Ivar Asgrimson UVDAL

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/1 Nordigård

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Trondsdatter BREKKE. Sigrid (daughter of Trond Eriksson LUNDE and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter LEIROL) was born in 1719 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bergitte Eriksdatter MOEN. Bergitte was born about 1710 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1741. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Berit married Ola Kristofferson LEROHL in 1768. Ola (son of Kristoffer Olsen LEIROL and Anne Torleivsdotter REMME) was born in 1737 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ola Eirikson DAL. Ola (son of Eirik Hallvardson and Ingebjørg Olsdatter DAL) was born in 1730; died in 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ragnhild married Nils Toresen ROGN on 15 Mar 1773 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Nils was born in 1752 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/1 Nordigarde

Trond married Berit Einarsdatter HEEN in 1787 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Einar Kristoffersen HEEN and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter EINANG) was born in 1761 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jim’s notes on her in his VS: Da første kona til Simen døde giftet han seg med Kjersti som var omkring 15 år yngre enn ham. De fikk 8 barn: Fouten Knut var det SIGRID (1788-) som fikk barna Endre i 1810, med Endre Ø Dalåker og Marit i 1815 med Tore N Myre. Hun ble gift med Nils Helgesson Rønseiga i 1823 og flyttet til plassen hans. IVAR (1790-) Han var husmann på Heensbakkin under øvre Heen, gm Anne Olsdtr Givre, som døde på Dalåker. TORSTEIN (1793-) gm Marte Trondsdtr Myreeiga (?) og Torstein (1794-95), Torkjell (1796-1816), Ingebjørg (1798-1800) og Trond (1801- 1856) som døde som legdslem på Søyne.

Birth:
Uvdal 2/1 Nordigården

Died:
Søyne 50/

Kjersti married Simon Knutsson BAGETUN (SØYNE) in 1785. Simon was born about 1747; died in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/1 Nordigarden

Family/Spouse: Nils Nilsen SKOGSTAD. Nils (son of Nils Gudbrandsen SKOGSTAD and Ragnhild Halvorsdatter) was born in 1730 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I296 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han solgte gården til Andris helgesen Kjerstein for 799 rd. og livaure. Andris Kjerstein overtok i 1786.

Birth:
Uvdal 2/1 Nordigarden

Family/Spouse: Anne Gullaksen HEGG. Anne was born in 1744 in Borgund, Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1796. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Birth:
Leirol 62/1

Family/Spouse: Berte Torsteinsdatter BØE. Berte (daughter of Torstein Torsteinson BØE and Gjartrud Øysteinsdatter) was born in 1778 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 724.


In the church book record for his son Endre, his farm is shown as Sönder Böe.

Birth:
Bøe 41/2 Sørebø

Ivar married Gjertrud Helgesdatter ELLINGBØE in 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Gjertrud (daughter of Helge Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Ågot Kristoffersdotter KVIEN) was born in 1773 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ivar married Ragnhild Endresdatter LIEN in 1803. Ragnhild (daughter of Endre Nilsen LIEN and Gjartrud Endresdatter KJØS) was born in 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, she was living with her son and his family on Braakenhus nordre in Vang.

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

Iver married Velgjerd Trondsdotter BREKKE in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Velgjerd (daughter of Trond Jonsen ELLINGBØ and Guri Ivarsdatter TUNE) was born in 1788/1789 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 853.

He is I6165 in Jim’s VS.

grb, Søyne 50/

Birth:
Søyne 50/

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Torsteinsdatter MYRE. Ragndi (daughter of Torstein Nilsen KVIE and Marit Knutsdatter VEFLEN) was born in 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Husmann on Hænsbakken under Øvre Hæn. He married Anne Olsdatter Givre/Dalåker the same year that Ingeborg was born.

Vang B, p. 382.

Family/Spouse: Sigri Olsdatter HÆNSEIGA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This connection by way of dwfrench1.

Tosten married Marthe Throndsdatter MYHRE on 2 Nov 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marthe was born in 1792 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 Nordigarden, Øye

Berit married Johannes JOHAN-HENRIKSSON in 1780. Johannes was born in 1751 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/1 Nordigarden

Ivar married Marit Jacobsdatter BAGGETUN in 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Jacob Jørnsen ELLINGBØ and Velgjerd Jonsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Vøvle i Hurum

Died:
Holien i Hurum

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen HOLIEN. Ole was born on 21 Feb 1768 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Dec 1804 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bøye’s first wife. He had two more.

Jim calls her Marte Kristoffersdtr Leirol, #I1996 in VS.

Birth:
Leirol 62/2 Sygården

Died:
Stele 21/1 Nerre

Marte married Böye Ovesen BERGE in 1823. Böye (son of Ove Bøyesen WANGENSTEEN and Gerhardine (Tina) Geelmynden ANKER) was born in 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Apr 1896 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Month and day from Jeff

Died:
Month and day from Jeff

Family/Spouse: Kjersti Tomasdotter MØSAKER. Kjersti (daughter of Thomas Thomasson TØRPE and Margrete Jonsdatter MØSAKER) was born in 1811 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Jul 1898 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berith Andersdotter NORDLAND. Berith (daughter of Anders Knudsen NORDLAND (LEROHL) and Anne Torleivsdotter BØRHUS (LEROHL) (TORPE)) was born on 4 Jul 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was christened on 12 Jul 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Oct 1896 in Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried on 19 Oct 1896 in Jambo Creek Cemetery, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Soldier
• Baptism: 23 Sep 1804, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is I22059 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

His baptismal sponsors were Ingebor Helgesdatter Qvale, Giertrue Havversdatter Söndre Böe, Ole Tostensen Söndre Böe, Anders Olsen Qvale, and Torsten Torstensen Böe.

May have been working/living on Ellingbø at the time that his son Ole was born.

Birth:
Everett interprets the birth date as 4 May.

Family/Spouse: Eli Knudsdatter. Eli (daughter of Knud Pedersen KVÅLE and Marit Knudsdatter HOVI) was born on 13 Jun 1802 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 7 Feb 1897 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Evensdatter ELLINGBØ. Anne (daughter of Eivind Olsen ELLINGBØ and Berit Vilhjølmsdatter BAGGETUN) was born in May 1801 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Apr 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Feb 1806, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Jim points out that Iver’s name at confirmation is shown as Iver Olsen Lajorde. His father’s name is shown only as Ole, with no patronymic.

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he was Ivar Olsen, a husmann med jord on Braakenhus nordre. The three children living with him and Anne were Marit, 14, Anne, 13, and Ingri, 7.

Birth:
Can’t confirm that birthdate in the church book. Even Jim, in his VS, cites Katherine’s Howard/Messing Family Tree.

Baptism:
Jim, in his VS, cites the source for this date as the Vang Kirkebok, Ministerialbok No. 2.

Iver married Anne Tronsdatter MYHRE on 24 Nov 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Thron Madson MYHRE and Marit Olsdatter BAKKE) was born on 9 May 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Aug 1898 in Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Trond had been a farmer at Sygarde, Uvdal (gnr. 2/2) from 1833 to 1850. He took over the farm Bokkadn, i Bøkko, N. Ellingbø (now gnr. 33/3) in the Spring of 1850 when the previous owner, Jon Øysteinsson Ellingbø (Bø), emigrated to America with his family. Trond acquired the name Ellingbøe with the farm and kept it when he emigrated with his wife and 8 children (plus 2 granddaughters) in the spring (22 March) of 1862. Trond sold Bøkko to Knut Iversson Eltun on 25 April 1868 for 500 spd. It was said that Embrik and Helge Ellingbøe bought Bøkko from Trond and then sold half to Knut, and that Jon Endresson and Torstein, Helge's sons, each took over half of the remaining part (i.e., 1/4 part each). Most of the information after emigration of Trond and Kjersti was obtained from Lee Ann Ellingboe Randall.

He may be the Thomas Thompson, 56, living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in the 1870 census. The household consisted of Thomas, 56, Calista, 53, May 27, Ever 27, Andrew, 17, Betsey, 16, Ada, 12, Thomas, 11, and Betsey, 6. Only the younger Betsey was born in Minnesota. Next door was Torger Thompson with son Thomas, 6, and daughter Sarah, 3, both children born in Minnesota.

Trond settled in Renville County in 1871. According to the History of Renville County:

“Trond I. Ellingboe settled on section 4 {presumably of Wang Twp} in the fall of 1871, and lived there the remainder of his life.”

Land records show that the Benson land office issued Thrond I Ellingboe a 120 acre homestead on 3 Jun 1884. The land description is as follows:

1 S½SW 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W 4
2 SWSE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W 4

In the 1880 census. Trond, age 66, was a farmer in Wang Township of Renville County. He lived with his wife, Kjirsti, age 64, and their son Thrond, age 22. A few farms away lived another of Trond’s sons, Andris (A. T.).

In the 1900 census, Trond, 87 (born Feb 1813) and widowed, was living with his daughter, Synneva Loe’s family in Wang Township. Synneva, age 53 (born Jul 1846), was married 23 years to Ole Loe, age 52 (born January of 1848). Synneva had borne 11 children, 6 still living. Their children at home at the time were Syver, 22 (born Sept 1877), Kirsti, 18 (born Mar 1882), and Gudbrand, 13 (born Oct 1886). Ole owned the farm. Ole had emigrated from Norway in 1872, Trond and Synneva in 1862.

From the Wang Township section of the History of Renville County:”Trond I. Ellingboe settled on section 4 in the fall of 1871, and lived there the remainder of his life. He died at the age of 89 years.”

Birth:
other sources say born on February 18th

Trond married Kjersti Helgesdotter KJERSTEIN in 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Kjersti (daughter of Helge Andrisson KJERSTEIN and Kjersti Tomasdotter TØRPE) was born on 26 Dec 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Oct 1885 in United States; was buried on 8 Oct 1885 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/2 sygarden

Died:
Nundal 4/ vestre

Berit married Torstein Jonsen NYSTUEN in 1837. Torstein (son of Jon Knutsen NYSTUEN and Berit Torsteinsdatter GRIHAMAR) was born in 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Jan 1898 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the heir to her father’s farm.

