G.L. PEDERSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Audrey Marie HOBEN in 1956. Audrey was born about 1934; died on 3 Nov 2020 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living at home in Minneapolis with his parents and brother in the 1930 census.

He was driving the car that killed Jerry Lyons, 72, on September 23, 1934, in Minneapolis. Lyons died of a skull fracture after being struck by Strand’s car at 3rd Avenue and Lake Street.

Birth:
WWII draft card

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

Einar married Kathryne on 2 Oct 1960 in Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2014-MN-040132

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and daughter lived in Minneapolis. He was an accountant for a gas company (probably Minnegasco, then known as the Minneapolis Gas Company). He had had 2 years of college, his wife was a high school graduate.

In the 1950 census, he and his family lived in Bloomington at a large communal religious compound, characterized as the Bethany Fellowship missionary training center, at 6820 Auto Club Road in Bloomington. Halvard worked there as a staff worker and treasurer.

Strand, Halvard C. Age 102 of Bethany Fellowship, Bloomington, MN, died on Saturday, December 20, 2014 of natural causes, peacefully in his home. He was born on September 11, 1912 in Minneapolis, MN. He was preceded in death by his wife Helen Heglund Strand and infant grandson David. He is survived by children: Miriam and Mike Lundeen, Karen Easterday and Paul Dotray, Paul and Elizabeth Strand, one grandson, seven granddaughters, and twenty six great grandchildren. Services will be held at Bethany Church, 6900 Auto Club Road, Bloomington, MN.

Died:
Bloomington

Halvard married Helen Elizabeth HEGLUND on 10 Sep 1938 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Helen (daughter of Schoning J HEGLUND and Minnie Alvida BOE) was born on 31 Oct 1917 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 28 Aug 1988 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lila Margaret LARSON. Lila was born on 25 Jun 1911 in Wood County, Wisconsin; died on 31 Jan 1990 in Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1950 census, he is divorced and is living in Portland with his parents. He was a roofer.

According to his obit, he died in a hospital after a long illness. His widow was named Vera. Wayne was his only surviving child.

He was also survived by four sisters: Mrs. Grace Odegard of Elk River, Minnesota, Mrs. Eileen Magnus, Mankato, Minnesota, Mrs. Bernice Mathews, Albany, Oregon, and Mrs. Corrine Melchior, Portland, Oregon.

Stanley married Mary BRADWELL on 24 May 1946 in Multnomah County, Oregon, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stanley married Alice RYDBERG on 7 Nov 1952 in Skamania County, Washington. Alice was born on 27 Apr 1929 in North Dakota; died on 19 Apr 2013 in Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roy Vernon PEARSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ashley Paul FISHER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Univerity of Washington - Seattle graduate.

Her obit called her a master first grade teacher, teaching “legions of children at the Northridge, Parthenia Street, and Anatola Avenue schools to read.”

Family/Spouse: George H DAVIS. George was born on 18 Aug 1909 in Boise, Ada County, Idaho; died on 18 Aug 1959 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1925-MN-011869
• Baptism: 26 Aug 1903, Pope County, Minnesota

Notes:

Letter from Nona Ellingboe 1967.

Not listed in the indexes of Minnesota births or deaths.

Single and living at home with her parents in Villard in the 1920 census.

In the 1923 Minneapolis city directory, she is a machine operator. She rooms at 1109 Hawthorne Avenue.

In the 1924 Minneapolis city directory, she is Beatrice E Ellingboe, a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co, rooming at 2401 Clinton Avenue.

She died from TB and peritonitis. She had contracted the TB in St. Cloud which was also her usual residence. She had had an operation that preceded her death. The informant for her death certificate was Thomas Ellingboe, her father.

Birth:
her death certificate says that she was born on June 23rd

Baptism:
Fron, Starbuck

Beatrice married Peter B BRAUN on 8 Jul 1924 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Mar 1905, Pope County, Minnesota

Notes:

She may be the Clara Ellingboe, domestic, listed in the 1922 city directory for Evanston, Illinois. That Clara lived at 391 Sheridan Road.

In the 1926 Milwaukee city directory, she is Claire V Ellingboe, a stenographer for the Wisconsin Telephone Co. She lives with her uncle and Andrew at 414 25th.

Single and living with her father’s brother Walter in Milwaukee in the 1930 census. She is a stenographer at a telephone company.

Baptism:
Fron Starbuck

Clara married John W QUASNEY on 8 Sep 1934. John was born on 28 Feb 1904 in Indiana; died on 3 Feb 1986 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1908-20543
• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 205653
• Baptism: 12 Apr 1908, Pope County, Minnesota

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name shown as Ellingboe on birth certificate.

Single, employed as a clerk in an office, and living at home with his parents in the 1930 census.

In the 1939 Milwaukee city directory, as Kenneth A Ellingboe, he is living with his wife Jeanette at 2545A North 15th. His occupation is clerk.

In the 1940 census, he and Janet and Jean live at 2545 North 15th Street in Milwaukee in a rented residence. He was a cost accountant for an auto bodies and pipes manufacturer. He was a high school graduate. His wife had had two years of high school.

