Marit Bjørnsdatter KATTEVOLD

Notes:

Birth:
Kattevold 44/II Nerre

Died:
lajord 51/

Family/Spouse: Torstein Embriksen SØYNE. Torstein (son of Embrik Helgesen SØYNE and Gjartrud Torsteinsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1711 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

Died:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Torstein married Guri Simensdatter SØYNE in 1797. Guri (daughter of Simon Knutsson BAGETUN (SØYNE) and Ingrid Vilhelmsdatter BAGGETHUN) was born in 1778 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I2183 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Gjartrud og Håvard hadde også datteren Marit Bøe (1784- ) gift med Trond O Tune grb på Vøvle 99/ øvre Gjartrud var antakelig født på Baggetun, fordi hun kalles og Gjartrud Baggetun.

Birth:
Lajord 51/1

Died:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre

Gjartrud married Håvard Knutsen BØE in 1782. Håvard (son of Knut Håkonsen BØE and Sigrid Håvardsdatter KASA) was born in 1747 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Gryte i Lomen

Died:
Belseim

Family/Spouse: Guri Engebretsdatter BELSEM. Guri was born on 10 Mar 1748 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Jan 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Thomasdatter NETRØST. Ingebjørg (daughter of Thomas Madsen NETRØST and Berit Andrisdatter TUNE) was born in 1804 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1886 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Although she was married to Sjugurd Eivindson from 1823 until, presumably, his death in 1851, and had several children with him throughout this period, she also found time to have a child, Ingrid Endresdatter, in 1836 with Endre Jonsen Nefstad.

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Family/Spouse: Endre Jonsen NEFSTAD. Endre (son of Jon Knutsen NEFSTAD and Marit Endresdatter LIEN) was born in 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ingrid married Syver Evensen REMMISBREKKUN on 4 Nov 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Syver was born on 1 Feb 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 295.

Birth:
Lajord 51/1

Died:
Myre 103/ Høre

Simen married Marit Torsteinsdatter MYRE in 1835. Marit (daughter of Torstein Nilsen KVIE and Marit Knutsdatter VEFLEN) was born in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ragnhild Ovesdatter KVAM. Ragnhild (daughter of Ove Jonsson KATTEVØL and Maren Torsteinsdatter) was born in 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jørgen Nilsson GRØV. Jørgen (son of Nils Jørnsson) was born about 1775 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Birth:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre

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

Notes:

Seems to be called Tosten Engebretsen Hamre in his daughter Marit’s birth record.

Birth:
Belsheim 83/1

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Andrisdatter HAMRE. Ingebjørg (daughter of Andris Torsteinsen KJERSTEIN and Berit Larsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Torsteinson KVÅLE. Kristoffer (son of Torstein Kristoffersen KVÅLE and Ingebjørg Nilsdatter GRØV) was born in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Mar 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is I6862 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Thomas was a teacher in Hamar in 1859.

He emigrated in the spring of 1870, crossing the North Sea on the feeder ship Scotia and then crossed the Atlantic on the Anglia. He arrived in Northfield on 7 May 1870. He stayed in Goodhue County until September and then moved to Dakota County.

Han var "skrivar" for senator Knute Nelson. De bodde i Minneapolis. De hadde barna: Ingeborg Marie, Clara (ugift) og Carie gift med guvernøren i Nord Dakota, Normann Brunsdale.

I boka "Fever Saga" av Robert Lloyd Lee" om Opdalsslekten står det om Trond Helgesen Opdal: Berit was not only concerned about feeding and clothing the bodies of her children. She was an unusual woman for her day as her father had allowed her to learn to read and write. And now she wanted the same for her sons and daughters. She taught them as much as she could by herself. And then she was able to secure a travelling teacher named Tomas Lajord to come and spend a few weeks at the farm and serve as tutor. He was a bright and pleasant young man, and the children enjoyed having him in the home. It was not all work with him, either, unlike some teachers, for he took time to play with his pupils, too. Sometimes the antics of the younger ones even brought a smile to Berit's face. A special concern at this time was to prepare Trond for confirmation. Pastor Konow was a stern taskmaster, and it was his custom to come up from Vang and visit each farm where there were young people. Then he would examine them one by one, and all were required to know the answers from Pontoppidan's catechism by heart. Tomas drilled Trond with the questions and answers over and over. And the pastor was satisfied with the results when he visited the Opdal farm. "Trond is ready for confirmation."

"Valdres Samband expanded its stevne to two days in 1903, arranging the gjestebø for the evening of Saturday, September 5, and then continuing with the regular open-air reunion the following day. Thomas Lajord was at this time removed from any position of influence in Samband, a shift in leadership due mainly to a developing antagonism between him and the other leaders of the society."

He was the first president of the Valdres Samband. It was his letter in the “Nordvesten” in February of 1899 that called the Valdris people in the Twin Cities to assemble of a spring stevne.