Vang A, p. 854.

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

Birth:
Søyne 50/

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Søyne 50/

Baptism:
as Ingebor Knudsdatter Söyne

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

He came to the U.S. in 1850.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Jan 1819, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The birth record for her son Ole calls her Ingeborg Iversdatter Ellingbøe.

Jackie has her born in Norway in about 1835.

Birth:
perhaps December 15

Baptism:
Hurum

Ingeborg married Knud Johanesson THUNE in 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Knud (son of Johannes Erichsen KVAM and Guri Knutsdatter LEIROLSEIGA) was born in Jun 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Apr 1831, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 8 Jun 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Confirmation:
Vangs church

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Olsdatter STRAND. Ingeborg (daughter of Ola Olsen Øye-Eiga STRAND and Kari Guttormsdatter WANGENSTEEN STRAND) was born on 22 Dec 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 May 1905 in Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 Nordigarden i Øye

Family/Spouse: Sjugurd Guttormsen STRAND. Sjugurd (son of Guttorm Sjugurdson STRAND and Ragnhild Ovesdotter WANGENSTEEN) was born in 1780 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

gmyhre311 says he was born 27 Nov 1785.

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4, Nordigarden i Øye

Johan-Henrik married Ingebjørg Larsdatter GRØV in 1810. Ingebjørg (daughter of Lars Østenson Strand HERMUNDSTAD and Margarete Sjugurdsdatter HEEN) was born in 1789 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1847. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 Nordigarden, Øye

Berit married Helge Eiriksson KASA in 1811 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Helge (son of Erik Torsteinson KASA and Ambjørg Helgesdotter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1781 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Endre Nilsen LUNDE. Endre (son of Nils Helgesen KJERSTEIN and Gunvor Andrisdatter LUNDE) was born in 1790 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4, Nordigarden i Øye

Family/Spouse: Gudbrand Olsen BØ. Gudbrand (son of Ola Knutsen BØ and Ragnhild Gudbrandsdatter SKOGSTAD) was born in 1801 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I2460 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Da hun døde ble mannen hennes Gudbrand med sønnen sin til USA.

Birth:
Uvdal 2/1 Nordigarden

Anne married Gudbrand Gudbrandsen UVDAL in 1823. Gudbrand (son of Gudbrand Gudbrandsen UVDAL and Ingebjørg Sjugurdsdatter STRAND) was born in 1788 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Jan 1875 in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

gmyhre311 calls him Asgrim Iverson Opdahl

Vang A, p. 56.

Birth:
Uvdal 2/

Family/Spouse: Marit Jonsdatter NYSTUEN. Marit (daughter of Jon Knutsen NYSTUEN and Berit Torsteinsdatter GRIHAMAR) was born in 1811 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/1 Nordigarden

Family/Spouse: Nils Endresen HERMUNDSTAD. Nils was born in 1802; died in 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Died:
Haavi, Lomen

Family/Spouse: Guri Gulbrandsdatter RINGESTAD. Guri was born on 1 Jan 1798 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Even Knudsen HEEN. Even (son of Knud Evensen HEEN and Sigri Gulbrandsdatter UVDAL) was born on 14 Jun 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Stele 21/1 Nerre

Died:
Kvåle in Vang

Berte married Ola Andrisson KATTEVOLDVang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ola (son of Andris Olsen KATTEVOLD and Margrete Kristoffersdatter KVÅLE) was born on 19 Dec 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Apr 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his wife Randi are in the photograph on p. 149 of Vang B. Their son Kristoffer, his second wife Berte Larsdatter, and their first child, Anders (b. 1894) are in the photograph on p. 150.

Family/Spouse: Randi Andrisdatter HERMUNDSTAD. Randi (daughter of Anders Johanson ØYE and Anne Nilsdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born in Jan 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margrete married Andris Gunnarsson GJEVRE in 1851. Andris (son of Gunnar Andrisson GJEVRE and Åste Nilsdatter ØDEGÅRD) was born in 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Berit married Tosten Andrisson HØVERSTAD in 1860. Tosten (son of Andris Andrisson HAMRE and Berit Torgeirsdatter ONSTAD) was born on 28 Nov 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Nov 1916 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Dorte married Amund Helgesson HAMRE in 1864. Amund (son of Helge Tomasson ØLGØGN and Margrethe Amundsdatter BØ) was born on 7 Sep 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 16 Jun 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

See notes for his mother.

Vang A and KB Vang, #7, 1814-1834.

Christened:
Godparents: Anne Andersd. Ellingbøe, Lisbeth Olsd. Turtnes (?),, Torstein Helges. Ellingbøe, Guldbrand Helges. ibid, --?-- Boe.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Jan 1830, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The sponsors listed for her baptism were Margrethe Ovesdatter Thune, Maren Evensdatter Thune, Kirsti Christophersdatter Dalager, Bøye Bøyesen Thune, and Niels Iversen Thune.

She is I21783 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree where her birthdate is mistakenly shown to be November 28th.

Vang B, p. 307, calls her Marit Endresdotter Rogn, as does dwfrench1.

In the 1865 census, she is the wife of Kristofer Einarsen. The family lives on Heen øvre, for which Kristofer is gbr. The couple has five daughters, born between the years 1853 and 1865. They would have two more. Of the seven daughters, the eldest, Anne, inherited the farm. One daughter, Ingebjørg died as a teenager. The other five daughters would emigrate to the U.S.

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Einarsson HEEN. Kristoffer (son of Einar Kristoffersson HEEN and Anne Jonsdatter LEIROL) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 May 1830, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 16 Jun 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His birth record shows him as the illegitimate son of the soldat Endre Iverssen Ellingböe and Anne Evensdatter Ellingböe. He represernts the first instand of leirmaal for the mother, the second for the father. His baptismal sponsors were all from the farm Söndre Böe: Welgjer Evensdatter, Anne Trondsdatter, Ole Erichsen, Ole Olsen, and Lars Olsen.

Ole, 34, Anne, 31, Anders, 8, Anne, 4, and Iver, 3, emigrated from Vang in 1864. Ole’s occupation is shown as Shoemaker.

He was Ole Anderson in the 1870 census. He was living in Glenwood Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa. He and Anne had only the 3 children.

He may have died in Polk County, Minnesota, in 1889.

Baptism:
at the Vang stavkirke

Family/Spouse: Berith Knudsdatter SVIEN. Berith died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Randi Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE. Randi (daughter of Helge Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Guri Torleivsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Velgjerd Trondsdotter ELLINGBØE. Velgjerd (daughter of Trond Iversson ELLINGBØE (OPDAL, UVDAL) and Kjersti Helgesdotter KJERSTEIN) was born on 26 Dec 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 Dec 1865 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Anne Iversdatter SONDROL (SÖNDEROLD) on 30 Jun 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Iver Thorkildson SONDROL (SÖNDEROLD)) was born about 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her death certificate was indexed in Ancestry as Betsy Danick.

The informant for her death certificate was Winnie Engstrum.

She died from pneumonia.

Her obit said that she had lived in “the Blaine district” since 1888. She was survived by three daughters: Mrs. Ida Eide of Attalia, Washington, Mrs. Amelia Gray and Mrs. Winnie Engstrum of Moscow, and four sons: Daniel, Albert, Emanuel, and Silas Daniels, all of Moscow.

Most of the information on Betsy Daniels and her descendants are from Find A Grave and the fine work done by contributors such as Teresa and Julie B C.

Birth:
date from her death certificate

Family/Spouse: Joseph DANIELS. Joseph was born on 3 Jan 1839 in Norway; died on 22 Jul 1914 in Moscow, Latah County, Idaho; was buried in Moscow Cemetery, Moscow, Latah County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1913-MN-009513
• Baptism: 9 Oct 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is Trond Iverson Syndrol in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

In the 1870 census, he is probably the 25 year-old Thrond Iverson, a farm laborer on the Hoover Knudson farm in Winneshiek County, Iowa.

In the 1880 census, he, as T I Sondrold, and his wife and three sons lived in Buse Twp, Otter Tail County. His wife was Caroline C, age 26, born in Iowa.

In the 1900 census, he was Trond Iverson. He and his family still farmed in Buse Twp.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

June 20, 1905
Thrond Iverson and wife of Fergus Falls are visiting with the formers brother, Nels Iverson, and family, and will remain until after the 4th.

March 13, 1913
Nels Iverson departed for Fergus Falls, MN, Saturday morning to attend the funeral of his brother Thrond, which was held Monday. Deceased was seventy years old, and is the only brother of Nels. He leaves a wife, six daughters and three sons to mourn his death. Mr. Iverson was also a brother of Mrs. H. Haraldson.

Birth:
on Mÿhre

Thrond married Karen TORGERSON about 1873 in Iowa. Karen (daughter of Vetle TORGERSON and Martha) was born on 11 Aug 1853 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 15 Mar 1919 in Cass County, North Dakota; was buried in First Lutheran South Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-013212
• Baptism: 14 May 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In Jim’s VS, he is Nils Iversen Syndrol, #I54580. Nils is the only child of Iver and Anne that Jim includes in VS.

In the 1865 census, he was Niels Iverson, an unmarried 21 year-old farm worker on the Kvam farm in Vang owned by Lars Wangensteen.

He emigrated from Vang in April of 1866 as Nels Iverson Sönderold.

In the 1870 census, he, as Nels Iverson, erroneously shown as age 22, and his wife were living with her parents in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa.

In the 1875 state census, he and his wife and three daughters were living in Martin Twp, Rock County, Minnesota. Not far from them was the farm of his wife’s parents.

