Knut Gulliksen HELLE

Notes:

Birth:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Kristoffersdatter MØSAKER. Sigrid (daughter of Kristoffer Olson MØSAKER and Velgjerd Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1686 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1748 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle

Sigrid married Hallvard Toresen BERGE in 1745. Hallvard (son of Tore Asgrimsen BERGE) was born about 1719 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Mar 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 351.

He is Knut Halvardson Berge, I7715, in Jim’s VS.

In the 1801 census, he and his family live on Helle Øvre. He is shown as Knud Halvorsen and his wife as Berit Haaversdatter. Appropriately then, their first son is Halvor Knudsen and their second son is Haaver Knudsen.

Birth:
Leite 101/7 Under Berge i Høre

Died:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle

Knut married Berit Haaversdatter ELLESTAD in 1767 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Håvol (Håvard) Nilsen ELLESTAD and Sigrid Knutsdatter ØDEGÅRD) was born on 26 Nov 1741 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Leite 101/7 under Berge i Høre

Family/Spouse: Alf Olsen LOME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Leite 101/7 under Berge i Høre

Died:
Leite 101/7 under Berge i Høre

Family/Spouse: Gunhild Haldorsdatter ØDEGÅRD. Gunhild (daughter of Haldor Haldorsen ØDEGÅRD and Seborg Nilsdatter RØVANG) was born in 1765 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gullik Olsen BEITO. Gullik was born on 2 Feb 1750 in Lomen, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 14 Jul 1826 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
French Family Tree

Died:
French Family Tree

Family/Spouse: Nils Olsen RØVANG. Nils was born on 28 Jun 1757 in Lomen, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 7 Feb 1845 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guri Knudsdatter RIDSTE. Guri (daughter of Knud Gudmundsen RISTE and Jørand Olsdatter) was born on 9 Aug 1767 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Aug 1826 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is Hallvard Knutsen, I9447, in Jim’s VS.

Helle 106/4.

Birth:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle according to Jim’s VS

Halvor married Sigrid Arnesdotter NYGARD (BERGE) in 1805. Sigrid (daughter of Arne (Ådne) Torsteinson HELLE and Marit Knutsdatter BEITO) was born in 1767 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I25643 in Jim’s VS but is mistakenly named Håvard Hallvardsen.

Using the 1801 census as our guide, the son of Knut Halvorsen and Berit Haaversdatter who was born first was named Halvor Knudsen. Their second son was named Haaver Knudsen.

The listing of he and his siblings in Jim’s VS is confusing. If Håvard’s father is Knut, then he should have been Håvard Knutsen (the same as his older brother). All of this Håvard’s other siblings are appropriately named as Knutsen or Knutsdatter in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle

Håvard married Anne Olsdatter VEFLEN in 1804. Anne was born in 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I14839 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: “Knut var gift andre gang med Anne Halsteinsdtr Før, faren kom fra Helle. De hadde to sønner som het Hallstein, den eldste døde bare 5 år gammel, og den andre døde som fattiglem på gården her.”

Husmann on a plass in H
ålien, “Dalen eller Hålidalen.” Vang C, p. 427.

Birth:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Olsdatter RØE. Ragndi (daughter of Ole Jensen RUDI and Sigri Olsdatter PRÆSTRUD) was born in 1775 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok says he was a husmann on Kvie 96/5 Sygarde after about 1818 (Vang C, p. 170).

Family/Spouse: Marit Tomasdatter TØRSTAD. Marit (daughter of Thomas Olsen TØRSTAD and Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN) was born in 1788 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Helle Øvre

Died:
Brekken in Hurum

Family/Spouse: Marit Jensdatter KVIEN. Marit was born on 19 Apr 1789 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 and Maren_david2008

Or Guro.

Family/Spouse: Erik Larsen HIELDE. Erik was born in Feb 1773 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Evensdatter DY LOMEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lome Øvre 33/2

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsen TØRSTAD. Ola (son of Knut Olsen TØRSTAD and Jørend Knutsdatter TØRSTAD) was born in 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 232.

Husmann on 99/ Søre (Øvre) Vøvle.

Birth:
Leite 101/7 under Berge i Høre

Family/Spouse: Guri Trondsdatter VEFLEN. Guri (daughter of Trond Torleivsen MØSAKER and Berit Knutsdatter VEFLEN) was born in 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 265.

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

Notes:

Birth:
French Family Tree

Family/Spouse: Marit Knudsdatter GRØNOLEN. Marit was born on 24 Oct 1789 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Jan 1885 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Beito i Hegge

Tore married Anne Knutsdatter ELTUN on 4 Sep 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Knut Hallvardsen DALE and Marit Kristoffersdatter BØ) was born in 1782 in Norway; died on 17 Nov 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1801 census, he is probably the Lars Nilssen, age 4, living with his parents and siblings on Røvang in Lommens annex, Slidre.

In the 1865 census, he was gbr on Egge søndre in Lomen, Vestre Slidre. The household was Lars, 67, Randi Gulbrandsdatter, 50, Nils Larsson, 22, unmarried, skrædder, Gudbrand, 17, Ole, 14, Jhon, 11, Halvor, 7, and Jørond Larsdatter, 3. All the children were born in Vestre Slidre. All the children are referred to as theirs and not his or hers.

Birth:
per dwfrench1

Died:
per dwfrench1

Lars married Rangdi Gulbrandsdatter on 19 Jan 1840 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Rangdi was born about 1816 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Dec 1904 in Cass County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Christopher Jensen KVIEN. Christopher was born on 26 Apr 1778 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Røvang i Lomen

Died:
Røvang i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Marit Arnesdatter LØKEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gjermund Gudbrandsen HØYME. Gjermund (son of Gulbrand Gjermundsen and Ragnild Torkelsdatter RIDSTE) was born about 1803 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Oct 1855 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Ridste i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Thrond O HØYME. Thrond was born on 18 May 1804 in Norway; died on 19 Nov 1886 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1809, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 12 Sep 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The bygdebok has an alternative spelling as Ådne.

106/4 Øvre Helle

Shown in the 1865 census as Arne Halvorsen, Gaardbruger og Selveier, born 1808, living on Helle øvre farm in Vang i Oppland. Living with him and Tora were Anders (1835), Knud (1843), and Ole (1849) all unmarried. Also living with the family was 70 year-old Kjersti Evinsdatter, mother of Sigrid, the wife of Hallvard Arnessen.

Birth:
Date from confirmation record. Not in Vang church book birth records. In his VS, Jim has him born on Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle.

Baptism:
in Norway Select Baptisms as Arne Halvorsen

Arne married Thora Andersdatter BUNDE on 17 Jun 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Thora (daughter of Andris Persson VØVLE and Berit Olsdatter BUNDE) was born on 23 Dec 1809 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Jul 1889 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 13 Aug 1889 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is Berit Håvardsdatter Helle, I25642, in Jim’s VS.

She is called “Baret Christopherson” in the cemetery records for Ole’s “probable” burial in West Christiania.

Birth:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle

Berit married Nils Olsen HELLE in 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Nils was born about 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Husmann i Svinge according to the bygdebok (Vang C, pp. 427-428).

Birth:
Hålien 109/2 Hålidalen

Died:
Hålien 109/1-2

Family/Spouse: Anne Hansdatter KVIEN. Anne (daughter of Hans Andrisson TOMLE and Kari Hansdotter KVIESEIGA) was born in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1876 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info on Haaver and his descendants from dwfrench1’s French Family Tree.

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Andrisdatter GIVRE. Ragndi was born about 1805; died in 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Olsdatter ØYE. Ingeborg (daughter of Ole Torgersen GRØV and Ingeborg Olsdatter LOE) was born on 10 Jan 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Jan 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Baptism:
Hurum

Confirmation:
Hurum

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
or 12th of Aug

Baptism:
Hurums

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

Notes:

dwfrench1 calls her Thora Nilsdatter Qvien.

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

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien in Hurum

Died:
Brekken in Hurum

Family/Spouse: Ole Thomasen BERGE. Ole (son of Thomas Andrisson HELLE and Ragndi Olsdatter BERGE) was born on 25 Jun 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 May 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Maren_david2008

Family/Spouse: Kari Olsdatter STEINE. Kari was born in 1800 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingebørg Kristensdatter DAHLE. Ingebørg (daughter of Kristen Olsen DAHLE and Sigri Helgesdatter NORDTORP) was born on 11 Feb 1822 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Feb 1827, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 20 Jun 1841, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth and baptism dates from her confirmation record.

She was Knut’s wife in the 1865 census but is not the mother of Knut’s younger children.

Birth:
Tørstad 105/1 midtre Niestøgun Høre

Sigrid married Knut Andrison VEFLEN (KVIE) about 1865. Knut (son of Andris Knutson VEFLEN (KVIE) and Marit Torsteinsdatter RØYNE) was born on 7 Apr 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Skomakar

Notes:

Vang C, p. 276.

He is called Ole Olsen Berge in Sigrid’s birth record.

In the 1865 census, he and his wife and their 2 children live on Berge in Hurum in the Vang parish. He is a farm laborer and shoemaker.

Birth:
Tørstad 105/1 midtre Niestøgun Høre

Ola married Sissel Olsdotter BRØTHHØVD in 1858 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Sissel was born in 1835 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After Kristoffer died, she took her three youngest children to the U.S. and lived with the children who were already there.