In the 1950 census, he and Janet and their three children live in Wauwatosa. He is a production clerk for a manufacturer of industrial machinery.

Baptism:
Fron Starbuck

Kenneth married Jeanette Margaret OWEN on 5 Sep 1936. Jeanette was born on 21 Jan 1916 in Wisconsin; died on 30 Apr 1974 in Pasco County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kenneth married Ilma Martha (Pinky) BESCH on 29 Mar 1975 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Ilma was born on 3 Oct 1911; died on 11 Feb 2001 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin; was buried in Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1909-20943

Notes:

She attended Lawrence University in Appleton.

Single, employed as a clerk at a telephone company, and living at home with her parents in the 1930 census.

In the 1939 Milwaukee city directory she is still Evelyn Ellingboe, a clerk, living with her parents at 2024 North 33rd.

In the 1940 census, she is Evelyn Loos, living with her parents and husband at 2024 North 33rd Street in Milwaukee. She had had two years of college. Her husband had had 1 year of high school. Both were employed: he as a jeweler in a retail jewelry store, a job at which he earned $1974 in 1939, she as a general office clerk at a telephone company, a job which earned her $1084 in 1939.

In the 1947 city directory, she is Evelyn Ellingboe and lives at 2404 N 50th, Apartment 12.

She died as Evelyn L Loos.

Evelyn married Edward Conrad LOOS on 15 Sep 1936 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Edward was born on 18 Dec 1906 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; died in 2000 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1911-21464
• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 001531

Notes:

Gilbert Walter on his birth certificate. Gilbert W. in the 1920 census. Jim calls him Walter Gilbert.

Single, employed as a clerk in a grocery store, and living at home with his parents at the time of the 1930 census.

In the 1939 Milwaukee city directory, as Walter F, he and his wife Olive live at 3416A North 27th. He is a bookkeeper at Rundle-Spence Manufacturing Co. Olive is a stenographer for National Carloading Corporation.

In the 1940 census, Walter and Olive lived at 3630 North 42nd Street in Milwaukee in a rented residence. He had had three years of high school, she was a high school graduate. He was a purchasing agent for a plumbing supply company. She was an assistant cashier for a steam railroad car loading facility. She made more money in 1939 than he did: $1400 to $1238.

In the 1947 city directory, he is a purchasing agent for Ben-Hur Mfg. He and Olive live at 3630 N 42nd.

In the 1950 census, he and Olive and their two sons live in Milwaukee. He is a salesman of industrial supplies.

His obit said that he had been a manufacturers rep in the commercial heating and plumbing industry. The obit says that he had five grandchildren: Lisa, Kristin, Erika, David, and Quin, and one great-grandson, Michael.

Died:
River Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Stevens Point

Walter married Olive Dorothy GEISINGER on 27 Jun 1936 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Olive was born on 8 Aug 1914 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 22 Jan 1991 in Waushara County, Wisconsin; was buried in Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Wautoma, Waushara County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As 8 year-old Clarence, he was living with his parents in Menasha in the 1910 census.

Graduated from Menasha High School with the class of 1919, of which he was the senior class president. From there he went on to the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

In April of 1923, he was involved in a traffic accident in which an automobile he was driving struck and killed a five year-old girl in Neenah. Miss Blanche Williams was also in the car with Clarence. He was later found not responsible for the accident although he and his father were sued for $10,000 by the girl’s father. The suit was later dropped after a $300 out-of-court settlement.

In the 1924 San Antonio, Texas, city directory, he is Clarence H Ellingboe of Eldridge & Slinkard. He lived at 233 Claudia.

As of April of 1925, he was a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin.

In 1925, he accepted a position for the summer months at Henry, Illinois.

In October of 1926, he was of the A. E. McMahon Engineering Co. engaged in a survey projetc through 25 miles of virgin forest.

In the 1928 Minneapolis city directory, he is probably C H Ellingboe, a salesman for Frigidaire Corp. He lives in St. Paul.

In the 1930 census, he and Grace lived in Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota, where Clarence is a foreman in a “car shop.” He was a veteran of the World War.

In the 1932 St. Paul city directory, he is a clerk for the Standard Steel Car Company. He lives at 2600 West Como.

In the 1935 and 1936 Minneapolis city directories, he’s a purchasing agent for Northern Pump Co. He and Grace live at 1923 McKinley.

In the 1938 city directory, he is still with Northern Pump but he and Grace now live at 2301 22nd Avenue N E.

In the 1940 census, he (age 38) and Grace (age 50) and their maid live at 2301 22nd Avenue in a rented residence. Both he and Grace have three years of college. He works as a purchasing agent for a company that manufactures lawn cutters and tractors. He earned $2400 in 1939.

A September, 1947, article in the Star names Clarence as one of five “representatives of Minnesota steel processing companies” charged with working out means to increase scrap iron shipments from the state and to increase steel suppies to the state. The five would work with the state’s director of business outreach.

In the 1948 Minneapolis city directory, he’s a purchasing agent for Pioneer Engineering. He and Grace live at 222 West 48th Street.

In the 1950 census, he lives at the Milwaukee Athletic Club. He is a widower and is a salesman of plumbing supplies.

No children from either marriage.

There was a “Kunth M Ellingboe” included in the Wisconsin birth index, born in Winnebago County on 27 Mar 1902. This must be Clarence.

His obit in the September 18, 1971, issue of the Tampa Tribune says that he died on 16 September. His widow was Alice. He was retired plumbing supply salesman and had moved to Florida from Milwaukee in about 1965. He was a Mason.

Died:
SSDI says last residence Zephyr Hills, Pasco County, Florida

Buried:
Services: Hubbell Funeral Home, Belleair Bluffs, FL. Clergyman, Officiating: Dr. William J. McCullough, Pastor, Church of the, Isles, Congregational, Indian Rocks Beach, FL.

Clarence married Grace E CRIBB about 1928. Grace was born about 1888; died on 21 Jul 1949 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; was buried on 14 Sep 1949 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice K. Alice was born on 16 Dec 1899 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 20 Jan 2002 in Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida; was buried in Cremated. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A 1921 article in the Appleton Post-Crescent mentioned that Marjorie Ellingboe of Menasha high won 2nd place in the advanced typewriting competition between 15 high schools in the district.

In the 1930 census, she was single and living at home with her parents and brother. She was a bank clerk.

Marjorie married Charles H LAMOREAUX on 14 Feb 1931 in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Charles was born on 20 Dec 1896 in Missouri; died in May 1968 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Retired Research Org. Chemist, DuPont Experimental Station

Notes:

SSDI gives his birthdate as 14 Oct.

In the 1930 census, he was listed as living with his parents. No occupation.

He graduated from Lawrence College in Appleton with high honors in June of 1930. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. His future wife, also in his class at Lawrence, also was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

In the 1931 city directory for Champaign, Illinois, he is an assistant at the University of Illinois. He resides at 504 S Busey Avenue.

In the 1932 Champaign city directory, he is an assistant in Chem at the U of Illinois. He lives at 806 Florida.

At the time of his marriage to Helen Jones, he was a research chemist for DuPont. His obit says that he was an organic chemist in the Central Research Department at the DuPont Experimental Station for 40 years.

In the 1940 census, he and Helen live in Brooklyn Terrace in New Castle County, Delaware, with their two sons. Ellsworth is a chemist for a chemical company. In 1935, he and Helen had lived in WIlmington, Delaware. Ellsworth is shown as having had five years of college, Helen four.

Died:
ca. 9 AM, Christiana Hospital

Ellsworth married Helen Adele JONES on 21 Jun 1934 in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Helen was born on 9 Aug 1910 in Wisconsin; died on 2 Oct 1987 in New Castle County, Delaware. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Letters from Susan H. Ellingboe 2 Dec 1969 and 17 Nov 1969.

In the 1930 census she was single and living at home. She was a stenographer.

She may have died from complications of childbirth.

Family/Spouse: Martin Joseph BILLER. Martin was born on 23 Aug 1902 in Croatia; died on 22 Feb 1966 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 396-09-1027 Issued In Wisconsin Before 1951
• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 012617

Notes:

In the 1926 Manitowoc city directory, she is a student living at 2317 Washington

Still single and living with her mother and her step-father in Two Rivers in the 1930 census.

In the 1938 Two Rivers city directory, she was Leone Ellingboe, a stenographer for the City of Two Rivers. She lived at 2317 Washington in Two Rivers.

In the 1940 census, she was single and living with her mother and step-father in Two Rivers. She was a stenographer for the city of Two Rivers. She had had two years of college.

Her last residence was in Two Rivers.

Leone married Martin ULRICH on 12 Jun 1955 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Martin was born on 26 Oct 1902 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 21 Feb 1983 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Social Security Number: 555-18-8335 Issued In California Before 1951

Notes:

She may the Agnes Ellingboe who was a 25 year-old 1st Class passenger on the S.S. Matsonia which departed Honolulu on June 9, 1939, and arrived in Los Angeles on June 14, 1939.

In the 1940 census, she is probably the Agnes Ellingboe who is a servant (child’s nurse) with the Duryea family in Old Westbury, Nassau County, New York.

She was Agnes Thompson of New York City at the time of her mother’s death.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 200209

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he is probably the John Ellingboe, age 28, who is a lodger with a family in Muskego Twp, Waukesha County. That John had lived in Los Angeles in 1935. He was single, was a high school graduate, and was a salesman of farm machinery.

Buried in Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee. Was a Staff Sergeant in the U. S. Army in WWII. Enlisted on 29 Aug 1941 in Milwaukee. At the time he enlisted, he was married, had had 4 years of high school, was 5’ 9” tall, and weighed 155 lbs. His civilian occupation was “gas and oil man.” His service end date was 24 Oct 1945.

He arrived in New York aboard the Queen Mary on October 16, 1945.

In the 1947 Milwaukee city directory, he and Joyce live at 917 W Milwaukee. He is a mechanic for “Deising Mtr.”

In the 1950 census, he is divorced and living with his parents in Milwaukee. He works as an auto mechanic in an auto garage.

Died:
last residence

Buried:
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