In the 1880 census, he was Nels Everson, 35, of Martin Twp. Living with him are his wife Randy, 30, his three daughters Ingeborg, 10, Anna, 7, and Ida, 5, and his young son Ever, 2.

He was a Nels Iverson, a farmer in Martin Twp, Rock County, Minnesota, in the 1900 census. He came to the U.S. in 1866.

In the 1910 census, he was Nels I. Sondrol, still in Martin Twp. Living with him and Rangdi were Rudolph, “Rangdi N.”, Amanda, and Anna along with Anna’s three children.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as N I Søndrol of Hills, Minnesota. He was still a member of the Samband in 1920 and had been since 1902.

In the 1920 census, he was Nels I. Sondrohl. He and Rangdi, along with their single son Rudolph, were still in Martin Twp.

He died as Nels Iverson.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

October 27, 1904
Nels Iverson will hold an auction sale of all his livestock and farm machinery on Friday, November 4th. Mr. Iverson has decided to quit farming and everything will be sold. The property consists of several spans of fine work horses, 25 head of cattle including some fine milch cows, 30 hogs and farm machinery consisting of everything required on a farm. Amos Scott will conduct the sale and W.A. Larson will clerk.

December 16, 1926
Nels Iverson has been confined to his bed since last Monday evening. We all hope for his speedy recovery.

December 30, 1926
NELS IVERSON CALLED TO HIS MAKER, FRIDAY
Was First Settler in Martin Township; The First Home Was A Sod Cellar: Saw Many Hardships.
The Angel of Death made another visit to our community last week when it took from our midst, one of the earliest settlers in Martin Township, namely, Mr. Nels Iverson, who passed away on Friday afternoon, December 24th, at 2:45, at the advanced age of 81 years, 7 months, 26 days.
Mr. Iverson was born in Vang, Valders, Norway, April 28th 1846.He received common schooling in his native country and reaching manhood came alone to seek his fortune. After living for three years at Decorah, Iowa, he came to Minnesota, and worked for a time on a farm in Freeborn County.
To Mr. Iverson belongs the honor of being the first settler in Martin Township, coming here with his wife whose maiden name was Miss Rangde Olson Ellingboe and to whom he was united in marriage at St. Ansgar, Iowa, on July 16, 1868.
Mrs. Iverson made her home with John and Ole Steen for two weeks while her husband was building their first home in the west, a sod cellar. At the completion of the job the new home was given a real housewarming, as Mrs. Iverson came and moved in, and the same day Goodman Anderson, John Nelson, John Goldberg and Peter Skyberg came and spent the night with them.
This old homestead was filed on by Mr. Iverson on October 14, 1871, and the sod cellar was built in the spring of 1872.
This family was blest with twelve children, five preceding him in death.
The surviving children are Iver, Anna Jensen, Ole N. Mrs. John Larson, Mrs. Peter Severtson, Rudolph, and Mrs. Iver Wangeness, who together with their mother are left to mourn.
The direct cause of Mr. Iverson's death was a paralytic stroke, and old age, suffering his first stroke on December 13th.
Funeral services were held from the home at 1:00 on Tuesday afternoon and at Bethlehem Church at 2:00 O’clock, The Rev. Theo. Rodsater preaching both in the Norwegian and English languages. There was a big attendance of friends from far and near who had come to pay their last respects to one of our earliest settlers.
The Hills Glee club consisting of R. A. Johnson, J. M. Johnson, Andrew Rogness, Olaf Hagen, George Qualley, Arthur Rortvet, and Mrs. Olaf Hagen at the piano sang a beautiful song.
Grandpa Iverson was carried to his last resting place by six grandsons, Kenneth Iverson, Eugene Iverson, Lawrence Iverson, Earnest Iverson, Nels Jensen, and Arthur Anderson.
All the children were present at the funeral and relatives from a distance Mrs. Earls Charles of Omaha.
"Mr. Nels Iverson was an influential, good and kind man, and had held several offices of trust in the community, and will be missed by all who had the good fortune to know him."

From "THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND PIPESTONE COUNTIES", by Arthur P. Rose, published 1911, courtesy of Katherine:

NELS IVERSON (1846 - 1926) is one of Rock County's pioneers who suffered in the adverse times of the grasshopper scourge and other dire calamities of the early days, but he never lost hop and today enjoys the reward of persevering toil and has had many seasons of bountiful harvest.

He was born in Vang, Valders, Norway on April 28, 1845. His parents, Iver Olson and Anna (Myre) Sondral, were small farmers in the land of the Norse.

Mr. Iverson was educated in the common schools of his native country and in the first year of his manhood came alone to seek his fortune in the new world. A three years' residence in Decorah, Iowa was broken by an eight months' sojourn in the pineries of Wisconsin. He next came to Minnesota, the scene of his subsequent activities. He worked at farm labor in Freeborn County, was married there, and in 1871 joined the vanguard of Martin Township pioneers. He took as a homestead claim the southwest quarter of section 27, which has been his home from that day to this. Mr. Iverson was a faithful member of the township board for fourteen years and was a director of school district No. 6 for three years. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Mercantile Company of Hills, and in the co-operative creamery at that point. With his family he is a member of the Synod Norwegian Lutheran Church.

At St. Ansgar, Iowa, on July 16, 1868 Nels Iverson was married to Rangde Olson Ellingbo. She was born November 4, 1849, and is the daughter of Ole and Engebor (Anderson) Ellingbo, both deceased. To this union were born twelve children, including two pair of twins, and of the family seven are still living.

The family register gives the following record:
Ingeborg, born May 23, 1869, died July 27, 1909
Anne, born June 26, 1872
Ida M, born December 10, 1874, died August 9, 1899
Iver, born November 19, 1877
Ole, born January 15, 1881
Dora, born October 9, 1882, died Sept. 7, 1896
Bertha, born April 27, 1885
Nels Rudolph and Randi N. (twins) born April 17, 1887 (the last named dying Sept. 15, 1888
Ragndi Nelia and Andrew T. (twins) born July 15, 1889 (the latter of whom died Sept. 7, 1889
Amanda T. born July 8, 1893.

Birth:
obit says, incorrectly, 1846

Buried:
may be the same as Synod Cemetery

Nels married Rangdi Olsdatter ELLINGBOE on 16 Jul 1868 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Rangdi (daughter of Ole Thronsen TØRSTAD and Ingeborg Andersdatter ELLINGBOE) was born on 25 Sep 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Nov 1929 in Martin Twp, Rock County, Minnesota; was buried on 30 Nov 1929 in Synod Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Apr 1852, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Ole Evenson KJØS. Ole (son of Eivind Torsteinson KJØS and Anne Olsdatter KÅRSTAD) was born about 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 May 1882 in Rock County, Minnesota; was buried in Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marith married Hans HARALDSON on 31 Mar 1884 in Rock County, Minnesota. Hans (son of Lars HARALDSON and Olave Mathea OLSON) was born on 19 Feb 1863 in Søndre Land, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Feb 1951 in Dickey County, North Dakota; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Mar 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

March 22, 1900
Nels Iverson and Mrs. H. Haroldson left Saturday for a visit with their sister, Mrs. Kjos of Brookings, SD who expects to leave this week with her husband for Alberta Canada. Mr. & Mrs. Kjos were formerly residents of this township.

From Find A Grave:

Excerpt from The Wetaskiwin Times, April 23, 1931, page 1

A gloom was cast over the Wang district on Monday, April 13th, when it was learned that Mrs. Annie Kjos had passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Andrew Jevne. Mrs. Kjos was seventy-seven years of age, and came to the Wetaskiwin district in the pioneer days of 1900. She had lived a long and useful life, not only to her own family, but in aiding the sick and sorrowing of the community.

She leaves to mourn her loss, seven sons and four daughters, namely, Evan of New Britain, Connecticut; Thorwald and Albert of Vancouver; Iver, Oscar, Elmer and Thilmer; and Mrs. Alex Leum of Minneapolis, Mrs. Andrew Jevne, Mrs. E. Reimer, and Mrs. A. Bigland, thirteen grandchildren, and one great-grandson, also one sister in Minnesota. Her husband, Eric Kjos, predeceased her four years ago.

Family/Spouse: Erik E KJØS. Erik (son of Eivind Torsteinson KJØS and Anne Olsdatter KÅRSTAD) was born on 14 Jul 1848 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Jul 1927 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Vang Cemetery, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Nov 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Or Ingeri.

Apparently died from complications after giving birth to her son.

Ingerid married Syver HARALDSON in 1886. Syver (son of Lars HARALDSON and Olave Mathea OLSON) was born on 24 Apr 1868 in Norway; died on 4 Jan 1945 in Pipestone County, Minnesota; was buried in Rose Dell Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Uvdal 2/2 Sygardé. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated to the U.S. in the spring of 1862 with her parents, siblings, and 2 daughters (one by Ola, one by Nils).

Hun hadde datteren Kirsti (1853-) med Nils Trondsen Tune og datteren Anne 1857- med Ola Endresen Ellingbø. Begge barna tok hun med seg da hun dro til Amerika i 1862.

Velgjerd Trondsdtr first married Nils Trondsen TUNE, son of Trond Nilsen WANGENSTEEN (1803-1875) & Berit Andrisdtr HAMRE (1810-1847). Born on 11 Aug 1835 in Tune 36/2 nørre, Nordigarden. Nils Trondsen died in Tune 36/2 nørre, Nordigarden on 29 Sep 1879, he was 44. Buried in Vang kirkegård.

They had one child:
i. Kirsti Nilsdtr. Born in 1853 in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated in 1862 to the USA.

Hun fikk datteren Anne i 1857 med en som het Ola.

Velgjerd Trondsdtr second married Ola Endresen ELLINGBØ2,3. Resided in Fisher, Minnesota USA. Emigrated in 1866 to the USA.2

They had one child:
i. Anne Olsdtr. Born in 1857 in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated in 1862 to the USA.

