Else Johannesdatter SVIEN

Notes:

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 Nordigarden i Øye

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

Notes:

Birth:
Strand 10/

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

Notes:

Birth:
Strand 10/

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1939-MN-013173

Notes:

From the Budstikken, December 1996:

Was the Valdres Sjugurd Strand America's oldest Hardanger fiddler? A Valdres bygdebok refers to him thus, "When the fiddler, J.O. Quale and Knut Ellingboe visited Sjugurd Strand when he was 100, he played a few tunes." Not many men lived to be a hundred and two generations ago, and still fewer played the hardingfele at that age! So, who was he?

The bygdebok elaborated on him: Sjugurd often played the fiddle in the evening or while resting after work. Quale and Ellingboe heard him play "Teigen" and a springar, "Krosshaugen," which he learned from Ola Strand paa Soyne. Ola was one of the great-est Hardanger fiddlers in his area and, if he was Sjugurd's mentor, the latter may have been a good fiddler, too. Valdres Samband genealogist Betty Rockswold discovered that Ola Strand paa Soyne was married to Sjugurd's cousin.

But Sjugurd was more than a fiddler. The bygdebok continued, "Sjugurd was unusually spry and agile. There is hardly a ceiling in the Øye area which he could not reach with "a stempla rundkast" (a type of halling dance in which the dancer becomes air-borne and kicks the ceiling beams)."

Sjugurd was born in Vang, Valdres, on Oct.25, 1837, and had worked on the Sveji farm south eight summers before he immigrated to the Northfield, Minn., area in 1866, settling on a small farm (possibly in Goodhue County). That same year he married Engeborg Thomasdatter Elton on Oct.25, the birthdays of bride and groom. They had four children while living near Northfield: Thomas, Gilbert, Thomas (the first Thomas died) and Martin. In 1871, the family moved with their ox-drawn wagon to Wang Township, Renville County, Minnesota, where nine more children were born. Four died in infancy.
Torger, Sarah (Mrs. Iver Soine), Ella (Mrs. Olaf Holien), Mary (Mrs. Andres Brekke) and Sever survived childhood diseases.

Sjugurd Strand's name became Americanized to Sever Guttormson Strand, Guttorm being his father's given name. But in Wang Township, he continued to be called Sjugurd Strond, Strond being a dialect form of Strand.

The centenarian enjoyed good health and was active until he fell and injured his hip the year before he died. Until then he carried himself "in a true soldier manner," said one obituary. After his accident, he was confined to bed but was congenial and cheerful.

Except for his injury, he enjoyed good health and at all times had full possession of his faculties. He began using tobacco at age nine, always ate three good meals and two lunches, with coffee each meal.

Sjugurd died March 13, 1939 after a few days of illness. His wife had died January 13, 1937, at age 92.

Sjugurd married Ingeborg Thomasdatter ELTUN on 25 Oct 1866 in Minnesota. Ingeborg (daughter of Thomas Torgeirson ELTUN and Sigrid Ivarsdatter KJERSTEIN) was born on 25 Oct 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Jan 1937 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She left for the U.S. in the spring of 1873 with her son Ola Torsteinsson, b. 1859, whose father was Torstein Sjugurdsson Brekke. Somewhere along the line, at about the time she went to America or perhaps after she was there, she married the much younger man Jon Jonssen Sveji who was 29 years old.

Family/Spouse: Anders Sÿversen THUNE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ola Gudbrandsson UVDAL. Ola (son of Gulbrand Olsen OPDAL and Marith Olsdatter SKOGSTAD) was born in 1817 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Most probable, and shown here, is that she is the Guri born in Vang in 1836 to Knud Olsen Svien and Berith Syvertsdatter. However, that Guri was born in August of 1836, the exact day of which was not legible in either copy of the church book. That Guri is I22087 in Jim’s VS, no spouse or children shown.

Birth:
Svien 6/1 Sygarden i Øye

Family/Spouse: Lars Knutson GAASEDELEN. Lars (son of Knut Knutson GAASEDELEN and Rangdi Nilsdotter STELE) was born on 19 Sep 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 29 Apr 1886 in Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henrik JOHNSON. Henrik was born in 1827 in Norway; died on 31 Dec 1910 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gilbert and Bertha were farming in Golden Valley Twp, Williams County, North Dakota in the 1920 census.

Gilbert was a widower with three daughters farming in Tioga Twp, Williams County, North Dakota in the 1930 census.

Gilbert married Berit ELLINGBOE on 22 Dec 1914 in Renville County, Minnesota. Berit (daughter of Andris Trondsson ELLINGBØE and Berit (Betsey) E LIEN) was born on 10 Apr 1879 in Minnesota; died on 12 Aug 1928 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Tioga, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he was a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County.

They were still there in the 1940 census.

Thomas married Marith SOINE on 31 Jul 1904 in Renville County, Minnesota. Marith (daughter of Ola Kristofferson SØYNE and Gertrude Torgeirsdatter (Jane) ELTUN) was born on 28 Dec 1878 in Minnesota; died on 22 Oct 1964 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1964-MN-016327

Notes:

Shown in the 1900 census as having borne 3 children, all still living. Those numbers are 7 and 5 in the 1910 census.

Birth:
birth year 1872 in her death certificate

Died:
called Sorene Soine in her death certificate

Sarah married Iver S SOINE on 17 Dec 1895 in Renville County, Minnesota. Iver (son of Sigurd Kristofferson (Syver C) SOINE and Synneva Trondsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 2 Jun 1874 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; died on 18 Sep 1957 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1950 census, she was living with her son Glenn and his family in Tioga Twp, Williams County, North Dakota.

Marit married Anders A BREKKE on 8 Jul 1893 in Renville County, Minnesota. Anders (son of Anders Asbjørnsson ELTON and Berit Andrisdatter BREKKE) was born on 9 Feb 1870 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Feb 1941 in Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Olaf HOLIEN. Olaf (son of Nils Olsen HOLIEN and Berith Christophersdatter GJEVRE) was born on 10 Mar 1885 in Renville County, Minnesota; died on 24 Dec 1959 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Oct 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His baptismal sponsors were Knud Hermundstad, Iver Sÿversen Eltun, Kari Böe-ejet. Berith Knudsdatter Böe, and Anne Sÿversdatter Eltun.

In the 1900 census, he was a farmer in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. He owned his farm, albeit with a mortgage, and had come to the U.S. in 1871.

Baptism:
Øye

Anders married Marit Asbjørnsdatter BREKKE about 1872. Marit (daughter of Asbjørn Andrisson HAGASTRØND and Sigri Endresdatter TWEDT) was born on 15 Dec 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Feb 1933 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Sep 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The Val Ulstad Family Tree shows different parents for Gulbrand.

Gulbrand married his first cousin.

In the 1880 census, he was a farmer in Deer Creek in Worth County, Iowa.

Family/Spouse: Marit Gulbrandsdatter OPDAL. Marit (son of Gulbrand Gulbrandsen OPDAL and Ingebor Olsdatter) was born on 6 Jul 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1940 in Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 May 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1944-MN-004516

Notes:

He is probably the Knut Gaasedelen who attended the St. Olaf academy in 1886-1887.

He and Jossie live next door to the Kasas in Warsaw Twp in the 1905 state census.

He is a farmer living in Northfield Twp, Rice County, in the 1910 census.

Knut married Marie Josephine (Jossie) SORUM on 2 Jun 1900 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Marie was born on 25 Mar 1866 in Norway; died on 24 Mar 1941 in Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1918-MN-015869

Notes:

Cemetery records or inscription says “Sp. Nels L.”

Notes:

Buried:
Per Dave V.

Notes:

She was 11 years old at the time of the 1885 Minnesota census.

Notes:

He is probably the Nils Gaasedelen who attended the St. Olaf Academy in the school year 1886-1887.

Family/Spouse: Uni UREVIG. Uni was born on 25 May 1871 in Urland, Norway; died on 26 Aug 1959 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1915-05344

Notes:

Info from Eric G Bostrom’s Bostrom, Frank Family Tree. He calls Erik “Koppar Erik Ersson.”

Died:
as Iola Warford

Bertha married Clarence O GILBERTSON on 6 Mar 1937 in Koochiching County, Minnesota. Clarence was born on 9 Dec 1904 in North Dakota; died on 1 Jul 1960 in Mountrail County, North Dakota; was buried in United Cemetery, Tioga, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was a student at Moorhead State Teachers College in 1937.

In the 1940 census, she living with her widower father and her younger sister in Tioga, North Dakota. She was 23, unmarried, and working as a saleslady at a general store.

From her entry in Find A Grave:

Esther Nelson, 102, a lifelong resident to the Tioga community, passed away Monday, November 4, 2019 at the Tioga Medical Center Long Term Care Unit.

Esther Signora Agnes Strand was born on a farm in Golden Valley Township, northwest of Tioga on March 23, 1917 to Gilbert and Bertha (Ellingboe) Strand. She was baptized and confirmed in Zion Lutheran Church and graduated from Tioga High School in 1935.

On January 30, 1944 she was united in marriage to LeRoy Nelson. They lived on the Nelson farm southeast of Tioga through the ensuing years. She was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church, being one of the organists for many years and also accompanied the Zion Trio.

After LeRoy died on April 4, 1968, she moved to Tioga, where she enjoyed her little garden and flowers. She always had a positive attitude and looked on the bright side of things. She entered the Tioga Nursing Home in January of 2006 where she resided until her death.

She is survived by her son, Richard (Sandra) Nelson of Tioga, ND; grandchildren, Hannah (Jesse) Nelson-Diaz, of Seattle, WA, Gretchen (Steve) Bitz of Bismarck, ND and Everett Nelson of Tioga, ND. Other survivors include four great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Also preceding her in death are her parents; sisters, Iola Warford and Beulah Hanchett.

Family/Spouse: LeRoy NELSON. LeRoy was born on 28 Jul 1912 in North Dakota; died on 4 Apr 1968 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Tioga, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Beulah (Strand) Hanchett, 89, passed away 6/17/2009 in Sparks, NV. Beulah was born in Tioga, ND on 2/24/1920 to Bertha and Gilbert Strand, the youngest of 3 girls.

She graduated from Tioga High. Marrying Lloyd Hanchett in 1948, Beulah worked as a house wife and mother to their son, Vaughon. In 1967, the family moved to Plymouth, MI where Lloyd worked for GMC and Beulah worked for the City of Plymouth. In 1986, they moved to Sparks, NV near Vaughon and his children. Lloyd passed away in 1996.

A proud Norwegian, accomplished at cooking and baking traditional foods, sewing, knitting, and most proud of her son and grandchildren.

She is survived by her son, Vaughon and his partner, Nancy Cise of Austin, TX; grandchildren, Susan Hanchett, Erik and his wife, Susie of Reno; two sisters in ND; a niece and three nephews.

A service will be held later in Tioga, ND.

Beulah married Lloyd HANCHETT in 1948. Lloyd was born on 4 Mar 1922; died on 26 Apr 1997; was buried in United Cemetery, Tioga, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, rising to the rank of corporal.

Birth:
or 9 Feb

Notes:

Or Justine

Gertina married Jacy Olander JOHNSON on 5 Jan 1929 in Renville County, Minnesota. Jacy died on 7 Nov 1988 in Carlton County, Minnesota; was buried in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Dawson, Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is not the Sever Strand who died in Minneapolis in July of 1929.

Notes:

She had a daughter with her 2nd husband, Ole Olstad, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, in 1946. That child, Carol Ann, died soon after birth.

Ida married Sandy Abner JORDET on 28 Jul 1928 in Renville County, Minnesota. Sandy was born on 16 Jun 1903 in Sacred Heart Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; died on 5 Aug 1943 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

One child.

Family/Spouse: Waldo GREGERSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blenda Alstad was born November 11, 1915, to Thomas and Mary (Soine) Strand in rural Sacred Heart, Wang Township. She was baptized and confirmed at Wang Lutheran Church of rural Maynard.

She married Conrad Alstad on April 23, 1934, in the Methodist Parsonage in Montevideo and to this union three children were born.

Blenda was called to our Lord’s Heavenly Kingdom from the Granite Falls Health Care Center in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 20, 2017, at the age of 101.

She is survived by her sons: Ronald and Terry; six grandchildren: Tamara, Ronita, Kari, Amy, Jennifer and Jessica; and six great grandchildren.

Blenda was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Mary; husband Conrad; daughter Mary Jo; five brothers and four sisters.

Blenda married Conrad ALSTAD on 22 Apr 1934 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and Beulah had no children.

Lloyd married Beulah Mae BARBER in 1965. Beulah was born in 1920; died in 2015; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marian married Norman Lemont TOLLEFSON on 2 Feb 1947 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a machinist’s mate, 3rd class, in the U.S. Navy in World War II.

A different Ernest Strand, middle name Grover and suffix Jr, was born in St. Paul in May of 1925. That Ernest Strand died in 2008.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1968-MN-015787

Notes:

He registered for the draft in Wang Twp, Renville County, on 5 June 1917 Siver I Soine of Maynard, Minnesota. He was single and employed on his father’s farm. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

The Valdris Book lists him as a Wagoner in the 4th Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Battalion in France in World War I.

Birth:
because Maynard is near the border, he could have been born in Renville County

Family/Spouse: Ruth Nelson KLOBONSKI. Ruth was born on 1 Oct 1904; died in Jul 1993 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
as Eva S. Soine

Eva married Martin O SOINE on 26 Nov 1916 in Renville County, Minnesota. Martin (son of Ola Kristofferson SØYNE and Sigrid Gudbrandsdatter LO) was born on 7 Jun 1892 in Minnesota; died on 18 Nov 1983 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1948-MN-018274

Notes:

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, as Christ I. Soine of Route #1, Maynard, Chippewa County. He was farming with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Soine. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1930 census, he (indexed as Saine) and his new wife are living in the village of Maynard. Living with them are his brother Sever, 34, and Sever Strand, 30. Christopher is an auto mechanic with his own garage.

The Valdris Book lists him as serving in World War I but doesn’t describe his service.

Christopher married Mabel SKEEKRUDE on 25 Jul 1929. Mabel was born on 25 Jul 1908; died in Sep 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martin was a Tec 5 in the U.S. Army in World War II.

Buried:
Section J, Site 1423

Family/Spouse: Myrtle Effie SIVERHUS. Myrtle was born on 26 Aug 1900 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 1 Sep 1973 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried in Saron Lutheran Cemetery, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Hun var først gift med Otto Radeschat og deretter med Edward Harris.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1912-24751

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and son David lived in Wang Twp, Renville County, where Thomas was a farmer.

Family/Spouse: Frances Eleanor OFSTHUN. Frances was born on 1 Nov 1909 in Kittson County, Minnesota; died on 21 May 2000 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1950 census, he was a farmer in Tioga, Williams County, North Dakota.

Family/Spouse: Lucille Ione MAKI. Lucille was born on 24 Nov 1916 in Minnesota; died on 16 Sep 2012 in Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kenneth married Lola Virginia ANDERSON on 7 Feb 1948. Lola was born on 28 Feb 1934 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; died on 15 Aug 2014 in Redwood County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Faribault Daily News, June 12, 1962:

DENNSION (Special) -- Funeral services were held Saturday June 9, at 2 p.m. at the Vang Lutheran Church for Mrs. Berit Thoreson, 86, with the Rev. H. S. Bly officiating in the absence of the regular pastor, the Rev. B. J. Blikstad. The pallbearers were Bernhard Ellingboe, Arnold Ellingboe, Iver Ellingboe, Arthur Egland, Albert Remme and Julius Svien. Interment was in the Vang Cemetery. The soloist, Mrs. Elmer Taxdahl, sang "Abide With Me" and "In The Garden", with Mrs. Truman Skaro, organist of the Urland Lutheran Church, accompanying. Berit Svien, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Svien, was born October 2, 1876, in Warsaw Township. She was bapitzed and confirmed in the Vang Lutheran Church. She married Thomas Thoreson of the Dennison area Sept. 8, 1909. The couple lived and farmed in this area. She passed away at the Cannon Falls Community Hospital Wednesday, June 6, after a long illness. Surviving are two son, Franklin and Clarence, at home; three daughters, Miss Randi Thoreson of Dennison and Mrs. Clarence (Marie) Esterby and Mrs. Reinhart (Clara) Komis of rural Cannon Falls; two brothers, Sever A. Svien of Cannon Falls and Martin A. Svien of Northfield and two sisters, Mrs. John (Marie) Nelson and Mrs. Anna Ellingboe. Her husband, two sisters, a son and two brothers preceded her in death.

Berit married Thomas THORESON on 8 Sep 1909. Thomas (son of Finkel Thoreson GRYTE and Randi Olsdatter AASTAD) was born on 2 Mar 1863 in Minnesota; died on 16 Sep 1931 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg SELTHUN. Ingeborg (daughter of Agnette HANSON) was born on 17 Feb 1883 in Minnesota; died on 6 Sep 1974 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1978-MN-010028  

Notes:

Buried with Erick and Johanna.

She owned 1 share of the Nerstrand Farmers Mercantile and Elevator Company as of January of 1959.

She is probably the Anna Ellingboe (et al) listed in the farmers directory of the 1948 Faribault and Northfield city directory. Her entry is “f 35 and 36 Northfield 56 Dennison 1.”

In the 1950 census, she and her son Arnold live in Rice County on the county line road between Rice and Goodhue Counties. Arnold takes care of the farm.

Buried:
252 HN 4, South section

Anna married John Iversson ELLINGBOE on 21 Feb 1906 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. John (son of Ivar Trondsson ELLINGBØE and Ambjørg Eiriksdotter KASA) was born on 1 Jan 1882 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 11 Nov 1944 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Carl LARSON. Carl was born in 1874 in Denmark; died on 27 Feb 1941 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Andrew HAWKENSEN. Andrew was born in 1891 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; died on 15 Dec 1927 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

July 14, 1929 – January 29, 2020 Age 90, of White Bear Lake Beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Pearl passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. She is preceded in death by her parents Jacy and Gertina Johnson, brother Leonard, husband Kent, and son Gale. She is survived by sons Glen, Greg (Jill), Gary (Karen), and daughter Dawn Rolling (Andy); 8 grandchildren, Ryan, Kent, Greg (Jana), Nolan (Emelia), Shannon, Kelsey Arndt (Ryan), Lauren Zins (Quinn) and Mitchell Rolling; and 7 great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by many other relatives and friends. Pearl lived a simple but full life. For those who knew her best, she will be remembered for her big heart, lively spirit, and homemade gifts. Throughout the years, she enjoyed dancing, playing cards, Yahtzee, coffee with friends, all Minnesota sports teams, crocheting, and trips to the casino. Pearl was especially fond of spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grand children

Family/Spouse: Kent PITLICK. Kent died in 1990; was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He served in the U.S. Marines in the Korean conflict. He had been wounded in the fall of 1952. He was killed in action sometime in March of 1953.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2015-MN-016962

Notes:

Leonard Soine, 95, of Clara City, formerly of the Maynard area, died Saturday, May 9, 2015 at the Clara City Care Center. Visitation was held on Tuesday evening from 5-7 p.m. followed by the memorial service at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 13, all at the Maynard Lutheran Church.

Leonard Orien Soine was born on October 6, 1919, in Wang Township, near Maynard, the son of Martin and Eva Soine. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Wang Lutheran Church, attended country school and graduated from high school in Maynard.

Leonard proudly served his country in the United States Navy from April 24, 1945 to April 19, 1946. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Formo on June 20, 1945.

Leonard and Dorothy farmed near Maynard until 1964. In 1965, they moved into Maynard and Leonard began his employment with the United States Postal Service as a rural mail carrier.

Among his many interests, Leonard enjoyed all kinds of animals, loved to hunt, feed and watch birds, take country drives in his red Dodge pickup truck and play pinochle. He enjoyed spending time with his family, visiting with his many friends, mowing the lawn and up until 1990, working on the home farm clearing the grove with his chain saw and truck. He also had a deep love and admiration for horses and was the oldest living member of the Maynard American Legion. As a young man, Leonard also did a lot of trapping for skunk, raccoon, mink and other animals for spending money.

Surviving family include his children: Bruce (Carol) Soine of Maynard, Mark (Lois) Soine of Montevideo, Curtis (Paula) Soine of Granite Falls, Sara (Myron) Hoogheem of Clark, SD and Steven (Kristen) Soine of Victoria; his sister Constance Johnson of Spring Lake Park; 12 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Preceding Leonard in death were his parents; his wife Dorothy; his son Jon; a granddaughter Kyanna and a brother, Merrill.

Family/Spouse: Dorothy FORMO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her last residence was Mankato.

Diane married J.J. MAHONEY [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1911-08722
• Baptism: 30 Jun 1911, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 25 Oct 1925, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Or Iver Arnold, the name in his confirmation record.

Listed in the index of Minnesota birth certificates as Ivar Arnold Ellingen.

He owned 1 share of the Nerstrand Farmers Mercantile and Elevator Company as of January of 1959.

The 1960 Faribault city directory shows Arnold Ellingboe as living in Dennison.

Zip Code of last residence: 55018

Buried as Arnold I. with parents shown as Alvin and Anna Svien Ellingboe. Buried with Erick and Johanna.

Buried:
buried “with Erick and Johanna”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1916-28496
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1979-MN-023248
• Confirmation: 27 Apr 1930, Minnesota

Notes:

The 1916 birthdate is shown for him in the index of Minnesota birth certificates (in which he is “Alvin”). Other sources have said, incorrectly, 1918.

In the 1936 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is Myron Ellingboe, helper, employed by St. Olaf College and living in Ytterboe Hall.

In the 1940 census, he was living at home with his parents and brother in Northfield Twp, Rice County. He was a retail salesman of household appliances.

In the 1950 census, he and Adah, but not her son William, are living in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Myron is a district distributor of wholesale farm feed. Adah is a registered nurse anesthetist. She is employed, Myron is not.

In the 1956 directory for the St. Paul suburbs, he is a salesman for Sears. He lives in St. Paul.

Ellingboe Myron A. Faribault Daily News 17/Sep/1979 Myron A. Ellingboe, 63, of Inver Grove Heights, formerly of rural Dennison, died Friday, Sept.14, at Miller Hospital, St. Paul. The funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at Vang Lutheran Church in rural Dennison, with the Rev. Richard Mork and the Rev. Orville Wold officiating. Internment was in the church cemetery with military rites provided by the Northfield veterans organization. The deceased was a past commander of Eugene H. Truax Post No. 4393, VFW. Pallbearers were Thomas Barrett, Paul Ellingboe, Robert Falvin, William Miller, Michael Morton and Robert Zeik. Arrangements were made by the Boldt Funeral Home of Faribault. Myron Alvin Ellingboe, son of Anna (Svien) Ellingboe, was born on May 15, 1916 in rural Rice county. He married Adah Jenner on January 10, 1948, at Olivia. She preceded him in death this past May 17. Ellingboe was employed by Sears Allstate Insurance Co. He is survived by his son, William, of Fountain Valley, Calif.; two grandsons; two brothers, Arnold and Bennard Ellingboe of Dennison.

Confirmation:
according to Ancestry’s indexing of the ELCA records, the location was Valley Grove in Nerstrand

Buried:
252 HN 4 S

Myron married Adah Delphine JENNER on 10 Jan 1948 in Rice County, Minnesota. Adah (daughter of Arno JENNER and Alma LECHELT) was born on 18 Jul 1918 in Rice County, Minnesota; died on 17 May 1979 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1919-26794
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2004-MN-007044
• Baptism: 14 Sep 1919, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 17 Sep 1933, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Shown as Bennard Ingaman Ellingboe is his kids’ birth certificates.

Shown as Bennard I. on his gravestone.

WWII Veteran of the 45th Thunderhead Div, 157th Infantry Co.

Obit from the Faribault Daily news, February 27, 2004 edition:

Bennard Ellingboe

NORTHFIELD -- Bennard Ellingboe, age 84 of Cannon Falls and formerly of Dennison, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, at the Emergency Room of the Cannon Falls Hospital. He died while attending a friend’s funeral at the Wangen Prairie church.

Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Dennison Lutheran Church in Dennison. Burial at the Wangen Prairie Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Bierman Funeral Home in Northfield.

His obit in the Northfield News:

Bennard I. Ellingboe was born on Aug. 14, 1919, in the quaint rural town of Dennison located in Rice County. His parents were Anna Svien Ellingboe and John Ellingboe. He died while attending a friends funeral at Wangen Prairie Church, on Feb. 23, 2004. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Dennison Lutheran Church, and the burial will follow at Wangen Prairie cemetery. Visitation was from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Bennards favorite funeral home, Bierman Funeral Home.

Bennard grew up on the Ellingboe family farm in Dennison. He attended school in the area. He worked on his parents farm until the age 22, when he was drafted into the Army and served in World War II. He served in the 45th Thunderbird Division, infantry, and bravely fought in three major battles -- Sicily, Anzio Beachhead and the march through Italy to capture Rome. By the end of the capture of Rome, Bennard was one of a few in his battalion of soldiers to survive. The Battalion was disbanded. He then transferred to France, where he worked in the 1203 Engineers fire department. He finally returned home to the Dennison area in September 1945.

During his tour in Europe, Bennard wrote letters to his girlfriend, Evelyn Frettem, back home. Bennard and Evelyn married on July 28, 1946, at Wangen Prairie Church. Bennard and Evelyn bought a former church parsonage in Dennison and raised their four children -- John, Paul, Helen and James. Bennard and Evelyn spent 50-plus years in Dennison until moving to Cannon Falls in 2001. Bennard took advantage of the GI bill after returning from the Army and became an apprentice painter. He worked with Paul Kinsella, a local Northfield paint contractor. He was also self-employed for a time. He later went to work as a painter for Carleton College and for Sheldahl. However, he spent most of his painting career painting the dorms, homes and buildings owned by St. Olaf College. Bennard admirably chose to work for St. Olaf in 1961, so that his children would receive free college tuition at a Lutheran College.

Bennard was a member of the Vang Lutheran Church in Dennison before his marriage. He was a member of Dennison Lutheran Church since 1946. He served on the Church Council for many years. Bennard and Evelyn fondly attended and ate at all of the lutefisk suppers in Goodhue and Rice county churches. Bennard also served on the Dennison City Council. He was a member of the Sons of Norway, the VFW, and, of course, an active member in the Dennison Birthday Club. Bennard will be remembered for helping neighbors with getting their mail and helping them out whenever they needed it. He also helped Evelyn care for his mother-in-law for several years. Bennard had a great sense of humor! He loved to tell stories, often more than once. He and Evelyn attended practically every funeral of every friend and every relative since they were married. They had great conversations at every social event. Bennard and Evelyn truly appreciated the friendship of so many in the area, but especially the close friendship of Gene and Joyce Schrader and Dale Lilleskov. Bennards good pal, Orie Ims, provided hours and hours of political conversations.

Bennard was an excellent gardener. He enjoyed planting flowers on all the graves of family members each spring with Evelyn. They would take water in plastic containers and make sure each plant on the graves was watered when it had not rained. Bennard could make a seemingly dead plant spring back to life and bloom. This was analogous of Bennards ability to survive lifes obstacles thrown his way. Bennard was a real survivor: World War II, lutefisk and meatball suppers, fumes of latex, oil-based, and epoxy paint, diabetes and all those close calls with death from 1991 to Christmas 2003. On Thanksgiving Day, 2003, Bennard had a heart attack while still managing to accompany his grandchildren to "A Cat in the Hat," movie before agreeing to go United Hospital. Bennard survived several heart attacks, a stroke, bypass grafts, stents and finally a pacemaker. He took so many medications at the end that he had developed a close personal relationship with the pharmacist at Medicap in Northfield. Bennard is survived by his children: John (Linda), of Seattle, Wash.; Paul (Bonnie), of Plymouth; Helen Jones, of Sioux Falls, S.D. and James, of Cannon Falls; grandchildren: Cindy (husband Steve) and Kristin, of Seattle, Wash.; Meggan and Mason, of Plymouth; Jacob, Julia, and Jessica, of Grand Forks, N.D.; niece Elsa Frettem, of St. Paul and her friend Bernard Gonzales, and nephew, Peter Frettem, of Cannon Falls. Bennard was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Ellingboe, August 10, 2003; father and mother, John and Anna Ellingboe; brother and sister-in-law, Myron and Ada Ellingboe; and brother Arnold Ellingboe. Contributions in Bennards memory would be appreciated to Dennison Lutheran Church, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, or the Minnesota DFL Party.

From a letter to the editor of the Cannon Falls Beacon, dated July 13, 2004:

As the Fourth of July weekend approaches, I can’t help think about my recently deceased grandpa, Ben Ellingboe, who lived in Cannon Falls, and his love for politics. The many parades this weekend will undoubtedly bring politicians and their staff to towns all over Minnesota. As a Bronze Star veteran from World War II, Ben would have wanted everyone to thank the veterans who make peace possible and vote for those politicians who won’t cut funding from veteran’s health care programs.

Mason Ellingboe

The 1953 Northfield city directory shows him as “employee, Carleton College.” The 1955 city directory shows him as “painter, Carleton College.” The 1959 Northfield city directory shows him as “painter, Paul J. Kinsella” and living in Dennison, MN. The 1968, 1970, and 1972 city directories show him as “painter, St. Olaf College” and living in Dennison.

Birth:
Other sources incorrectly show his birth date as April 14th.

Baptism:
as Bernhardt Ingeman

Buried:
78 SN 25

Benhardt married Evelyn Thelma FRETTEM on 28 Jun 1946 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Evelyn (daughter of Oliver FRETTEM and Anne Severine FLATEN) was born on 14 Oct 1920 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 10 Aug 2003 in Cannon Falls, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 13 Aug 2003 in Wangen Prairie Cemetery, Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry ARNOLD. Henry was born on 21 Jul 1907 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 21 Nov 1989 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Norris Aldrich ODLAND. Norris (son of Nels ODLAND and Anna Matilda ESTREM) was born on 19 Mar 1905 in Sargent County, North Dakota; died on 22 Mar 1992 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2009-MN-029609

Notes:

Jon Alan Soine was born September 20, 1959, the son of Leonard & Dorothy Soine, in Granite Falls. He was baptized on November 15, 1959 at Wang Lutheran Church.

Jon was diagnosed with a brain tumor around the 3rd grade. He spent many months at the University of Minnesota, where he had a shunt put in his head and underwent radiation to kill the tumor.

He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith on May 4, 1975.

He spent his summers picking weeds, bailing hay, swimming and riding horse. Jon graduated from the Maynard High School in 1978. Following high school, Jon worked for his brother Bruce. He enjoyed bow hunting, fishing, trail riding and visiting with Grandma Grace. Jon later went back to school and attended the Granite Falls Vo-Tech for auto body. He worked for YMC Motors in Granite Falls and then Swenson Motors in Willmar. Jon’s last job was with the Pretzel Factory in Clara City, where he worked for nine years on the night shift.

Jon loved to ride his horse Sox. Jon and his family raised him from a colt. Sox and Jon led the Maynard 4th of July Parade for many years.

Jon moved into the Clara City Care Center on April 10, 2000 after suffering from side effects of the intense radiation he received as a child. He passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at the Clara City Care Center. He was 50 years of age.

He is survived by his father Leonard of Maynard; four brothers: Bruce (Carol) of Maynard; Curt (Paula) of Granite Falls; Mark (Lois) of Montevideo; Steve (Kris) of Victoria; one sister: Sara (Myron) Hoogheem of Clark, South Dakota; six nieces and six nephews and six great nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother.

Died:
Clara City Care Center

Notes:

Died:
as Baby Boy Mahoney

Notes:

Born as William Rinn. The Social Security Claims Index says he was born at Fort Snelling.

In the 1950 census, he is listed apart from his parents, apparently correcting an oversight. He seems to be listed twice. He is listed as William J Rinn, 7, with his grandparents, Arno and Alma Jenner, in Nerstrand.

The SS Claims Index says he was William Jenner Rinn in 1967 with his name changed to William Jenner Ellingboe in July of 1998.

Of Fountain Valley, California, at the time of his parents’ deaths in 1979.

He was probably the Bill Ellingboe, sales manager for Hardin/Sea Ray in Lido Isle near Los Angeles.

William married M.S. WALL [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Edina

Family/Spouse: Meredith Sherman ULSTAD. Meredith was born on 30 Jun 1929 in Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota; died on 7 Aug 2016 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]