The Weflen Family Tree says that she came to the U.S. in 1901, arriving in Maine in April with her son Christopher with both headed for Hoffman, Minnesota, where, apparently, Knut lived. The Weflen Family Tree says she died in Mountrail, ND, in 1923.

In the 1910 census, she lives with her youngest son in Mountrail County, North Dakota. The census form shows her as having had 8 children, 7 still living.

Birth:
Tørstad 105/1 Midtre Niestøgun i Høre; September 29th according to the NDPDI

Died:
in NDPDI as Jarand Weflen

Jørend married Kristoffer Torsteinson KVAM in 1856. Kristoffer (son of Torstein Olsen Leirol KVAM and Ingelev Ovesdatter KVAM) was born in 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Apr 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Called Sigrid Nilsdatter Leite Estrem in Find A Grave.

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

Notes:

Soldat

Vang C, p. 265.

Family/Spouse: Marith Jøgersdatter HÅLIHAUGEN. Marith (daughter of Jøger Hallvardsen BERGE and Synnev Thomasdatter KJØS) was born in 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
French Family Tree

Died:
French Family Tree

Family/Spouse: Guttorm Andersen ØLDRE. Guttorm was born on 24 Nov 1804 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1865 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Oct 1844, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His baptismal sponsors were Anne Halvardsdatter Røvang, Berit Alfsdatter Hovie, Nils Olsen Røvang, John Gulbrandsen and Anders Gulbrandsen Ellestad.

Nils married Marit Olsdatter QVAL on 8 Jul 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Ole Christopherson QVAL and Rangdi Olsdatter BEITHO) was born on 3 Jun 1843 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
per dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Siri Amundsdatter. Siri was born on 15 Sep 1858 in Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Sep 1903 in Cass County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mathea ANDERSON. Mathea was born on 19 May 1856 in Norway; died on 27 Jul 1896 in Clay County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Randi Gjermundsdatter ROGN. Randi (daughter of Gjermund Gundersen ROGN and Anne Gulbrandsdatter HEEN) was born on 23 Apr 1800 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kviesmoen or Torpe

Nils married Marit Hallvardsdatter HAGEN in 1833. Marit (daughter of Hallvard Haldorsen HAGEN and Marit Knutsdatter KJØS) was born in 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Egge

Family/Spouse: Anne Halvorsdatter KAARSTAD. Anne was born on 2 Jun 1809 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Mar 1901 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gunhild Gulbrandsdatter HEMSING. Gunhild (daughter of Gudbrand Helgesen NORDSVEEN and Gunhild Andrisdatter AUSTREIM) was born on 10 Nov 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Oct 1901 in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lutheran pastor

Notes:

The namesake of Hoyme Chapel and, later, Hoyme Hall (a residence hall for women) on the St. Olaf campus.

Adamantly opposed to coeducation.

Notes:

Birth:
Høyme i Lomen

Ole married Kersti Gundersdatter on 18 Mar 1868 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Kersti was born in Feb 1844 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Gaardbruger Selveier

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Gaardbruger Selveier (1900 Census)

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

Carpenter. Never married.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

She is the younger of two sisters named Berit. She appears to be the only sibling who came to the U.S. or had children come to the U.S.

At the time of the 1865 Norwegian census she was Berith Arnesdatter, born 1847 in Vang, living with the household of Torger Ejvindsen and Sigrid Torstensdatter (born 1822 and 1825, respectively, in Øystre Slidre Prgj.) on the farm of Holien in Vang. Berith is shown as unmarried, “hans Søsterdatter”, and “bestyrer hans Husholdning.” Listed just before Berith, and the reference of “his”, is Ole Andersen, born 1787 in Vang, “deres Føderaadsmand.” (That Ole is I8411.)

In the 1900 census, Betsy and family are living in New Market Township. The family consists of Betsy, 50 (born August 1849), Ole, 24 (born Sep 1875), Tillie, 21 (born June 1878), Oscar, 16 (born June 1883), Albert, 15 (born 1885), Olga, 12 (born Sep 1887), and Clara, 5 (born January 1895). For some reason, Anna Maria is not listed with the family and does not appear to have been included anywhere else in the census. Olga and Clara were born in Minnesota. Betsy is shown as having had 10 children, 8 still living. The family emigrated in 1887. Betsy owns the farm but it is still mortgaged.

In the 1905 state census, Betsy Ellingbo lives in Scott County with her children Ole, Anna, Albert, and Clara. (Olga seems to have been missed.)

In the 1910 census (May 10th), Betsy is 60 and four of her children are living with her: Anna, 29, Albert, 25, Olga, 22, and Clara, 15. Olga’s occupation is clearly shown as servant; Albert’s as a traveling something in the creamery industry.

Two doors down from Betsy is her son Ole and his new wife Rosie.

Evey says: “My father’s parents were buried ... in an area outlined in cement. A spire-like gravestone was in the middle of the area with Grandpa’s name on it and with ‘born’ and ‘died’ written in Norwegian with the dates. Grandma Ellingboe was also buried there.”

In the 1918 Alien Registration, she was Betsy Ellingboe, age 69, of Lakeville, Scott County.

Shown as “Betsy” in the 1920 census. In that enumeration, she is shown as the head of household, owning her property free of any mortgage, and Albert, Clara, and Olga are shown as living with her. Also in that enumeration, Berit is shown as being unable to read or to write. The census enumerator apparently had some trouble determining whether or not Berit was able to speak English; he finally concluded that she was.

Her death certificate, for which her daughter Thea was the informant, gives Berit’s birth year as 1847. She lived at 306 Washington in Northfield where she had lived since the summer of 1924. She died of cardiorenal disease.

Her obit was in the Northfield News, April 2, 1926 edition:

Mrs. Betsy Ellingboe died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Alvin Liggett, Friday, March 26, 1926, at 12:15 following a lingering illness of several months. The funeral was held at the Liggett home at 12 o'clock Tuesday and at the Christiania Lutheran Church in the afternoon. Rev O. E. Skavlan officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Betsy Ellingboe was born in Valders, Norway on August 26, 1843. She was married to Ova Ellingboe in Norway and more than forty-five years ago immigrated to the United States. They made their home in Wisconsin for a short time and later came to Lakeville where they made their home until Mr. Ellingboe's death, 37 years ago. Mrs. Ellingboe made her home with her children, having lived in the Liggett home for a year. Mrs. Ellingboe is survived by eight children, Mrs. Mary Lee, Omak, Washington; Ole Ellingboe, Mrs George Tonsager and Albert Ellingboe, all of Lakeville; Oscar Ellingboe of Leavenworth, Kansas; Mrs John Selmo, Solway, Minnesota; Miss Olga Ellingboe and Mrs. Albert Liggett of Northfield. 08-26-1843/03-26-1926

She is probably the “Betsy, widow of Ole Ellingboe” living at 312 Washington in the 1926 Northfield city directory. Evey believes that Berit, and probably Olga and Clara, moved to Northfield after Albert and Annie were married and took over the Ellingboe farm in New Market.

She doesn’t seem to have an individual gravestone at the cemetery plot in the West Christiania Cemetery.

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANIA LUTH. CHURCH & CEMETERY, EUREKA TWSP. DAKOTA COUNTY, MN. COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON:

Mrs Betsy Ellingboe died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Alvin Liggett, Friday, March 26, 1926 at 12:15 following a lingering illness of several months. The funeral was held at the Liggett home at 12 o'clock Tuesday and at the Christiania Lutheran Church in the afternoon. Rev O. E. Skavlan officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs Betsy Ellingboe was born in Valdres, Norway on August 26, 1843. She was married to Ova Ellingboe in Norway and more than forty-five years ago immigrated to the United States. They made their home in Wisconsin for a short time and later came to Lakeville where they made their home until Mr Ellingboe's death, 37 years ago. Mrs Ellingboe made her home with her children, having lived in the Liggett home for a year. Mrs Ellingboe is survived by eight children, Mrs Mary Lee, Omak, Washington; Ole Ellingboe, Mrs George Tonsager and Albert Ellingboe, all of Lakeville; Oscar Ellingboe of Leavenworth, Kansas; Mrs John Selmo, Solway, Minnesota; Miss Olga Ellingboe and Mrs Albert Liggett of Northfield.

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

Died:
“Mrs. Ove Ellingboe”

Buried:
Some records say 29 Mar but that’s a Monday and inconsistent with the obit which says that her funeral was on a Tuesday. The ELCA records correctly say March 30th.

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

Notes:

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

Shoemaker. Never married.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jun 1826, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is Ola Nilsson Tørstad, I4990, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

He seems to be Ola Nilsen Haugen, I25645, in Jim’s VS. For that entry, there is no further information on Ole’s wife or children. However, the VS entry shows Ole’s parents to be Nils Olsen Helle and Berit Håvardsdatter Helle.

He’s simply Ole Nelson in the French Family Tree.

The bygdebok (p. 787) calls him Ola Nilsson Tørstadeiga. He was called Ole Nilsen Ellingbø in the church book entry for Nel’s birth. He was called Ole Nielson Kattevold in the entry for Anders’s birth and for Helge’s birth and for the family’s emigration record.

Shown as Ole Nielsson in the 1865 Norwegian census. He was a “husmand med jord og smed” on the Grunkø farm in Hoved subparish in Vang parish. He was 38, his wife Sigri Olsdatter was 31, and they had two sons: Niels, 7, and Ole, 3. Grunkø, aka Grunke or Grunketeigen, was a husmannplassen under Øvre Kattevøl.

Emigrated from Vang in 1876. The departing family is listed as Ole Nielsen Kattevold, b. 2 Jun 1826, Sigrid Olsdatter, b. 15 Dec 1834, Niels, b. 14 Mar 1859, Ole, b. 25 Aug 1863, Berit, b. 26 Sep 1867, Helge, b. 18 Nov 1870, and Anders, b. 25 May 1874.

Shown as Ole Nilsen in the 1880 census. He and his family lived on a farm in New Market. The family consisted on Ole, 50, Sigri, 45, Nels, 20, Ole J., 18, Betsey, 12, Andrew, 9, Ole, 6, and Lina, 1. Everyone but Lina had been born in Norway.

In the 1885 state census, the family is in New Market. The household consists of Ole Nelson, 60, Sahra, 50, Nels, 25, Ole O., 20, Henry O., 14, Andrew, 10, and Basy, 17.

In the 1895 census, the family lives near the Ellingboes in New Market. The household consists of Ole, 70, Sigri, 60, Nels, 35, Ole, 31, Andrew, 21, Ole, 5, born in Dakota, and Henry, 6 months, born in Minnesota. Ole and his family had been in the state for 19 years, in the present enumeration district for 18 years.

In the 1900 census, he and his family are still in New Market. The household consists of Ole Nailson, 74 (b. June 1826), Sara, 65 (b. Dec 1834), Ole O., 36 (b. Aug 1863), Andrew, 26 (b. May 1874), Nails, 41 (b. 1859), Ole, nephew, 10 (b. Jan 1890), and Henry, nephew, 4 (b. Dec 1895). The youngest Ole had been born in Dakota, Henry in Minnesota, and everyone else in Norway. Sara had had 8 children, 4 still living. Ole and Sara had been married for 41 years. The family had come to the U.S. in 1876.

Birth:
Kvien 96/20 Smedhaugen according to Jim’s VS

Buried:
cemetery records say “probably burial”

Ole married Sigrid Olsdatter (Sarah) ELLINGBØE on 27 Jan 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Sigrid (daughter of Ola Torleivsson ELLINGBØE and Ågot Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 15 Dec 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Oct 1902 in Minnesota; was buried in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, pp. 428-429.

Came to the U.S. in 1879.

Birth:
Hålien 109/1-2 Svingen

Ola married Sigrid Trondsdatter in 1867. Sigrid was born in 1848 in Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 suggests uncertainty regarding Anders’s mother: either Ingeborg or Randi Andersdatter Gjevre (b. 1806). The bygdebok (Vang C, pp. 427-428) says that Håvard K married Ragndi Andrisdatter Givre in 1840. She died in 1846 whereupon Håvard K married Ingebjørg Olsdatter Kungslien frå Marken under Øye in 1847. Ingebjørg had no children.

The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 415) calls him Andris Håvardsson Dalen, a shoemaker and husmann’s son, from a plass in Dalen in Hålien or Hålidalen.

Birth:
Holien

Died:
Holien

Family/Spouse: Berit Knutsdatter HÅLIEN. Berit (daughter of Knut Johannesson HÅLIEN and Marit Andersdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 24 Feb 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Aug 1917 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Northfield News, Jan. 25, 1938:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

Called Anna in her father’s obituary.

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

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

Notes:

He married his first cousin.

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

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

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

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

Notes:

From the Faribault Daily News, July 16, 1963:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

Mrs. John Carr Passes Away at Jamestown Home

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Some sources erroneously have her as the mother of Ingeborg Aslaksdatter Ellingbö, 1865 (#6482).

Birth:
Brekke i Hurum

Family/Spouse: Øystein Jøgersson ARNEHAUGEN. Øystein was born in 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Christopher Haakenson BRAKKEN. Christopher was born in Apr 1822 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Dale nedre, Hegge

Family/Spouse: Anders Andersen TUNE. Anders (son of Andris Ivarsen TUNE and Berit Nilsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 15 Mar 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Kviesmoen U 96/1 Kvieseigun

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Nov 1862, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the bygdebok in the Kjøs section as Sigrid Olsdotter Skomakarhaugen, Kvie (p. 104, Vang C). The record for her marriage to Trond also shows her native farm as Kvien.

Her baptismal sponsors were Ingeborg Knudsdatter Berge, Sigrid Olsdatter Tørstad, Anne Gulliksdatter Berge, Knud Olsen Tørstad, and Knud somebodysson Berge.

Stephanie’s site says that Sigrid died of complications of childbirth.

Baptism:
Hurum

Sigrid married Trond Olsson HØLTUN, KJØS on 19 Feb 1886 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Trond (son of Ola Trondsson STAMPUN, HÆN and Anne Nilsdatter HAUGEN (KVIE)) was born on 20 Oct 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Died:
Dalheim (Verpilen) 96/12-38-40 av Kvien i Høre

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Olsdatter HOVDA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Died:
Bergli 101/10, Nørre, Ryfoss

Notes:

The Weflen Family Tree calls him Ove Anton and has him born 17 Feb 1875 and dying in Grant County, Minnesota, in October of 1898, leaving behind a wife and son.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Ove married Mary TELL on 20 Sep 1895 in Grant County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May have lived in Grant County, Minnesota, in 1900. A Knute Weflin, b. Sept 1870, lived in Elk Lake Twp, Grant County, in the 1900 census. He was single and farmed on a rented farm. He had come to the U.S. in 1890.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen; date from NDPDI

Died:
as Knute K Weflen

Notes:

The Weflen Family Tree calls her Selma and has her dying in Olympia, Washington, in November of 1936 as Selma Wallmark.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Sigrid married Lars John WALLWARK on 19 Dec 1896. Lars was born on 11 May 1873 in Jämtlands län, Sweden; died on 20 May 1926 in Thurston County, Washington; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Apr 1873

Notes:

He went to the U.S. with his mother.

The Weflen Family Tree has him as Ole Kristoffersen Weflen, b. Jul 1873, who married Gunhilda Helgeson. He lived in Saskatchewan in 1906.

He was living with his sister Ida in Minot in the 1900 census. At that time he was a house carpenter.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Apr 1873

Notes:

She went to America with her mother and twin brother.

The Weflen Family Tree has her marrying Ole/Olaf Helgeson and living in Minnesota or North Dakota in 1900.

By about 1905, they were in Saskatchewan. Ole and family was recorded in Prince Albert in Saskatchewan in the 1916 Canadian census.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Ingeleiv married Ole HELGESON on 19 Dec 1895 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Oct 1876, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He went to the U.S. with his mother.

The Weflen Family Tree has him living in Mountrail, North Dakota in 1910 and marrying Sigrid Nesheim.

In the 1910 census, he, Christ C Weflen, and his wife and mother live in Wayzetta Twp, Mountrail County, North Dakota. He owns the farm but with a mortgage.

In the 1920 census, he and his wife and mother still live in Wayzetta Twp. He and Sigrid now have two children.

They’re still there in 1930 and 1940.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Died:
as Christopher Weflen

Kristoffer married Sigrid NESHEIM in 1909. Sigrid was born on 28 Feb 1876 in Norway; died on 10 Apr 1946 in Mountrail County, North Dakota; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jorgen A KOLSTAD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Aug 1827, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Hurums

Family/Spouse: Lars Tostensen KRØSSHAUG. Lars (son of Tosten Larsen ELLINGBÖE and Anne Olsdatter TURTNES) was born in 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
French Family Tree

Died:
French Family Tree

Family/Spouse: Kjersti Paulsdatter NÆBSTAD. Kjersti (daughter of Pål Christophersen NORDLAND and Kjersti Jøgersdatter NEBSTAD) was born on 7 Jul 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Dec 1922 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Larry Playfair

Died:
Lomen

Family/Spouse: Erik Nilsen EGGE. Erik (son of Nils Eriksen EGGE and Anne Ellensdatter SKJEL) was born on 31 Dec 1833 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 29 Feb 1920 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Oct 1870, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her baptismal sponsors were Randi Tostensdatter Berge, Christoffer Nielsen and Ole Olsen Kval, Ingeborg Ellensdatter Veflen, and Sidsel Olsdatter Kval.

Family/Spouse: Even CORNELIUSSEN. Even was born in Aug 1869 in Norway; died in Sep 1969 in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ragna ADSERO. Ragna was born in 1901 in North Dakota; died on 9 Aug 1988 in Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lars M FRIMANSLUND. Lars was born on 30 Jul 1875 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 12 Jan 1946 in Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Clara Synneve BERDAHL. Clara was born on 13 Jul 1883 in Cass County, North Dakota; died on 29 Mar 1936 in Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Descendants of Gjermund Gundersen (1758-1815) and Anne Gulbrandsdatter Heen per dwfrench1’s French Family Tree.

Family/Spouse: Gulbrand Gullliksen BELSHEIM. Gulbrand (son of Gullik Andrisson JEVNE and Anne Gudbrandsdatter NØRSVIN) was born on 11 Nov 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Oct 1921 in Winnebago County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Torpe 84/ Brubakken

Kristoffer married Ragndi Torsteinsdatter KJØS in 1856. Ragndi (daughter of Torstein Knutsen KJØS and Marit Evensdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born in 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Torpe 84/ Brubakken

Family/Spouse: Jørgen Jørgensen LOKREIM. Jørgen (son of Jørgen Eriksen Hagen JEVNE and Guri Nilsdatter LOKREIM) was born in 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1941. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Larry Playfair

Family/Spouse: Knut Andersen BAKKEN. Knut (son of Andris Andrisson HØVDA and Berthe Andrisdatter ØYO) was born on 4 Sep 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Apr 1932 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dean Rovang

Birth:
Røvang i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Jonsdatter DALAGER. Ingeborg (daughter of Jon Trondsson MYRE and Kjersti Kristoffersdatter DALÅKER) was born on 30 Aug 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Jun 1912 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George DUBOIS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edith MYRAH. Edith was born about 1878 in Iowa; died on 15 Jan 1943 in Stanislaus County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 Norwegian census, she is a single housemaid on the Thune søndre farm in Vang, Valders.

She had no children with Kristoffer.

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Torsteinsen BERGE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kjersti 1866-1952 var to ganger i Nord Dakota, men haddeen liten stue på gården, hun var ugift.

Notes:

Died of scarlet fever.

Notes:

Disabled.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Hjelper Til Med Husstellet, Sypige For Egen Regning (1900 Census)

Notes:

Never married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Arbeider Med Gaardsbruge (1900 Census)
• Baptism: 5 Jun 1876, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Randi Andrisdatter SKJEFTE (NEDRE). Randi (daughter of Andris Toresson SKJEFTE (NEDRE) and Berit Kristoffersdatter BERGE) was born on 11 Feb 1889; died in 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Apr 1871, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Responsible person for this illegitimate child was his mother’s brother, Halvor Arnesen Helle.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jul 1874, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 1889, Scott County, Minnesota

Notes:

Her baptismal sponsors were Marit Olsdatter Kvamseie, Ole Aslakson Kvam, Ole Aslakson Kvam, Guri Helgesdatter (?) Ellingbø, and Guri Knudsdatter Kirkeby.

Two children died, according to Ed, in addition to the seven shown. (This is incorrect: two of Marit’s children did die relatively young, both by drowning, but there were only 7 children in total.) In the 1910 census, Mary claimed to have had 7 children, all still living.

According to Ed, Marit and Elling lived in many parts of the country but, for the last years of their lives, lived in Omak, Washington. Jan confirms this.

On her death bed, Marit Lee thought she was again on the boat coming to America.

At the time of the 1900 census (June 27th), the Lees were living in Pembina County in North Dakota in Walhalla Village. The family consisted of Elling H., 28 (born October 1871), Mary, 24 (born June 1875), Harry O., 3 (born August 1896), and Floyd M., 1 (born July 1898). Elling and the boys were born in Minnesota. Mary emigrated in 1882 and was a naturalized citizen. She and Elling had been married for five years. She had borne 2 children, both still living. Elling was a salesman and they rented their house (which was not a farm). Mary would have been pregnant with Ella at the time of the census-taker’s visit.

Ilone says: Mary was a wonderful, loving grandmother who always kept very busy helping other people. Ilone always felt as if she were her favorite grandchild but later learned that every grandchild thought that he/she was the favorite. Her cookie jar was always full of gingersnaps. She was a very active member of the Presbyterian church.

Baptism:
baptized at home on June 26th

Confirmation:
probably Christiania, probably 23 June

Marit married Elling Halvorson LEE on 4 Oct 1894 in Traill County, North Dakota. Elling (son of Halvor Tidemandsen LEE and Ingeborg Juelsdatter) was born on 4 Oct 1871 in Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 5 Nov 1959 in Tonasket, Okanogan County, Washington; was buried in Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1948-MN-003499
• Occupation: Farmer
• Baptism: 31 Oct 1875, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 13 Jul 1890, East Christiania Lutheran Church, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota

Notes:

According to Ed, Ole lived his entire life on the Ellingboe farm.

According to Evey, Ole came “from Valdres, Norway, with his parents and three sisters in 1881 when he was six years old.”

Evey goes on to say: “When Pa and his parents and three siblings had come from Norway in 1881, they had lived in Wisconsin for about two years and then had come to this area, living for three weeks with an aunt of Pa’s father [Sigrid] until another baby was born [Oskar], and then in a sod house. (Ma told me that the aunt had written to Pa’s family saying, ‘Why don’t you move here, because from our place you can see the spires of three churches.’ Just what the meaning of that was, I’m not sure.) A year after the move, my grandfather, Ove, built the house. Albert was born there and lived there all his life.”

At the time of the 1910 census (May 10th), Ole and Rosie were living in New Market, near, or perhaps on, the same farm as Ole’s mother, Betsy. Ole, 34, and Rose, 21, are shown as having been married only 3 months. Rose would have pregnant with Ed at the time of the census.

Ole registered for the draft on September 12, 1918. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair. His nearest relative is “Rosa” Ellingboe.

In the 1918 Alien Registration, he is Ole Ellingboe, age 42, of Lakeville, Scott County.

The Census taker visited the Ellingboe farm on January 30, 1920, and noted 44 year-old Ole, 30 year-old Rose, 9 year-old Edwin, 7 year-old Arthur, 4 year-old Beulah, and 2 year-old Oscar. Rose and Ole were noted as having Norwegian as their native tongue and being able to speak English. Ole’s occupation was noted as “Farmer General Farm.”

Shown as having emigrated in 1882 in the 1930 census.

In the 1940 census, Ole and his family lived in New Market Twp. The household consisted of Ole, 64, Rosie, 50, Edwin, 29, Oscar, 22, Helen, 19, Ruby, 15, Evelyn, 12, Jeanette, 4, and Albert Battin, 79, a lodger who was retired and blind. Ole and Rosie had education through 8th grade, Edwin through four years of high school, Oscar through 8th grade, Helen through one year of high school.

Ole and Rose were naturalized as citizens on November 10, 1937, in Minneapolis in U.S. District Court, 4th Division. At that time, his address was Route #2, Lakeville. Ole is described as 5’8” tall, 160 lbs., blue eyes, brown hair.

According to Evey, Ole died of an apparent stroke.

His obituary (from an unknown newspaper, spelling errors corrected):

Obituary of Ole Ellingboe

Ole Ellingboe of Lakeville, age 72, died at the Sanford hospital at Farmington, Jan. 5, 1948, at 9:30 a.m. after an illness of only five days.

He was born at Valdres, Norway, Sept. 25, 1875, of parents Ove Ellingboe and Beret (Helle) Ellingboe. At the age of six years he emigrated with his parents and three sisters to America. They came to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where they resided one year. Then they came to Lakeville and settled on a farm in New Market township, Scott county, Minn. He attended the District 66 school, which was built by his father. This is the same school attended by his children. His father died at an early age leaving him to be his mother’s main stay to help support his younger brothers and sisters. He was confirmed by the Rev. Quammen and has been a faithful member of the Christiania Lutheran congregation ever since.

On February 12, 1910, he was united in holy matrimony to Miss Rose Mathilda Thompson at Bethel Lutheran church, Ward township, Todd county, Minn. They went to live on his farm, which was a part of the old homestead, and have made their home there ever since. To this union eight children were born, namely Edwin and Helen (Mrs. Clarence Campion) of Minneapolis, Arthur and Ruby (Mrs. Frank Pool) of Farmington, Beulah (Mrs. Lloyd Luckman) of Rosemount, and Oscar, Evelyn, and Jeanette at home.

He leaves to mourn his departure his wife and eight children, two brothers, Oscar of Leavenworth, Kansas, and Albert of Lakeville, who was critically ill at the hospital; five sisters, Mary (Mrs. E. H. Lee) of Omak, Washington, Thea (Mrs. George Tonsager) of Lakeville, Anna (Mrs. John Selmo) of Solway, Minn., Clara (Mrs. Alvin Liggett) and Miss Olga Ellingboe of Waseca, besides seven grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother and also a sister and brother who died in infancy.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Jan. 8, at one o’clock at his home, followed by services at West Christiania Lutheran church with burial in the adjoining cemetery, Rev. Hoff officiating.

Rev. Hanson from Webster also spoke. The Webster Male Chorus sang three beautiful songs accompanied by Mrs. Walter Snesrud {#14775}. Pallbearers were Ole Ellingboe’s three sons, Oscar, Edwin, and Arthur and his three sons-in-law, Lloyd Luckman, Clarence Campion, and Frank Pool.

Many beautiful sprays of flowers were received. One of these were from the V.F.W. Post 210, and one from the 109th Fighter Squadron. Innumerable memorial gifts were received which was evidence of his many friends.

He was a kind and loving husband and father and will be sadly missed. Blessed be his memory.

Birth:
Obit. says he was born in Norway.

Died:
Monday

Buried:
“with Albert & Anne” 225 NT 13

Ole married Rose Mathilda THOMPSON on 12 Feb 1910 in Ward Twp, Todd County, Minnesota. Rose (daughter of Erik (Erick) Andrew THOMPSON and Gunhild Mikkelsdatter (Julia) DIGENE) was born on 25 Jan 1890 in Frederick, Brown County, South Dakota; died on 31 Dec 1976 in Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 2 Jan 1977 in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1954-MN-015012
• Baptism: 11 Aug 1878, Ås, Vestre Toten, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 3 Jun 1894, East Christiania Lutheran Church, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota

Notes:

She has no middle name in her birth record in the Ås, Vestre Toten, church book.

She may be the “Theodora Ellingbo” recorded in the 1901 Minneapolis city directory as a domestic living at 2613 Portland Avenue.

Ed says that Thea and George had nine children.

Buried in the same plot as George and Thea are three of their great-grandchildren, called the “Tonsager Triplets”, who died June 17, 1969.

Ed says that the Tonsagers' farm was about four miles southeast of the Ellingboe farm. Evey said it was about “three miles from us.”

Evey recalls, about Thea: “She was a very warm and motherly person.”

Emigrated in 1882

In the 1905 state census, George and Thea lived a little ways away (on the same census page) from the Ellingboes in New Market Twp.

At the time of the 1910 census (April 15th), the family was renting a farm in New Market township. The family consisted of George, 31, Thea, 31, Clarence M., 4, Palmer O., 2, and Lester G., 8 months. The couple had been married for 5 years and Thea had had 3 children, 3 still living.

Her husband was the informant for her death certificate. George didn’t know who Thea’s parents were. Thea died from a cerebral hemorrhage that had occurred 10 days previously.

In the 1940 census, George and Thea, their three youngest sons, and their grandson Robert lived in New Market in the same house all of them had lived in five years before.

Birth:
Stepperud farm

Confirmation:
with her sister Anna Maria

Thea married George P TONSAGER on 16 Nov 1904 in East Christiania Lutheran Church, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. George (son of Paul GILBERTSON and Sigri Olsdatter (Sarah) ROGNE) was born on 30 Sep 1878 in Minnesota; died on 15 Sep 1972 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried on 18 Sep 1972 in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1964-MN-000806
• Baptism: 20 Mar 1881, Ås, Vestre Toten, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 3 Jun 1894, West Christiania Lutheran Church, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota

Notes:

Not included in the 1900 census.

Ed says that Anna lived all of her married life in Solway, Minnesota. Confirmed by the 1930 census; they lived on 3rd Street.

Anna Maria enclosed a letter to her Norwegian relatives with her father's 1896 letter.

Arlo was adopted according to the 1930 census.

Her son Arlo or Orlo was the informant for her death certificate. He had no idea who her parents were. Anna Maria died of influenza.

Birth:
incorrectly shown as born 30 Nov 1881 in her death certificate

Confirmation:
with her sister Thea

Died:
at Lake Julia Rest Home in Durand where she had lived for two years

Anna married John SELMO on 5 Apr 1916 in Scott County, Minnesota. John was born on 25 Jan 1868 in Norway; died on 22 Mar 1962 in Beltrami County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 20 Jun 1897, West Christiania Lutheran Church, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota

Notes:

Oskar Ellingboe changed his name to Arthur Carney and invented a preposterous backstory in which he also changed his birth date and family history.

Ed says Oskar spent his youth in Lakeville, went into the service, and later became a Federal Prison guard at the penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. He lived in Leavenworth until he died.

Not listed with his mother and siblings in New Market Twp in the 1905 state census.

The 1910 census contains no Arthur Carney born in Kentucky within 5 years of 1887.

He was not listed in the WWI draft registrations, either as Ellingboe or as Carney.

In the 1920 census, a 33 year-old Arthur W. Carney is shown as a soldier at Fort Leavenworth. His native state is shown as Kentucky and both of his parent had been born in Kentucky. Thus, he was claiming to have been born in Kentucky several years before he married Marie.

In the 1925 Kansas census, he and Marie are living with other Hamiltons in Leavenworth. Arthur claims to be 38 years old, born in Kentucky, and working for or on the “golf links” at Ft. Leavenworth.

This same Arthur Carney, claiming to be a native of Kentucky, was living in Ohio at the time of the 1930 census. This Ohio Arthur Carney was a prison guard at the prison (U.S. Industrial Reformatory) in Scioto, Ross County, Ohio. He was married, 43, with a wife Marie, 37. This Arthur Carney was a veteran of the World War.

In the 1940 census, he was the 53 year-old Arthur W. Carney living with his wife Marie, 47, in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a prison officer for the federal prison. Arthur claimed to have had two years of college. Marie had an eighth-grade education. The couple owned their house, worth $4000, at 712 Ninth Avenue (or 712 Central Avenue). They had lived in Leavenworth five years earlier although not at that address. The census-taker talked to both Arthur and Marie. Arthur specifically claimed that he was born in Kentucky. Thus, likely in Marie’s presence, he claimed to have been born in Kentucky, a claim Marie would have known to be false because she had met his family in Minnesota.

A note in the Leavenworth Times in August of 1952 said that Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Carney had returned home after several weeks visit with relatives in Minnesota.

According to city directories, he and Marie lived at 712 9th Avenue in Leavenworth between 1934 and his death in 1960. The couple is shown as briefly living in Alburquerque, New Mexico, in 1955, at which time he was associated with the U.S. Air Force.

A database of obituaries in the Leavenworth Times newspaper shows the death of an Arthur W. Carney in the November 20, 1960, edition.

According to his entry in Find A Grave, which includes a photo of his gravestone, he was Arthur Wilbur Carney, b. 15 Jun 1886 and died 18 Nov 1960. According to the inscription on that gravestone, apparently one supplied by the government, Arthur had been a sergeant in Company B, 88th Infantry of Kansas in World War I.

In the document requesting a military headstone for Arthur, signed by Marie H. Carney on 8 Jun 1961, of 712 Ninth Avenue, Leavenworth, the particulars of his military history are listed: Service number 341371 or 341271, Pension claim number C 122 18 08, Enlisted 10-12-1916 in Washington, Discharged 10-11-1920 at Ft. Leavenworth. He had been a Sgt, Co. B, 88th Infantry, 19th Division, U.S. Army. His date of birth was 15 Jun 1886. The branch of the service that most conforms to this description is the 88th Division, “a National Army Division organized September 4, 1917, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, from men drafted from the states of Minnesota, Iowa. the Dakotas and Illinois. Later when these first drafts had been transferred in large measure to Camps Cody, Bowie, Doniphan, Pike, Travis and Gordon, newly drafted men from these original states, together with men from Missouri and Nebraska, constituted the bulk of the Division.”

One of his nieces says: I've known since I was a little girl that he had changed his name. I think I heard that he took his middle name of "Carne," (most likely Arne) and used it as his last name because there were so many Ellingboes (really?). It was hinted, also, that maybe he changed his name so as not to be traced by someone--maybe a girl? There always seemed to be an air of mystery about it. He and Marie visited once when I was about 10 or so. I remember that Marie played our pump organ and Oscar sang. Ma said later, after that visit, that Marie had said that "the Carne's 'hail' from Kentucky." I don't know what Ma answered to that. She was no pushover. I think some of us thought his story was just to impress Marie with a more important background than he really had. I saw him again, briefly, at Uncle Albert's funeral. Once I asked Aunt Clara (Pa's youngest sister) about it when we visited her in Waseca. Oscar & Marie's picture was displayed on a table, which prompted the question. He was quite a distinguished-looking man, and Marie was very sweet-looking. Oscar resembled Albert a lot--a high forehead with hair that seemed to flow back in a high, bushy sort of way. Aunt Clara said that he left home at about 17 years old--(the 1900 census) and I think she said he went to Canada. Oscar claimed that he was born in Kentucky to wealthy parents who traveled a lot. On one of their trips they went to Norway, bringing him along as a baby. While there, they went out on a fishing expedition of sorts or a boat ride of some kind. Not wanting to take the baby along, they left him in the care of a Norwegian lady, Berit--Grandma supposely (??). Their boat was lost at sea, and Grandma brought him up as her own. Part of the story told of his being part of the Canadian Royal Mounted police, and of heroic acts during a small-pox epidemic. I also remember that they said he had had a family Bible, and maybe something else, too, with the proof--I forget what--in his locker at the prison, but it was lost in a fire there. Also, I recall that he hadn't wanted the story told to his mother as it would upset her. Two of the Lee "girls" told of how Oscar could quote pages and pages of epic poetry and verse, etc.”

Another niece in April of 2003 said:

I am delighted to tell you what I know. You can draw your own conclusions! It is a bit of a mystery. Incidentally, neither my Mother nor I knew Uncle Arthur had lived for awhile in Ohio, or, at least, Mother never mentioned it. Also, Mother never referred to him as "Oscar". I'd never heard that name until my cousin, Dorothy Olson, whom we have only recently come to know rather well, said that was his given name.

I think my Mother, as the 'baby" of the family, was always very special to Uncle Arthur. He and Aunt Marie visited us, if not frequently, at least every once in awhile and I have clear memories of them both; very dear memories. Aunt Marie was a very sweet person with absolutely beautiful handwriting. Uncle Arthur could recite numerous poems, epic and otherwise, from memory. I have a notebook in which he wrote down these poems for me. Family, in general, was very special to Uncle Arthur and everyone and everything related to family was always "the best".

Uncle Arthur left home, the family farm, at a young age and had a variety of adventures, including service in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (and had tales to tell of those years); in the army in the Philippines (I have some photographs of him taken there); lastly as a guard at the Federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, where we visited them.

He was completely convinced that the family name should be Carney, not Ellingboe, and had his name legally changed, though he never told his mother and consequently, as I understand it, his mother never met his wife. It must have been very awkward. That must have been puzzling for his mother, and a source of pain, too, I would think, as well as requiring endless evasions.

Uncle Arthur said he had documentation which proved that an Irish family named Carney, who lived in Kentucky, were in the habit of going to the Norwegian fjords to fish. On one such expedition, they took their son, their son's wife and infant son, along. They left the baby with a maiden lady while they went out fishing. The entire family was drowned and she - the Norwegian maiden lady - raised the boy as her own. Later, she came to the U.S., still claiming the little boy as her son. This little boy was my grandfather. (Only recently, I learned that my grandfather was an illegitimate child, which would lend credence to Uncle Arthur's story.) Thus, the Carney name disappeared and the name Ellingboe appeared.

Uncle Arthur always admired the Irish, and, of course, Scandinavians were looked down upon at this point in our history, as were many immigrants. However, Uncle Arthur was very proud of his family and it is almost impossible for me to reconcile this pride in family, with a repudiation of his family name unless he was certain of the truth of the story. I know Uncle Arthur believed the story though I'm almost as certain no one else did, or does. His documentation, including a family Bible, was burned in a fire in the locker room of the prison so there is no proof of his claim to Irish ancestry.

It is true that my Mother looked Irish; white skin, black hair, bright blue eyes! Who knows? I don't think Mother believed this story, but she didn't actually say she disbelieved it, either. We cannot square such a "fairy tale" though, with what we know of Uncle Arthur's character, so.......As I said, draw your own conclusions!

Confirmation:
as Arne Oskar Ellingbö, age 14

Buried:
section 35

Oskar married Marie Beauchamp HAMILTON about 1923. Marie was born on 25 Jul 1892 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas; died on 4 Mar 1971 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1948-MN-003500
• Baptism: 1885, Christiania Lutheran Church, Dakota County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 9 Jun 1901, West Christiania Lutheran Church, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota

Notes:

Some family histories have erroneously had his death date on January 10th.

His will is in the Scott County Will Records, Volume E, 1932-1962, will year 1948.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918. Shown as single, a farmer, and his closest relative is Bessey Ellingboe of Lakeville. Albert is of medium height, slender build, with blue eyes and brown hair.

According to Ed, Albert lived on the original Ellingboe farm until he died. Shown as living with Berit (“Betsy”) at the time of the 1920 census.

As of April of 1930, at the time of the 1930 census, 16 year-old Harold R. Johnson was lodging with the Albert Ellingboes, apparently to attend school.

In the 1940 census, he and his family farmed in New Market Twp and lived in the same house that they had lived in in 1935. Albert had a fifth-grade education, Annie had an eighth-grade education.

Obituary of A. O. Ellingboe

Albert Olaus Ellingboe of Lakeville Route 2, died January 9, 1948, at Sanford Hospital from a heart attack. His death occurred the day following his brother Ole’s funeral. Both were taken to Sanford hospital by ambulance January 3, and both lived in New Market township, just a quarter mile apart.

Funeral services for Albert Ellingboe were held at the West Christiania Lutheran church, January 12, at 2:00 o’clock with Rev. E. E. Hoff officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery.

Three hymns were sung: “Built On A Rock”, by Evelyn Ellingboe; “Nearer My God to Thee” and “Behold A Host” sung by Evelyn Ellingboe and Veola Soberg.

Pallbearers were six nephews, Oscar Ellingboe, Edwin Ellingboe, Arthur Ellingboe, Floyd Tonsager, Alvin Tonsager, Francis Tonsager.

The deceased was born March 28, 1885, a son of Ove and Berit (Helle) Ellingboe, on a farm in New Market township, the same farm on which he spent his entire life time. He attended the Scott county school Dist. 66 and then he took a short commercial course at a business college in Northfield. He was engaged in farming through out his life.

He was united in marriage with Anne Bergstrom of Nekoma, N.D., June 21, 1922, at Kenyon, Minn.

Albert Ellingboe is survived by his wife, three daughters, and one son, Alta Ann (Mrs. Samuel Mahnken), Dorothy and Hazel Ellingboe, and Albert Ellingboe, Jr. He is survived by one brother, Arthur of Leavenworth, Kansas; five sisters, Mary Lee of Omak, Wash.; Thea Tonsager of Lakeville, Anna Selmo of Solway, Minn.; Clara Liggett and Olga Ellingboe of Waseca.

Mr. Ellingboe was left with the responsibility of the farm at an early age, when his father died. {illegible} had the care of his mother and younger sisters. He was a faithful and sincere church member of the West Christiania Lutheran Church during his life. Mr. Ellingboe was well-known and highly respected in the community in which he always lived. He was chairman of School Dist. 66 board for 23 years and a church trustee for one year. He was a kind and loving husband and father.

Among the out of town attendants at the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Al Liggitt of Waseca; Arthur Carney of Leavenworth, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Campion of Minneapolis; Ed Ellingboe of Minneapolis; Charles Tanger, Mankato; Willard Espelund, Winnebago; Mrs. Tony Sciano of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mahnken of Minneapolis; Dorothy Ellingboe, New York City; Hazel Ellingboe of Mankato Teachers College.

Died:
Sanford Hospital; Had been sick for some time with a bad heart according to Evey.

Buried:
225 NT 13

Albert married Anne BERGSTROM on 21 Jun 1922 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Anne (daughter of Hans BERGSTROM and Dorathea PAULSEN) was born on 19 Aug 1897 in Osnabrock, Walsh County, North Dakota; died on 24 Dec 1991 in Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1954-MN-017086
• Confirmation: 11 May 1902, West Christiania Lutheran Church, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Olga Bertina in her father’s will.

Or 25 September. Her birthdate on her death certificate was 24 September.

Never married. Evey says she was an invalid, frequently bedridden, whose illness was probably depression.

According to Ed, Olga spent her life at home on the farm, then in Northfield, and the last years of her life in Waseca, Minnesota. Evy explains that Olga lived with Clara and Al Leggett in Waseca. Shown as living on the farm with Berit (“Betsy”), Albert, and Clara at the time of the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, Olga was indeed living with her sister Clara Leggett and family at 604 5th St. in Waseca.

In the 1940 census, she was living with the Liggetts in Waseca.

According to her death certificate, she had lived in Waseca for 26 years. Her address was 7th Avenue, SW. Olga died from a cerebral hemorrhage. She also had severe rheumatoid arthritis.

If Olga had lived with Clara for 26 years, she had gone to live with her shortly after their mother died. This suggests that Olga, although only about 40 years old, may not have been able to live on her own.

Confirmation:
as Olga Bertina Ellingbo

Buried:
“with Albert & Anne” 225 NT 13

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Jun 1890, Christiania Lutheran Church, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota

Notes:

Cemetery notes indicate she was “age 1 yr.”

Rose said that Clara died of “convulsions” caused by spinal meningitis.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Jun 1893, East Christiania Lutheran Church, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota

Notes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 476-01-0780 Issued in MN before 1951
• Baptism: 19 May 1895, West Christiania Lutheran Church, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 18 Jul 1909, West Christiania Lutheran Church, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Clara Emelie in her father’s will.

Born when her mother was 48 years old.

In the 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is probably the Clara Ellingboe, domestic, at 405 E 3rd in Northfield.

Shown as living on the family farm with Berit (“Betsy”), Olga, and Albert at the time of the 1920 census.

Living with her husband, daughter, and sister at 604 Sixth St. in Waseca at the time of the 1930 census. Their rent at this residence was $20/month. They did not have a radio.

Last residence, according to the SSDI, was Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo, Iowa 50428. This may have been the residence of her daughter.

Died:
SSDI last residence

Buried:
280 WE 16

Clara married Alvin M LEGGETT on 22 Oct 1921 in Scott County, Minnesota. Alvin was born on 25 Feb 1897 in Indiana; died on 15 Apr 1967 in Waseca, Waseca County, Minnesota; was buried in Woodville Cemetery, Waseca, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1922-MN-013347
• Baptism: 24 Apr 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Nels and his two sons are living with his parents and brothers in the 1895 state census in June. His wife must have died because there is no woman other than Sigri in the household.

Nels and his two sons are still living with his parents in the 1900 census but he is shown as a widower.

In the 1905 state census, Nils and his two sons are still on the Nelson farm in New Market with brothers Andrew and Ole and Ole’s new wife.

In the 1910 census, Nels and his son Henry are living with his brother Ole and family on the Nelson farm. Nels’s brother Andrew and son Ole are not listed.

His death certificate, for which Ole J Nelson of Lakeville was the informant, describes him as a widower farmer. His father was Ole O Nelson. He died from influenza, complicated by “chronic Bright’s disease.”

Birth:
as Nils; his death certificate shows his place of birth as New Market

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-013927

Notes:

Not living with his parents in the 1880 census. He was a 17 year-old farmhand on a farm in Eureka Twp.

According to Rose, it was this Ole Nelson (or possibly, his father) who encouraged Ove and family to come to the New Market area because you could see three church spires from there.

In the 1910 census (May 10th), he and his family live on a farm in New Market, Scott County, next door to the newly married Ole and Rose Ellingboe. He was 46 and had been married for 6 years to Selma, 37. It was the first marriage for both and Selma had had 2 children: Sofia, 4, and Oscar, 3. On the other side of them lived 50 year-old Nels Nelson, a widower, with his son Henry, 15.

In the 1930 census, he lives in New Market with his son Oscar. They are listed on the census form just after the Ole Ellingboe family. Ole is shown as a widower.

Died of valvular heart disease, chronic nephritis, and arteriosclerosis. Info on his death certificate was provided by Walter Hanson of Lakeville.

Ole married Selma NESS on 18 May 1904 in Scott County, Minnesota. Selma (daughter of Ole Olsson NÆS and Barbro Helgesdatter) was born in Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Dec 1920 in New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-013923
• Baptism: 25 Dec 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Living with her parents and brothers in the 1885 census.

In the 1900 census she had had 5 children, all 5 still living. She came to the U.S. in 1870. In the 1910 census those numbers are 7 and 7.

Berit married Ole BERGSTROM on 7 Jan 1886 in Dakota County, Minnesota. Ole (son of John Olsen BERGSTROM and Inger Olsen FLAEN) was born on 8 Jul 1860 in Eidsvold, Akershus, Viken County, Norway; died on 23 Oct 1930 in Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in Solor Lutheran Church Cemetery, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Apr 1871, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He appears to have been entered as a 6 year-old Ole in the 1880 census.

Last listed in the 1885 census, age 14.

Not included in the count of his mother’s living children in the 1900 census.

Notes:

Listed in his parents’ household in the 1900 census. Living with his brothers in the 1905 state census.

Notes:

Listed in the 1880 census, not listed in the 1885 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Oct 1870, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the parish birth record, her father’s farm is called Haali Eie.

Birth:
Hålien 109/1-2 Svingen

Family/Spouse: Ole K STAVNE. Ole was born on 20 Sep 1872 in Minnesota; died on 8 Dec 1934 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Apr 1882, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

More confusion, the birth record for the Anders born on this date shows his parents as Even Torstensen and Marthe Andersdatter and his parents’ farm as Ødegaarden, Jevne.

The 1891 Norwegian census shows the 9 year-old Anders as, apparently, the child of Anders Haaversen and Berith Knudsdatter. Others on that farm are Mareth Andersdatter, 69, and Knud Johannessen, 60, apparently serving as foderaads.

His obit calls him Andrew Anderson Holien, age 85. He had been a farmer in the Wrencoe area west of Sandpoint for 30 years before moving to Spokane in 1946. His obit said that he was an uncle of Henry Holien, Sandpoint, and Mrs. Bertha Heaton of Spokane. Andrew had been on the board of directors of the initial REA utility in the area as well as the board of the local gas coop.

Birth:
18 Jan according to his obit

Baptism:
probably Hurum

Died:
according to his obit

Marie married Carl Lawrence ESTREM on 4 Jul 1911 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Carl (son of Andrew A ESTREM and Marit (Mary) Larsdatter SOINE) was born in Apr 1886 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 26 Nov 1905, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he was single and living with his father’s brother’s family in Warsaw Twp in Goodhue County.

At the time that he filled out his draft registration (June 5, 1917), he was married with a wife and child. He was a self-employed farmer in Ward County, North Dakota.

In the 1930 census, he and his famiy live in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. He is a truck driver doing road work.

Birth:
7 Apr 1890 in the ELCA record for his confirmation. The 1891 was on his draft registration. Also shown as Apr 1891 in the 1900 census.

Confirmation:
Vang Lutheran in Dennison

Thomas married Tilda Geneva HOLT about 1915. Tilda (daughter of Iver HOLT and Gertrude WANGSNESS) was born on 30 Nov 1892 in North Dakota; died on 19 May 1962 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harold EVERSON. Harold was born on 27 Jul 1907 in Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin; died on 16 Mar 1969 in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

T. Gerhard Haugen, 86, of Northfield died Thursday, July 11, 1991 at the Three Links Care Center. Haugen was born Dec. 15, 1904 to Christopher and Mareth (Lykken) Haugen in Dennison. He attended rural Dennison Public Schools and graduated from Kenyon High School in 1925. On March 21, 1964 he married Bertha Soine in Dennison. The couple lived in Dennison, Cannon Falls and Northfield. He was employed by Goodhue County Dairy Herd Improvement Association from 1939 to 1941. In 1941 he was drafted into the U.S. Army. He re-enlisted in 1945 and was sent ot China where he was critically injured and received a medical discharge in 1947. When he returned he was employed by Dakota County Dairy Herd Improvement Association until 1953, then worked as a custodian at Boe Chapel at St. Olaf College until his retirement. Haugen was a member of Vang Lutheran Church in rural Dennison. Preceding him in death were his parents, his wife and a sister. Survivors include a stepson Richard Soine of Phoenix, Ariz.; a stepdaughter Carol (and John) Beckman of Cannon Falls; two stepgrandchildren; a sister Gertrude Underdahl of Kenyon; a nephew Pete Underdahl of Dennison; and several cousins. Visitation was held Friday, July 12 at the Benson Funeral Home in Northfield. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 13 at Vang Lutheran Church with the Rev. Gerald Gengenbach officaiting. Music was provided by organist Helen Midje. Pallbearers were Bernard and Arnold Ellingboe, Herb and Donald Haugen, and Dale and Pete Underdahl. Interment was at Vang Lutheran Cemetery.

Thomas married Bertha Emilia WANGEN on 21 Mar 1964 in Rice County, Minnesota. Bertha (daughter of Andrew Iversen WANGEN and Anna HIRT) was born on 6 Jun 1906 in Becker County, Minnesota; died on 20 Feb 1984 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangen Prairie Cemetery, Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrude married Peder Carl UNDERDAHL on 3 Apr 1930 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Peder (son of Peder Olsen UNDERDAHL and Christine Larsdatter FLOM) was born on 3 Dec 1895 in Minnesota; died on 23 Jun 1978 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1918-MN-006339

Family/Spouse: Clarence HUMFELD. Clarence was born on 19 Mar 1889 in Kansas; died on 1 Mar 1967 in Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Feb 1908, Minot, Ward County, North Dakota

Notes:

The last of 12 children.

Baptism:
Bethany Lutheran

Died:
as Margie Westin, California Death Index says 6 Feb

Margrethe married Alex OMER on 7 Jun 1927 in Burke County, North Dakota. Alex was born in Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Theodora completed country school prior to attending and graduating from Faribault High School. She went to Waldorf College for two years to become an elementary teacher.

Theodora was a life member of Vang Lutheran Church. She taught Sunday School at Vang and was active with the women of the church. She enjoyed reading.

She is survived by cousins, Beatrice Lockrem of Dennison, Austin (and Louise) Lockrem of Northfield and several other cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Notes:

Birth:
Brekke i Hurum

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Feb 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Maren_david2008

Witnesses of her baptism: Wilhelm Endressen Qvien, Osten Tostensen Kjøs, Jørand Olsdatter Brakken, Berith Stephansdatter Brakken, and Ingerid Finkelsdatter Qvien.

Not in the 1930 census.

Birth:
Brækken

Baptism:
she had been given a home baptism by Jørand Olsdatter Brakken.

Died:
as Anna B Mikkelson

Anna married Johannes MIKKELSON on 17 Feb 1875 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and was divorced. Johannes was born on 11 May 1855 in Walworth County, Wisconsin; died on 20 Aug 1924 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Olina VIKA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Myrtle Helina HESKIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1909-23511

Notes:

In the 1930 census, he was 20 and still living at home with his father in Dieter Twp, Roseau County.

In the 1940 census, mis-indexed as Kuren, he was a farmer in Dieter Twp.

He registered for the draft in Pine Creek, Minnesota, on 16 Oct 1940. He had two years of high school, his wife was a high school graduate.

Albert married Edna Idola NYHUS on 16 Oct 1932 in Roseau County, Minnesota. Edna (daughter of Edward NYHUS and Gunhilde LUND) was born on 29 Dec 1912 in Traill County, North Dakota; died on 27 Sep 2005 in Roseau County, Minnesota; was buried in Pinecreek Lutheran Cemetery, Pinecreek, Roseau County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roy Victor TALLAKSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called (according to the bygdebok) Vesle-Ola. He is the younger of the two Ola Trondsens born to Trond and Sigrid.

Birth:
Kjøs i Høre

Family/Spouse: Anna Olsdatter KVIEN. Anna (daughter of Ole Olsson KVIESEIGA and Berit Håvardsdatter KVIEN) was born on 11 Apr 1887 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Jan 1978 in Eddy County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1890, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
Høre

Baptism:
Høre

Sissel married Ole Petter Grønvold WOLD on 28 Mar 1913. Ole was born about 1885 in Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Jul 1893, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Came to the U.S. in 1905.

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: John ESTERHOLM. John was born on 1 Jun 1890 in Norway; died on 16 Sep 1953 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I8030 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree and I1644 in Jim’s VS. Jim says that Christoffer was a renowned wood carver and operated a cabinet maker’s workshop. He supplied furniture to the palace in Oslo (to Haakon VII), to the American embassy in Oslo, and various things to many churches, among others the altar piece for Hensås church.

(The Hensås church, also called the Heensåsen church, is in Vang and is west of Høre and east of Vangsmjøsi at the intersection of County Road 293 and County Road 302. The church was built in 1902.)

Birth:
Dalheim (Verpilen) 96/12-38-40 under Kvien in Høre

Christoffer married Ingeborg Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ in 1912, and was divorced. Ingeborg (daughter of Ole Tollefson ELLINGBÖ and Ingeborg Bøyesdatter KATTEVØL SKEIE) was born on 27 Oct 1894 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1986 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
St. Peter Hospital

Jessie married Harvey Austin COLLINS on 2 Apr 1919 in Oregon. Harvey was born on 17 Mar 1899 in Oregon; died on 12 Oct 1981 in Washington; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he lived with his parents in Coos County, Oregon. He was a clerk in a drugstore.

Lester married Georgia BOSTIAN on 20 Jul 1926 in Thurston County, Washington. Georgia was born in 1902; died on 31 Dec 2000; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
ELCA, First Lutheran in Minot

Family/Spouse: Rose. Rose was born on 1 May 1926; died on 21 Feb 2003; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 66. The bygdebok suggests he may have been born on Hålieiga.

Tosten b. 2 Oct 1854, bapt. 1 Jan 1855, to the unmarried couple Lars Tostensen Ellingbø and Ambjør Knudsdatter Haaliget. Haaver Knudsen Haalien (Vang C, p. 427-428) took responsibility for him,

In the 1865 census, as Torsten Larsen, he was living on Bonde with his unmarried mother, the inderste Ambjør Knudsdatter, b. 1827, on the Anders Endresen farm. Ambjør had a 2nd illegitimate son, Knud Johannessen, b. 1862, also living with her on Bonde at that time.

Family/Spouse: Marit Olsdatter KJØRLIEN. Marit (daughter of Ola Torsteinsson KJØS and Berit Johannesdatter SKREBERGO) was born in 1850; died in 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alpha married Grover Cleveland BACKMAN on 29 Apr 1918. Grover was born in 1893 in Whalen, Fillmore County, Minnesota; died in 1959 in Rock County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Larry Playfair

Died:
Lomen

Family/Spouse: Thorleif T ELLESTAD. Thorleif (son of Thorleif Nilsen GARVIK and Sigrid Nilsdatter HELLE) was born on 26 Oct 1853 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Feb 1935 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

N.E. married G.L. POOLE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wanda PASSCKE. Wanda was born in 1925; died on 6 Oct 2009 in Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Helen Lorraine BREKKE. Helen was born on 2 Mar 1921 in Minnesota; died on 20 Apr 1995 in Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aufelda Joanne. Aufelda was born on 16 Mar 1922 in Montana; died on 24 Aug 2021 in Placer County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Descendants of Gjermund Gundersen (1758-1815) and Anne Gulbrandsdatter Heen per dwfrench1’s French Family Tree.

Family/Spouse: Hans THOMPSON. Hans was born on 27 Jun 1860 in Gudbrandsdalen; died on 17 Jul 1941 in Winnebago County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

He was a Lutheran pastor in Mason City.

Family/Spouse: Grace CHRISTIANSON. Grace was born in 1882 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; died about Nov 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Marken 101/5 av Berge i Høre

Died:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Family/Spouse: Andris Toresson SKJEFTE (NEDRE). Andris (son of Tore Person HELLE and Ingrid Torleivsdatter SKJEFTE) was born in 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1931 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lokreim 81/1 Nerre

Anne married Sam ANDERSON on 27 Jan 1914 in Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois. Sam was born on 26 Dec 1886 in Rogaland, Norway; died on 9 Jul 1947 in La Salle County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Apr 1881, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Raised her sister’s daughter Evelyn.

Birth:
Lokreim 81/1 Nerre; birth record says Remmenseie

Baptism:
home baptism on 30 Mar

Marit married Andrew BOE on 12 Dec 1906. Andrew was born about 1882 in Rogaland, Norway; died in 1962; was buried in Oakwood Memorial Park, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Feb 1889, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
born on Tvedt

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: Guri Knudsen MINDREBØ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Larry Playfair

Died:
Red Deer

Family/Spouse: Nels Thorleifsen ELLESTAD. Nels (son of Thorleif T ELLESTAD and Anne Eriksdatter EGGE) was born on 1 Oct 1892 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Feb 1980 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dean Rovang

Family/Spouse: Anne Pedersdatter MELAAS. Anne was born on 31 Dec 1871 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 14 Jul 1945 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lillian CRANIE. Lillian was born on 24 Jun 1903 in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin; died on 19 Dec 1978 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harvey Howard HUNT. Harvey was born on 1 Jan 1896 in Chickasaw County, Iowa; died on 16 Jun 1963 in Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Now farmer of Helle," according to Jan, 1982.

Family/Spouse: O. SKEIE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Clerk In Post Office
• Social Security Number: 534-40-5166 issued in WA in 1958 or 1959

Notes:

Doesn’t appear to be listed in the WWI draft registrations. Perhaps he had already enlisted by that time.

In the 1920 census, a 23 year-old Harry O. Lee is listed as a “Lodger”, apparently with the family of Charles Johnson, in the Omak precinct of Okanogan County, Washington. Harry is listed as a wage-earning “farmer” on a “fruit farm.” He is shown as being born in Minnesota, as was his father, and his mother is shown as being born in Norway.

Harry lived almost next door to his brother Floyd at the time of the 1930 census.

Harry O. Lee and his family lived at 118 North 2nd Avenue W. in Omak, Okanogan County, Washington, at the time of the 1930 census in April of 1930. Harry owned his home, worth $2500. The household did not have a radio. The household: Harry O., 33 (married at age 29, born in N. Dakota but his father is shown as born in Wisconsin (?)), his wife Gladys E., 23 (married at 19, born in Washington but her father born in Tennessee and her mother in Oregon), their son, Burton O., age 2 and 9 months, born in Washington. Harry is an assistant clerk in the post office, he is employed, and he is a veteran, having fought in the World War.

In the 1940 census, he and his family live in Omak at a house they own worth $2500. This was the same house that they all lived in in 1935. Harry and Gladys were both high school graduates. Harry was a postal clerk for the Post Office.

Harry registered for the World War II draft in 1942. At that time, he was living in Omak, Washington, and working for the post office. He gave his brother Floyd as the “person who will always know your address.”

Washington State Death Certificate 016312.

Harry married Gladys Eldora FERGUSON on 8 Nov 1925. Gladys (daughter of William Henry FERGUSON and Sarah Eldora CAVE) was born on 22 Apr 1906 in Asotin County, Washington; died on 8 Jul 1974 in Okanogan County, Washington; was buried in Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Insurance agent

Notes:

Floyd registered for the draft on September 12, 1918. His father was the registrar for the local draft board.

Floyd lived almost next door to his brother Harry at the time of the 1930 census.

At the time of the 1930 census in April, Floyd and his family were living at 110 North 2nd Avenue, W., in Omak, Okanogan County, Washington in a house they owned. The house was worth $4000 and the household did not have a radio. The household consisted of Floyd M., 31 (first married at 25 and born in Wisconsin as was his father), his wife, Zella A., 31 (first married at 25 and born in Washington although her father was born in Tennessee and her mother in Oregon), their son Floyd E., 4 and 5 mos., born in Washington, and their daughter Betty Ann, 2 and 3 mos., born in Washington. Floyd is an insurance agent, he is employed, and he is not a veteran.

In the 1940 census, he and his family live on 2nd Avenue North in Omak in a house that they own, the same house that they all lived in in 1935. Floyd is a salesman for a publishing company and his wife is a printer for a publishing company. Floyd is a high school graduate, Zella has had two years of college.

In the 1950 census, he and Zella and David live in Omak. He is circulation manager for the “town paper.” Zella runs the printing press for the “town paper.”

He is not included in the Washington death index and he is not included in the SSDI.

Floyd served as a police judge and a justice of the peace in Omak. He moved to Issaquah, near Seattle, in 1958. While in Omak, he headed the circulation staff of the weekly Omak Chronicle.

According to the obit in Spokane newspaper: “Surviving him are his wife, Zella Lee, at the home in Issaquah; two sons, Floyd Jr., San Diego, and David Lee, Spokane; one daughter, Mrs. George Charlton, Ellensburg; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Harry and Ivan Lee, Omak; two sisters, Mrs. William Sprowl, Omak, and Mrs. Cecil Holmes, Oroville.”

Died:
at “a Seattle nursing home;” death notice inthe Seattle Times, October 24, 1961, p. 46

Floyd married Zella Amzel FERGUSON in 1924 in Chelan County, Washington. Zella (daughter of William Henry FERGUSON and Sarah Eldora CAVE) was born on 17 Aug 1898 in Oakesdale, Whitman County, Washington; died on 6 May 1982 in Thorp, Kittitas County, Washington; was buried in High Valley Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 537-20-1976 issued in WA before 1951
• Washington Death Certificate: 003430

Notes:

William and Ella and their children are living with Elling and Mary Lee in Omak in the 1930 census. William is a lumberman in a lumber camp.

Ella married William Harvey SPROWL on 21 Dec 1921 in Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington. William (son of James Harvey SPROWL and Emma Marial KIRKPATRICK) was born on 12 May 1891 in Haven, Reno County, Kansas; died on 8 Jul 1975 in Omak, Okanogan County, Washington; was buried in Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Dunn County News, 25 Aug 1910 edition, “In Northwest Wisconsin:”

Little Lester Lee, a Superior boy, was drowned at that city Friday night while playing with a raft on the bay at Central Park. The body was found with a dragnet after several hours search.

Buried:
Block 12