This second reference to emigrating in 1866 and living in Fisher can’t be confirmed. We know that Velgjerd, unmarried, came to the U.S. with her parents in 1862. More likely is that Velgjerd met up with Thorsten Boe when she got to the U.S. and had Berit.

Velgjerd may have died before 1870. Jim’s site says that she died in 28 Dec 1865 in Goodhue County.

Died:
per Jim’s site

Buried:
as Weldjer Thronsdatter Ellingbö; Find A Grave shows her broken gravestone

Family/Spouse: Nils Trondsen TUNE. Nils (son of Trond Nilsen WANGENSTEEN and Berit Andrisdatter HAMRE) was born on 11 Aug 1835 in Norway; died on 29 Sep 1879 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Endressen ELLINGBØE. Ole (son of Endre Iversen BØE and Anne Evensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 18 May 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Velgjerd married Thorsten BOE on 7 May 1863 in Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Thorsten was born on 18 Dec 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Uvdal 2/2 Sygardé. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1862.

Birth:
Holden church records give her birthdate as 12 Jan 1841

Died:
per the records of the Holden church

Kjersti married Ole Gulbrandsen HEEN on 10 Nov 1863 in Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Gudbrand Kristoffersen HEEN and Ingebjørg Olsdatter DE SPARSTAD) was born about 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 May 1920 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Nov 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 20 May 1858, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Uvdal 2/2 Sygardé. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated the U.S. in 1862.

He is probably the Ivar Throndson Ellingboe, “from the Vang Congregation,” who contributed money to the start-up of St. Olaf College.

Apparently went by the name of Thompson at the time of the 1880 census. The family is shown, living on a farm in Warsaw, Goodhue County, as: Iver Thompson, age 36, his wife Ambjor, 29, son Trond, 7, daughter Kjirsti, 5, son Erik, 3, and son Iver, 10 months (born in July of 1879). The family had a servant living with them named Thorwald Hanson, age 20.

Apparently he is the Iver Throndson Ellingboe buried in Vang Cemetery. Born 8 Oct 1843, died 29 April 1881. He would have died just shortly after his youngest son was conceived.

Birth:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Baptism:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Confirmation:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Buried:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Ivar married Ambjørg Eiriksdotter KASA on 18 Jun 1872 in Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ambjørg (daughter of Eirik Helgesson KASA and Berit Johnsdatter NYSTUEN) was born on 10 Jan 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Aug 1936 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Aug 1936 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-012894
• Baptism: 6 Sep 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Or Synnøve.

Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862.

Synnøve Trondsdtr died in Wang township, Renville County, on 17 Feb 1929. She emigrated in 1862 to the USA. She and Syver had 3 children together and moved to Renville County. After Syver's death in 1874 she moved back to Goodhue County with her 3 sons. In 1877 she married Ole G. Loe and they had 3 children, Sever, Gilbert and Christine. They then moved back to the homestead in Renville county, where she lived until she died in 1929.

Not in Minnesota in the 1870 census.

In the 1880 census, Ole G., 32, and Soneva, 33, were living in Wang Township, Renville County. Their children were Christ, 12, Thrond, 9, Iver, 6, Sever, 2, and Marit, age 5 months and born in January.

In the 1900 census, Trond Ellingboe, 87 (born Feb 1813) and widowed, was living with his daughter, Synneva Loe’s family in Wang Township. Synneva, age 53 (born Jul 1846), was married 23 years to Ole Loe, age 52 (born January of 1848). Synneva had borne 11 children, 6 still living. Their children at home at the time were Syver, 22 (born Sept 1877), Kirsti, 18 (born Mar 1882), and Gudbrand, 13 (born Oct 1886). Ole owned the farm. Ole had emigrated from Norway in 1872, Trond and Synneva in 1862. Living next door was Ivar Soine and family, Synneva’s son from her first marriage.

In the 1910 census, Ole G., age 62, and “Soneva”, age 63, were living in Wang Township of Renville County with their son Gilbert O., age 23 (who was listed as head of the household), and their daughter, Christine, 28. Synneve and Ole are shown to have been married for 33 years although the “M1” next to Ole and the “M2” next to Synneva may mean that Ole was Synneva’s 2nd husband. Synneva has had 11 children, 6 still living, although this entry is erroneously shown for the single Christine. Next door, also a head of household, is Sever O. Loe, 32, single.

Ole G. and Soneva were living with Sever in Wang in the 1920 census. Sever may have been widowed at this point: the census form is not clear.

Died:
death indexed as “Mrs. Syneva Soe”

Synneva married Sigurd Kristofferson (Syver C) SOINE on 6 Jul 1867 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Sigurd (son of Christopher Larssen SØYNE and Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD) was born on 26 Oct 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Jul 1874 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Synneva married Ole Gudbrandsen LOE in 1877 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Gudbrand Olsen HØVERSTAD and Marit Ivarsdatter ELTUN) was born on 20 Jan 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Oct 1925 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Nov 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 30 Apr 1865, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated in 1862 to USA.

He died in Granite Falls between November of 1893 and June 7, 1900. A history of Chippewa and Lac qui Parle Counties says that he died in 1896.

In the 1885 state census, he and his family live in Granite Falls. The children listed are Cristina, Thomas, and Mary.

He is probably the Henry Thompson, 29, living with his wife Mary, 31, and daughter Christina, 8, in Granite Falls Twp, Chippewa County, Minnesota, in the 1880 census.

He is also probably the person referred to in the Dalby database on southern Minnesota deaths and cemeteries: “Ellingboe, Henry T., b. 1850, d. 1895, resident of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota burial site unknown.”

According to the History of Renville County, Helge Ellingboe settled in the area (”just over the line in Granite Falls township”) in 1870.

Helge married Marit (Mary) Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD on 14 Oct 1870 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Marit (daughter of Torstein Olsen SPARSTAD and Marit Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 23 Feb 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Aug 1934 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Aug 1934 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-002347
• Confirmation: 5 May 1867, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Came to the U.S. in 1862.

He may be the Anders Ellingboe who was a student at St. Olaf Academy for one year in 1875.

Land records show that the Benson land office issued Andrew T. Ellingboe a 120 acre homestead in Section 4 of Renville County on 15 Dec 1883. The land description is as follows:

1 E½SE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W
2 NWSE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W

In the 1880 census, A. T. Ellingboe was a farmer in Wang Township, Renville County. A.T. was 27, his wife Betsey was 28, their daughter Betsey was 1 and their son Thrond was 2. They lived a few farms away from A. T.’s parents. (A. T. was also a census enumerator in Renville County for the 1880 census.)

In the 1885 state census they are in Wang Twp, Renville County. Their postal address is Sacred Heart.

In the 1900 census, Andrew, age 47 (born Aug 1852), was a farmer in Wang Township of Renville County. His family consisted of his wife Marit, age 38 (born Dec 1861), son Trond, 22 (Oct 1877), Kirsti, 19 (Feb 1881), Endre, 16 (June 1883), Ivar, 14 (June 1885), Anders, 12 (Sep 1887), Clara, 9 (July 1890), Esther, 2 (Mar 1898), and George 8/12 (Sep 1899). Andrew and Marit had been married for 3 years. She had borne 2 children, both still living. Andrew emigrated in 1862, Marit in 1866.

A 1900 land ownership map of Granite Falls Twp in Chippewa County shows A T Ellingboe owning an 80 parcel with A. F. Kattevold. The parcel is the eastern half of the southeast quarter of Section 12. Contiguous with this parcel is another parcel the two of them owned in Wang Twp, Renville County. That Renville County parcel, in the 1900 land ownership map of Wang Twp, was 30.6 acres in Section 7, adjacent to a 60 acre parcel owned by M. Ellingboe.

In a 1913 land ownership map of Wang Twp in Renville County, A T Ellingboe owns a continuous parcel of 276 acres in Sections 3, 4, and 9.

In the 1920 census, he is A. T. Ellingboe, 67, living with his wife Marit, 56, and grown children Esther B., George G., and Agnes M., in Wang Twp, Renville County. Living next door or, more probably, on the same farm, are households headed by sons Endre and the single Iver as well as his nephew Thrond.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books) but his entry specifically says he was not a member of the Samband.

From “History of the Minnesota Valley,” published in 1882 for Renville County:

Ellingboe, A. T. A. T. Ellingboe was born in Norway, August 13, 1852, and when nine years old immigrated with the family to Goodhue county, Minnesota. He attended common school and St. Olaf’s College, Northfield. In 1874 he came to his present home in Wang; has been clerk since the organization of the town, justice since 1876, and postmaster of New Lisbon since June 1879. Betsey Leen became his wife December 16, 1876; Tom, Betsy, and Christina are their children.

From the History of Renville County:

“A triple wedding in which the hearts of six young people of Wang were made happy was one of the notable events of the early days. The ceremony was performed by that beloved pioneer preacher, the Rev. John Berg, in a schoolhouse located on the land of P. C. Brevig in Hawk Creek township. The contracting parties were A. T. Ellingboe and Betsy Lien, daughter of Anders Lien; Ole Erickson Drambroten and Anna Stende, the daughter of Anders Stende, and Gullick Helger- son Weflen and Martha Johnson Tandborg, daughter of Peter Tandborg.”