From the History of Steele & Waseca Counties, 1887, cited in the Dalby Database:

Thomas Lajord is a native of Norway, born February 26, 1842. He was educated for a teacher, and being a Lutheran, was confirmed at Hamarstiff in 1857, and that year attended school to complete his education for his life work as teacher. He began his career in his native land January 10, 1859, and followed teaching there until April 4, 1870, when he immigrated to America and landed at New York. Ten days after his arrival he came to Goodhue County, this State, and from there to Dakota County, where he occupied his time in teaching until 1875, when he came to this county and purchased forty acres of land on section 12, New Richland Township, where he still resides. He held the position of teacher and choir leader in the church here until 1885, when some of the members thinking that he was too outspoken in his manner in regard to his views as to the way Christian people should live, and dissensions creeping into the church, he resigned his stewardship. June 26, 1869, Thomas Lajord and Maren Kattvold were united in marriage, and they have been the parents of four children: Thorstein, born October 27, 1876; Ingeborg, June 6, 1879; Clara, July 8, 1882, and Hannah, March 3, 1887. Mrs. Lajord is a native of Norway, born December 24, 1850, and with her husband is a consistent member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Lajord was the doorkeeper in the Legislature at the session of 1887. He is an upright Christian and a worthy citizen.

Thomas married Maren Trondsdatter KATTEVOLD on 26 Jun 1869 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Maren (daughter of Trond Jonsen KATTEVOLD and Maren Bøyesdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 24 Dec 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Sep 1933 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

Died:
Erroneously indexed in Minnesota Deaths as Thorstine T Laford.

Family/Spouse: Margrethe Håvardsdatter LAJORD. Margrethe (daughter of Håvard Larson HEEN and Margrete Sigurdsdatter LAJORD) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Torstein married Anne Gudbrandsdatter ØYLO about Mar 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Gudbrand Olson ØYLO and Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME) was born in 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Feb 1914 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

Ingrid married Torgeir Nilsen DALÅKER on 11 May 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Torgeir (son of Nils Kristofferson DALÅKER and Margrethe Torgeirsdatter ELTUN) was born in 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 14 Apr 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Brekka 68/1 (Remmisbrekkun)

Notes:

Birth:
Remmensbrækken

Family/Spouse: Anfin Olsen ØDEGÅRD. Anfin (son of Ola DY Knutsen ØDEGÅRD and Kari Arnfinnsdatter HAGASTRØND) was born on 27 May 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Sep 1883 in Hamlin County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 103/1 Høre

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

Notes:

He is Jon Simensen Kattevold, I1962, in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s extensive notes on him in VS:

Han var gårdsgutt på Kattevold før han dro til USA Dette må være Vangs største rundbrenner på den tiden. Han fikk minst 10 barn med seks forskjellige jenter, før han giftet seg med en av dem i 1865. I USA kalte han seg John Simmons (etter farens navn Simen).

I bladet ".................." fra 1865,(se faksimile), står det etter min omsetting: "En norsk Don Juan! Under en straffesak mot den 37 år gamle Jon Simonsen Kattevold, som er inderst i Vang prestegjeld, blir det opplyst at han har fått 10 uekte barn med 6 forskjellige piker. Under forhøret forklarte tiltalte at pikene, "meget ofte kom til Kattevold , både om dagen og om aftenen for å fa fatt i ham". De trakterte han ofte med brennevin og lokket ham deretter til å ha legemlig omgang med dem. Når disse piker har kommet til Kattevold samtidig, har det ofte hendt at de har kommet i klammeri og slagsmål seg i mellom om førsteretten til ham. Da tiltalte har et godt utseende og til og med er flink til å danse og har lett for å omgås "fruentimmer" har det vært nesten umulig for ham å klare å stå imot så mange forelskede piker. Lagrette erklærte at den var fullkomment bekjent med at tiltaltes forklaring var riktig. Tiltale, som tidligere var straffet fordi han hadde avlet 4 uekte barn, erklærte straks at det var hans hensikt å ekte den siste av hans elskerinner og han fikk også utsatt rettsaken en tid slik at han skulle få mulighet til å fullbyrde ekteskapet . Da rettet ble satt på nytt erklærte han at det fortsatt var hans hensikt å gifte seg, men han hadde kommet til at han først ville sone den straff han måtte bli dømt til. (Selv om retten hadde stor forståelse for at han var blitt fristet over evne , kom den likevel til at han måtte dømmes og han fikk 2 års straffearbeid for sin umoralske oppførsel, i rettsreferatet heter det videre): Etter at han ved Overretten var dømt til 2 års straffearbeid, ble det kjent at han hadde henvendt seg til soknepresten for å bli gift, men soknepresten var ikke villig til å vie ham før han hadde hørt "den Geistlige Overøvrighetsens" (Biskopens ) mening om saken. Presten hadde også forsøkt å overtale piken til ikke å gifte seg med Jon Simonsen Kattevold. Presten hadde forklart at om hun, i sin unge alder, ville kaste seg i denne ryggesløse mannens favn, da ville hun atskille seg enda me r fra sin Gud enn det som alt var skjedd. Pike hadde gråtende svart presten at hun heller ville lide den første straff enn den siste.

Etter at saken ble anken til høyesterett, la Jon Simensen Kattevold fram en attest som viste at ekteskapet var fullbyrdet. Etter lovens ord ble tiltalte der med fritatt for straff."

John Bruce Simmons skriver om ham: Born John Simonsen Kattevold. Born at Qvam, baptized at Vang on Dec. 23, 1826. Kattevold farm is near the town of Vang, Valdres, Norway. Emigrated with wife and four children in 1871. John Simonson Kuttevold [sic] became a naturalized citizen on March 16, 1886 (copy of Clerk of District Court's certification - dated Sept. 17, 1921). Purportedly, this was also the name used on the transfer of property to his son Nels. Gertrude and Anna were born before parents married. Vang baptismal records show the parents of all four children as John Simonsen Kattevold and Gjertrud Nilsdatter Myhre. For the girls John is listed as a bachelor and Gjertrud was listed as a maiden.

The records further list the births as her first and second "indiscretions". However, They are shown as John's eighth and tenth!

However, by 1886 the family had anglicized the name to Simons. Two books in the possession of Ruth (Simmons) Schroeder bear inscriptions by his son:

American Educational Reader - "John J. Simons Northwood, Iowa Oct. 2, 1886"

Thompson's Teacher's Examiner (copywrite 1886) - "Christmas present from uncle G. N. Troe John J Simons Silver Lake Worth, Iowa 1888" Interestingly, on the same page the book has been stamped five times with the rubber stamp "John J Simmons".

My feeling is that the second "m" was added to shorten the "i" and make the name conform more to the Norwegian pronunciation of Simon.

Ruth Schroeder has three earlier books, which suggest an intermediate step in the Americanization of the family name:

A history book (copy write 1857) has the written names "Anna Johnson" and "John Johnson"

An arithmetic book has "Nels Johnson' written in it.

A reader is inscribed "Nels Johnson" and "John Johnson".

Note that Anna uses Johnson as opposed to "datter". Family tradition holds that both John and Nels had no middle name and took a middle initial to be more American. I submit now that the initial "J" is for Johnson. Compare to Knut N. and Nel s N. Troe, whose father was Nils. The arithmetic book mentioned above also contains the name O. T. Nelson Troe and may a hand-me-down from a cousin.

His and Gjertrud's tombstone bears the inscription "GRAV IKKE HAN HVILER - HAN ER IKKE DOD MEN SOVER" Roughly, He reposes not (in the) grave. He is not dead, but sleeping." Bildet er av Jon, Gjertrud Nilsdtr og barna deres.

According to Trudy, he was “a Norse Don Juan.” Had at least 12 children with 5 different women, at least three of whom he was not married to.

Finally married Gjartrud Nilsdatter Myre. The couple and their four children emigrated to the U.S. in about 1870 and took the name Simmons.

Birth:
Kvam 53/ according to Jim.

Family/Spouse: Anne Endrisdatter BAGGETHUN. Anne (daughter of Endre Johnson ELLINGBØ and Margrethe Thomasdatter) was born on 14 Apr 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ambjørg Kristoffersdatter KATTEVOLD. Ambjørg (daughter of Kristoffer Bøyesen KATTEVOLD and Velgjerd Jonsdatter KATTEVOLD) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 125.

frå Jørnplassen, Søre-Bø

Knut married Ingebjørg Knutsdotter LAJORD in 1849. Ingebjørg (daughter of Knut Madsen HAUGEN and Anne Larsdatter NETRØST) was born in 1815; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marith married Even Tronsen MYHRE in 1832. Even (son of Thron Madson MYHRE and Marit Olsdatter BAKKE) was born in 1807; died in 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Vang C, p. 331.

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

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

The researcher finneylinda on Ancestry calls him Ole Thompson Ellingbo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Buried:
as Ole T. Ellingboe

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

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

Notes:

In the 1910 Norwegian census, she was living with her son Helge on Ellingbø 33/5.

Called Gurid on the “familiegrav” marker in the Vang church cemetery.

Birth:
Find A Grave

Died:
Find A Grave

Guri married Helge Helgesson ELLINGBÖE on 23 Jun 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Helge (son of Helge Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Guri Torleivsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 30 Oct 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Jul 1907 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Thostensdatter in the census. The bygdebok calls her Ambjørg Torsteinsdatter Hamre (1834-1920).

Family/Spouse: Ole Gulbrandsen BØE. Ole (son of Gudbrand Olsen BØ and Ragnhild Johannesdatter SVIEN) was born in 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jul 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Slme sources mistakenly have this Marit’s parents as Andris Andrisson Hamre and Berit Torgeirsdatter Onstad.

Family/Spouse: Thomas Tørrisson BELSHEIM. Thomas (son of Tørris Larsen SPARSTAD and Ingebjørg Jonsdatter LEIROL) was born on 18 Mar 1841 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Jan 1917 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Møsåker

Family/Spouse: John Thomasen MØSÅKER. John (son of Thomas Thomasson TØRPE and Margrete Jonsdatter MØSAKER) was born on 1 Jul 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Dec 1897 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gardkj. nerre Lajord.

Ingeborg married Ole Aslaksson KVAM LAJORD on 12 Jun 1889 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole (son of Åslag Olson BUNDE and Marit Olsdatter ELLINGBØE KVAM) was born on 25 Apr 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1934 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carrie married Clarence Norman BRUNSDALE in 1925 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Clarence was born in 1891 in North Dakota; died in 1978 in North Dakota; was buried in Mayville Cemetery, Mayville, Traill County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Dalby Database says that he was a son of Thomas and Maren. That may be incorrect and he may, instead, be a son of Thomas’s brother Torstein.

Buried:
The Dalby Database calls this a probably burial.

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Notes:

Died in Bridgewater Twp according to the Dalby Database.

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

Family/Spouse: Helge Aslaksen BOE. Helge (son of Aslak Øysteinsson BØ and Berthe Helgesdatter LEINE) was born on 17 Jul 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Jul 1937 in Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Jun 1875, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Ambjørg NORDLAND. Ambjørg (daughter of Christoffer Paulsen NORDLAND and Ingeborg Andersdatter STEILE) was born on 26 Jun 1873 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Sep 1944 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Dalåker 49/1 Nordigarden

Family/Spouse: Knut Olsen OLDRE. Knut (son of Ola Guttormsen OLDRE and Ingebjørg Jacobsdatter HAMRE) was born in 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Aug 1967 in Albany, Linn County, Oregon; was buried in Willamette Memorial Park, Albany, Linn County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Karen THOMPSON. Karen was born in 1861 in Norway; died in 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jun 1855

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Guro Olsdatter (Julia) TVEDT. Guro (daughter of Ole Anfindsen TVEDT and Kirsti Olsdatter TJÖN) was born on 24 Jan 1851 in Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in Jul 1918 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kattevold 44/3 Hanastad

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Dec 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Vangs kirke

Family/Spouse: Anna Torsteinsdatter GRIHAMAR. Anna (daughter of Torstein Olson GRIHAMAR and Randi Trondsdatter ØYE) was born on 23 Jul 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hermundstad 5/4 (Haugen)

Family/Spouse: Ambjørg Larsdatter SVIEN. Ambjørg (daughter of Lars Johan-Henriksen SVIEN and Marit Nilsdatter KASA) was born in 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Nov 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is sometimes confused with her older sister who died before this Marit was born. That other Marit Evensdatter was born in October of 1834 and died in 1835.

The bygdebok calls her Marit Eivindsdotter Villand of N. Myre.

She was married to Eivind Jøgersson Austreim in Norway before she married Even Boe. In the 1900 census, Marith had had 9 children, 8 still living. Even had come to the U.S. in 1870 and Marith in 1868.

In the 1880 census, Even and Marit lived in Wang Twp in Renville County. The household included five children who would have been Marit’s from her first husband: George, 22, Even, 20, Bertha, 18, Ole, 15, and Marit, 11. The two oldest were born in Norway.

Died at the residence of her son, Mr. E. E. Ostrum, 3024 Cedar Avenue.

Buried:
moved from Laymans Cemetery on September 23, 1920, with her husband

Marit married Even Simonson BOE on 21 Jan 1874 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Even was born in May 1847 in Norway; died on 12 Feb 1915 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Feb 1915 in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marit married Eivind Jøgersson AUSTREIM on 6 Dec 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Eivind (son of Jøger Jøgerson KVEBØKKO and Berit Evensdatter HEEN) was born about 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 47/1 Villand

Family/Spouse: Margrethe Håvardsdatter LAJORD. Margrethe (daughter of Håvard Larson HEEN and Margrete Sigurdsdatter LAJORD) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

She died as Rangdi Ellingboe Iverson.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Henry died from stomach cancer.

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Birth:
Tvedt farm

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Baptism:
11th or 17th

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Baptism:
Hurum

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

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 33/5.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, he was living on Ellingbø 33/5 as its owner. He was unmarried. Living with him was Berit Olsdatter Norsvin, a servant, and his mother.

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 33/5.

She was one of the baptismal sponsors for Marit Ovesdatter (#258).

She and Bøie were living on the Baggethun søndre farm in the 1900 Norwegian census.

Family/Spouse: Bøie Trondsson BAGGETHUN. Bøie (son of Trond Bøyesson STELE and Ingrid Andrisdatter TUNE) was born about 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Shopkeeper and hotel owner

Notes:

See VBIA, p. 586.

According to Jim, Torstein built the Fagerli hotel in 1885-1886. He also had a country store and a taxidermist shop.

He seems to have been one of the baptismal sponsors for Ole Ellingboe (#3235).

In the 1910 Norwegian census, he is Thorstein Helgesen Ellingbø, a storekeeper, hotel owner and farmer on the Fagerlid 33/4 farm in Vang.

Birth:
Ellingbø, Nordigarden

Died:
Nov 1831 according to Find A Grave

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Endresdatter HOLIEN. Sigrid (daughter of Endre Knutsen HOLIEN and Ragnhild Gudbrandsdatter BØ) was born on 16 Feb 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1944 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher in Røyken, Moss, Vestby and Aker (Ljan).

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

Notes:

Birth:
born on Bø in Øye

Family/Spouse: John Helgesen OPDAL. John (son of Helge Andersen LUNDE and Berith Thronsdatter ØYE) was born on 10 May 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Jørgensdatter LOKREIM. Marit (daughter of Jørgen Eriksen Hagen JEVNE and Guri Nilsdatter LOKREIM) was born on 27 Jan 1882 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Feb 1910 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Gudmundsdatter REMME. Anne (daughter of Gudmund Johnsen REMME and Guri Tostensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 6 Feb 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Jun 1922 in Vang I Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Apr 1890, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born on nerre Lajord. Gardbruker nerre Lajord.

Living on Lajord nedre with his widower father and siblings in the 1900 Norwegian census.

Aslak married Helga Dorthea Knutsdotter SYLTEVIK in 1922 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Helga (daughter of Knud Knudsen SYLTEVIK and Sigrid Endresdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1894 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1947 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Sep 1891, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Margrethe B KVALE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher
• Baptism: 12 Nov 1893, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Unmarried

Birth:
Shown as 29 Sep in the 1910 census; shown as 27 Sep in the Norway Burial Index.

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

Notes:

Married a Van Pooe?

Notes:

Birth:
Kirk says Springfield, Illinois

Clarence married Lenora Ellen EVENSON on 18 Feb 1931 in Clay County, Minnesota. Lenora was born on 23 Aug 1912 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 29 Jan 2004 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Aug 1919, Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 6 May 1934, Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Notes:

She served in the U.S. Army from 25 Feb 1943 to 14 Dec 1945.

Baptism:
Trinity Lutheran

Confirmation:
Trinity Lutheran

Died:
Westerville

Family/Spouse: Howard Clyde NEWELL. Howard was born on 15 Jun 1920 in Ohio; died on 17 Nov 1968; was buried in Union Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1950 census, he and his family lived in Lind Twp, Roseau County, Minnesota. The children at home were Eunice, 16, Ione, 15, Shirley, 13, Verjen, 10, Arlen, 7, and Lavonne, 5. The next family on the census form was Andrew Alme, probably Torger’s wife’s brother.

Family/Spouse: Selma ALME. Selma was born in 1912; died in 1960; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Lind Township, Roseau County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Sep 1922, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota

Notes:

Lula C. Engel, 83, of Crabtree died Monday at home of natural causes.

She was born in Kenneth, Minn., to Kanut and Bergeit Oldre.

She moved as a child to South Dakota. Then in 1936, at the age of 14, she moved to Oregon with her family and settled in Albany.

She later met Donald E. Engel, and they married on May 28, 1948, in Albany. Together they had three children and Lula worked at home. From 1971 to 1998, they lived in Alsea and since then in Crabtree.

She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Albany. She enjoyed cooking, traveling, camping trips and spending time with her family.

Survivors include husband Don of Crabtree; daughters Eileen (Robert) Fligg of Troutdale and Karen (Gary) Halliwell of Crabtree; son Darrell of Crabtree; brother Melvin Oldre of Albany; 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Baptism:
Blue Mounds Lutheran Chuch

Lula married Donald Eugene ENGEL on 28 May 1948 in Linn County, Oregon. Donald was born on 20 Mar 1927 in Alameda County, California; died on 28 Mar 2011 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; was buried in Alsea Cemetery, Alsea, Benton County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he was living with his parents and siblings in Hayti Twp, Hamlin County, South Dakota.

Family/Spouse: Clara Simensdatter MYHRE. Clara (daughter of Simen Christophersen MYHRE and Guro Olsdatter (Julia) TVEDT) was born in Jan 1886 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Clarie in the 1900 census, at which time her family lived in Forest Twp, Rice County, Minnesota.

She and Albert lived in Greenvale Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota, in the 1930 census.

Family/Spouse: Albert Gustus ANFINSON. Albert (son of Tosten Anfinsen TVEIT and Karen THOMPSON) was born on 10 Jun 1881 in Minnesota; died on 22 Jun 1961 in Marin County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Mar 1881, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptismal sponsors: Berit Trondsdatter Opdal, Anders Andersen Hermundstad, Ole Tostensen Grohammar, Haaver Knudsen Hermundstad, Guri Tostensdatter Grihammar.

The Concordia Lutheran record of his marriage says he was born on Berge in Valdres and that his wife, Annie Weflen, was born in Granite Falls.

In the 1910 census, he and Annie and Jorgen and Marie live in Fillmore Twp, Divide County, North Dakota, on a farm Knute owns with a mortgage.

In the 1920 census, his wife was Guri. She was 36 and born in Norway. Included in the household was Maria C. Together, Knute and Gura had a daughter Gladys, 1 month old.

The Odegard Family Tree on Ancestry has an incorrect mother shown for Knute.

Baptism:
Øye?

Knute married Annie WEFLEN on 18 Mar 1909 in Divide County, North Dakota. Annie (daughter of Thomas K WEFLEN and Ragnild Andersdatter HAGEN) was born on 20 Jan 1886 in Minnesota; died on 13 Jun 1917 in Divide County, North Dakota; was buried on 16 Jun 1917 in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guri. Guri was born about 1884 in Norway; died on 15 Mar 1949 in Divide County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1882, Minnesota

Notes:

In the ELCA records there is a Lars born on this date to Knut K Hermanstad and his wife Ambjør. The child was baptized on 26 Dec 1882 at Our Savior’s in Sacred Heart in Renville County. His sponsors were: Guunar and Martha Hehn, Ole Lo, and Guri Sveum or Sween.

In the 1910 census, he and his family live in Rhodes Voting Precinct, McLean County, North Dakota, the next farm up from Kari’s brother Ole and the next farm down from her parents on the census form. The couple is shown as having been married for four years. Lars is 27 (but born in Minnesota!), Carrie is 30. She has had 3 children, only the two still living. Those two are Lloyd, age 4, and Hazel, age 0.

In the 1920 census, he and his family live in McLean County. He still is shown as having been born in Minnesota. He’s a salesman of something.

In the 1925 state census, he and his family are still in McLean County. The family is Lars, 48, Carrie, 46, Lloyd, 19, Hazel, 15, Milford, 8, Mildred, 13, Walter, 6, Elenore, 12, and Blanche, 10.

In the 1930 census, he and his family live in Heaton Twp in McLean County. Lars is 47, Carrie is 50.

In the 1940 census, Lars lives with Milford and Walter in Heaton Twp, McLean County. Lars is a widower.

Baptism:
Our Savior’s in Sacred Heart

Lars married Kari (Carrie) LOCKREM on 8 May 1906 in McLean County, North Dakota. Kari (daughter of Ole Knudsen LOCKREM and Anne Olsdatter ØDEGAARDSBAKKEN) was born on 17 Feb 1877 in Minnesota; died on 14 Jan 1937 in McLean County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 12 Oct 1890, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Ida in the ELCA handwritten record of her marriage.

Birth:
the date on her gravestone

Ida married Andris Andrisson GRØV on 28 Dec 1901 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Andris (son of Andris Andrisson GRØV and Gjartrud Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1868 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Nov 1933 in Grant County, South Dakota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Oct 1879, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Birth:
Sacred Heart

Baptism:
Our Savior’s, Sacred Heart; as Elida Maren

Elida married Ernest Bernhart LARSON on 18 Nov 1908 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Ernest was born about 1886 in South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1878, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptism:
Our Savior’s, Sacred Heart

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Aug 1882, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he was a farmer in Dunn County, North Dakota.

In the 1916 Canadian census, Gilbert and Olive and family lived on a farm in Battleford in Saskatchewan. The family was LDS Mormon.

In the 1920 census, he and his family live in Valley County, Montana. Gilbert is a railroad laborer.

In the 1930 census, he is divorced. He and Lois live in St. Joseph, Missouri. Gilbert does blending for an oil company.

In the 1940 census, he is married to Goldie and they live in St. Joseph where he is still a blender for an oil company. Living with them is his daughter, Lois Brennan, and her daughter, Delores M Brennan, 2, born in New York.

Birth:
Sacred Heart

Baptism:
Our Savior’s, Sacred Heart

Family/Spouse: Olive Irene MOFFIT. Olive was born on 1 Apr 1890 in South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Dec 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Jun 1860, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 2 Jul 1875, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Confirmation:
Our Savior’s, Sacred Heart; As Even Evenson Ostrem

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 13 Jun 1880, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

An Ole L Ostrem, b. 17 Mar 1866, d. 2 Jun 1939 in Minneapolis (Nokomis Heights) according to ELCA. The church book noted that “son and family attend here - not members.”

Confirmation:
Our Savior’s, Sacred Heart; as Ole Boe

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Nov 1874, Faribault County, Minnesota

Notes:

Birth and baptism at or near Bricelyn, Minnesota.

Notes:

May be the same person as Ole Andreas.

Notes:

She lived 6 hours.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1909-MN-010620

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

He married his first cousin.

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

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-025232

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1969-MN-020813

Notes:

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-014654

Notes:

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

Spouse named Thompson.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe.

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Notes:

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

Died:
Death date inferred from grave stone.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 May 1882, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

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

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

Baptism:
as Syrine Ovidia Ellingbö; First Lutheran Northwood

Died:
last residence

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

Notes:

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

Called Albert O in the 1895 state census.

Called Alfred O in the 1900 census.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

He died from diphtheria.

Edna T in the overall Freeborn County birth index.

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Not listed in the Nunda Twp birth records.

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

In the 1910 census, she is age 15.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

Died:
As Jospehine Malinde Ellingböe in the church book

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

She died from pneumonia, brought on by influenza.

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

Died:
at Northfield Hospital as Evelyn Ruthie

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Birth:
not in the list of Minnesota births

Baptism:
Immanuel Lutheran in Forest City

Died:
last residence Mason City

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

Notes:

She married her first cousin.

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Died:
last residence

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
SD Births

Died:
Find A Grave

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

Notes:

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

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

Birth:
SD Births

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Baptism:
Hurum kirke

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Baptism:
Hurum

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

She only had the one child.

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

Notes:

VBIA and KB Vang #5.

Unmarried and living with her parents and brother in the 1910 Norwegian census.

She was called Gina Torsteinsdatter Ellingbø Fagerlid at the time of her marriage to Gunnar Olson.

Birth:
Ellingbø, Fagerlid

Died:
Grindaheim aldersheim

Gina married Gunnar Olson ØDEGAARD on 27 May 1917 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Gunnar was born in 1885 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Died of rickets.

Notes:

Died of diptheria.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Hotel owner and manager

Notes:

Unmarried and living with his parents and sister in the 1910 Norwegian census.

According to Jim, Helge took over his father's store and Fagerli Hotel in 1919 with a deed of conveyence dated 22 Nov 1921 from his uncle Helge. A new barn was built down by Fagerli in 1939, and since then the farm was operated from there. He bought the Grindaheim Hotel in 1921 and managed both under that name. He built a new store building in 1929 and a bakery in 1941, and had about 10 dekar (ca. 2.5 acres) of land under cultivation. He was a director of the Vang Sparebank for 20 years, a member of the local mediation board for civil cases, mayor of Vang May to September 1945 and more.

He and his wife had no children. His estate was inherited by Marit Solemsli.

He is the H. T. Ellingbø whose name is on the front of the building in Vang, as shown on Jim’s home page for ellingboe.us.

Helge married Marit Nilsdatter NORDAKER on 15 Jun 1935 in Oslo, Norway. Marit was born on 2 Jul 1902 in Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 31 Mar 1989 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher

Notes:

Never married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Sep 1881, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Boe.

The bygdebok (Vang A, p. 66) says she departed for the U.S. in the autumn of 1900.

Baptism:
Øye

Ambjorg married John N MYHRE on 30 Dec 1903 in Lyon County, Minnesota. John (son of Nels Nilson MYHRE and Ingeborg Helgesdatter OPDAHL) was born on 22 Jan 1881 in Lyon County, Minnesota; died on 10 Jan 1968 in Lincoln County, Minnesota; was buried in Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Minneota, Lyon County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her obit said that she was survived by Shirley and Jim Lowen of Lodgepole, Mary Ann and Mike Pawliuk of Two Hills, James and Gladys Nelson of Singapore, and 7 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Family/Spouse: Arvid Natanael NILSSON. Arvid was born on 30 Jun 1905 in Värmlands län, Sweden; died on 22 Aug 1976 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bernard MIQUELON. Bernard was born in Oct 1903 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada; died on 23 Dec 1952 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Jan 1877, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Anders Halvorsen KJØRLIEN. Anders (son of Halvor Knudsen and Ingeborg Olsdatter KJØRLIEN) was born on 3 Jun 1877 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Nov 1968 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born nerre Lajord. Gardbruker nerre Lajord.

Foreman in Center Party. Was in the town council for awhile, including role as chairman.

Birth:
Day and month from Norway Burial Index.

Ola married R.B. HEIER [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Born nerre Lajord. Gardbruker nigarde Ellingbø.

Rented farmland from Marit Ellingbø. Founding member and chairman of Vang Historielag. Remarkably energetic man with a big smile and outgoing personality. He was one of the last in the community who could speak the Vang dialect. Knut built a new residence on the farm in 1983 and extended the farm road. His gravestone is the reverse side of his grandfather's (Knut Syltevik).

Brad also met with Knut when he was in Norway in 1979 or 1980.

Knut married M.A. WANGENSTEEN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born nerre Lajord.

Notes:

Born nerre Lajord.

Buried:
as Guri Marie Lajord Heier

Family/Spouse: Frederick J RONICKER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ione Jacoby
August 25, 1934 - January 14, 2021

Fresno, California - Ione Lucille Jacoby was born in Greenbush, MN, to Torger and Selma Dalager and passed away January 14, 2021 after a brief illness.

Ione grew up on a farm in northern Minnesota, going to school in a one room schoolhouse, and helping in the fields including the picking of the rocks "crop". Ione was very close to her four sisters and brother, who all said she was a gentle, forgiving, nonjudgmental soul, very much like their mother. Ione left the farm and married a Navy man and had her two boys. When Harold left the family she moved to Fresno in 1968 and went to work as a nurse's aide at Saint Agnes Hospital for over 30 years, first on Fruit then Herndon Ave. She raised her boys with much love, not questioning her life circumstances, but showing responsibility and doing the right thing.

Ione married Gene Jacoby in 1976 and moved to a little house on Thorne. Ione loved being with her six grandkids and two great grandkids and they loved just being around Grandma. Ione did not have a large group of friends, just very good ones who meant a lot to her.

Ione is survived by her son Gary and wife Kim, son Scott and wife Karen, grandchildren Trevor, Tyler, Jenna, Austin and wife Paige, Alex, Lauren, great-grandchildren Brooklyn and Mason, sisters Eunice, Verjean, Lavonne, brother Arlan. Her husband Gene and sister Shirley predeceased her.

Rest in Peace Grandma.

Ione married Harold GOLDSBERRY on 13 Mar 1956 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She died as Shirley Nella. She was married three times.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1948-MN-012297

Notes:

Called Baby Boy on his death certificate.

Notes:

SSDI has her listed as follows:

May 1941 Mabel Anfinson Olson
Oct 1942 Mabel Anfinson Murphy
Jun 1949 Mabel Julia Anfinson
Oct 1958 Mabel Bundy
Nov 1962 Mabel Julia McClain
31 Jan 2006 Mabel J McClain

Birth:
Farmington

Died:
as Mabel Julia McClain

Mabel married Victor OLSON on 26 Oct 1934 in Dakota County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Victor was born in 1912 in North Dakota; died in 1962 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Delavan MURPHY. Delavan was born in 1913 in Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin; died in 1971 in Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1908-18954
• Confirmation: 9 Jul 1922, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota

Notes:

Her name on her birth certificate is Marie Clara Atthea Coltman, mother’s maiden name Weflen, so it’s not clear which of the two sisters, Annie or Clara, was her mother. We’re assuming here that Marie Clara’s mother was Clara and that she was later adopted by the Odegards. The Odegard Family Tree agrees with this assumption.

In the 1910 census, she is shown with Knute and Annie as an adopted daughter.

Confirmation:
as Marie Clara Odegard at Concordia Lutheran

Family/Spouse: Peter MALNAA. Peter died in 1966 in Orange County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Mar 1910, Divide County, North Dakota

Notes:

Baptism:
Concordia Lutheran in Crosby

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Nov 1911, Divide County, North Dakota
• Confirmation: 13 Jun 1926, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and his family lived in Crosby where he was a meat cutter at a meat market.

Baptism:
Concordia Lutheran in Crosby

Confirmation:
Concordia Lutheran

Family/Spouse: Norma Ruth SWENSON. Norma (daughter of Edward Sever SWENSON and Ruth Clarissa BERG) was born on 23 Jan 1914 in Minnesota; died on 13 Aug 2009 in Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota; was buried in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Aug 1915, Divide County, North Dakota

Notes:

Baptism:
Concordia Lutheran in Crosby

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Mar 1922, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota

Notes:

Baptism:
Concordia Lutheran

Notes:

In the 1930 census, he is a 24 year-old widower living with his parents and siblings in North Dakota. Included in the extended household are Laverne C Haugen, age 2, and Kenneth L Haugen, age 8 months.

Family/Spouse: Clara SYVERSON. Clara was born on 28 Dec 1906 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 6 Jul 1929 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Louie RASMUSSEN. Louie was born on 6 Nov 1907; died on 13 Sep 1979 in McLean County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is age 8 in the 1920 census, age 13 in the 1925 state census.

Raised and educated in the Turtle Lake area.

Birth:
Wilton

Died:
Medcenter One Care Center, Mandan

Mildred married John Herman DEBOLT on 30 Jun 1931. John was born on 17 Jul 1909 in Indiana; died on 31 May 1977 in Texas; was buried in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Elsie Jane BOYKO on 13 Jul 1941 in Richland County, Montana, and was divorced. Elsie was born on 7 Sep 1922 in North Dakota; died on 1 Apr 2018 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Apr 1903, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptism:
Our Saviour’s Lutheran

Gladys married Carlton C OLSON on 19 Oct 1935 in Anoka County, Minnesota. Carlton was born on 22 Jan 1901 in Michigan; died in Jul 1979 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she lives with her parents in Milbank. She has no occupation.

In the 1940 census, she is living in Minneapolis and working as a bookkeeper for an optical company. In 1935, she had lived in Buffalo, New York.

In the 1942 Minneapolis city directory, she lives at 1824 1st Avenue S, apartment 205, and works as a clerk for the Minneapolis Star Journal & Tribune Co.

The Sarah Olson family tree says that Gretchen married her sister’s widower. A Gretchen Olson, born on the right date, died in Delaware in September of 1986.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1903-23466

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

Notes:

Not listed with the family in the 1930 census.

Notes:

Not listed with the family in the 1930 census.

Died:
SSDI last residence

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

Notes:

Her obit:

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

Died:
Dow Rummel Village

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-23552

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-22413

Notes:

Class of 1927, Hills Consolidated High School.



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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1909-23268

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1912-25495

Notes: