Gjartrud (Guri) Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 33/5.

Number of children not checked.

Family/Spouse: Bjørn Alvson KATTEVOLD. Bjørn (son of Alv Bjørnson KVAM and Berit Eivindsdatter KATTEVOLD) was born in 1683 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Apr 1748 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Berit married Trond Aslaksson BØ in 1736 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Trond was born in 1705 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kattevold 44/II Nerre

Died:
lajord 51/

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

Notes:

Birth:
Kattevold 44/1 Nigarden

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Torsteinsdatter KVÅLE. Ingebjørg (daughter of Torstein Kristoffersen KVÅLE and Gjartrud Knutsdatter GRØV) was born in 1721 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1759 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Ingebjørg Madsdatter NETRØST in 1741. Ingebjørg (daughter of Mads Gulliksen NETRØST and Velgjerd Embriksdatter KUNGSLIEN) was born in 1715 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nils Andersen VEFLEN (KVIE). Nils (son of Andris Olsson VEFLEN (KVIE) and Anne Nilsdatter ELLESTAD) was born about 1725 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Vang A, p. 478.

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden

Died:
Bø 24/ Nigarden

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Øysteinsdatter BØ. Ingebjørg (daughter of Øystein Amundsen BØ and Dorte Endresdatter KATTEVOLD) was born in 1741 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

Died:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Lajord 51/1

Died:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre

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

Notes:

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Birth:
Gryte i Lomen

Died:
Belseim

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

Notes:

Birth:
Netrøst 40/1

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Gudmundsdatter RISTE. Ingebjørg (daughter of Gudmund Knudson RISTE and Guri Madsdatter NETRØST) was born in 1740 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Netrøst 40/1

Family/Spouse: Ivar Torleivsson MØSAKER. Ivar (son of Torleiv Kristofferson MØSAKER and Ingrid Arnfinnsdatter BERGE) was born in 1725 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Andrisdatter TUNE. Anne (daughter of Andris Ivarson TUNE and Ingeborg Jonsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1761 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

grb Myre 103/ i Høre

I8512 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes: Torstein og Marit hadde 10 barn: Nils (1793-1843), Ragndi (1795-1844), Knut (1797-) han slapp soldatjeneste fordi han hadde mistet 3 fingre på venstre hånd. Sigrid (1798-), Knut (1801-) død liten, Kristoffer (1802-) han gjorde soldattjeneset. Ann e (1805-), Marit (1806-1860), Anne (1810-), Ola (1814-1881).

Torstein married Marit Knutsdatter VEFLEN about 1793. Marit (daughter of Knut Knutsen HÅLIEN and Sigrid Olsdatter VEFLEN (KVIE)) was born in 1773 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Øystein farmed Nigarden, N. Bø, from ca. 1810-1830, then sold farm to eldest son Aslak 2 Nov 1830 for 400 spd. and pension, moved to Bøkkadn (N. Ellingbø), to which his wife had rights. He farmed Bøkko from 1830-1840 with the help of his son Jon, who was the owner from 1830 (age 15) and who took over farming in 1840, giving them a pension that consisted of 2 barrels of barley, 2 cows, 1 heifer, 4 goats and sheep, the southern most storehouse, the use of a 1 mål parcel of land on North Klokkarhaug, lower part, with right to cultivate 1 mål of it, and the pasture land Neståkerreina. Jon's whole family emigrated in the spring of 1850. Trond Ø. Bø Ellingbø emigrated to Minnesota in 1853. Trond Ivarsson Uvdal took over Bøkko 1850, but emigrated to America in the spring of 1862. Øystein and his wife moved back to N. Bø in ca. 1865. The farm was divided into three subfarms, two under Bagetun and one under Nordigarden Ellingbø. In 1867 and 1868 (when Trond Øysteinsson returned to Vang) the farm was divided into four parts (See Vang A, p. 582), the main part being Bøkko (#33/3). Trond Ivarsson sold Bøkko to Knut Ivarsson Eltun for 500 spd. on 25 April 1868. It is said that it was Embrik and Helge Ellingbø who bought Bøkko from Trond and sold a half part to Knut, and that Jon Endresson and Torstein (son of Helge) took over each of the remaining half parts.

See pp. 479 and 580 Vang A.

Consistent with the above, Østen Aslaksson, 82, and Ambjør Johnsdatter, 79, were the only inhabitants listed for Ellingbø nordre (farm #19) in the 1865 Norwegian census. In that census, there were four Ellingbø farms in Vang: two called nordre (19 and 20), and two called søndre (21 and 22).

Died:
GNR. 24/1 Nigarden (Nedre Bø)

Øystein married Ambjørg Jonsdotter ELLINGBØE in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ambjørg (daughter of Jon Andrisson ELLINGBØE and Ingrid Tomasdotter HAUGEN (KVÅLE)) was born in 1785 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1881 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I6869 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han var først på Bøkko under Ellingbø. Han var gift med Ingrid J Ellingbø, siden var de husmannsfolk under Baggetun. Da Ingrid døde giftet han seg med Tora Vilhjølmsdtr Berge (1787-) De hadde to sønner: Arne (1818-) og Aslak (1815-), som begge fly ttet til Sogndal i Sogn. Trond og Ingrid var først innerster på Bøkko 33/3.

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden

Family/Spouse: Torø Vilhelmsdatter BERGE. Torø (daughter of Vilhelm Persen VEFLEN and Anne Torsteinsdatter SKJEL) was born in 1787 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Jonsdatter ELLINGBØ. Ingrid (daughter of Jon Andrisson ELLINGBØE and Ingrid Tomasdotter HAUGEN (KVÅLE)) was born in 1783 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden

Family/Spouse: Jakob Olson HAMRE. Jakob (son of Ola Asbjørnsen HAMRE and Gro Johannesdatter SYNDROL) was born in 1776 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thron Ovesen KVAM. Thron (son of Ove Jonsson KATTEVØL and Maren Torsteinsdatter) was born in 1778; died in 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden

Amund married Sigrid Helgesdatter NORDSVEEN in 1844. Sigrid (daughter of Helge Gudbrandsen NORDSVEEN and Sissel Olsdatter EDSVOLD) was born in 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

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

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

Notes:

Vang C, p. 295.

Birth:
Lajord 51/1

Died:
Myre 103/ Høre

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

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

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Belsheim 83/1

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

Notes:

Birth:
Netrøst 40/1

Family/Spouse: Berit Andrisdatter TUNE. Berit (daughter of Andris Ivarson TUNE and Ingeborg Jonsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1767 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang B, p. 429. Husmann under 81/4 Nerre Løkreim.

Birth:
Heen 70/2 Bøkko

Died:
Lokreimshaugen 81/4

Family/Spouse: Mali (Magelin) Larsdatter LØKREIM. Mali (daughter of Lars Andrisson KJØRLI and Gjartrud Gulliksdatter KROKEN) was born in 1782 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was the older of two brothers named Anders.

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Family/Spouse: Gjertrud Eriksdatter KJØS. Gjertrud (daughter of Eirik Einarson KJØS and Marit Andrisdatter ELLESTAD) was born in 1792 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 146.

Family/Spouse: Berit Tostensdatter GARSTAD. Berit (daughter of Torstein Embriksson HÅLIMOEN and Marit Olsdatter DY BUNDE) was born in 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1854 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 165.

Andris married Marit Jonsdatter in 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit was born in 1800 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 103/ Høre

Family/Spouse: Knut Simenson SØYNE. Knut (son of Simon Knutsson BAGETUN (SØYNE) and Kjersti Ivarsdatter UVDAL) was born in 1786 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 103/ Høre

Marit married Simen Torsteinson LAJORD in 1835. Simen (son of Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD and Guri Simensdatter SØYNE) was born in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1875 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He escaped military service because he had lost 3 fingers on his left hand.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmed all of GNR. 24/1 Nigarden (Nedre Bø) 1830-1854, thereafter half of the farm.

Notes:

See ref. 1, p. 479, for further information on his family and descendants.

See p. 479, Vang A, for children, etc.

Aslak married Berthe Helgesdatter LEINE in 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berthe (daughter of Helge Olsson LEINE and Berte Olsdatter EDSVOLD) was born on 26 Sep 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 Jan 1871 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden

Ingebjørg married Ivar Helgesson LEINE OLDRE on 6 Nov 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ivar (son of Helge Olsson LEINE and Berte Olsdatter EDSVOLD) was born on 2 Aug 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 14 Oct 1879 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Jon's family of 6 emigrated to Stoughton, WI, in the spring of 1850, then later moved to Northfield, Minnesota. Information found in the emigration list of 1850 (State Archives, Hamar, Norway): 9 March 1850... John Østeinsen Ellingbøe, 36, Margretta Øysteinsd., 31, Ambjor, 11, Ingeborg, 7, Ingerid, 4, and John, 1/2 .

According to Jim, Jon was from N. Bø; his mother was from Ellingbø (Bøkko). On 1 March 1830, when Jon was 15, his grandfather Andris (presumably, Jim means Jon’s grandfather Jon Andrisson) sold him Bøkko for 600 spd. with the provision that Andris could farm it as long as he was able. Andris died 16 days later. Jon's father farmed it for him for about 10 years until Jon took over and his father become a pensioner on the farm. Jon also gave a pension to Ivar Helgesson and his wife. See pp. 580-581 Ref. 1 for information to 1850. Some post-emigration information provided by John W. Ellingboe, Lloyd W. Ellingboe, William L. Ellingboe. Other information from census records, obituaries, etc. See photographs of cabinet painted with names of Jon and his wife. The cabinet was exhibited in the lobby of the Grindaheim Hotel by Marit and Helge Ellingboe. When the hotel was sold, the cabinet was moved to the nearby new house of Leif Solemsli, Jr.

In the 1870 census he and his family live in Stoughton, Dunkirk Twp, Dane County. The family consists of John Ostenson, 55, Margaret, 52, John, 20, Austin, 18, Andrew, 12, Thomas, 9, and Mathius, 8.

Living in Dunkirk, Dane County at the time of the 1880 census as John Austinson, 65. Living with his wife Margaret, 61, and sons Andrew, 22, and Matthew, 18.

In the 1900 census, he is an 85 year-old widower living as a boarder with the Andrew Morgan family in Pleasant Springs, Dane County, Wisconsin. He is still a farm laborer and is shown as having come to the U.S. in 1850.

An article in the Wisconsin State Journal, 6 Sep 1902, says that he came to the U.S. “over 50 years ago, settled two-and-a-half miles east of Stoughton, lived there 19 years, then went to Minnesota. He returned to Dane County 8 years ago last December and since that time has been living with a granddaughter, Mrs. Knud Soine, near McFarland.” … “He was the father of Mrs. J. O. Cold and Matt Ellingbo, of Stoughton. There are three other sons: John Ellingbo of Northfield, Minnesota, Andrew O. and Austin Ellingbo, of Milton, North Dakota, and four dead children (one son and three daughters), two of whom are buried here.”

The article goes on to say: “Mr. Ellingbo landed here following the period of hostilities between Black Hawk and the whites and years before the red men had wholly vanished. He was one of those brave farmers who transformed the woods and the prairies into beautiful homesteads, before the days of the telegraph and railroad.”

Died:
church book says 3 Sep, WHS Genealogy Index says 4 Sep, obit says 8 a.m. September 4th

Buried:
as John Ellingbo

John married Margrete Øysteinsdatter BØE on 30 Oct 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Margrete (daughter of Øystein Torsteinsson BØE and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter NEFSTAD) was born on 9 Apr 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Dec 1891 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Ingri. She is called Ingri Øystajnsdatter in the 1865 census.

Ingrid married Niels Thoresen MYHRE on 14 Jun 1841 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Niels (son of Thore Nielson MYHRE and Gjartrud Johannesdatter SYNDROL) was born about 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-011549
• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

Emmigrated to Minnesota with family in 1864. First child, Berit, was illegitimate by Bøye Bø.

See pp. 200 & 479 Vang A.

Jim has her born in 1820.

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden

Family/Spouse: Böye Amundsson BÖE. Böye (son of Amund Bøyesen BØ and Ingrid Trondsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1890 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Berit married Ole Olsson STRØND on 20 Jan 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole (son of Ola Knutsson SÆBUØDDIN and Øyen Olsdatter SNORTHEIM) was born on 31 Dec 1821 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1913 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Andris drowned in the sinking of the steamship Atlantic in Lake Erie, 1852.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Oct 1828, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 8 Jun 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He was Osten Ostenssen Böe at the time of his confirmation.

In the 1870 census he was Osten Ostenson, a farmer in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa.

He is I1340 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. Jim’s notes:

According to his great-great-granddaughter Claire and her mother Marie, Øystein was murdered by a man against whom Øystein was to testify for an earlier murder. One day, after threshing with other farmers, he told the others to go home while he took a nap in the hay stack. As the men were leaving, they looked back to see smoke from the hay stack and rushed back to find Øystein with his head badly beaten. They brought him home and summoned a doctor who stayed the night, but towards morning Øystein died. The men saw a man running away from the burning hay stack, but they could not see who he was. According to Bella, the family knew who had killed Øystein but they never revealed his name because the killer's family were good people.

In 1850 there is an entry in the list of intentions to emigrate in which Østen, age 27, is linked with Ambjør Larsdatter, age 18, with a note that cannot be deciphered and a date of 3 Mar 1849.

Died:
Burned to death according to Jim’s source.

Øystein married Marith Anfindsdatter ØDEGÅRD on 24 Mar 1865 in Iowa. Marith (daughter of Anfin Olsen ØDEGÅRD and Sigri Halvorsdatter HAGEN) was born on 12 Mar 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Oct 1915 in Sargent County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-004477
• Occupation: Farmer, Woodcarver

Notes:

He is Trond Østeinson Bø, I6878, in Jim’s VS. He is Trond Øysteinsson Ellingbøe, I1341, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Emigrated 29 Mar 1853. Bought farm near Dennison, Minnesota. Traveled back to Vang in 1868 and at that time married Marit Nilsdotter, then returned to America. It was said that there were so many Ellingboes in the Dennison area that the family changed their name to Austinson.

Also from Jim’s site: "He was crippled by an accident, when he fell and hit his knee. He walked on crutches from then on. He is buried at Vang."

He was Trond Ostenson in the 1870 census. He and his family lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

He was Thrond Onstenson in the 1875 state census. He and his family lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

He was Trond Ostenson in the 1880 census. He and his family farmed in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. Living with the family at that time was Mary’s brother Nels Steile, age 27, “laborer.”

He was Trond Ellingboe in the 1885 state census. The family lived in Goodhue County.

He was Trond Ostenson in the 1895 state census. He and his family lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

He was Trond Ostinson in the 1900 census. He and his family lived on a farm in Warsaw Twp although he has no occupation.

He was Thrond Austinson in the 1905 state census. He and his wife lived in the village of Dennison with their son Nels and daughter Minnie. Either living with them or next door was their daughter Sigri and her husband John Norswing.

Cemetery gravestone says b. 1831, d. 1917. Buried as Thrond Austinson Ellingboe.

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden. Find A Grave says 1831, burial record in the church book says 29 Jun 1833.

Buried:
252 HN 4, North Section

Trond married Marith Nilsdotter WANGENSTEEN STEILE on 21 Jul 1868 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marith (daughter of Nils Larsson STELE WANGENSTEEN and Sigri Gulbrandsdatter DE ØYLO) was born on 6 Aug 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Sep 1929 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
N. Bø

Ingrid married Amund Bøyesen BØ in 1827. Amund (son of Bøye Amundsen BØ and Ingeborg Larsdatter STELE WANGENSTEEN) was born about 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hamre 59/1 Nerre Nordigarden

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD. Ingeborg (daughter of Torstein Olsen SPARSTAD and Marit Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born in 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Ingebjørg Kristoffersdatter BERGE in 1837. Ingebjørg (daughter of Kristoffer Arnfinnsen BERGE and Margrete Larsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born in 1808 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berith Johnsdatter BRÆKKE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Nov 1820, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

“ … visstnok frå Tveiteiga.”

Baptism:
Hurums

Maren married Ole Tomasson THUNE on 21 Jul 1843 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole (son of Thomas Johnsen) was born about 1808 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Birth:
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Died:
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Family/Spouse: Maren Olsdatter KVÅLE. Maren (daughter of Ole Olsen KVÅLE and Inglev Larsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 30 Apr 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Aug 1921 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

He is I6862 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Thomas was a teacher in Hamar in 1859.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

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

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

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

Notes:

Birth:
Brekka 68/1 (Remmisbrekkun)

Notes:

Birth:
Remmensbrækken

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

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 103/1 Høre

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

Notes:

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

Jim’s extensive notes on him in VS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Birth:
Kvam 53/ according to Jim.

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

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

Notes:

Vang C, p. 125.

frå Jørnplassen, Søre-Bø

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Vang C, p. 331.

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

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

The researcher finneylinda on Ancestry calls him Ole Thompson Ellingbo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Buried:
as Ole T. Ellingboe

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

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

Notes:

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

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

Birth:
Find A Grave

Died:
Find A Grave

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

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

Died:
Møsåker

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

Notes:

Birth:
Netrøst 40/1

Family/Spouse: Thomas Thomassen HAUGEN. Thomas (son of Thomas Madsen HAUGEN and Dordi Nilsdatter GRØV) was born in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Netrøst 40/1

Family/Spouse: Torstein Torsteinsen LAJORD. Torstein (son of Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD and Guri Simensdatter SØYNE) was born in 1800 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I33833 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han reiste til Amerika med sin nye kone og sønnen fra første ekteskap. Med dem reiste også Gjertrud Endresdtatter, datteren til søsteren Anne og Endre Lien. Clarin "Skip" Anderson skriver: LARS CHRISTOPHERSON LOCKREM GENEALOGY Lars Christopherson Løkreim (10-Apr-1802, Vang, Valdres-19-Aug-1882, Warsaw Twp., Goodhue Co., MN; bur. Vang Cem., Holden Twp., Goodhue Co., MN), tailor and spelemann, m. 1X Anne Øysteinsdtr Løkreim (Berge?), (1806 - 1850). One child: Christopher (3-Nov-1830, Vang, Valdres - 29-Dec-1906, Vang, Goodhue Co., MN; bur. Vang Cem.), also tailor and spelemann. (see below)

Lars Christopherson Løkreim m. 2X Anna Knutsdtr Remme(29-Dec-1823, Vang, Valdres -21-May-1903, Goodhue Co., MN). Apparently no children were born to this union.

Lars (1802), w. Anna (1823), and son Christopher (1830) checked out of Vang parish on March 26, 1857, and immigrated together(May 3, 1857) on the vessel Olaf, first to Decorah, IA, for 3 months, then on to Goodhue Co., MN. With them was Lars's niece Gertrude Endresdtr, who was the daughter of Anne Christophersdtr [Løkreim] (1810 - 1861) (the only living sibling who did not immigrate) and husband Endre Olsen Lien/Dalsødegaarden. Lars's family settled in the Vang settlement in Warsaw Twp. , Goodhue Co., in the rolling hills between the settlements Sogn and Dennison (near Hwys. 56 and 246), not far from where Lars's brothers Iver and Gullick were homesteading in Northfield Twp., Rice Co. Iver Christopherson Lockrem's son Christopher married Gertrude Endresdtr. The Lockrem brothers' sister, widow Gertrude Tviet, also immigrated in 1864 and settled in Warsaw Twp. Lars Lockrem's family was active in the development of Vang Lutheran Church.

||Christopher Larson Lockrem m. Berit [Bertha] Andersdtr Høverstad (June 9, 1837 - May 21, 1883; bur. Holden Cem.). Children: |||Lars (May-3-1863 - Dec-28-1935; bur. Cannon Falls Cem., Cannon Falls Twp., Goodhue Co., MN) m. (Nov-16-1892) Gertrude Nilsdtr Dalbotten(Mar-12-1867 - 1956; bur. Cannon Falls Cem.). Lived at Cannon Falls, MN, where they had a gravestone business . Among children: ||||Carl Lars (1895 - 1919; bur. Cannon Falls Cem.) ||||Nels Leonard (Oct-12-1896 - Apr-7-1967; bur. Cannon Falls Cem; WWI vet) m. Lila N. Bakken, daughter of Knute and Signe Jacobsen Bakken (1906 - 1976; bur. Cannon Falls) Amg. children: |||||Lyndon (b. 1933), m. Delores, live Inver Grove Heights, MN Children: ||||||Diane (b. 1958), live Waconia, MN |||||||Jessica (b. ca. 1981) ||||||Carl (b. 1975) ||||||Marie (b. 1975) |||Anders [Andrew] (Aug-12-1864 - Jan-5-1898) m. (Feb-17-1891) Dena, daughter of Finkel Thoreson (Sept-20-1867 - Jan-9-1959; bur. Vang Cem) |||Christopher (Dec-30-1865 - ?) |||Torger (Nov-28-1867 - ?; conf. 1882) |||Andreas (Dec-15-1869 - ?; in Harvey, N.D. 1936) |||Berit (Jan-27-1872 - bur. Apr-2-1872) |||Berit [Bertha] (June-21-1873 - May-26-1931; bur. Vang Cem., unmarried |||Anne (Dec-1-1875 - Sun. bef. Feb-4-1948; bur. Vang Cem.) m. (Sept-15-1917) Anton Remmen (Aug-29-1875 - Dec-1957; bur. Vang Cem.) |||Øystein [Austin] (July-13-1878 - Apr-30-1950; bur. Vang Cem.) m. (Aug-20-1921, Sioux City, IA) Malvina Estrem, daughter of Knute and Berit Soine Estrem (Apr-24-1896 - Feb-10-1931; bur. Vang Cem.) Among children: ||||Austin C. (d. infancy 1922; bur. Vang Cem.) ||||Carl Marvin (Jan-15-1928 - Dec-21-1956; bur. Vang Cem.) m. (Mar-19-1949) Mildred Johnson (1928 - ?; bur. Red Rose Cem, Waterford Twp., Dakota Co., MN). (Mildred m. 2X Edwin James Harkness, 1914 - Nov-28-1985) Among children: |||||Daniel Marvin (July-21-1947 - Mar-6-1992; bur. Vang Cem) m. (Mar-8-1969) Sue Marie Kelsey |||||Douglas M. (Feb-18-1954 - Nov-4-1972; bur. Vang Cem.) ||||Laurence Christopher (Dec-8-1930 - May-1949; bur. Vang Cem.) ||||Gladys (Sept-13-1924 - July-4-1988; bur. Vang Cem.) m. Alva King (July-2-1917), owned old Lockrem homestead (Hwys. 56 & 246) |||Caroline (Aug-12-1880 - Aug-13-1882)

Sources: Utflyttere fra Valdres Holden Church Records John Dalby Database Forrest Brown, Archivist for the Norwegian-American Historical Association Lyndon Lockrem Anders Frøholm: Vang i Valdres

In the 1880 U.S. census, Lars and Anne lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, next door to their son Christopher.

Birth:
Lokreim 81/4-5 nørre

Lars married Anne Øysteinsdatter BERGE on 24 Jun 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Øystein Gunnarson ØYDEGARDEN and Anne Eiriksdatter KJØS) was born in 1810 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Knutsdatter REMME. Anna (daughter of Knut Tostensen MYHRE) was born on 29 Dec 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 May 1903 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In his son Christopher’s birth record, he seems to be called Iver Christopherson Rogn.

In his son Knud’s birth record in the parish register, he is called Iver Christopherssen Qviens-eiet.

In the 1870 and 1880 censuses, he and Gertrude live with their son Iver and his wife Rosa and family in Northfield Twp, Rice County.

Birth:
Lokreim’s haugen

Iver married Gjertrude Endresdatter RUDE on 27 Nov 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Gjertrude (daughter of Endre Hallvardsson HAGEN and Anne Ivarsdatter AUSTREIM (KATTEVØL)) was born on 16 Jun 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Sep 1897 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the bygdebok, he married Dorte Olsdatter Øydgaarden (87/1) in 1849 and was a husmann on Kvie 96 between 1853 and 1855.

He is probably the Guller Lockram listed in the 1870 census living in Northfield Twp next door to Ever Lockrem. At that time, “Guller’s” wife was Mary, b. ca 1810, and they had four children living with them: Julia, 20, Ellen, 18, Ole, 16, and Christine, 14. The oldest one had been born in Norway, the middle two were born in Wisconsin, and the youngest one was born in Minnesota.

Notes:

She married Tore Knutson Givre (or Dalshaugen) in 1854 as his 2nd wife.

Family/Spouse: Endre Olssen SEPTUN. Endre (son of Ola Gudbrandsen NØRSVIN and Sigrid Endresdatter LIEN) was born in 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per Ron Thureen.

Gjartrud married Tomas Andrisson LØKREIM in 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Tomas died in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Andersdatter BELSHEIM. Ingeborg (daughter of Andris Jonsen KVÅLE and Berit Ingebretsdatter BELSHEIM) was born on 14 Apr 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Jul 1897 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok says she emigrated to Amerika in 1854 or thereabouts.

Laurie Johnson Horkman

Family/Spouse: Christen Gilbrandsen. Christen was born on 18 Aug 1828 in Gran, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Feb 1907 in Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Jul 1829, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Anne Andersdatter was born 9 Jul 1829 to Anders Christophersen Qvale and Marith Johnsdatter.

Baptism:
Wangs stavkirke

Anne married Håvard Nilsson KVIEN on 1 Dec 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Håvard was born in 1822; died in 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the heir to her father’s farm.

Vang A, p. 854.

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

Birth:
Søyne 50/

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Søyne 50/

Baptism:
as Ingebor Knudsdatter Söyne

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

He came to the U.S. in 1850.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Jan 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her parents were the unmarried couple Knud Tostensen Mÿhre of Hurum and Ingbeorg Knudsdatter Søndrol. Her baptismal sponsors were Guri Iversdatter, Ane Tostensdatter, Iver Torkelsen, Anders Johnsen, and Tosten Knudsen. There is no reference to Remme in her birth record.

Her brief obit in the Rice County Journal said that she came to the U.S. with her husband and stepson in 1857.

Family/Spouse: Lars Kristoffersen LØKREIMSHAUGEN. Lars (son of Kristoffer Ivarsen AUSTREIM and Mali (Magelin) Larsdatter LØKREIM) was born on 10 Apr 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Aug 1882 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Heir to her father’s holding.

Ambjørg married Kristopher Øysteinsen ØDEGÅRD in 1854. Kristopher (son of Øystein Sakariasson ØDEGÅRD and Ingebjørg Kristoffersdatter BERGE) was born in 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden

Family/Spouse: Marit Torsteinsdatter LAJORD. Marit (daughter of Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD and Anne Gudbrandsdatter ØYLO) was born in 1864 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Feb 1838, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1870 census, he was Henry Ives, a farmer in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. His wife was Betsey and they had two children, Iver and Henry, both born in Minnesota.

In the 1900 census, he, as Henry Ives, and Berit lived in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota.

In the 1910 census, he (as Helge) and Beret (both as Iverson) live with or next door to their son John and his family in Tioga Twp, Williams County, North Dakota.

Family/Spouse: Berit Eiriksdotter KASA. Berit (daughter of Eirik Helgesson KASA and Berit Johnsdatter NYSTUEN) was born on 30 Aug 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Sep 1920 in Renville 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: 1931-MN-004920
• Baptism: 17 Oct 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census she had had 12 children, 11 still living.

Called Ida in the 1910 census.

She died of “apoplexy.” She had been a domestic and had been retired for 15 years at the time of her death. She was a widow when she died.

Her maiden name is Oldre on her son Austin’s death certificate and in her husband’s citation in the Valdris Book. It’s called Ives on Erick’s, Bennie’s and Bertha’s death certificates. It’s also called Ives on Helge H.’s death certificate.

She is called Ida on her husband’s death certificate, for which she was the informant.

Birth:
August 10th on her death certificate

Died:
The Minnesota Deaths and Burials database in FamilySearch has her death date incorrectly as 16 August.

Ingrid married Helge (Henry) Eiriksson KASA about 1867. Helge (son of Eirik Helgesson KASA and Berit Johnsdatter NYSTUEN) was born on 17 May 1841; died on 30 Aug 1922 in Warsaw, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 4 Sep 1922 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Mar 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Mrs. Berthe Brekken of Dennison. She was a member of the Samband between 1904 and 1910. She had come to the U.S. in 1853.

In the 1910 census, she is probably Bertha Brekken, a 74 year-old widow living in Warsaw Twp with her “son” Austin, 21. This census says that she came to the U.S. in 1852.

Family/Spouse: Even BREKKEN. Even (son of Ingri Torstensdatter) was born on 27 Aug 1828 in Norway; died on 18 Feb 1895; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Oldre 58/1-2 Øvre

Ambjørg married Thomas Knutsen TASA in 1860. Thomas (son of Knut Thomassen LO and Kari Jonsdatter STEINDE) was born on 20 Aug 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Nov 1887; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she was a widow living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

Family/Spouse: Knut SVIEN. Knut (son of Johannes J H SVIEN and Anna Andrisdatter LUNDE) was born in 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

She is probably the Ambjor Ellingbo, wife of “Hans C Asbjomsen”, whose son John H “Asbjomsen” married Carrie Iverson in Koshkonong on 11 Jul 1891.

In the marriage record for Ingeborg Asbjornsen (16 Aug 1884 to John H Iverson Bakke in Koshkonong), she is referred to as Ambjor Johnsdatter Ellingbo.

Family/Spouse: Hans Christian ASBJORNSEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

An obit in the Capital Times said that she came to the U.S. at the age of 7.

Died:
at the home of her brother Matt

Ingebjørg married Jens COLD on 11 Oct 1859 in Wisconsin. Jens died on 10 Jul 1922 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 May 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1922-MN-012095
• Occupation: Farmer, postal worker

Notes:

Jon married his first cousin.

From the emigration list - State Archives, Hamar, Norway: 9 March 1850 John Østensen Ellingbøe 36 Margretta Østensd. 31Ambjor 11Ingeborg 7 Ingerid 4* John 1/2 Most information from Vang A. Some information provided by John W. Ellingboe from the emigration list - State Archives, Hamar, Norway: 9 March 1850.

Gravestone says, quite incorrectly, that he died April 26th. Buried as John Johnson Ellingboe III.

Going by the name of J. J. Austinson and farming in Dane County at the time of the 1880 census. Sons John and Martin are shown as born in Wisconsin but son Ole is shown as born in Minnesota.

In the 1900 census, he is John J. Austinson (b. Oct 1850) with wife Emma (b. June 1855), son Martin (b. Mar 1878), daughter Bertha M. (b. Nov 1882), son William A. (b. Dec 1886), daughter Josephine O. (b. Feb 1889), Adolph A. (b. July 1892), and son Thomas A. (b. July 1894 or 1895). Ole and Bertha Strand live next door and son John M. Ellingboe lives on the other side of Ole and Bertha.

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he was a mail carrier on Route #2. He lived at 614 St. Olaf Avenue.

He is John Ellingboe in the 1905 state census. He and his family live at 614 St. Olaf Avenue in Northfield. John is a mail carrier.

Listed as J. J. Austinson in the 1910 census. He is 61, is living at 614 St. Olaf Avenue, and has been married to Emma for 33 years. Emma is 53 and is shown as having had 11 children, 9 still living. Adolph is 17, Thomas is 15, and Julius is 8. J. J.’s next door neighbor is Ole Rolvaag.

In the 1911 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is Jno J Ellingboe, driver for Eltun & Ellingboe Bros. He lives at 614 St. Olaf.

In the 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is Jno J Ellingboe, clerk for Eltun & Ellingboe Bros. He lives at 319 Plum.

He is John Ellingboe in the 1920 census, living with his wife Emma and sister-in-law Bertha Erickson, at 319 Plum Street in Northfield. John is a salesman in a clothing store. The 1921 city directory says he is a janitor with the Ellingboe Dry Goods Company.

From a 1981 book on Rice County Families, via the Dalby Database:

John J. and Emma Ellingboe.  John J. Ellingboe, III, married Ambjor “Emma” Strand about 1874.  John was the son of John O. Ellingboe, II, and Margrete Klokergaarden, natives of Norway who immigrated to near Stoughton, WI, about 1849.  Emma was the daughter of Ole and Berit Strand.  Ole and Berit immigrated from Vang, Norway, when Emma was 8 years old, about 1865, to near Stoughton, WI.  John J. and Emma farmed in Wisconsin about 10 years before moving to Northfield.  At Northfield, John J. was a farmer, in addition he was a postal carrier for 20 years and worked in his son’s clothing store.  John J. and Emma had a family of:  John Morris, married Elese Hendrickson and 2nd wife, Thea Berg; Ole married Esther Elton; Martin married Lillian Harmer; Bertha married Hans Gunderson; William married Sadie Nelson and 2nd wife, Nellie Ducette; Josie married Olavus Anfinson; Osten “Adolph” married Elizabeth Rech; Thomas married Grace Thorson; and Joel married Madge Hamblin.  John M. first went into business as partner in Elton-Ellingboe general store in McGloughery Block, 4th and Division Street, Northfield.  Later, John M. and Martin started a men’s clothing store, Ellingboe Clothing located at 19 Bridge Square, which they operated for 41 years with the help of Joel and Thomas, until they sold the business to Leutholds.  About the same time, 1911, Adolph managed a men’s clothing store at Cannon Falls, MN, for John M.  Ole and William worked at Lee Furniture, in Northfield, in the middle of the McGloughery block.  Ole later moved to Ladysmith, WI, where he had his furniture and funeral home.  William had a mortuary in Crystal Falls, MI.  Bertha married Hans Gunderson in 1904.  Hans was employed many years at the Northfield Independent.  Josie worked as a clerk in the general store, Elthon-Ellinboe.  Josie married Olavus Anfinson, of Northfield, on November 16, 1908.  Olavus was a barber in Northfield for over 50 years.  Josie and Olavus had 5 living children and lived in Northfield until he passed away in 1946, at which time she went to live with one of her children in Minneapolis.  Josie passed away October 9, 1972, at the Dilley Retirement Center of Northfield.  

Buried:
21 ND 32 G 24

John married Ambjørg (Emma) Olsdotter STRØND (STRAND) on 2 Mar 1874 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ambjørg (daughter of Ole Olsson STRØND and Berit Øysteinsdotter BÖE ELLINGBØE) was born on 24 May 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Jul 1942 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1934-MN-013494
• Baptism: 26 Dec 1852, West Koshkonong Church, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin
• Confirmation: 2 Jun 1867, West Koshkonong Church, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1880 census, he and Emma and Mable, age 1, live with his younger brothers, A K Austin, and Thomas Austin, in Shely Twp, Polk County, Minnesota.

In the 1900 census, he and Emma and Mabel live in Milton, North Dakota. His occupation appears to be something like “machinager.”

In the 1910 census, he was Austin J Austin, 57, a laborer of odd jobs living with his wife Emma in Milton, Montrose Twp, Cavalier County, North Dakota.

In the 1920 census, he was A J Austin, a hotel-keeper in Nerstrand. Living with him was his wife Emma and their 26 year-old daughter Mabel.

In the 1930 census, he was Austin J Austin, a 77 year-old widower living in Nerstrand with his 40 year-old single daughter Mabel. He was a hotel manager.

Baptism:
as Osten Ellingboe

Confirmation:
as Osten Ellingbo

Died:
as Austin J Austin

Buried:
“with Knut and Martha Haugen” according to the Dalby Database

Osten married Ingeborg K (Emma) HAUGEN on 1 Jun 1875 in Dane County, Wisconsin. Ingeborg was born in 1852 in Wisconsin; died on 1 Apr 1923 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Little Cannon Cemetery, Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-000803

Notes:

He may have been a policeman in Crookston in the early 1890s. A newspaper account from that period, exact date not given, mentions a “policeman Ellingbo.”

Andrew and family were living in the city of Crookston in Polk County, Minnesota at the time of the 1900 census. The children were still in school and Andrew was a saloon-keeper. (He was a bartender in the 1895 state census.)

In the 1905 state census, the family is living in Crookston. Andrew is a teamster. Tillie is a clerk.

In the 1910 census, the family is living at 511 Woodland Avenue in Crookston. Julian is a machinist in the automobile industry and Matilda is a saleslady at a dry goods store. Andrew is a bartender in a saloon.

In the 1920 census, he is Andrew J. Ellingboe, 62, living in the city of Crookston, Lowell Twp, Polk County. He is retired. Living with him is his wife Emily, single son Julian, 27, a race-car driver, and his daughter Mathilda, 34, and her husband, William L. Gilbert, 36, a railroad conductor.

In the 1930 census, he and Emily are living with their daughter Matilda and her husband in Crookston.

The informant for his death certificate was Jules Ellingboe. Andrew died of heart exhaustion.

Birth:
His burial record shows 5 Oct 1858.

Andreas married Ingeborg AUSTINSON on 16 Dec 1880 in Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emilie BOE. Emilie (daughter of Iver BOE and Ingeborg) was born on 1 Jun 1860 in Norway; died on 3 Oct 1936 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1859, Dane County, Wisconsin
• Confirmation: 10 May 1874, West Koshkonong Church, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1880 census, Thomas was living with his brothers Austin and Andrew in Shely Twp, Polk County, Minnesota.

May be the Thomas Ellingboe who attended, but did not graduate from, the St. Olaf Academy in 1886-1887.

Birth and death dates may be 29 Dec 1859 to 9 Oct 1889.

Birth:
This date from his baptismal record. It’s 29 Dec 1859 according to his church burial record.

Baptism:
West Koshkonong

Confirmation:
as Tosten Ellingboe

Died:
Anna’s death certificate said “widowed 46 years”

Buried:
as Thosten Johnson Ellingböe

Thosten married Anna SOINE on 3 Nov 1881 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Lars Christopherson SOINE and Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 25 Aug 1857 in Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin; died on 11 Sep 1935 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried on 13 Sep 1935 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Mathew Ostensen.

In the 1900 census, he was Mathew Ellingboe, a house painter living in Stoughton with his wife Maggie and their daughter Minnie. They also housed three boarders.

On August 14, 1903, he attempted to beat his wife to death and then kill himself by hanging. As the headline to the story in the State Journal says, he failed at both. The article says that he was jealous of his wife and had been drinking heavily recently although witnesses said he was not drunk when he tried to murder his wife. The article also said that he “has a wife and one child, a married daughter, and the family conducts a boarding house on the corner of Fourth and Main Streets in Stoughton.

He called himself, and signed himself, “M.A. Ellingbo” in documents related to his first wife’s estate.

In the 1910 census, he was Matthew M Ellingbo, a house painter living in Stoughton with his second wife Anna. They also have six lodgers.

Seems to be referred to as Nels Ellingbo in a few brief articles in the Janesville Daily Gazette in 1917.

An article in the April 22, 1922, edition of the Capital Times notes that communication with Northfield had been received of the death of Matt’s brother John. The article mentions a sister of Matt and John, Mrs. Jens Cold, also of Stoughton.

In the 1930 census, he and Andrina were living in Stoughton. Matt was a carpenter.

Matt Ellingbo inherited $6,000 from the estate of his wife Andrena, an extraordinary sum in 1934. Also named in her will: $50 to the Martin Luther Orphan’s home, $50 to the United Lutheran Church for mission work in China, and $100 each to Mrs. Emma Eggum, Chicago, Emma Iverson, Dunkirk, and Josie Ruer, Stoughton.

Attending his funeral were his niece and nephew, Bertha Ellingboe Gunderson and John Ellingboe of Northfield. An obit in the Capital Times says that he was the last survivor of “the family of Johan and Margaret Ellingbo, Stoughton pioneers of covered wagon days.”

Buried:
as Matt. Ellingbo

Mathias married Margit Jacobsdatter (Maggie) KJOS on 15 Jun 1882 in Christiania, Dane County, Wisconsin. Margit was born on 4 Sep 1861 in Wisconsin; died on 28 Jan 1907; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mathias married Andrina GRETEBECK on 18 Nov 1909 in Dane County, Wisconsin. Andrina (daughter of Ole Oleson GRYTEBEK and Bertha C THORSTAD) was born on 16 May 1866 in Edgerton, Albion Twp, Dane County, Wisconsin; died on 18 Jan 1934 in Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died at birth.

Died:
Died at birth.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 May 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He was the still-unmarried Niels Nielsen in the 1865 census.

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Helgesdatter OPDAHL. Ingeborg (daughter of Helge Andersen LUNDE and Berith Thronsdatter ØYE) was born on 25 Aug 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 31 May 1926 in Minneota, Lyon County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Mar 1864, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 and 1920 census, he was the proprietor of a general merchandise store in Minneota in Lyon County. He came to the U.S. in 1886.

Died:
Minneota

Thron married Annie NELSON about 1894. Annie was born about 1875 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 May 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is probably the Bertha Erickson, “sister-in-law,” single, living with John and Emma Ellingboe in Northfield in the 1920 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper
• Baptism: 22 Jun 1856, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Married her first cousin.

In the 1900 census, she is shown as having had 10 children, 8 still living.

She is “Emma, widow of John J. Ellingboe” living at 319 South Plum in the 1926 and 1936 Northfield city directories.

In the 1929 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Emma Ellingboe, widow of John J, residing at 319 S Plum in Northfield.

In the 1930 census, she lives at 319 South Plum in Northfield. Living with her is her daughter Bertha Gunderson and Bertha’s two daughters.

In the 1939 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Emma Ellingboe, widow of John J, living at 319 S Plum in Northfield.

In the 1940 census, she lives in Northfield at 319 Plum, with her daughter and son-in-law, Hans and Bertha Gunderson.

Called Bertha Strand on her son Martin’s death certificate.

Birth:
Find A Grave says, erroneously, 1859. Her gravestone clearly says 1856.

Buried:
21 ND 32

Ambjørg married John Jonsson ELLINGBØE on 2 Mar 1874 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. John (son of John Øysteinsen ELLINGBØE (BÖE) (BØKKO) and Margrete Øysteinsdatter BØE) was born on 30 Oct 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Apr 1922 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1946-MN-013634
• Baptism: 1 Apr 1861, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His death certificate reports that his usual residence was New Richmond, Wisconsin. He died of heart failure.

He was a farmer in Waterford Twp, Dakota County, in the 1900 census. Both he and his wife are shown as 38 years old and born in Norway in May of 1862.

He and Martha and John still lived in Waterford Twp in the 1910 census. He is shown as age 44, she as age 55. He came to the U.S. in 1854, she in 1867. They had been married for 26 years.

Birth:
the 1900 census says May 1862

Died:
Northfield City Hospital

Buried:
E 86

Ole married Martha TUFTE on 21 Jun 1883 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 1878, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

Called Emily in the 1880 census. Not listed as living with her mother and step-father in the 1885 Iowa state census.

Confirmation:
as Ambjorg Ostensdatter Ellingbö

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 May 1865, Winneshiek County, Iowa

Notes:

Jim’s #I22484 in the Ellingboe tree.

Baptism:
Ascension Day

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Jul 1866, Winneshiek County, Iowa
• Confirmation: 1882, Iowa

Notes:

Not listed as living with her mother and step-father in the 1885 Iowa state census.

Baptism:
As Sigrid at the Little Iowa Norsk-evangelisk Lutherske Menighed according to the Iowa Births and Christenings database on FamilySearch. The ELCA records show her baptism date was between 10 Jul and 16 Jul, 1866.

Confirmation:
with he sister Ingeborg

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1937-MN-017254
• Baptism: 25 Jan 1868, Winneshiek County, Iowa
• Confirmation: 1882, Iowa

Notes:

Called Isabel in the 1880 census.

She is not the Ingeborg A Ellingbo who married Ben E Knudtson in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa on 5 Feb 1887. The parents of that Ingeborg (#6482) were Aslak Amundsen and Randi Olsen.

She may be the daughter called Bella Ellingboe, a dressmaker, living at home with her divorced mother in the 1895 Iowa state census.

In the 1900 census, as Ingebjorg, she is the wife of Charles M Curtis. She lives with him in Calmar Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa, with their daughter Myrtle, 1, and her daughter Clara, 16. Charles is a railroad laborer. She has had only the two children.

In the 1901 marriage record of her daughter Clara, Clara’s father was indicated to be William Austin.

She was the widow Isabella Ellingbo Curtis when she married Henry Garnes in Forest City in 1906.

In the 1910 census, she is the wife of Henry Garnes, a farmer in Buffalo Twp, Winnebago County, Iowa. Henry is 27, Isabelle is 42 and it’s the second marriage for each. Living with Henry and Isabelle are Myrtle, 12, Carl, 11, John, 8, and Gladys, 2. Isabelle has had four children, all still living.

In the 1920 census, she is Bella Garnes, 50, wife of Henry Garnes, 45, of Rosendale Twp, Watonwan County, Minnesota. Living with them are Carl, 20, Myrtle, 21, John, 18, and Gladys, 13. Henry is a farmer. Carl was born in Minnesota.

She was referred to as Isabell Austinson in the 1927 marriage record for her daughter Gladys.

In the 1930 census, she is Belle Garnes, 60, wife of Henry, 54, of Rosendale Twp, Watonwan County, Minnesota. Henry is still a farmer. Only Carl lives at home to help on the farm.

Baptism:
Little Iowa Norsk-Evangelisk Lutherske Menighed

Confirmation:
with her sister Sigrid

Died:
as Ingeborg Garnes

Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. was born in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ingeborg married Charles M CURTIS about 1895. Charles was born in Sep 1870 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ingeborg married Henry GARNES on 4 Jul 1906 in Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa. Henry was born on 27 Oct 1873 in Minnesota; died on 24 Dec 1954 in San Mateo County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

aka Merit

In the 1900 census, she had had 5 children, 3 still living (Karl, Otto, and Halvor).

Marith married Austin Knudt HOGENSON on 18 Dec 1890. Austin was born on 3 Nov 1858 in Iowa; died on 23 Apr 1934 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 3 Mar 1889, Winneshiek County, Iowa

Notes:

Listed as Halvor Austin, living at home with his mother and siblings in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, at the time of the 1895 Iowa state census. He is shown as subject to military duty and entitled to vote.

He is probably the 39 year-old Halvor F. Johnson, a farmer in Sargent County, Iowa, in the 1910 census. He and his wife had been married for 6 years with no children.

Confirmation:
as Halvor Ellingbö

Halvor married Kristie about 1904. Kristie was born about 1883 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-004625
• Occupation: General Store Owner, Wealthy Merchant
• Confirmation: 21 Jun 1885, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Peter T. in the 1885 state census.

He was Osten Throndsen Ellingbö in the church book entry for his marriage.

In the 1900 census, he was newly married and living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. He was a hardware merchant.

He was a merchant of general merchandise in the 1910 and 1920 censuses, living in the village of Dennison. He is probably in partnership with his brother-in-law John Norswing.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Austin T Austinson of Dennison. He was a member of the Samband between 1903 and 1916.

In the 1930 census, Austin Austinson, 60, lived in the village of Dennison, Warsaw Twp, Goodue County. The family consisted of him, Severina, 51, Myron C., 25, and Evelyn T., 14. Austin was a retail grocery merchant. Their home was worth $5000.

Austin married Severina LINDBERG on 18 Mar 1900 in Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Severina was born about 1878 in Minnesota; died on 14 Jul 1944 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1958-MN-005345
• Baptism: 22 May 1870
• Confirmation: 21 Jun 1885, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Married as Ambjor Thondsdatter Ellingbö according to the church records.

Or Anna I.

She was a 30 year-old single schoolteacher, living at home with her parents, in the 1900 census.

Her birth date is shown as April 24 in her death certificate.

Her obituary was in the 10 September 1958 edition of the Faribault Daily News: “DENNISON (Special) -- Mrs. Emma I. Ellingboe, 88, died at the home of her son, Arthur T. Ellingboe, on Sunday, September 7. She had been in poor health for some time. She was the daughter of Trond and Marit Austinson, born, April 14, 1870, in Dennison, where she had spent the greater part of her life. She attended the public schools and had teacher training in Minnesota. She was married to Thrond I. Ellingboe on June 24, 1900. Ellingboe passed away several years ago. She served on the local school boards and the Ladies Auxiliary. She was a member of the Jehova's Witness faith. Surviving Mrs. Ellingboe are Iver T. Ellingboe, Pueblo, Colorado; Mrs. George Chandler, Vancouver, B. C. Canada; Arthur Ellingboe, Dennison; Mrs. Calvin F. Schmid, Seattle, Washington, and Mrs. Louis Heggedhal, Kenyon. There are eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She leaves on sister, Miss Minnie J. Austinson, Dennison and one brother, Nils Austinson, North Sacramento, California. The funeral was held at the Anderson Mortuary in Northfield with Quentin H. Newland of Lakeville, officiating. Burial was in the Oaklawn cemetery at Northfield. Pallbearers were Myron Heggedahl, Bernard Ellingboe, Ludvig Austinson, John Schumm, Gudmund Norswing and Edward Ellingboe. Mr. and Mrs. Iver T. Ellingboe, Pueblo, Mrs. George Chandler, Vancouver and Mrs. C. F. Schmid, Seattle, were here for the funeral.”

Mrs. Louis Heggedahl was Amanda Emmeline Ellingboe, the daughter of Emma’s husband and his first wife.

Birth:
The 24th was shown in the church book for her confirmation. Other sources say 14 Apr.

Confirmation:
as Ambjor, the daughter of Thrond Ostensen Ellingbö

Buried:
21 ND 32 B 119 6

Ambjor married Trond Iversson (Tom) ELLINGBOE on 26 Jun 1901 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Trond (son of Ivar Trondsson ELLINGBØE and Ambjørg Eiriksdotter KASA) was born on 2 Jan 1873 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 15 Oct 1945 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 11 Sep 1958 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Billion Graves Index has her buried as Sigrid Tronsdatter Ellingboe.

Buried:
252 HN 4

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1945-MN-013500
• Baptism: 12 Mar 1875, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 19 May 1889, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

She is called Sarah in the 1875 Minnesota state census.

She was single and living at home with her parents in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census she is shown as having had 2 children, both still living.

Birth:
The church book entry for her confirmation says 21 Jan.

Sigrid married John Edward NORSVING on 4 Jun 1903 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. John (son of Gudmund Knutsen NORDSVEEN and Brita Knutsdatter HOLIEN) was born on 24 Jan 1873 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 17 Oct 1948 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 11 Dec 1892, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

He was a single farmer living at home with his parents in the 1900 census.

He is still single and living at home in the 1905 state census. His occupation is shown as land agent.

Of North Sacramento, California, at the time of his sister Emma’s death.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and two sons live in North Sacramento. Nels was a piano tuner/technician. Emeryst was a bus driver. Sigurd was a piano player with an orchestra. In 1935, Nels and Agnes, but not the boys, had lived in Northfield, Minnesota. There were also two lodgers in the household.

Confirmation:
as Nils Ellingbö

Died:
as Nels T Austinson

Nels married Agnes Amanda LUNDGREN on 1 Nov 1905 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Agnes was born about 1882 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-004693
• Baptism: 25 Sep 1881, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 23 Aug 1896, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1900 census he was living at home and was employed as a clerk in a hardware store.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Red Wing. He was a real estate agent for the Payne Investment Company of Dennison. He listed his nearest relative as Mrs. Marith Austinson of Dennison. He was described as tall with medium build and blue eyes and dark hair.

In the 1920 census he is single and living with his mother and spinster sister Minnie in Dennison. He is a real estate agent.

Buried with Thrond Austinson and Marith Ellingboe.

Death certificate indexed as “Rustinson.”

Buried:
252 HN 4 N

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 May 1884, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Not listed in the 1900 census.

Baptism:
as the son of Thrond Ostensen Ellingbö and Marit Nilsdatter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Aug 1892, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 24 Nov 1907, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Living at home in the 1905 state census.

In the 1920 census she is single and living with her mother and brother John in Dennison. She has no occupation.

Of Dennison at the time of her sister Emma’s death.

Baptism:
As Minnie Josefine Ellingbo. ELCA records indexed in Ancestry say she was baptized at St. Olaf’s Lutheran, Sioux Falls, which must be an error.

Confirmation:
as Minnie Josephine Ellingboe

Notes:

He came to the U.S. in the early 1850s and married Anne Olsdatter Åbol in Gjerpen in Wisconsin. He and Anne had several children, all of whom appear to have used the surname Amunds.

Family/Spouse: Berit Øysteinsdotter BÖE ELLINGBØE. Berit (daughter of Øystein Aslaksson BØ and Ambjørg Jonsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 21 Aug 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Dec 1910 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-019312

Notes:

He and his family lived in Granite Falls. In the 1920 census, he is indicated as having emigrated in 1892 and was naturalized in 1914.

He married his first cousin.

Andrew married Christine ELLINGBOE on 5 Feb 1903 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Christine (daughter of Helge (Henry) Trondsen ELLINGBOE and Marit (Mary) Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD) was born on 4 Jul 1871 in Granite Falls, Minnesota; died on 9 Aug 1958 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried on 12 Aug 1958 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1839, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is I4561 in Jim’s VS.

He later married Marit Andrisdatter Stele in 1866 when he became gaardbrukar on Hamre 59/1 Nerre Nordigarden.

Family/Spouse: Randi Erichsdatter KATTEVOLD. Randi (daughter of Erich Christophersen KVÅLE and Kjersti Endresdatter KATTEVOLD) was born on 31 Oct 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1905 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Marit Andrisdatter STELE in 1866. Marit (daughter of Anders Andersen STEILE and Marit Gudmundsdatter BØEIGA) was born in 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1900 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Oct 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Died:
consumption

Ingeborg married Kristoffer Eriksen KVÅLE on 5 Apr 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Kristoffer (son of Erich Christophersen KVÅLE and Kjersti Endresdatter KATTEVOLD) was born on 23 Jan 1843 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Mar 1916 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1927-MN-014825
• Baptism: 6 Jan 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is Berit Olsdatter Tuneiga, I8655, in Jim’s Elllingboe tree. She is I22264 in Jim’s VS.

In the 1900 census she is shown as having had 6 children, 5 still living. Those numbers are 6 and 6 in the 1910 census.

Of one of the Thune farms according to her marriage record in the parish record.

In the 1920 census, she is a widow living with her son Olaf in Kerkhoven Twp.

She lived on Route 3, Murdock, at death. She died of a stroke. Her daughter, Mrs. R. O. Gronseth of Route 3, Murdock, was the informant for her death certificate.

Birth:
as Berith Olsdatter Thuneijet

Berith married Even Jørgensson ELLINGBOE on 18 Jun 1872 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Even (son of Jørgen Evensson ELLINGBÖ and Anne Thomasdatter HAGASTRØND) was born on 22 Dec 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Aug 1911 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried on 12 Aug 1911 in Spring Creek Cemetery, Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 says he went to the U.S. in 1910 and returned.

Nils married Ingeborg Olsdatter LYSNE on 9 Apr 1915 in Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg was born on 14 Jan 1890 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 14 Mar 1980 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nils married Hilda Dorthea Hansdatter on 18 Aug 1921 in Oppland, Norway. Hilda was born on 7 Jun 1897 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 28 Feb 1960 in Akershus Festning, Oslo, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gardkj. nerre Lajord.

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

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

Notes:

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

Buried:
The Dalby Database calls this a probably burial.

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Notes:

Died in Bridgewater Twp according to the Dalby Database.

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Dalåker 49/1 Nordigarden

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jun 1855

Notes:

dwfrench1

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

Notes:

Birth:
Kattevold 44/3 Hanastad

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Baptism:
Vangs kirke

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

Notes:

Birth:
Hermundstad 5/4 (Haugen)

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 47/1 Villand

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

She died as Rangdi Ellingboe Iverson.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Henry died from stomach cancer.

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Birth:
Tvedt farm

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Baptism:
11th or 17th

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Baptism:
Hurum

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

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 33/5.

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

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 33/5.

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Shopkeeper and hotel owner

Notes:

See VBIA, p. 586.

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

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

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

Birth:
Ellingbø, Nordigarden

Died:
Nov 1831 according to Find A Grave

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
born on Bø in Øye

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

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

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

Notes:

I425 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Haugen 39/2 Av Kvåle

Died:
Kattevold 45/ Øvre

Family/Spouse: Nils Thomasen BØE (KATTEVOLD). Nils (son of Thomas Jonsen LEIROL and Ingeborg Nilsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 16 Jun 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Nov 1902 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1886 land register, he may be the Thomas Thomassen shown as the owner of 33/2 (old 9-18b) of Ellingbø nordre Graabeinstølteigen.

Birth:
Haugen 39/2 av Kvåle

Thomas married Guri Endresdotter ELLINGBØE in 1867. Guri (daughter of Endre Anderssen ELLINGBØE and Marit Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

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