Also from the History of Renville County, also via the Dalby Database, published in 1916:

A. T. Ellingboe was born in Norway, Aug. 13, 1852, and was brought to America in 1861 by his parents, Thrond I. and Kjirsti Kjirtsen, with his three brothers, Iver, Henry and Thron, and his four sisters, Veljer, Kjersti, Soneva and Berit, the voyage taking eleven weeks. The family came to Goodhue county, July 4, and made their home there. Here A. T. received his education at the common school and then spent one year at St. Olaf's College at Northfield, Minn. In 1873 he moved to Renville county, where he secured a homestead in section 4, Wang township, where he has lived ever since. Mr. Ellingboe has held many positions of public trust. In 1876 he was elected town clerk of Wang, which position he has held ever since. In 1877 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he also has held ever since. In 1878 he became clerk for School District No. 44. In 1880, 1890 and 1910 he was appointed enumerator of the census of Wang, Hawk Creek and Ericson toenships. In 1902 he was elected treasurer of the Hawk Creek Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co., and has held the office ever since. He was postmaster of New Lisbon for eighteen years. Mr. Ellingboe was married Dec. 16, 1876, to Berit E. Lien, daughter of Endre K. Lien and Berit (Gjevre) Lien, natives of Norway, who came from Norway in 1866. Nine children were born to this union, six of whom are living. Thron, born Oct. 6, 1877, died Sept. 18, 1913. Bertha, born April 10, 1879, married Gilbert Strand in 1914 and has one child, Bertha lola Marie. Christine, born Feb. 13, 1881, has been a teacher for ten years. Endre, born June 10, 1883, is a farmer in section 10. Wang township, and married to Gina Lofsgorden, June, 1912. Iver, born June 10, 1885, is a farmer in section 10, Wang township. Andris A., born Sept. 16, 1887, is a land owner in North Dakota. Clara, born July 16, 1890, is a teacher. Two children died in infancy. Mrs. Ellingboe died Aug. 26, 1895. Mr. Ellingboe was married a second time to Marit G. Gjevre, Aug. 1, 1897. She was a cousin of his first wife, and daughter of Gunder and Gro (Helgeson) {rjevre, natives of Norway, who came to America on the same ship as the parents of his first wife. Three children were born by this marriage: Esther, born in 1898, a student at Madison, Minn.; George, born Sept. 25, 1899, at home on the farm, and Agues, born Sept. 3, 1901, student at Maynard public schools, Maynard, Minn.

From Valdres Pioneer Tales from "Budstikken," May 1971 page 12:

It is a hundred years since the Valdres people first invaded what was to become Wang Township, Renville county Minnesota in a mass. Other settlers had come earlier: Christian O. Narvestad, Hans Grotvedt, and Theodore Rongerud, three brothers; together with Hans Gunderson and Christian Engebretson had come in June, 1867.

The first Valdreses apparently were Thomas Christofferson Lerhol and Anders Thomason Kjersten who came from Vang, Valdres in 1868. But it was not until 1871 that the great migration started and it continued until they filled the whole countryside. Among the early Valdreser were Andrew E. Rogen, Ole Halvorson Holien (Skalberg), George Halvorson Holien (Skalberg), Peter Iverson, Endre' K. Holien, Iver Oie, Iver Nystuen, Helge Evanson (Holien), H. Ellingboe, Andrew T. Ellingboe, Tosten Olson Hamre, Siver Guttormson Strand, Ole O. Strand, Ove Strand, H. H. Weflen, Ingebret Thompson, George C. Heen, Christopher Gulbrandson Heen, Mrs. Mary Ostrem Boe, Ole Thompson Grover, Gullik Weflen, Trond I. Ellingboe, Erick Erickson Viken, Trond Engebretson, Engebret Engebretson, Knute Weflen, Hans O. Berg, Ole Christopherson Soine, Ole O. Belsem, Knud Knudson Viken, Gunder O. Gjevre, Ole O. Grov, Thomas K. Weflen, Evert M. Strand, the Loes, Thorkelsons and others.

The township was organized on July 28, 1875 and the first election was held at the home of Elling Johnson. Elling was elected chairman; Ole C. Soine and O. T. Grover, supervisors; Nils Norman was elected clerk but did not qualify so A. T. Ellingboe was appointed to the post which he held for half a century. At the first regular election C. A. Evenson was elected chairman; Erick Viken and O. T. Grover, supervisor; A. T. Ellingboe, clerk, Elling Johnson, assessor; P. L. Brevig, treasurer; K. K. Viken, justice of the peace; and O. K. Williams, constable.

The township was named Wang in honor of Vang, Valdres, as is also the local church, which recently celebrated its 85th anniversary.

Throughout the century the Valdres have been in a majority in the township and continue to be so today. Not only are the Loes, Soines, Ellingboes, Haugens, Lerohls, Strands. etc.. Valdres but many names like Dembroten, Narvestad, etc. represent half-breed Veldreses.

These pioneers came with oxen and covered wagons shortly after the Indian uprisings were over. They still had to fight mosquitos, grasshoppers, prairie fires, droughts, and blizzards. Throughout the century the Valdres have been in the majority in township offices and continue to be so today.

The Wang Township section of the History of Renville County says Andrew T. Ellingboe and Ole O. Belsem (#16300) “came together with the caravan, Ellingboe furnishing a yoke of oxen and Belsem the wagon.”

Birth:
this is also the date shown for his birth in the church book record for his confirmation

Andris married Berit (Betsey) E LIEN on 16 Dec 1876 in Hawk Creek Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Berit (daughter of Endre Knudsen LIEN and Berith Gundersdatter GJEVRE) was born on 11 Feb 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Aug 1895 in Minnesota; was buried on 28 Aug 1895 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andris married Marith Gundersdatter GJEVRE on 9 Aug 1897 in Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Marith (daughter of Gunder GJEVRE and Gro Helgesdatter WEFLEN) was born on 3 Dec 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Nov 1951 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried on 21 Nov 1951 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Jun 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 19 Jun 1870, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1855 and 1862. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1862.

She may be the Berit T. Ellingboe who attended the St. Olaf Academy 1878-1879.

Hun giftet seg i Norge med Anders Olaf Blomgren.

She was Betsie, wife of O.A., in the 1885 Minnesota state census. She was Bertha in the 1910 census when she was in California.

Confirmation:
or 12 Jun 1870, the church book entry is not clear

Berit married Anders Olaus BLOMGREN on 21 Dec 1877 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. Anders was born on 17 Aug 1847 in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 3 Dec 1912 in Patterson, Stanislaus County, California; was buried in Patterson District Cemetery, Patterson, Stanislaus County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Jun 1858, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1862.

He is I22243 in Jim’s VS. In that tree Jim does not show Trond’s wife or his descendants.

He is I4356 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Baptism:
as Thron Thronsen

Trond married Anna (Annie) KJERSTEIN on 26 Feb 1884 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Tosten Tostensen KJERSTEN and Randi Gudbrandsdatter SYNSTEIKRA) was born on 26 Mar 1863 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Dec 1941 in Granite Falls Twp, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried on 6 Dec 1941 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jøger Jøgersson AUSTREIM. Jøger (son of Jøger Jøgerson KVEBØKKO and Berit Evensdatter HEEN) was born on 2 Sep 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Aug 1886 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Dalby Database has his widow as Nikkoline L. Lervik.

Family/Spouse: Berit Knutsdatter LEE. Berit was born on 10 Aug 1842 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Jan 1883 in Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Nov 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Went by Ellen in the U.S. In the 1910 census, she had had four children, only two still living.

From the Dalby database:

Funeral services for Mrs. Velgjer Svien, who passed away at her home Saturday morning, January 24, were held in St. John's Lutheran church this afternoon at 2 p.m. with the pastor the Rev. B. R. Biorn officiating. Burial was made in the family lot beside the graves of her husband and four children. Pallbearers were six grand-nephews, Elmer, Clarence, Luther, George, Paul and Maurice Nystuen. Velgjer Nystuen Svien was born in Norway on October 10, 1842. After the death of her mother, Mr. Nystuen came to America with his family when Velgjer was 11 years of age. The trip from Norway to Quebec, Canada in 1854 took seven weeks aboard the slow sailing ship. The Nystuens first settled in Spring Prairie, Wis. and later moved to St. Ansgar, Iowa. It was there in 1860 that Velgjer married Andrew Svien. They moved to Goodhue county, Minnesota in 1865 where they were engaged in farming until 1876 when they moved to Northfield. She and her husband operated a hotel on Division Street. Mr. Svien also served as policeman. Mrs. Svien was a charter member of the Ladies Aid society of St. John's church and a long time member of the congregation. Mr. Svien passed away inn 1927. For several years she continued to reside at the home on Washington Street. She was cared for later in a rest home and at the time of her death was being cared for by her grandson and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. William Lockren. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Hans Bergan, Lake Mills, Iowa; six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. A foster daughter, Mrs. H. E. Frazee (Susie) of Pelican Rapids, also survives.

and:

The state’s oldest resident, Mrs. Velgjer Svien, passed away Friday, Jan. 23,1953, at the age of 110 years, 3 months, and 13 days. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. B. R. Biorn at St. Johns Lutheran church Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 2 oclock. Gertrude Boe Overby was soloist and Mrs. H. J. Westwood was organist. Burial was beside her husband in Northfield cemetery.

Velgjer Nystuen was born at Valdres, Norway, Oct. 10, 1842. After the death of her mother which occurred when Velgjer was only eight, she came with her father and his other children to the United States in 1854. The trip across the ocean was made on a sailing vessel, taking eleven weeks. The familys first home was in Spring Prairie, Wis. After three years they moved to St. Ansgar, la., and it was here in 1860 that Velgjer was married to Andrew J. Svien. She was then 18 years of age. In 1865 Mr. and Mrs. Svien moved to a farm in Goodhue county, Minnesota. Northfield became their home in 1876 and for the remaining years of their lives. Mr. Svien died in 1926, and Mrs. Svien spent 77 years as a resident here. For a time Mr. and Mrs. Svien had a hotel on Division street in the building now occupied by the Berg and Son Upholstery business, but Mr. Svien is better remembered by the generations of his day as the town policeman, an affable man faithfully walking his beat. Mrs. Svien’s recipe for long life, “Don’t hurry,” she practiced indeed. She never allowed herself to be hurried or worried, taking each moment, as well as each day, as it came, and maintaining a serenity rarely found in this mechanized day of speed. She enjoyed remarkably good health and strength for her advanced years. On her 100th birthday she sat through an afternoon of festivities in her honor given by the ladies aid at St. John’s church, and she showed no weariness from the experience. She was a charter member of the ladies aid and a member of the church. That birthday was also marked by an interview with her on the radio, as well as another party given her at her home, at which about 100 relatives and friends came to greet her. On her 105th birthday another sizable celebration was held at her home. This too she enjoyed thoroughly, making frequent trips outside to pose for pictures. Until she was 98 Mrs. Svien lived alone and took care of her home and of herself. Her daughter Carrie, Mrs. Lervik, then came to live with her. The daughter passed away after a few years. Seven years ago a grandson, William Lockren, and Mrs. Lockren came to care for Mrs. Svien. She clung to the practice of ministering to her own needs until frailty prevented, and that was only about three years ago. The Sviens had two sons and two daughters: Carrie, John, Tom, and Anna, all of whom have died; also a foster daughter, Susie, Mrs. H. E. Frazee, who lives in Pelican Rapids. There are six grandchildren,10 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Svien has one sister living, Mrs. Hans Bergan, Lake Mills, la. Mrs. Bergan is in her 90s. The pallbearers for Mrs. Svien were all grandnephews. They were all Nystuens, Elmer, Clarence, Luther, George, Paul, and Maurice. Mrs. Svien had seen in her life-time a panorama of marvelous changes—from sailing vessels to steamboats to aircraft; from prairie and woodland country to cities and paved highways; from covered wagons and horses to trains and automobiles. She had seen the wonders of science bring in the telephone, the electric light, the phonograph, the radio, and television. She had seen her country in the throes of five wars; The Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the present Korean conflict. She had lived in this country under 20 presidents. Franklin Pierce was president when she arrived in 1854. The Civil War was raging when she came with her husband to Goodhue county. And their arrival in Northfield was the same year the James-Younger raid invaded the city and met its Waterloo. Her life in the Midwest embraced the period of the development of this great area from its rudest beginnings.

Birth:
Nystuen 1/ husmannsplass

Velgjerd married Anders Johannessen SVIEN in 1860 in Iowa. Anders (son of Johannes J H SVIEN and Anna Andrisdatter LUNDE) was born on 11 Mar 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1927 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I45049 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Han var med familien da de skulle til amerika iu 1854, men da han kom til Bergen, nektet pjokken på 6 år å reise, så han ble igjen der hos noen slektninger, men reiste siden over til, Amerika som voksen mann.

Birth:
Nundal 4/ vestre

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Aug 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her baptismal sponsors were Ingebrigt Lajordet (the congregation’s responsible person), Nils Dalager, Marith (maybe Boiesdatter) Lajord, Randi Tollevsdatter Sonderol, and Berith Andersdatter Dalager.

She was the second instance of leirmal for both of her parents.

Birth:
Søyne 50/

Family/Spouse: Randina Ovidia (Dina) EGGE. Randina was born in 1874 in Fillmore County, Minnesota; died in 1957 in Olmsted County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Andrew ELLINGSON on 20 Jan 1894 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nellie HAGEN. Nellie was born on 12 Jan 1881 in Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 2 Dec 1952 in Pennington County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nels PETERSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Nov 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Of 36/2 Nørre Tune. Was a hired man on S. Tune.

Vang A, p. 639, says that he had a daughter Guri in 1873 with Randi Olsdatter Ellingbø. That reference has him born in 1845.

In the 1900 census, he was a farmer in Griggs County, North Dakota. He and his wife had come to the U.S. in 1885 and had been married for 14 years. Their four children were the only ones Carrie had borne up to that time. Ole is shown as age 40, born in Norway in January of 1860. Carrie is shown as age 38, born in Norway in January of 1862.

Family/Spouse: Randi Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ. Randi (daughter of Ola Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Randi Larsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 16 Jan 1841 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Kari Knudsdatter SKATTEBØ in 1886 in United States. Kari (daughter of Knud Pedersen ROGNE and Kirsti Jensdatter JØRSTAD) was born on 6 Nov 1854 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 14 Nov 1924 in Griggs County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 May 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Vang kyrke

Family/Spouse: Knud Jøgerson ALFSTAD. Knud (son of Jøger Knudsen and Ragnhild Olsdatter DALE) was born on 12 Jul 1846 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Mar 1909 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Oct 1858, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Called Emma in the U.S.

Family/Spouse: Thorvald DAHL. Thorvald was born on 24 Mar 1858 in Akershus, Oslo, Norway; died on 6 May 1941 in Griggs County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
she was probably born in the U.S.

Ingeborg married Andris Johnsen KVÅLE about 1876. Andris (son of Jon Dy Pedersen KVÅLE and Guri Trondsdatter MYRE) was born on 4 Mar 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Feb 1939 in Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary ENNER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Surname may have been Thostenson.

Family/Spouse: Thron OLSON. Thron was born about 1854 in Wisconsin; died on 12 Jan 1934 in Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Marit SVIEN. Marit (daughter of Østen Johansson SVIEN and Marit Asgrimsdatter OPDAHL) was born on 26 Feb 1866 in Minnesota; died in 1951. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Strand 10/

Family/Spouse: Marit Gulliksdatter HERMUNDSTAD. Marit (daughter of Gullik Gjermundsen HERMUNDSTAD and Marit Olsdatter Skogatræet BERGE) was born in 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Strand 10/

Family/Spouse: Knut Olsen TURTNES. Knut (son of Ola Knutson STEINDE and Marit Knutsdatter KVAME) was born in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 140. He was a farmer on Midtre Sveji.

A John Henrikson Svien, “of the Vang Congregation,” was one of the initial contributors of money to the start-up of St. Olaf College.

Johannes married Anna Andrisdatter LUNDE in 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anna (daughter of Andris Knutsen HERMUNDSTAD and Gro Guttormsdatter Wangensteen STRAND) was born on 22 Apr 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Mar 1902 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I8173 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Han var først husmann i Bøahaugen, men anla odelssak, da broren Johannes hadde solgt Svie, og vant. Han tok gården tilbake etter odelstakst 3.3.1858 for 580 spd. For å klare dette måtte han låne 400 spd av Andris J Hermundstad.

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4, Nordigarden I Øye

Lars married Marit Nilsdatter KASA in 1845. Marit (daughter of Nils Nilsson HERMUNDSTAD and Guri Eiriksdotter KASA) was born in 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I8176 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Mannen hennes, Trond dro til USA med sønnen Johannes i 1876, og hun satt alene igjen på gården. Hun hadde livaure der i 1884.

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 nordigarden i Øye

Family/Spouse: Trond Ivarson ELTUN. Trond (son of Ivar Trondsen BREKKE and Anne Knudsdatter ELTUN) was born on 23 Jan 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1899 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Hawk Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johan-Henrik married Berit Helgesdotter KASA in 1851. Berit (daughter of Helge Eiriksson KASA and Berit Johannesdatter SVIEN) was born on 20 Jul 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1892 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

gmyhre311

may have been called Steven Johnson

Family/Spouse: Marit Asgrimsdatter OPDAHL. Marit (daughter of Asgrim Ivarson UVDAL and Marit Jonsdatter NYSTUEN) was born about 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

Notes:

Overtok garden etter faren i 1853, men alt i 1839 gav hansyskena feste på plassen Grandin, når Ingvar døde og plassenfall til garden att. Eirik selde til Helge Olsson Øye for 1180spd og drog til Amerika våren 1854 med kona og alle 6 borna.Helge skulle svare livaure til Helge Eiriksson og kona og systerhennar, Lisbet J. Sveji.

Erick and Betsey Helgeson were living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in the 1870 census. Also living with them was their 13 year-old son Johannes.

Erick and Berit Kasa were living with their son Henry in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in the 1880 census.

Died:
dropsey

Eirik married Berit Johnsdatter NYSTUEN in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Jon Knutsen NYSTUEN and Berit Torsteinsdatter GRIHAMAR) was born about 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Berit married Johan-Henrik Johannesson SVIEN in 1851. Johan-Henrik (son of Johan-Henrik Johannesen SVIEN and Ingebjørg Larsdatter GRØV) was born in 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1883 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bruker her etter broren Eirik.

Ambjør married Ole Olsen DY STRAND in 1842. Ole (son of Ola Olsen Øye-Eiga STRAND and Kari Guttormsdatter WANGENSTEEN STRAND) was born in 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The connection to her ancestors made through research by dwfrench1.

Family/Spouse: Haagen Knudsen HOLIEN. Haagen (son of Knut Endresen HOLIEN and Synneva Håkonsdatter KVAMME) was born on 20 Dec 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1906; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bø 8/ i Øye

Died:
Holien 18/

Family/Spouse: Endre Knutsen HOLIEN. Endre (son of Knut Endresen HOLIEN and Synneva Håkonsdatter KVAMME) was born in 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Nov 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he was gbr on Bøe in Øye 8/.

Family/Spouse: Ambjør Thostensdatter HAMRE. Ambjør (daughter of Torstein Embriksen BELSHEIM and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter HAMRE) was born in 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I45050 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Hun er uteglemt hos Frøholm. Hun hadde mange barn, bl.a. 4 sønner.

Called Anna Opdahl in the death certificates of some of her sons.

Birth:
Uvdal 2/1 nordigarden

Anne married Torstein Jonsen NYSTUENUnited States. Torstein (son of Jon Knutsen NYSTUEN and Berit Torsteinsdatter GRIHAMAR) was born in 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Jan 1898 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/

Family/Spouse: Torgeir Torgeirson ELTUN. Torgeir (son of Torgeir Thomassen ELTUN and Gjartrud Larsdatter GRØV) was born in 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Opdal or Uvdal i Øye

Family/Spouse: Randi Tostensdatter ELLINGBÖE. Randi (daughter of Tosten Larsen ELLINGBÖE and Anne Olsdatter TURTNES) was born on 2 Jul 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 May 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Østen Johansson SVIEN. Østen (son of Johan-Henrik Johannesen SVIEN and Ingebjørg Larsdatter GRØV) was born on 20 Jun 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I30241 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Svien 6/4 Nordigarden i Øye

Buried:
probably the Silver Lake cemetery

Family/Spouse: Ole Olson LEIKVOLD. Ole (son of Ole Olsen ODE and Sigri Knudsdatter VIK) was born on 12 Sep 1830 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Egge i Lomen

Died:
Hovibakken, Lomen

Family/Spouse: Thomas Gulliksen HOVI. Thomas (son of Gullik Thomasen GROVI and Barbro Knudsdatter HELLE) was born on 2 Jan 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Dec 1892 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he, as Ben Knudtson, and his family were farming in Barton Twp, Worth County, Iowa.

From D M Scott’s contribution to Find A Grave:

#1
BEN KNUDTSON FROZEN TO DEATH

The Christmas festivities of our neighboring town of Carpenter were sadly broken into by the tragic death of one of her citizens, Mr. Ben Knudtson, who died about noon from the effects of having spent the night out - lying beside the railroad track in that awful cold.

Mr. Knudtson came back from Lyle on the 8:20 train Christmas Eve. He had not been up to Lyle to buy either hardware or dry goods, but had already celebrated too much for his own good. When he got off the train he started for his home, which was about a mile northwest of Carpenter; but instead of going around the road, he started cross lots intending to go north on the railroad till he crossed the bridge, then take a path through the woods for home. He only got across the bridge when he fell and rolled down the high embankment, striking on a lot of rocks which lay at the bottom. It is quite evident that he was considerably injured by the fall or he could have managed to have gotten up and out of there. But there he lay during all that bitter, cold night.

At about eleven o'clock Knudtson's son, Ed, about 17 years of age, in company with Ed Edwarson, a boy of about his own age crossed the bridge and heard someone calling to them to hold on but they thought it was a tramp trying to waylay them and they ran as fast as their legs could carry them, and went over to Gilbert Severson's close by and stayed all night. The next morning Severson and Edwards went back to the bridge and, alas, there lay Knudtson, not dead but pretty near it, though he was still conscious and in fact, remained so until just before he died.

They took him home and immediately called Dr. Culmsee. The doctor arrived there about eleven o'clock, but alas he was beyond the reach of medical aid. His injuries were too severe to be helped and he died within an hour. His hands, face and legs were frozen terribly, and he was suffering from internal injuries, evidently caused by falling down the embankment.

The funeral was held on Saturday, conducted at the Deer Creek N. L. Church by Reverend J. Olsen.

It was just eight years ago to a day, that his brother, Theo, came to an untimely death in the same woods, and not a mile from the same place.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, Dec., 1902, St. Ansgar Iowa Museum Collection]


#2
Ben E Knudtson was born March 1852 in Iowa, son of Even Knudtson, born June 14, 1824

Norway…died August 3, 1902 Iowa (Buried First Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Ansgar (as per Mitchell Co., Grave Records: Ancestery)
and Gerhardine Boyesdatter Heile..according to a tree found on Ancestry: born February 3, 1828 in Norway…died January 27, 1911 Carpenter.

Ben E Knudtson was buried in Deer Creek Lutheran Cemetery according to a tree found.

According to the tree found, Ben Knudtson married Ingeborg Aslaksdtr. Ellingboe who was born March 5, 1865 Noway and died July 5, 1956 in Dickey Co., North Dakota. After Ben's death she married Hans Hanson in 1907.

The son Ed mentioned in Bens obit was Edwin Ben Knudtson 1888-1929 died Minnesota. (name on Minn. Death record has last name spelled Knutsen

His brother Theo mentioned in the obit was Theodore E Knudtson born December 1, 1863…died December 25, 1894…buried First Lutheran (burial from Mitchell Co., Grave Records, Ancestry)

#3
1900 US Census: Deer Creek, Worth, Iowa
Ben Knudtson 48 born March 1852 Iowa
Ingeborg 35 born March 1865 Norway
Edwin 12 born February 1888 Iowa 9died November 3, 1929 Minnesota)
Melvin 8 born March 1892 Iowa (died Montana December 1963)
Antone 6 born October 1894 Iowa (Antone Leonard..his Minn. Death record shows his mothers maiden name as Ellingboe)

Ben married Ingeborg Åslaksdatter ELLINGBÖ on 5 Feb 1887 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Ingeborg (daughter of Åslak Amundsson BÖE and Randi Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 4 Mar 1865 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Jul 1956 in Dickey County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I6691 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Hun og søsteren Berit dro fra de trange kårene på Kvåle til USA i 1871. De var bl. de første som reiste med dampbåt, og reisen ble derfor ikke så tung som for de første pionerene. De reiste til Minnestoa og fikk arbeid hos sin egen slekt der . De traff mennene sine i Goodhue Co MN, men begge bosatte seg i Wang Township. Marta lærte seg aldri engelsk. Hun var en glimrende husmor og en ekselent kokk, men var meget alvorlig og seriøs. Hun giftet seg 5.11.1875.

In the 1900 census, she had had six children, four still living.

Birth:
Kattevold 45/ Øvre

Martha married Gunder Kristoffersen HEEN about 1876. Gunder (son of Kristoffer Gudbrandsen HEEN and Anne Gunnarsdatter GIVRE) was born on 8 Mar 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Aug 1942 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I14483 in Jim’s VS. No spouse or children shown. He is omitted from Jim’s Ellingboe tree, which does contain his parents.

The original family farm is in Section 15 of Wang Twp, Renville County.

Birth:
1858 on his gravestone

Died:
heart disease

Andris married Berit Olsdatter GROVE on 28 Jun 1887 in Renville County, Minnesota. Berit (daughter of Ola Olsen GRØV and Kari Olsdatter STRAND) was born on 30 Nov 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Nov 1894 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andris married Dina NARVESTAD in 1898. Dina was born on 21 May 1873 in Renville County, Minnesota; died on 4 Oct 1930 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Jul 1860, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She came to the U.S. in 1881. According to the 1900 census, she had had 6 children, 4 still living.

Baptism:
Vang kirke

Died:
heart attack

Kjersti married Ole O DALÅKER on 20 Sep 1881 in Renville County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Ole Andersen 2 DALÅKER and Ingeborg Amundsdatter BØ) was born on 7 Jun 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 31 Jan 1909 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Andrew T HOVERSTAD. Andrew (son of Tosten Andrisson HØVERSTAD and Berit Kristoffersdatter LEROHL) was born on 20 Apr 1861 in Minnesota; died on 4 Nov 1930 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried in Maynard Lutheran Cemetery, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Parelius Severin JOHNSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 May 1875, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Marie MUNKEBY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Christopher Anderson HØVDA. Christopher (son of Andris Andrisson HØVDA and Berthe Andrisdatter ØYO) was born on 24 Apr 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Mar 1944 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang B, p. 151.

He, his 2nd wife, and their son Anders are pictured on p. 150 of Vang B.

Kristoffer married Marith Johnsdatter QVAM on 8 Jun 1882 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marith (daughter of Jon Larsen WANGENSTEEN and Ingrid Jørgensdatter RINGESTAD) was born on 22 May 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1890 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kristoffer married Berthe Larsdatter LEINE in 1893. Berthe was born about 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Sep 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
or 17 Sep

Christopher married Dorthea (Daarte Thea) JEVNE in 1880. Dorthea was born on 6 Mar 1857 in Aurdal, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Jan 1949 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried in Maynard Lutheran Cemetery, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bertha LEROHL. Bertha (daughter of Kristoffer Kristofferson LEROHL and Randi Andrisdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born on 18 Aug 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Sep 1944 in Minnesota; was buried in Maynard Lutheran Cemetery, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 May 1864, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He was named after his half-brother who was born and died in 1849.

Birth:
Jevne according to dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Anna Marie KNUTSON. Anna was born on 29 Nov 1878 in Minnesota; died on 21 Aug 1955 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok says that she died from encephalitis.

Family/Spouse: George A ESTREM. George (son of Christopher Andrisson ØSTREM and Inger Caroline Gulbrandsdatter LOMEN) was born about 1863 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 29 May 1935 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Oct 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Nov 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is illegitimate. His father was Ole Endressen Ellingbö. He is the second demonstration of his father’s lejermål (fornication).

May be the Ole Olson, 12, “foster son”, living on Ellingbø nordre in the 1865 census.

Jim Ellingboe has a Randi Ellingboe, b. 1850 in Valdres (my #3588), as this Ole’s full sister.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Sep 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 2 Jun 1872, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated in 1862 to the USA. She seems to have been the fourth illegitimate child of her father, the second of her mother. Tosten Evensson Ellingboe was the responsible person in the congregation for her.

Baptism:
at the Vang church

Anne married Knut Halvorsen HOLIEN on 18 May 1876 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Knut (son of Hallvard Jøgersen HÅLIEN and Ingeborg Knutsdatter FYGLE) was born on 15 Oct 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Nov 1856, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

We don’t know what surname the children adopted in the U.S. Couldn’t find them in the census after 1870.

Notes:

She was 12 years old in the 1870 census.

We don’t know what surname the children adopted in the U.S. Couldn’t find them in the census after 1870.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Apr 1861, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

We don’t know what surname the children adopted in the U.S. Couldn’t find them in the census after 1870.

Notes:

Most of the information on Betsy Daniels and her descendants are from Find A Grave and the fine work done by contributors such as Teresa and Julie B C.

Notes:

Most of the information on Betsy Daniels and her descendants are from Find A Grave and the fine work done by contributors such as Teresa and Julie B C.

Buried:
she and her sister Lena share a gravestone

Notes:

Most of the information on Betsy Daniels and her descendants are from Find A Grave and the fine work done by contributors such as Teresa and Julie B C.

Buried:
she and her sister Julia share a gravestone

Notes:

She spent her last 28 days in the hospital. She died from chronic glomerulonephritis and a heart attack.

Most of the information on Betsy Daniels and her descendants are from Find A Grave and the fine work done by contributors such as Teresa and Julie B C.

Birth:
Grove City

Died:
Sacred Heart Hospital

Ida married Ben EIDE in 1906. Ben was born on 25 Feb 1873 in Norway; died on 30 Nov 1951 in Moscow, Latah County, Idaho; was buried in Moscow Cemetery, Moscow, Latah County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Most of the information on Betsy Daniels and her descendants are from Find A Grave and the fine work done by contributors such as Teresa and Julie B C.

Birth:
Grove City

Family/Spouse: Gunhild. Gunhild was born in 1886; died in 1972; was buried in Moscow Cemetery, Moscow, Latah County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Most of the information on Betsy Daniels and her descendants are from Find A Grave and the fine work done by contributors such as Teresa and Julie B C.

Birth:
Grove City

Notes:

Most of the information on Betsy Daniels and her descendants are from Find A Grave and the fine work done by contributors such as Teresa and Julie B C.

Birth:
Litchfield

Family/Spouse: Ernest ENGSTRUM. Ernest was born on 12 May 1885 in Becker County, Minnesota; died on 15 Jan 1968 in Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington; was buried in Wenatchee City Cemetery, Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed with his parents and siblings in the 1900 census. Since his mother was shown in that census as having had nine children, all nine still living, Iver may have died before the time of the census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1909-MN-010620

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

He married his first cousin.

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

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-025232

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1969-MN-020813

Notes:

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-014654

Notes:

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

Spouse named Thompson.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe.

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Oct 1874, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 29 Sep 1889, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1895 state census, she is living on the William Christianson farm in Rock County, apparently as a servant.

Died in 1897 at the age of “22½ + aar.”

Baptism:
Immanuel Lutheran Congregation and/or Rock River Congregation

Confirmation:
Rock River Congregation

Died:
according to the church book for the Immanuel Lutheran Congregation; the church book for the Rock River Congregation says 26 May

Buried:
Immanuel

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1944-MN-013225
• Baptism: 1 Mar 1876, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 18 Oct 1891, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptism:
Rock River Congregation, Slayton?

Confirmation:
Rock River Congregation

Died:
as Mrs. Hans Nerison

Ida married Hans A NERISON on 24 Oct 1895 in Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota. Hans died on 1 Apr 1951 in Pipestone County, Minnesota; was buried in Flowerfield Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 May 1879, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 20 Oct 1895, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota

Notes:

Attended Metropolitan Business College in Sioux City.

He lived in Seattle when he registered for the draft in 1918. He was a painter.
He lived in Seattle when he registered for the draft in 1942.

Confirmation:
Rock River Congregation

Notes:

Clara M. Gillebo, age 32, for nine years a resident of Spokane, died yesterday at her home, E2224 Empire avenue. She leaves her husband and two sons.

Clara married Thomas Oliver GILLEBO in 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Aug 1886, Rock County, Minnesota

Notes:

Birth:
Immanuel church book; as Louis Oliver

Baptism:
Immanuel Congregation

Family/Spouse: Effie JENKINS. Effie was born in 1886; died in 1984; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edna Mildred UNKE. Edna was born on 27 Sep 1900 in Fairmont, Martin County, Minnesota; died on 17 Apr 1992 in Minnesota; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In “agricultural school” in St. Paul in 1912 and 1913.

Became Mrs. Mel Hoar of Oake, North Dakota.

Birth:
“Monday night”

Maebel married Melville D HOAR on 24 Apr 1915 in Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Anders Torgersen JEVNE. Anders (son of Torgeir Reiarsson JEVNE and Marit Andersdatter KJØS) was born on 22 Jan 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Jan 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Vang Cemetery, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Jul 1879, Rock County, Minnesota

Notes:

Birth:
Church book says 19 Jun, Find A Grave says 17 Aug

Baptism:
Immanuel Lutheran Congregation

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Oct 1877, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptism:
Immanuel Lutheran Congregation

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

Notes:

Buried:
surname misspelled Haroldson on his gravestone

Family/Spouse: Marie Birgita SEVERTSON. Marie was born on 24 Oct 1885 in Rock County, Minnesota; died on 9 Jan 1925 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota; was buried in Flowerfield Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Oct 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated in 1862 to the USA. Jim notes that she was listed with Thron Iversen Ellingbøe’s family on the 1862 emigration list.

In the 1880 census, she and Ole (written as Belsom by the enumerator, A T Ellingboe, #3197) live in Wang Twp, next door to A T Ellingboe.

In the 1900 census, she and Ole (written and indexed as Belsam) and family live in Wang Twp, Renville County, next door to Andrew (#3197) and Maret Ellingboe (#6640). Kirsti had had 11 children, 8 still living.

In the 1905 census, she and Ole, along with Nils, Gina, Theoline, “Charoline,” and Bertina are living in Wang Twp.

Kirsti married Ole Østenson BELSOM on 19 Dec 1874 in Renville County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Øystein Andrissen ARNEHAUGEN and Marith Olsdatter) was born on 17 Mar 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Jan 1918 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1962-MN-016227

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe. So was hers according to Gilbert’s death certificate. Her death certificate, for which her son Martin was the informant, shows that her parents were Thorsten Boe and Veljer Ellingboe.

In the 1900 census, she had had 8 children, 6 still living, and all six still living at home.

Berit Loe died of a heart attack.

Adopted by her grandparents. Listed with Thrond and Kjersti as 11 year-old Bereth in Hawk Creek Twp, Renville County, in the 1875 Minnesota state census.

Buried:
as Berit Loe

Berit married Ivar Gudbrandsen LOE about 1880. Ivar (son of Gudbrand Olsen HØVERSTAD and Marit Ivarsdatter ELTUN) was born on 20 Jan 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Dec 1939 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
according to the Burns Family Tree

Notes:

Called Christa Gilbertson, age 13, in the 1880 census.

Notes:

He was Gustav O. Heen, single and living next door to his father and step-mother in the 1900 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1945-MN-004997
• Confirmation: 15 May 1887, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

According to obituary, he had a great physical handicap. If he did, it must have come after September 12, 1918, because no “obvious disability” is listed on his draft registration card. Jim’s site explains that Trond had both legs amputated due to diabetes.

Shown as Thrond J. Ellingboe on his death certificate.

He is still living at home with his mother and siblings in the 1895 state census.

In the 1900 census, he is a boarder with his brother Iver on the farm of Kari Lee, a 76 year-old widow (#23958) in Newburg Twp, Mitchell County, Iowa. This household includes two of Kari’s single daughters (Carrie, 41, and Julia, 39) as well as Kari’s 103 year-old (!) mother-in-law, Guri.

Referred to as “merchant” on Marie Louise’s birth certificate.

In the 1910 census, Thrond, 37, and his wife Ambjor, 39, and family are living in Dennison Village, Goodhue County, MN. This is Thrond’s 2nd marriage, her first. The two have been married 9 years and she has borne 4 children, all still living. The children living with Thrond and Ambjor are Amanda, 13, Ivar, 7, Marie, 5, Arthur, 3, and Helen, 1 and 7/12.

In a 1914 land ownership map of Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, “T. I. Ellingboe” owned 80 acres in Section 19. The parcel was the east half of the northeast quarter-section and was just north of the village of Dennison. His neighbors to the north and west were Prestegaards.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Red Wing as Thrond Ellingboe of Dennison. He was born on January 2, 1873. He is a self-employed farmer in Dennison. His nearest relative is Mrs. Thrond Ellingboe of Dennison. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census he is a farmer living in Dennison, Goodhue County.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as “Thrond I Ellingboe Dennison Minn.” His entry shows that he was a member of the Samband between 1904 and 1906.

In the 1930 census, he is Thrond Elingboe, a farmer in Dennison. Living with him are his wife Emma and their children Iver and Arthur.

His will is listed in the Goodhue County Will Records, Volume 089 1945-1952, for the will year 1946.

He was first buried at Vang Cemetery on 20 Oct 1945. Later, he was moved to Oaklawn where he and Ambjor share a gravestone.

Buried:
21 ND 32 B 119 7 Moved from Vang

Trond married Marit Lovise TASA on 20 Jun 1895 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Marit (daughter of John Knutsen TASA and Ingeborg Gulbrandsdatter BAKKEN) was born on 24 Oct 1874 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 8 Nov 1896 in Minnesota; was buried on 11 Nov 1896 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Trond married Ambjor (Emma) T AUSTINSON on 26 Jun 1901 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ambjor (daughter of Trond Øysteinsson BÖE ELLINGBØE and Marith Nilsdotter WANGENSTEEN STEILE) was born on 24 Apr 1870 in Minnesota; died on 7 Sep 1958 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 15 Sep 1958 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1972-MN-031930
• Baptism: 16 Aug 1874, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 19 May 1889, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Presumably, this is the Kjirsti listed as the 5 year old daughter of Iver Thompson in the 1880 census.

She is Kjersti, age 10, in the 1885 state census.

Probably is the Christine Ellingboe, born July 1875, shown as a servant for a family in Northfield in the 1900 census.

Probably this is the Christine Ellingboe (Mrs. O. Thoreson) who attended, but did not graduate from, the St. Olaf Academy in 1892-1892.

Baptism:
as Kirsti

Confirmation:
as Kristi

Christine married Ole THORESON on 1 Jan 1905 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Finkel Thoreson GRYTE and Randi Olsdatter AASTAD) was born on 22 Nov 1865 in Minnesota; died on 6 Aug 1938 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-004924
• Confirmation: 11 Dec 1892, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes: