Lars Østenson Strand HERMUNDSTAD

Notes:

Information from Jim Ellingboe and tsheimo.

Born in Hermundstad 5/. Died in Grøv 7/2, nordigarden.

Da Lars giftet seg med enken Margrete Sjugurdsdatter ble han gårbruker på Grøv 7/2. Den eldste sønnen fra Margretes første mann, ga ham skjøte og ble livaursmann på gården.

In the 1801 census, Lars, 50, was a bonde og gaard-beboer on the Grov farm in Wangs. Living with him was his wife (his first and only, he is her 2nd husband) Margrete Syversdatter, 56, her daughters Dordi Nielsdatter, 22 and unmarried, and Marit Nielsdatter, 17, and their daughters Giertrud Larsdatter, 14, and Ingeborg Larsdatter, 12.

Birth:
Hermundstad 5/

Lars married Margarete Sjugurdsdatter HEEN in 1786 in Norway. Margarete (daughter of Sjugurd Sjugurdson KJERSTEIN and Marit Jøgersdatter HEEN) was born in 1746 in Norway; died on 15 Nov 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 22 Nov 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Grøv 7/2, nordigarden. Resided in Eltun 13/ øvre.

Gjartrud married Torgeir Thomassen ELTUN in 1806 in Norway. Torgeir (son of Thomas Ivarson ELTUN and Ingeborg TORSTEINSDATTER) was born on 11 Jan 1775 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I4891 in Jim’s VS.

She lived on Svien 6/3-4, Nordigarden in Øye.

Birth:
Grøv 7/2 Nordigarden

Ingebjørg married Johan-Henrik Johannesen SVIEN in 1810. Johan-Henrik (son of Johannes JOHAN-HENRIKSSON and Berit Nilsdatter SVIEN) was born in 1783 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1869 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Grøv 7/2, nordigarden. Died in Eltun 13/ øvre.

Birth:
Grøv i Øye

Died:
Eltun i Øye

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Ivarsdatter KJERSTEIN. Sigrid (daughter of Ivar Torsteinson KJERSTEIN and Anne Kristoffersdatter LEIROL) was born in 1805 in Norway; died on 11 Sep 1879 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Eltun 13/1 Uppigare

Family/Spouse: Berit Asgrimsdatter UVDAL. Berit (daughter of Asgrim Ivarson UVDAL and Marit Jonsdatter NYSTUEN) was born in 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Eltun 13/1 Uppigare

Family/Spouse: Nils Kristofferson DALÅKER. Nils (son of Kristoffer Nilsson AUSTREIM and Ingeborg Olsdatter DALÅKER) was born in 1812; died in 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4, Nordigarden I Øye

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 nordigarden i Øye

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

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

Notes:

gmyhre311

may have been called Steven Johnson

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

Notes:

Born in Eltun 13/1. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø.

Knut og Gjartrud hadde barna:
Ivar (f.og d 1845),
Ivar (1848-1921),
Thomas (1851-1852),
Anne (1863-),
Thomas (1865-) til USA 1882.

I 1865 hadde de også en pleiedatter, søsterdatteren til Knut Sigrid Gudbrandsdtr Steinde eller Lundseiga, Hun var gi ft med Torstein O Haugen (Krøsseikra) de dro til USA i 1879.

Translated: In 1865 they also had a foster daughter, the niece of Knut Sigrid Gudbrandsdtr Steinde or Lundseiga, She was married to Torstein O Haugen (Krøsseikra) they went to the USA in 1879.

Gjartrud married Knud Iversson ELTUN in 1845. Knud (son of Ivar Trondsen BREKKE and Anne Knudsdatter ELTUN) was born about 1817 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Mar 1894 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 30 Mar 1894 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mads Amundsson BØ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1937-MN-013268

Ingeborg married Sjugurd Guttormsen STRAND on 25 Oct 1866 in Minnesota. Sjugurd (son of Guttorm Sjugurdson STRAND and Marit Gulliksdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born on 25 Oct 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Mar 1939 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

tsheimo

Family/Spouse: Torleiv Johannesson. Torleiv was born in 1850 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1913 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1880 census, she was the head-of-household for their farm in Warsaw Twp in Goodhue County. Ole was not at home. One internet source suggests he was off fighting Indian wars.

She apparently died in childbirth with Gerhard Olaus.

Birth:
Eltun 13/1 Uppigare

Gertrude married Ola Kristofferson SØYNE on 15 Jan 1869 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ola (son of Christopher Larssen SØYNE and Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD) was born on 8 Dec 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Mar 1924 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Dalåker 49/1 Nordigarden

Torgeir married Ingrid Torsteinsdatter LAJORD on 11 May 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingrid (daughter of Torstein Torsteinsen LAJORD and Ingebjørg Thomasdatter NETRØST) was born in 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Apr 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Oct 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptismal sponsors were Thomas Elthon, Endre Ingebretsen something_dalsiet, Berith Johanneshenrichsdatter Øye, Gjertrude Svien, and Kari Nilsdatter Hermundstad.

He is I13470 in Jim’s VS. No wife’s name shown although their daughter Berit is listed as I5705.

He and his family were living on his retired parents’ farm in Warsaw, Goodhue County, at the time of the 1880 census. The younger John’s family consisted of John, 35, Berith, 34, John, 12, Erik, 10, Johan, 6, Anne, 4, and Berit, 2.

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 Nordigarden i Øye

Buried:
buried with Henry and Johannes J.

Family/Spouse: Beret Eiriksdatter KASA. Beret (daughter of Eirik Helgesson KASA and Berit Johnsdatter NYSTUEN) was born on 18 Jun 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Jul 1908 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 in Øye

Family/Spouse: Sissel Ivarsdatter. Sissel (daughter of Ivar Helgesson LEINE OLDRE and Ingebjørg Øysteinsdotter BØ) was born about 1853 in Norway; died on 11 Apr 1942 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 May 1837, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1870 census, he is Andrew Johnson, a farmer in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. The household consists of himself, 33, Ellen, 28, Cara, 8, John, 5, Tosten, 3, and a farm laborer, Peter Nelson, 22.

In the 1880 census, he is the Andrew Johnson who lived with his family in Northfield. He ran a restaurant. The household consisted of himself, age 40, his wife Ellen, 36, Carin, 18, John, 16, Thomas, 12, Annie, 9, and adopted daughter Susie Peterson, 2.

In the 1900 census, he is Andrew J Svien, 63, living with Ellen and Susie in Northfield.

In the 1910 census, he, 72, and “Allen,” 65, lived in Northfield. They had been married 48 years.

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 Nordigarden i Øye

Anders married Velgjerd Torsteinsdatter NYSTUEN in 1860 in Iowa. Velgjerd (daughter of Torstein Jonsen NYSTUEN and Berit Iversdotter UVDAL (UPDAL)) was born on 10 Oct 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Jan 1953 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jun 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Marit Sjugurdsdatter TURTNES. Marit (daughter of Sjugurd Olsson TURTNES and Dorte Nilsdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born on 10 Aug 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Mar 1883 in Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok (A, p. 125) calls her Ambjørg Larsdatter Sveji.

Birth:
Svien 6/3 Midtre i Øye

Family/Spouse: Knut Knutsen HERMUNDSTAD. Knut (son of Knut Jørnsson KVÅLE and Ingebjørg Knutsdotter LAJORD) was born in 1854 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øye 14/3, Sørre

Notes:

Birth:
Øye 14/3, Sørre

Johan-Henrik married Ingeborg Anfindsdatter KVAME on 23 Jun 1871 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Anfinn Olsen KVAME and Marit Helgesdatter KJERSTEIN) was born about 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Her baptismal sponsors were Thomas Torgerson Eltun, Haaver somebody Stende, Helge somebody Qvame, Gjertrud Sÿversdatter Tasæ, and Margrette somebody’s daughter Eltun.

The baby Anna was initially baptized in Øye by Gjertrud Tasæ.

Died:
as Anne Elton

Anna married Anders Asbjørnsson ELTON on 11 Jan 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anders (son of Asbjørn Andrisson HAGASTRØND and Sigri Endresdatter TWEDT) was born on 21 Dec 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Aug 1931 in McHenry County, North Dakota; was buried in Saint Olaf Lutheran Cemetery, Deering, McHenry County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øye 14/3, Sørre

Notes:

Not listed with his parents’ children in Jim’s VS. He is included in the 1865 Norwegian census.

Birth:
Øye 14/3, Sørre

Notes:

Jim calls him Johannes Trondsen Øye in his Valdres Slekt database. He came to the U.S. with his father in 1876.

In the 1880 census, John lived with his father in Warsaw, Goodhue County, Minnesota.

In the 1900 census, he was a boarder in a rooming house in Northfield. He was a clerk. His birthdate was Apr 1864 and he came to the U.S. in 1870.

At the time of the 1911 and 1915 Faribault city directories, which included Northfield, he and John M and Martin Ellingboe were partners in a Northfield business, at 401 S Division, called Eltun & Ellingboe Bros., Dry Goods, Cloaks, and Groceries.

In the 1915 directory, he rooms at the First National Bank Building.

According to his father’s article on the samband site, he took in his brother Johan-Henrik’s son Trond who came to the U.S. in 1895. He secured a medical education and practiced for many years in Velva, North Dakota.

Birth:
Øye 14/3, Sørre

Notes:

Birth:
Øye 14/3, Sørre

Family/Spouse: Karina FOSSE. Karina was born in 1874 in Dodge County, Minnesota; died in 1937 in South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the Vang (in Dennison) church record for the birth and baptism of his son Edward, he is called Johannes Martin Johan-Henriksen Svien.

Family/Spouse: Martha Eriksdatter UREVIG. Martha was born in 1862 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in Apr 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Gjertrud SOINE in 1897. Gjertrud (daughter of Lars Christopherson SOINE and Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD) was born in 1867 in Minnesota; died on 26 Aug 1921 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Simon Simonson MYHRE. Simon (son of Simon Tostensen MYHRE and Ingeborg Olsdatter STRAND) was born in Oct 1871 in Silver Lake, Worth County, Iowa; died on 24 Jul 1923 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born on Eltun 13/3, Øye, Vang in Valdres. Died on Bøkko. Born on or resided on Ellingbø Bøkko 33/3 according to Trudy.

In the 1865 census, he was living with his mother, father, and siblings on Eltun farm in Øie subparish, Vang.

In the 1886 land register he is shown as Iver Knudsen, owner of 33/3 Bakkene (old 9-19a1) of Ellingbø nordre.

Living on Ellingbø nordre at the time of the 1900 Norwegian census as Gaardbruger selveier postbefordrer (which may mean farmer who owns his own farm from his grandparents). Living with him are his wife Berit Olsdatter, b. 1844, Gaardmandskone, intet sær erhverv (which may mean something like no other livelihood); their four children: Gjertrud, b. 1874, Gaardsmansdatter, Meierske; Berit, b. 1881, Gaardsmandsdatter, lærling som syerske (which may mean apprentice seamstress); Ivar, b. 1886, Gaardsmandssøn; and Ambjorg, b. 1892, Gaardsmandsdatter. Also living with the family is Gjertrud’s son, Olav Olsson (Sønderol), born 23 Feb 1899. The census noted that this farm did not have any outbuildings. The farm had cattle, poultry, and grain/potatoes but did not have a beehive, an orchard, or a vegetable garden.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, he is Ivar Knutsen Ellingbø, “fader” on the Bakkene 33/3 farm in Vang. The farm is owned by his son, Ivar Ivarsen. The household consisted of Ivar Ivarsen, Ambjørg Ivarsdatter, Maren Ivarsdatter (all three unmarried) and Ivar Knutsen and his wife Berit.

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

Ivar married Berit Olsdatter ELLINGBØ on 13 Jun 1872 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Ole Evenson ELLINGBØ and Maren Wilhelmsdatter BAGGETUN) was born on 3 Nov 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Apr 1931 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1946-MN-002415
• Baptism: 28 Mar 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Greg Fearon calls her Sigrid Gulbrandsdatter Steinde-el Lundseiga.

Shown as a foster daughter of Knud and Gjertrud in the 1865 Norwegian census. Knud was one of the baptismal sponsors for Sigri’s daughter Anne.

In the 1900 census she is shown as having had 7 children, 6 still living.

In the 1910 census, she is shown as having had 7 children, but the number still living is indecipherable.

In the 1930 census she is living with Martin and his family in Wang Twp.

Died:
indexed as “Sigri Soive”

Buried:
as Sigri Soine

Family/Spouse: Torstein Olsen (Krøsikrun) HAUGEN. Torstein (son of Ole Olsen GRIHAMAR and Anne Tostensdatter KJERSTEIN) was born on 22 Sep 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Jun 1881; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sigrid married Ola Kristofferson SØYNE in 1886. Ola (son of Christopher Larssen SØYNE and Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD) was born on 8 Dec 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Mar 1924 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1888 St. Paul city directory, she may be the Annie K Ellingboe, dressmaker, living at 247 University Avenue, S E.

In the 1889 St. Paul city directory, she may be the Annie K Ellingboe, seamstress, living at 288 Williams.

Married as Annie K Ellingboe.

Birth:
the date on her marriage record

Anne married Emil Edward on 10 May 1890 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. Emil was born on 12 Nov 1857 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1907-52-407
• Baptism: 1 Jan 1866, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: May 1880, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Thomas’s baptismal sponsors were Gjertrud Johannesdatter Øye, Sigrid Endresdatter Brakke, Ingeborg Dalager, Anders Brakke, and Anders Eltun.

Thomas Knudsen Ellingboe left Vang on April 13, 1882.

He may be the “Thos. Ellingboe” mentioned in an article in the Little Falls Weekly in its 15 Nov 1895 edition. The article said thay he had been employed as a clerk in the clothing store of Grinley & Romnes and had, on November 9th, left for Maynard in Renville County to go into business for himself.

Thomas died of pneumonia. The date of birth for this Thomas is shown on his death certificate as “38-6-5.” Also noted on the death certificate were:

Rund
Geertrude
Henry Hamre U

In the 1900 census, he is probably the Thomas Ellingbo, a 30 year-old cigar-maker lodging at a hotel in Granite Falls owned by Solomon Anderson. That Thomas was supposedly born Dec 1869 in Minnesota of Norwegian parents.

In the 1905 census he is Thomas K Ellingboe, age 36, born in Norway, living with his 21 year-old wife in Granite Falls. He is a saloon-keeper. He had been in the state for 22 years and in the Granite Falls area for 9 years.

Find A Grave reports Thomas Ellingboe 1856-1906 buried in the Granite Falls City Cemetery.

Birth:
erroneously shown as 6 Dec 1868 in his marriage record

Died:
pneumonia

Thomas married Minnie Serene ANDERSON on 10 Nov 1904 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Minnie was born on 8 Dec 1884 in Minnesota; died on 10 Nov 1972 in Napa County, California; was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsson PÅLSRUD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

They were still there in the 1940 census.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1964-MN-016327

Notes:

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

Birth:
birth year 1872 in her death certificate

Died:
called Sorene Soine in her death certificate

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Apr 1883, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 13 Jun 1897, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The bygdebok says she emigrated in 1902.

Survived by sons Arthur of Minneapolis, Howard of Montevideo, and Tyler of Springfield, Minnesota; 1 sister, Anna of Eagle Bend; 8 grandchildren.

Her obit said that she had lived at 1207 West 25th in Minneapolis before moving to the Lutheran Home in Madison.

Birth:
from confirmation record

Baptism:
Øye presumably, from confirmation record

Confirmation:
Øye

Died:
Lutheran Home in Madison

Family/Spouse: Charles SHEIMO. Charles was born on 30 Jun 1883 in Telemark, Norway; died on 29 Jan 1941 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Granite Falls City Cemetery, Granite Falls, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1925-MN-004881
• Baptism: 19 Dec 1869, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she had had five children, all five still living.

Many sources have this Anna confused with an Anna Theoline Soine who was born in 1872.

Birth:
her burial record incorrectly shows 11 Feb 1869

Died:
as Annie Brekke

Anna married Edward Benjamin BREKKE in 1900 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Edward was born on 20 May 1876 in Minnesota; died on 28 Apr 1940 in Nicollet County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Dec 1871, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Berit married Otto DAHL on 8 Sep 1896 in Renville County, Minnesota. Otto was born in Jan 1874 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Single and living with his parents in the 1910 census.

In the 1930 census he was an inmate at the Minnesota School for the Feeble Minded in Faribault.

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he and Anne live in Stanley, North Dakota. Torger is a photographer.

Torger married Anne Andersdatter ELTON in 1908 in North Dakota. Anne (daughter of Anders Asbjørnsson ELTON and Anna Trondsdatter ØYE) was born on 9 Feb 1877 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Apr 1940 in Eddy County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marith married Thomas Severson STRAND on 31 Jul 1904 in Renville County, Minnesota. Thomas (son of Sjugurd Guttormsen STRAND and Ingeborg Thomasdatter ELTUN) was born on 11 Feb 1869 in Minnesota; died on 20 Oct 1957 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Nov 1880, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Family/Spouse: Olaf HUSEBY. Olaf (son of Ole H HUSEBY and Anna) was born in 1874 in Minnesota; died in 1951 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Feb 1883, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Not mentioned in Greg Fearon’s history of Ole and Gjertrud’s family.

He is Sam’l O. Soine living in Ward County, North Dakota, in the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census, he and Gertina have three daughters. The family lived in Minot. “Seever” was a grain agent.

Syver married Gertine Marie EIDE on 15 Aug 1909 in Renville County, Minnesota. Gertine (daughter of Peder Knudsen EIDE and Anne Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born about 1889 in Minnesota; died on 5 Sep 1960 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Oct 1885, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Greg Fearon says he married Emma Leuken and had Edith, Muriel, Arnold, and Joseph.

Gerhard married Emma LUEKEN on 23 Mar 1910 in Renville 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]

Notes:

Buried:
buried with his father and brother Henry

Notes:

In the 1895 census, he and his wife Anna, 26, lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota, very near the Henry Sviens (on one side) and his mother and siblings (on the other).

Listed as a widower, living with his mother and siblings, in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census, he is a farmer in Lien Twp, Grant County, Minnesota, living with his wife Lovise J., 26, and their children Johny E., 5, and Edward, 2. The couple had been married for 6 years.

In the 1920 census, he is a drayman living with his family in the village of Dennison in Goodhue County.

In the 1930 census, he was a 60 year-old widower in Warsaw Twp living with his children Edward, 22, Beatrice M., 15, and Vernon L., 10.

His obituary was in the Faribault Daily News:

Funeral services were conducted Saturday, July 19, at the Vang Church east of Dennison for Erick Svien who passed away at the Mineral Springs Sanatorium, July 15, at the age of 78 years. The Reverend Adolph Egge officiated. Pallbearers were: Clarence, John and Bernard Svien, Iver and Erick Ellingboe and Melvin Kasa. Mrs. Adolph Egge sang two songs at the service. Interment was at the Vang cemetery. Erick Svien was born in Warsaw township on Nov. 20, 1869. He was the son of the late John and Betsy Svien, pioneer residents of the community. On December 15, 1921, he was united in marriage to Lavina Johnson, also of this neighborhood. To them were born four children: John of Farmington, Mrs. Ed Kimbrel (Beatrice) of St. Paul, Vernon of St. Peter and Edward of Cannon Falls. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Anna Tasa and three grandchildren. Mr. Svien spent his whole life in this community and leaves a large number of friends.

Family/Spouse: Anne Sophie TASA. Anne (daughter of John Knutsen TASA and Ingeborg Gulbrandsdatter BAKKEN) was born on 23 Sep 1868; died on 8 Nov 1896 in Minnesota; was buried on 11 Nov 1896 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Erik married Lovina JOHNSON about 1904. Lovina was born about 1884 in Minnesota; died on 21 Feb 1929 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the information in Erick Svien’s obit, she may be the Anna B. Tasa, wife of Knute, living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in the 1930 census.

Anne married Knute Johan TASA about 1897. Knute was born in Nov 1866 in Minnesota; died on 6 Dec 1936 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I5705 in Jim’s VS, the only child of Johannes listed.

She may be the Betsy J. Svien who attended St. Olaf Academy starting in the 1893-1894 school year.

Notes:

Buried:
buried with her mother

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1945-MN-013464

Notes:

Living at home with her widowed mother and two of her brothers in the 1900 census.

Refrerred to as Josie on Amanda’s birth certificate.

ELLINGBOE, JOHANNA  

CertID# 1945-MN-013464   
Date of Birth: not indexed
 Place of Birth: not indexed
 Mother Maiden Name: not indexed
 Date of Death: 06/06/1945
 County of Death: RICE

Buried:
252 HN 4 S

Johanna married Erick Iversson ELLINGBOE on 24 Jun 1905 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Erick (son of Ivar Trondsson ELLINGBØE and Ambjørg Eiriksdotter KASA) was born on 21 Mar 1877 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 10 Oct 1943 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
buried with his father and brother Johannes

Notes:

Or Ivar. Or Iver.

He is probably the person indexed as “Jow K. Svien” who died in Goodhue County on 21 Sep 1912. (1912-MN-004184)

Family/Spouse: Randi. Randi was born about 1884 in Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Funeral services for Andrew K. Svien, were held at the Parker Funeral Home on Friday, Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. G. H. Huggenvik, pastor of the First English Lutheran Church officiating. Mrs. John Parker sang "Behold A Host, Arrayed In White" and "In The Garden" accompanied by Mrs. Flora Parker. Pallbearers were nephews of Mr. Svien, and included Lyle Brekken, Iver Halvorson, Arnold Jacobson, Burnett Jacobson, Norville Jacobson, and Julius Jacobson, all of Dennison. Interment was made in the family lot in the Vang's Lutheran church Cemetery near Dennison. Relatives and friends attending the services from away were from: Tucson, Ariz., Dennison, Northfield, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Cannon Falls, Red Wing, Kenyon, and Kasson. Andrew K. Svien, the son of Knute and Sisal Svien, was born at his parents farm home in Renville County, Minn., on August 27, 1878. When he was a young boy, he moved with the family to a farm in the Sogn community in Goodhue County, and there he attended the rural public schools and was also confirmed, at the Vang's Lutheran Church, located there. On Dec. 9, 1909 he was united in marriage to Miss Martha Jellum, at Harvey, N.D. They made their home there for several years, during which time, Mr. Svien was employed with the railroad. Following that, they homesteaded land at Parshall, N.D. They then moved to Dennison, where they resided for several years, following which, they moved to Kenyon. In 1942, they moved to Faribault, where Mr. Svien was employed at the Wilson Packing Company until his retirement in 1953. Since then, they have made their home at 216 4th St. N.W. Mr. Svien passed away at the St. Lucas Hospital on Tuesday evening Jan. 5, following a lingering illness. He is survived by his widow, Martha; by two sons, Merle of Faribault and Arlon of Tucson, Arizona; by a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Naseth (Inez) of Faribault; by four grandchildren; by two brothers, Knute Svien of Dennison and Austin Brekken of Northfield; by two sisters, Mrs. Anna Halvorson of Dennison and Mrs. Ingebord Jacobson of Dennison; and by a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by three sons, Siegfried, Howard, and Myron; and by four brothers, Helge, Iver, Henry and John.

Family/Spouse: Martha JELLUM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Jan 1889

Notes:

Funeral services were held for Austin B. Brekken Sr., at 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, at the Vang Lutheran Church with Rev. Terrence Fretheim officiating. At the church service Mrs. Fretheim sang "The Lord Is My Sheperd". Mrs. Cyrus Midge presided at the organ. Honorary pallbearers were LeRoy Brekken, David Lenway, and Mark Lenway. Dennis Brekken, Robert Reko, Richard Lenway, Burnett Jacobson, Merle Svien and Iver Halvorson served as pallbearers. Interment took place a the Vang Cemetery. Austin was born Dec. 7, 1888 to parents Knut and Sissel Ives Svien. After baptism on Jan. 6, 1889 he was taken to live with foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Even S. Brekken of Dennison. Mrs. Brekken was his aunt. He grew to manhood on their family farm, later moving to Northfield where he attended High School and Saint Olaf college. He also attended college at Saint Ansgar, Iowa. Dec. 14, 1910, at the Methodist Church at Monticello, he was united in marriage to Tulie Read. They established their home on the Brekken farm for 46 years, then retired to Northfield where they resided until May of 1968 when due to ill health they became residents of the Kenyon Sunset Home. Mr. Brekken served as Warsaw Township Clerk for many years and on the School board. He was a life member of Vang Lutheran Church where he was baptized and confirmed. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son Evan who was a casualty of Pearl Harbor, two grandsons; Bruce Sunde and Larry Brekken, five brothers and two sisters. He is survived by his wife Tulie, five sons; Austin, Jr. of Dennison, Lyle of Cannon Falls, Levi of Portland, Oregon, Wilfred and Harvey both of Northfield, and four daughters; Caroline (Mrs. Vernon Reko) of Kenyon, Adeline (Mrs. Harold Lenway), Bertha (Mrs. Sanford Sunde) both of Faribault and Avis of Minneapolis, also 23 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and one brother Knut Svien of Red Wing.

Family/Spouse: Tulie READ. Tulie died on 22 Aug 1970 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In Jim’s VS, her birthdate is 13 Dec 1868. Other’s say 13 Dec 1869. Neither are correct since she is not listed in the 1870 census.

In the 1900 census, she is shown as age 28, born in June of 1871. She had had four children, only three still alive, and she had been married to Christopher Strand for 10 years.

Anna married Christopher STRAND about 1890. Christopher (son of Torgeir Olsen STRAND and Anne Kristoffersdatter SØYNE) was born on 27 Sep 1864 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 20 Nov 1903 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Susie attended St. Olaf College in 1903-1904, studying in its Music department. She did not graduate.

Susie married Harry E FRAZEE on 7 Jun 1909 in Rice County, Minnesota. Harry was born on 18 Jan 1873; died on 24 May 1945; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Helgesen BAKKEN. Thomas (son of Helge Gudbrandsen BAKKEN and Kari Knutsdatter TASA) was born in 1864; died on 8 Oct 1940 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1882, Minnesota

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Baptism:
Our Savior’s in Sacred Heart

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Physician
• Baptism: 1 Jan 1872, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Died:
As Trond J Elton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Apr 1872, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her baptismal sponsors were Johan Henrick Trondsen Øye, Trond Johansen Brekke, Sigrid Endresdatter Brekke, Anne Andersdatter Teign, and Ingeborg Trondsdatter Øye.

Sigrid married Johan Anton DAHLEN on 23 May 1890 in Cass County, North Dakota. Johan was born in 1867 in Gran, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Oct 1874, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She was separated from her husband, perhaps officially divorced, from at least 1910, perhaps earlier.

Birth:
on Brekke

Died:
her county of residence was McHenry

Gjertrude married Tidemann OLSON on 25 Dec 1901 in North Dakota. Tidemann was born in 1877 in Minnesota; died in 1939 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Mar 1877, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Anne married Torger SOINE in 1908 in North Dakota. Torger (son of Ola Kristofferson SØYNE and Gertrude Torgeirsdatter (Jane) ELTUN) was born on 10 Apr 1876 in Minnesota; died on 28 Sep 1943 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
as Ingeborg Asbjornson

Notes:

Died:
as Alma Harmon

Notes:

He registered for the draft in Sacramento in 1942. He was an unemployed farm laborer at the time.

In the 1950 census, he worked irregularly as a janitor in San Francisco.

He is a laborer in Sacramento in that city’s 1955 city directory.

At the time of his death, he had been in California for 22 years, the last two of which were in San Francisco County.

Birth:
Kindred

Notes:

She is not listed with her parents and siblings in the 1900 census.

Died:
as Marie Constans, a divorced woman who worked as a hair dresser

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Sep 1892, Cass County, North Dakota

Notes:

Her baptismal sponsors were Sigrid Dahlen, Anton Dahlen, Gjertrude Elton, and Olaus Johnson.

Apparently died before her father.

Baptism:
Kindred Lutheran

Harry married Tillia LOKEN on 8 Nov 1945 in Cottonwood County, Minnesota. Tillia was born in 1913 in Day County, South Dakota; died in 1995 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Apr 1889, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

He was a water main laborer in the 1940 census. He and his wife and two children lived in Cannon Falls.

Baptism:
Vang Lutheran

Edward married Edna HALLANGER on 20 Jan 1933 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert BRASFIELD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He lived in Northfield before he and Erma moved to Faribault in 1929. While in Northfield he was a driver for Western Grocery Co.

He was a fireman in the Faribault fire department, rising to the rank of assistant chief. He and his wife lived at 509 N.W. 4th Street in Faribault.

Died:
SSDI has date of death as 15 July, Minnesota death index has the date shown here

Lawrence married Beatrice BABCOCK on 18 Nov 1920 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Beatrice was born on 30 Sep 1900 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; died on 17 Oct 1978 in Kootenai County, Idaho; was buried in Saint Thomas Cemetery, Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lawrence married Erna Martha ACHILLES on 17 Dec 1927 in Steele County, Minnesota. Erna was born on 30 Dec 1902; died on 12 May 1971 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Meadow Ridge Cemetery, Walcott Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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He married Clara Tanem in Thief River Falls in 1944.

Sandy married Eva Gertrude LEET in 1931 in Ramsey County, North Dakota, and was divorced. Eva was born on 7 May 1911 in North Dakota; died on 11 Jul 2003 in Encinitas, San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Jan 1870, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

There were two Randi Ellingbös born in Vang in the 1869-1870 period. One was the legitimate daughter (#4059) of Tollef Oleson Ellingbö and Marit Jøgersdatter. The other was this Randi, the illegitimate daughter of Iver Knutsson Ellingbö and Randi Olsdatter Ellingbö. Randi Iversdatter Ellingbö left Vang on 4 September 1889 for “St. Paul.” A Ragdi J. Ellingboe, spinster, age 19, arrived in New York on September 27, 1889, aboard the S.S. Britannic.

In the 1910 census, she and Thorsten and family were in Hickory Twp, Pennington County (formerly Red Lake County) in Minnesota. At that time, Rande had had 10 children, 8 still living, and 7 of whom (Thorsten A, Olaf, Maria, Hannah, Harald, Ruth, and Rudolph) were still living with her and Thorsten. Rande came to the U.S. in 1889.

A land ownership map from 1911 shows that the Kvale farm in Hickory Twp was 160 acres, the southeast quarter of Section 17.

They were still there in 1920. Rande came to the U.S. in 1889.

In the 1930 census, Randi and Thorsten Kvale were living in south Minneapolis (5344 30th Avenue South, near Lake Nokomis) with their daughters Ragna O, 18, and Agnes V., 16. Thorsten is a cabinet-maker with a sash and door firm.

In the 1940 census, Randi and Thorstein lived in Inglewood City, California, in a house that they owned. Thorstein had been a carpenter for a cabinet manufacturing company. At the time of the census, he was no longer employed and was considered retired. The couple had lived in Los Angeles in 1935. Each had a sixth-grade education.

She died in Paradise, California, where she had lived for 7 years. Her obit (Chico Enterprise-Record, 6 Apr 1956) mentioned a surviving brother Ole Ellingboe of Minnesota. She and her family may not have known that Ole had died many years earlier.

Died:
Paradise

Rande married Thorsten KVÅLE on 14 Mar 1891 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Thorsten (son of Tosten Helgesson QVALE and Berit Gulbrandsdatter ØYLO) was born on 11 Jan 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Jun 1946 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born on Ellingbø Bøkko 33/3 and died on Nordeng 43/3 according to Trudy.

Gjartrud married Ole Torsteinsson SØNDROL in 1905. Ole (son of Torstein Olsson SÖNDROL and Ragndi Olsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 5 Apr 1864 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Dec 1936 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1960-MN-015883

Notes:

Born on Ellingbø Bøkko 33/3 according to Trudy.

Came to the U.S. in 1896, coming first to Maynard. Worked first for the Great Northern Railroad.

In the 1900 census, Knudt, 24, and his brother (apparently) Ole, 22, are single men boarding with a family in Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. Knudt “Elingoe” is shown as having been born in Norway in February of 1876 and having come to the U. S. in 1896. His occupation is saloon keeper.

At this point, he is working for his uncle’s saloon in Granite Falls. He later bought out his uncle and was the sole owner until 1903 when he sold the saloon/hotel in Sacred Heart and “engaged in general merchandise. The venture was unfortunate.” He went back to Granite Falls and ran a saloon.

In the 1905 state census, Knut, Clara, and Brunelle are living on Baldwin Street in Granite Falls. Knut is a saloon keeper. They had lived in Granite Falls for a year-and-a-half.

He moved to Milaca in 1905.

In the 1910 census, Knute and his family live in Milaca where Knute is the manager of a hardware store. The family consists of Knute I., 34, Clara A., 24, Brunelle M., 5, Harvey I or Q., 3, and Christine C., 1. Knute and Clara had been married for 7 years and these three children are the only ones Clara had had. Knute is shown as having come to the U.S. in 1880.

This was the Ellingboe Hardware Company which he managed until 1912 when he and a partner bought the Milaca State Bank. He bought out that partner in 1919.

Knute registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Princeton. His occupation is “banker” for the Milaca State Bank. His nearest relative is his wife Clara Ann. Knute is described as being of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair. He was a naturalized citizen.

Knute applied for his first passport in August of 1919 in Minneapolis. He intended to visit Norway to “visit aged parents.” This six-week trip is mentioned in the October 23, 1919, edition of the Princeton Union.

A Knute Ellingboe is listed in the 1920 and 1921 Minneapolis city directories at 2834 Chicago Avenue.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Knudt Ellingboe of Milaca. He was a member of the Samband between 1905 and 1916.

In the 1920 census, Knute is shown as a bank president in Milaca. Although he is married, there is no wife listed as living with him. By that time, his wife Clara and their two children (Brunelle, 15, and Margaret, 10) are living in Minneapolis with Clara’s mother, Mary Austin.

Knute applied for a second passport on May 28, 1921, in Milaca. He was described as 45 years old, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, with blue eyes and a “regular” forehead and “regular” nose with a “straight, firm” mouth and a “square” chin. His hair was dark brown and “turning grey.” He had a ruddy complexion with an “oval, broad” face. He had the distinguishing mark of a “small wart inside right eyebrow.” In this application, he states that he came to the U.S. aboard the Christiania on May 1, 1896, and that he had resided, uninterruptedly, in Milaca for 16 years between 1905 and 1921. He conceded that his first passport, issued in Minneapolis in August of 1919, was “used and cancelled in visiting Norway.” Knute also states in this application that he was naturalized as a citizen of the U.S. in Granite Falls. He intends to leave from New York, aboard the Bergensfjord, on June 17, 1921.

On June 19, 1923, Knute served as the identifier for August Stromberg’s application for a U.S. passport. Knute, claiming that he resided in Milaca, the home of the applicant, said that he had known August Stromberg for 18 years and vouched for his identity.

In the 1930 census, Knute and his family lived on 2nd Avenue in Milaca where he was a loan agent for a trust company. The family lived in a house that Knute owned and that was valued at $5500. The family consisted of Knut, 53, Thora, 40, Robert T., 6, and Bertha E., 5. Thora was first married at age 32. Knute is shown as having come to the U. S. in 1905.

In the 1940 census, Knute and Thora and their two children lived in Milaca in the same house they had lived in in 1935. Thora’s father lives with them. Knute was an agent for an investors syndicate and earned $1025 in 1939. Knute had an eighth-grade education, Thora had had two years of college.

In the 1945 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, Knute and Thora live at 806 Forest Ave. Knute is a salesman.

In the 1948, 1950, and 1953 Rice County directories, Knute and Thora live at 915 W. 2nd Street in Northfield. Knute was a janitor at St. Olaf College.

In the 1950 census, Knute and Thora live at 915 W. 2nd Street in Northfield. He works as a custodian at an art barn at a college. Their household also includes Thora’s father and 8 lodgers, all of whom are probably students at St. Olaf. Those eight students, all either 19 or 20 years old, are: George K Lindberg, David Huseth, Robert Wrede, Owen Hawley, William Kopperud, Robert Hauge, Donald Maland, and Donald Myrald.

In the 1957 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, Knute and Thora were still at 915 W 2nd. Knute was an office worker for Edwin L Parson.



Knut’s last trip to Norway was in the summer of 1954. He arrived back in New York on 19 Jul 1954 from Oslo. An earlier trip was in 1919, right after the war. He arrived back in New York on October 7, 1919, aboard the S.S. Vangerfjord which had departed Kristiania on September 27, 1919. He went again in 1922. He arrived back in New York on September 9, 1921, aboard the S.S. Aquitania which had departed from Southampton on September 3rd.



An obit in the Faribault newspaper, via the Dalby Database:

Funeral services for Knute Ellingboe, 84, who died Thursday evening in Northfield Memorial hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at St. John's Lutheran church. Rev. B. R. Biorn will officiate and burial will be in Oaklawn cemetery. Friends may call at the Anderson Funeral Home Sunday afternoon and evening, and at the church one hour before the church service.

An obit in the Northfield News, via the Dalby Database:

Ellingboe Knute Northfield News Aug/1960 Knute Ellingboe, 84, died -unexpectedly Thursday evening, Aug. 4, I960, at Northfield Hospital after a four-day illness. The death was due to a heart attack. The final illness occurred just as Mr. Ellingboe’s son, the Rev.
Theodore Ellingboe, was to leave on his return trip to the mission field in Cameroon, Africa, after spending his furlough in the United States. Pastor Ellingboe had planned to leave Northfield on Friday, he and his family to fly from New York on August 12. He will now leave on Tuesday, the day after the funeral of his father.

The funeral was held Monday afternoon, Aug. 8, at St. Johns Lutheran church where Mr. Ellingboe was a member. The Rev. Boral R. Biorn conducted the service. The Anderson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in Oaklawn cemetery, with James O. Caulfield, E. L. Parson, Rudolph Zanmiller, H. B. Jacobson, Adolph Olson and Ivar Brujord as pallbearers.

Mr. Ellingboe was born February 2, I876, in Valdres, Norway, the son of Ivar and Berit Ellingboe. He came to the United States in 1896, settling first at Granite Falls where he was engaged in farming. Later he became an employe of the Milaca Hardware company, then cashier of the Milaca State bank. For several years he was president of the bank. From 1930 till 1936, he managed farms that belong to a fraternal insurance group, the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was employed by Investors Syndicate from 1936 until 1940. After coming to Northfield in 1940, he represented Lutheran Brotherhood. During World War II, he worked in shipyards at San Francisco, Calif. Later he was employed at St. Olaf College and as bookkeeper by the Dan Hansen Plumbing company. Recently he had been employed in the insurance and realty office of E. L. Parson. He is survived by his wife, the former Thora Larson of Brooklyn, N. Y. to whom he was married on July 10,1922, in Minneapolis; by one son, Theodore; one daughter, Miss Betty Ellingboe of Minneapolis; two grandchildren; a brother, Ivar, who lives in Norway; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Steile of Minneapolis and Ambjor of Norway.

Miss Betty ElIingboe, who was engaged in work for The American Lutheran Church in the Seattle, Wash. area when she learned of
her fathers illness, arrive by plane Friday morning.

(Note that this obit makes no mention of the children by his first wife.)

Buried:
buried section F 212 5

Knute married Clara Ann AUSTIN on 30 Apr 1903 in Renville County, Minnesota, and was divorced about 1920. Clara (daughter of Hans AUSTIN and Mary RUST) was born on 24 Jan 1886 in Wisconsin; died on 27 Feb 1969 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knute married Thora B LARSEN on 9 Jul 1922 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Thora (daughter of Theodore LARSEN and Bertha SIQULAND) was born on 18 Nov 1889 in New York; died on 16 Jun 1978 in Multnomah County, Oregon; was buried on 24 Jun 1978 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Oct 1877, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Never married.

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3, Ellingbø, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

The Vang church book emigration record shows an Ole Iverson Ellingboe, b. 1877, konf. 15 May 1892, emigrating in 1900, perhaps leaving Vang on March 23rd. Marit Andersdatter Ellingboe (#5768), b. 1883, also left at about the same time.

Arrived at Ellis Island on April 11, 1900, aboard the S.S. Oceanic which had sailed from Liverpool on April 4th. Traveling with him on the Oceanic was his friend from Vang, Andris A. Belsheim. Anders Andersen Belsheim, b. 1866, had left Vang on the same day as Ole Ivarson.

In the 1900 U.S. census, Ole was rooming with his brother Knudt with a family in Renville County, Sacred Heart Twp.

In the 1908-1909 city directory for Albuquerque, he is Olie Elingbo, lather, who rooms at 524 S 1st.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, at the Local Board, Renville County, Olivia, Minnesota, and was living in Maynard at the time. He worked and lived on the farm of Endre A. Ellingboe, Route 1, Maynard. He gave as his nearest relative Knute Ellingboe of Milaca. Ole was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and dark brown hair.

In the 1918 Alien Registration, he was probably the Ole Ellingbo, age 40, of Butterfield in Watonwan County, Minnesota.

In the 1920 census, he was still single and was a boarder with the Ole Johnson family in Granite Falls. His occupation is lather.

He is probably the Ole Ellingbo who was the subject of an article in the May 22, 1921, edition of the Alburquerque Journal. The article described a legal suit filed by Ellingbo to recover $108.50 of an unpaid bill for construction services.

Died:
according to the FamilySearch New Mexico Deaths 1889-1945 database

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1879, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born on Ellingbø Bøkko 33/3 according to Trudy.

Not listed with her family in the 1900 Norwegian census.

Birth:
other sources incorrectly say November 8th

Maren married Ola Knutsen BØE in 1920. Ola (son of Knut Olsen BREKKUN and Berit Johannesdatter NORDLAND) was born on 10 Jun 1881 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Feb 1958 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1964-MN-007546

Notes:

Born on Ellingbø Bøkko 33/3 according to Trudy.

She arrived in New York on May 31, 1907, aboard the S.S. Oceanic which had departed Liverpool on May 22, 1907. She was a maid destined for Milaca, home of her brother, Knut Ivarsen Ellingbö, who had paid for her ticket to the U.S. She was in good health, 5 feet 2.5 inches tall, with blonde complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair. She was travelling with her distant cousin, Kristoffer Ellingbö, brother of Jøger Ellingboe.

She and Anna were living at 2408 24th Avenue in south Minneapolis at the time of the 1920 census. Bertha was a hairdresser in a beauty parlor. Bertha came to the U.S. in 1907.

In the 1930 census, Bertha was living in an apartment on Spruce Avenue in Minneapolis with her daughter and her daughter’s two children. Bertha is a hairdresser in a “hair shop.”



In the 1940 census, Bertha Steile, a 58 year-old widow, lived at 2325 Washington Avenue N in the same rented apartment that she lived in in 1935. She was irregularly employed as a handicraft worker for a WPA sewing project.

Bertha died as the widow of John Steile. She died of uremia at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ann Stanley, 4501 Adair Avenue North. Her obit said that she had 5 grandsons and 18 great-grandchildren.

Died:
at Crystal Lake Rest Home in Robbinsdale

Berit married John Ovesson STEILE on 4 Dec 1908 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. John (son of Ove Bøyesson STEILE and Anne Kristoffersdatter KVAM) was born on 16 Mar 1883 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 May 1914 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 8 May 1914 in Layman’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born on Ellingbø Bøkko 33/3 according to Trudy.

He inherited the family farm in Vang.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, he is shown as the owner of Bakkene 33/3 in Vang. LIving with him on the farm are his two unmarried sisters Ambjørg and Maren and his parents.

Ivar married Margrete Olsdatter GRØV in 1914. Margrete (daughter of Ola Knutsen VEFLEN and Margrethe Bøyesdatter KATTEVOLD) was born on 11 Dec 1895 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Dec 1974 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born on Ellingbø Bøkko 33/3 according to Trudy.

Notes:

Born on Ellingbø Bøkko 33/3 according to Trudy.

Resided in Sjåk, Gudbrandsdalen, Oppland.

Ambjorg married Ola LINDSHEIM in 1923. Ola died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1966-MN-001047
• Baptism: 24 May 1874, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Anne married Thrond (Thomas) S SOINE on 2 Jun 1900 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Thrond (son of Sigurd Kristofferson (Syver C) SOINE and Synneva Trondsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 23 Oct 1871 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; died on 1 Nov 1959 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jul 1877, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Christine HEDIN. Christine was born on 8 Nov 1882 in Minnesota; died on 9 Oct 1972 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he was a physician living with his wife and his wife’s sister in Chicago.

Died:
indexed as Dr. Gilbert T Haugen

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1985-MN-009055

Notes:

Single and living with her parents in the 1910 census.

She married a third cousin.

The informant for her death certificate was Walter Ellingboe of Route 1, Maynard. Thea died of pneumonia.

Died:
Clara City Nursing Home

Thea married Iver H ELLINGBOE on 5 Jan 1916 in Renville County, Minnesota. Iver (son of Helge (Henry) Trondsen ELLINGBOE and Marit (Mary) Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD) was born on 28 Jan 1889 in Granite Falls, Minnesota; died on 13 May 1973 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with his parents in the 1910 census.

Farming in Wang Twp in the 1920 census.

Birth:
SSDI says he was born 27 Jun, MHS says he was born 7 June, draft registration says 7 June

Martin married Eva Sylvia SOINE on 26 Nov 1916 in Renville County, Minnesota. Eva (daughter of Iver S SOINE and Sarah Sjugurddatter STRAND) was born on 19 Jan 1898 in Minnesota; died on 7 Feb 1987 in Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed with his parents in the 1910 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-32586
• Baptism: 12 Nov 1905, Granite Falls, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 6 Jul 1919, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Notes:

According to the birth certificate for this child (no name), his father was Thomas Ellingboe, 32, a saloon worker, and his mother was Ada Anderson, 24.

His mother is Minnie Anderson. In the 1910 census, he is the grandson living with the Salomon Anderson family in Granite Falls, Chippewa County.

In the 1920 census, Minnie and Salmo are roomers with the Peter Peterson family in Granite Falls. Minnie is a bookkeeper, perhaps at a telephone or telegraph office.

In the 1928 Portland city directory, he is a clerk at PF&PCo and lives with his mother at 1255 E Pine.

In the 1930 Portland directory, he is a salesman for JCPenney and lives in Beaverton.

He was called Sol sometimes in Portland.

In the 1930 census, Minnie and Salmo are living in a house that they own in Washington County, Oregon, outside of the city of Beaverton. Salmo is a salesman in a department store.

In the 1934 Portland city directory, he lives with his wife and mother at 2031 N Watts, Apt. 1. He is an assistant manager for JCPCo (presumably, J C Penney Co.).

In the 1941 Portland city directory, he is an assistant manager with JCPCo. He and Hazel T live at 4526 S E Franklin.

He was president of the local Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s.

In the 1950 census, he and his family live in Albany, Linn County, Oregon. He was the manager of a retail clothing store.

In the 1951 Nampa, Idaho, city directory, he and Hazel lived at 1408 11th Avenue S. He was a manager at Penneys. Norma Ellingboe, student, also lived at that address.

In the 1953 Caldwell, Idaho, city directory, he and Hazel lived at 1408 11th Avenue S. He was a manager for J C Penney Co.

In the 1956 and 1957 Napa city directory, he is Salmo K Ellingboe, wife Hazel G, living at 24 Montecito Boulevard. He is a manager for the J C Penney Co.

He is probably the Salmo K. Ellingboe, Sr., wife Hazel, who lived at 1800 Atrium Parkway, and at 47 Griggs Lane, in Napa, California, in the 1990s.

A graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1997, in Lincoln Memorial Park for Salmo Kenneth Ellingboe, who died Feb. 7 at age 91.

Mr. Ellingboe was born Sept. 14, 1905, in Montevideo, Minn. He attended the University of Minnesota. He moved to Portland in 1927 and worked for Pacific Fruit and Produce. In 1928, he joined J.C. Penney Co. and was assistant manager from 1933 to 1941. He was manager of the Albany store until 1950 and of the Nampa, Idaho, store until 1954. He moved to Napa, Calif., and was manager until retirement in 1960. He was a representative for Hannaford & Talbot Co. and First California Co.

Surviving are his wife of 66 years, Hazel G.; son, S. Kenneth of Modesto, Calif.; daughters, Norma Fitzgerald of Greenville, S.C., and Carol Joseph of Newport; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

He was a Mason.

Salmo married Hazel Germaine CADIGAN on 9 Oct 1931 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Hazel was born on 10 Jan 1911 in Montana; died on 9 Jan 2002 in Napa, Napa County, California; was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“died young of tuberculosis”

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Died:
as Iola Warford

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

Notes:

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

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

From her entry in Find A Grave:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

A service will be held later in Tioga, ND.

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
or 9 Feb

Notes:

Or Justine

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

Notes:

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

One child.

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

He and Beulah had no children.

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

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

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1968-MN-015787

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Died:
as Eva S. Soine

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1948-MN-018274

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

Buried:
Section J, Site 1423

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

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

Notes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1912-24751

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Family/Spouse: Ione Lorraine BORENE. Ione was born on 22 Aug 1920 in Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 9 Feb 1986 in Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota; was buried in Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 12 Dec 1915, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Confirmation:
Vang Lutheran Church

Cora married Herman M HUSBYN on 3 Oct 1928 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Caroline Ann FISCHER. Caroline was born on 13 Jun 1913 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 30 Nov 2006 in Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-08403

Notes:

Called John in the 1930 census.

Notes:

In the 1940 census, she and Leroy lived in Faribault. Myrtle was a house maid.

Birth:
According to the death index

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

Notes:

Not listed with his father in the 1910 census.

Loyd married Margaret DINNEEN in 1956. Margaret was born in 1900 in Brown County, Minnesota; died in 1984 in Brown County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Orline.

Gerhard married Ella Birgetta LUNDQUIST on 31 Dec 1945 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. Ella was born on 21 May 1923; died on 12 Apr 2013 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kirk says Springfield, Illinois

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Baptism:
Trinity Lutheran

Confirmation:
Trinity Lutheran

Died:
Westerville

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

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Baptism:
Blue Mounds Lutheran Chuch

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-08886

Notes:

Of Farmington at the time of his father’s death.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-08547

Notes:

Of Cannon Falls at the time of his father’s death.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1914-10116
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1970-MN-030383

Notes:

Mrs. Ed Kimbrel of St. Paul at the time of her father’s death.

Birth:
as Berit Marian

Died:
as Beatrice

Family/Spouse: Ed KIMBREL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1982-MN-006343

Notes:

Of St. Peter at the time of his father’s death.

Died:
SSDI last residence Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

She probably married Joseph Flom and died on 4 November 1928 with burial in Urland Cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-08459
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1985-MN-024839
• Baptism: 12 Nov 1905, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 28 Nov 1920, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Family/Spouse: Arthur A EGLAND. Arthur (son of Ole EGLAND and Martha W) was born on 18 Jan 1900 in Illinois; died on 4 Feb 1976 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1908-08825
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1985-MN-011040
• Baptism: 17 Feb 1908, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 21 Oct 1923, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name shown as Svien on birth certificate.

In the 1950 census, he was head of a farm household in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. The rest of the household was his unmarried brother Edward, his married brother Erik, Erik’s wife Doris, and Erik and Doris’s daughter Karen. Iver had been educated through the 7th grade.

Buried as Ivar John.

From the Dalby Database:

Ellingboe Ivar J. Northfield News Apr/1985 Ivar Johan Ellingboe, 77, formerly of the Dennison area, died Monday, April 8, 1985, at the Dilley Unit of Northfield Hospital where he had resided 7 1/2 years. Ellingboe was born Feb. 3, 1908, at Dennison, the son of Erick and Johanna (Svien) Ellingboe. He attended rural Goodhue County schools and as an adult, farmed near Dennison. He was known for his special love for animals. He farmed as long as his health permitted. He never married. He was a life-long member of Vang Lutheran Church. Surviving him are a brother, Edward of Dennison; a sister, Amanda Egland of Northfield Retirement Center; a sister-in-law, Doris Ellingboe of Northfield; a niece, Karen Schuette (Mrs. Dale) of Northfield; a nephew, Arlie Egland of Dennison. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Erick. A funeral service was held April 11 at Vang Lutheran Church with the Rev. Curtis Schneider officiating. Ruth Hinderaker was the organist and special music was presented by the Dilley Unit staff. Burial was at Vang Lutheran Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dale Schuette, Arnold Ellingboe, Arlie Egland, Carroll Bestul, Myron Heggedahl, and Morris Johnson. Arrangements were handled by Benson Funeral Home.

Buried:
252 HN 4 S

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1910-08913
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1996-MN-014579
• Baptism: 20 Nov 1910, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 8 Nov 1925, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Or Edward Joel. Registered for the draft as Edward Joal.

Veteran of World War II, U.S. Army.

He may be the Edw Ellingboe in the 1948 Minneapolis city directory who lived at 2428 Nicollet Avenue. He was an office worker.

An obit in the Faribault Daily News:

Edward Ellingboe, 85, of Northfield, died Tuesday, April 23, 1996, at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Vang Lutheran Church, rural Dennison, with the Rev. Gerald Gengenbach officiating. Burial will be in Vang Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. today in Benson Funeral Home, Northfield. He was born on Oct. 9, 1910, to Erick and Johanna (Svien) Ellingboe in Dennison. He attended Dennison Public Schools. He never married. With the exception of his time in the U.S. Army, he lived and farmed on the family farm east of Dennison all his life until moving into Northfield three years ago. He retired from farming in 1977. He was a a member of Vang Lutheran Church and was a veteran of World War II. He is survived by a sister-in-law, Doris Ellingboe of Northfield , a niece, Karen (and Dale) Schuette of Northfield; and a nephew, Arlie Egland of Dennison. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Ivar and Erick; and one sister, Amanda Egland.

Buried:
252 HN 4

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1913-10122
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1983-MN-019008
• Social Security Number: 473-40-9625
• Baptism: 18 Jan 1914, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 21 Oct 1928, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Other sources, including his death certificate, shows his year of birth as 1914. However, the birth certificate ought to be authoritative. He is also shown as 6 years old in the 1920 census.

Veteran of WWII.

In the 1950 census, he and his wife and daughter lived on a farm in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, for which the head of household was his older brother Iver. The household also contained his younger brother Edward.

Erick was a janitor and food service worker at St. Olaf College from 1959 to 1972 according to the Northfield city directory.

Zip Code of last known address: 55057 Northfield, MN. Although he initially lived in Dennison, he had moved to Northfield by 1964 and lived for many years at 212 N. Linden St.

An obit in the Faribault newspaper, via the Dalby Database:

Erick Ellingboe, 69, Northfield, died Friday, June 3 at the Northfield City Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at the Vang Lutheran Church with the Rev. Curtis Snyder officiating. Burial will be in the Vang Church Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Benson-Anderson Funeral Home 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and at the church one hour prior to services on Monday. He is survived by his wife, Doris; a daughter, Mrs. Dale (Karen) Schuette of Northfield; two brothers, Iver Ellingboe of Northfield and Edward Ellingboe of Dennison; and a sister, Mrs. Amanda Egland of Northfield.

An obit in the Northfield News, via the Dalby Database:

Ellingboe Erick Northfield News 08/Jun/1983 Erick Ellingboe, 68, 212 N. Linden, died at the Northfield City Hospital Friday, June 3, 1983. He was born Dec.15, 1914, to Erick and Johanna (Svien) Ellingboe at Dennison. He attended rural Goodhue County schools. He was married to Doris Zimmerman June 14, 1947. He farmed near Dennison before moving to Northfield several years ago. He was a custodian at St. Olaf College for 22 years. He was a member of Vang Lutheran Church and the Northfield Eagles. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He is survived by his wife, Doris; a daughter, Karen Schuette (Mrs. Dale), Northfield; two brothers, Iver Ellingboe, Northfield, and Edward Ellingboe, Dennison; and one sister, Amanda Egland, Northfield. The funeral service was Monday, June 6, at Vang Lutheran Church with the Rev. Curtis C. Schneider officiating. The organist was Helen Midje and the vocalist was Jimmilee Miller. Interment was in the Vang Lutheran Cemetery with full military rites. Pallbearers were Ron Taubman, Arlie Eg- land, Arnold Ellingboe, James Hauge, William Dugan and John Esfeld. Arrangements were made by the Benson-Anderson Funeral Home.

Birth:
Find A Grave says 15 Dec 1914

Erick married Doris Anna ZIMMERMAN on 14 Jun 1947 in Rice County, Minnesota. Doris was born on 30 Aug 1928 in Rice County, Minnesota; died on 3 Jul 2023 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1941-MN-004714

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she was ten years old and living with her widowed mother Randi Svien in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

Birth:
She was 6 months old in the 1910 census.

Ida married Oscar DETLIE on 16 Jan 1932 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Oscar was born on 23 May 1906 in Minnesota; died on 29 Apr 1974 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Faribault Daily News, Nov. 15, 1947:

Burial services for S 1/C Evan Brekken were conducted at the Vang cemetery, Friday, November 14 at 2 o'clock following the arrival of the casket in Kenyon in the morning from Kansas City, Mo. Leo C. Dangers, guard of honor, accompanied the remains, and served as one of the pallbearers. Other pallbearers were Herman Aase, Jim Feeley, Shirley Cole, Clair Knowlton and Oscar Jorstad of Kenyon. Full military services were conducted by Joseph A. Gates Post No. 78 of the American Legion and Conrad Osthum Post No. 141, Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Kenyon. At the services Mrs. Brekken was presented with the flag by the honor guard. Rev. Crouch, American Legion chaplain, had charge of the services with Rev. Virgil T. Foss of Kenyon representing Vang church in the absence of Rev. Egge, who is recovering from an operation. Taps were sounded by Ronald Teigen. A firing squad took part in the services and sounded the final salute.

Evan Benhart Brekken, S 1/C, son of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Brekken who live near Wangs, was killed in action at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii, while at his station, on December 7, 1941, in the first Japanese attack. He is survived, besides his parents, by four sisters: Mrs. Sanford Sunde of Faribault, Mrs. Vernon Reko, Mrs. Harold Lenway and Miss Avis Brekken of Kenyon; also five brothers, Austin, Wilfred and Ormenzo of Dennison, Lyle of Faribault and Levi of Portland, Oregon. He was the first Warsaw man killed in action in World War II and perhaps the first in Goodhue county. His parents received letters of sympathy from his commanding officer and from his shipmates. He was awarded the Order of the Purple Heart, the American Defense medal and World War II Victory medal, posthumously. Memorial services were held in Vang church, Sunday, Oct. 25, 1942. Seaman Brekken entered the U.S. naval training station at Great Lakes, Ill., October 17, 1940. He graduated November 25, 1940 and was transferred to the USS Pennsylvania at Bremerton, Washington, Dec. 6, 1940.

Notes:

Birth:
Shown as age 2 in 1900 census

Ida married Austin STRAND on 11 Jul 1921 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Austin (son of Ole Olson STRAND and Martha TUFTE) was born on 11 Jul 1890 in Northfield Twp, Rice County, Minnesota; died on 20 Apr 1951 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2016-MN-024663

Notes:

Fremont Frazee of Fergus Falls, age 98, passed away on July 28, 2016, at PioneerCare. He was born on November 1, 1917 to Harry and Susie Frazee in Pelican Rapids, MN.

Fremont was a no-frills, independent-minded man. He lived his life on his terms, with his family and faith at the forefront. If his life was made into a movie, the song “My Way”, sung by Frank Sinatra, would be the theme song.

His parents and grandparents were involved in flour milling, lumber milling, and banking in northern Minnesota. Fremont began his work life at the age of 12, necessitated by the losses his family endured as a result of the Great Depression. He was a news boy for the Minneapolis Tribune. He continued in this role until he graduated from Pelican High School in 1935. After graduating, he moved to Thief River where he supervised delivery of the Tribune for northern Minnesota. He developed close relationships with the newsboys he supervised and remained in contact with some of them his entire life. He joined the US Army when World War II began. He served as an operating room technician/medic in northern France and England. Many stories were told of his experiences in the war and he remained in contact with several friends that he met during the war throughout his life.

When he returned from his service in World War II, he began his career as a wholesale produce dealer. He delivered locally grown produce (a novel idea at the time), mostly potatoes, to area stores, restaurants, schools, and nursing homes. He continued in this job until larger companies took over that market. The most important event that occurred when he returned from World War II was meeting Pauline Ekeberg in 1948 in Pelican Rapids. After several years of courtship, they married in 1953 in Ft. Collins, CO. This was followed by a six-week honeymoon along the West Coast. They began their married lives in Pelican Rapids and at Fish Lake. They later moved to Fergus Falls, where they have lived for over 50 years. They had three children: Paula, Linda, and Jana. He was very proud of his children and later, his 3 grandchildren, Luke, Ryan, and Laura, children of Paula and Dan. There was nothing more important to him than attending their events and supporting their endeavors. Linda, their Down Syndrome daughter, held a very special place in his heart. She passed away in December of 2015 and was missed terribly.

Fremont enjoyed travel with his family, especially visiting extended family across the country. He insisted on family pictures to commemorate those events and every other family event, much to the dismay, at times, of those involved. He also loved tape recording/interviewing family members, friends, and sometimes even tour guides at places the family visited. He was always curious and enjoyed learning as much as he could about where we were.

One of his favorite places to be was Fish Lake, north of Pelican Rapids. He purchased the land where their cabin still stands in the 1940s. It has been the go-to gathering place for family and extended family from the beginning. One of his favorite memories was of their young grandchildren running to greet them when they got to the lake. It continues to be a gathering place for family to this day.

Another one of Fremont’s loves was big band Jazz! He saw almost every well-known jazz band from his era, with the exclusion of Glenn Miller, which he still regretted into his 90s! He even went to see Louie Armstrong in Fargo the week after his first daughter was born, leaving his wife and daughter behind. You can see why their marriage lasted 63 years ~ his wife, Pauline, understood the importance of his passion! When he was in basic training and/or leave in the Army, he would often visit New York and, and as a soldier in uniform, was given the royal treatment when attending jazz events. He never had any qualms about starting up a conversation with anyone, and would simply walk up to the bands and visit with the band members during their breaks. Another favorite memory of his was when he was assigned to be an army escort for Jimmy Durante when he was performing in a club in New York City.

Fremont was a voracious reader, especially non-fiction. If he finished a book he was reading, an encyclopedia was just as fun until he got his next book! He had a terrific memory for facts, dates, and people that amazed many, even until his last day when he recalled the family members of his Hospice nurse who grew up in Pelican Rapids over 60 years ago.

He will be terribly missed by his family and those that knew him. As Clarence said in “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “A man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?” There is/will be a definite hole in many of our lives. But, quoting from “It’s a Wonderful Life” again, “All you can take with you is that which you've given away... that things of true worth are not measured in dollars, but in the currency of friendship and family, and the good karma one puts out into the world.” He gave so many so much, most of which did not cost a dime or give him any recognition. He has now received his reward. May he rest in peace.

Fremont is survived by his wife, Pauline Frazee of Fergus Falls; daughters, Paula (Dan Sperling) Frazee-Sperling and Jana Frazee, all of Fargo, ND; and grandchildren, Luke (Megan) Sperling of Omaha, NB, Ryan Sperling and Laura Sperling, both of Fargo, ND.

Died:
Pioneer Care Center, Fergus Falls

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

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

Raised and educated in the Turtle Lake area.

Birth:
Wilton

Died:
Medcenter One Care Center, Mandan

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

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

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he was living with his mother in Northfield.

In the 1950 census, he and Evelyn and their daughter lived in Dubuque, Iowa. Willis worked as a grinder for a farm implements company.

He lived in Tacoma at the time of his step-father’s death (George Meyer) in 1987.

Family/Spouse: Evelyn BENNETTE. Evelyn was born about 1926 in Nebraska; died in Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The St. John’s Lutheran Church’s burial record suggests that Harold may not have been baptized.

Donald married Carol Delores STEINHOUSER on 17 Nov 1956 in King County, Washington. Carol (daughter of John George STEINHOUSER and Caroline FRANKLIN) was born on 1 Sep 1938 in Florida; died on 27 Mar 2014 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carol married Willliam Blaine TRAMEL on 28 Nov 1959 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carol married Joe Alan ZICK on 4 May 1974 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with his parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1910 census.

In the 1919 Seattle city directory, as Thorsten A Kvale, he and Bertha live at 3959 Holden. He is a carpenter.

He is not living with his parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1920 census. He was in Seattle when his son was born and was living in Menomonie, Wisconsin, when his son died.

In the 1930 census he was Thorstein Kvale. He and his family lived at 1715 Raynor in Joliet Twp, Will County, Illinois. His occupation was building estimator.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife, their two daughters, and his mother-in-law lived in Los Angeles. He was a contractor in building construction. Everyone in the household had lived in Joliet, Illinois, five years earlier.

On June 7, 1956, he and his wife Frances, b. 3 Apr 1908, arrived in Southampton, England, aboard the S.S. Liberte for a 10 day visit. He is shown as a contractor, she as a housewife. She is a U.S. citizen, he is shown as “stateless.” They arrived back in New York on 10 Aug 1956, aboard the S.S. Ile de France, having saled from Le Havre on August 3rd. Their address was 728 W Windsor Avenue in Phoenix.

He and Frances are included in the 1956 and 1957 Phoenix city directories as living at the 728 W Windsor address. His business in the Kvale Building and Engineering Construction. In the 1957 directory, he is a building and construction engineer for the U.S. government.

Died:
last residence

Buried:
with Helen Fischbach Kvale, 1912-2004

Thorsten married Bertha WICKMAN about 1917. Bertha was born on 23 Nov 1896 in Maine; died on 8 Aug 1976 in Marin County, California; was buried in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thorsten married Frances WILKES on 6 Aug 1949 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. Frances was born on 3 Apr 1908 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan; died in Jan 1971 in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Helen Leone FISCHBACH. Helen was born on 5 Feb 1912 in Illinois; died on 24 May 2004 in California; was buried in Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa, McLean County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Minnesota Births and Christenings entry for this event contains the notation “delayed certificate of birth filed 31 Mar 1958.”

She is 12 year-old Bertha in the 1905 Minnesota state census.

In the 1920 census, she and her husband live in Bricelyn in Faribault County, Minnesota. They have no children. Living with the couple were Bertha’s two sisters, Hannah and Marie.

In the 1930 census, she and her husband and their two daughters live in Bricelyn.

In the 1940 census, she and her (apparently still) husband live in Bricelyn. Their two daughters are listed but shown as absent, presumably away at college. Bertha has an eighth grade education. She and her husband are listed as separate households.

Birth:
per Minnesota Births and Christenings in FamilySearch and Ancestry, as Bertha

Died:
California deaths as Bertha King

Buried:
Find A Grave

Bertha married Hjalmar Waldemar SYBILRUD on 13 Mar 1918 in Ramsey County, Minnesota, and was divorced about 1940. Hjalmar (son of Edward SYBILRUD and Randi BURTNESS) was born on 29 Jan 1894 in Waseca County, Minnesota; died on 2 Oct 1976 in Hidalgo County, Texas; was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bertha married Zerah P KING on 27 Jan 1957 in San Bernardino County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1907-54-2264

Notes:

Ragna is buried on private land in Hickory Twp, Pennington County, Minnesota. The exact location is in a farm field in a small copse about 1200 feet west of 380th Avenue SE and about 4000 feet south of 120th Street SE. Ragna’s grave is marked by a relatively modern steel marker. See photos.

Ragna died from “stomach complications” at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 20 days. The death certificate did not say where she would be buried. Her brother’s death certificate said “Trail, Minnesota.”

Buried:
private grave

Notes:

Somewhat speculative, based on cemetery record in the Dalby database. However, including him is consistent with his mother’s number of children and dead children in the 1900 and 1910 censuses.

Birth:
“age 15 mos.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1899, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Living with his parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.

Called Edward in his mother’s obituary.

Baptism:
St. John’s in Northfield

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Feb 1901, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Living with her parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1920 census. She is a nurse in a hospital. In that census, she was also recorded as a nurse living with her sister Bertha Sybilrud, wife of Hjalmar Sybilrud, in Bricelyn, Minnesota. Also living in that Bricelyn household was Bertha’s and Marie’s sister Hannah.

In the 1930 census, she and her husband live at 5337 30th Avenue, across the street from her parents in south Minneapolis. Lowell was a bookkeeper for a steam railroad. They had no children.

In January of 1936, she was Mrs. Marie Leffingwell of Minneapolis.

She is the Marie S. Wessling who died in California in 2001.

Baptism:
St. John’s in Northfield, as Sigrid Marie

Marie married Lowell LEFFINGWELL on 20 Sep 1922 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Lowell was born on 15 Nov 1887 in Minnesota; died on 14 Feb 1944 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1902-22131

Notes:

No name on her birth certificate. Shown as child #7.

In the 1920 census, she was living with her sister Bertha Sybilrud, wife of Hjalmar Sybilrud, in Bricelyn, Minnesota. Also living in that household was Bertha’s and Hannah’s sister Marie.

Hannah G., Theresa, and Rudolph live in Los Angeles in the 1930 census at 3044 West Summit Street in an apartment they’re renting along with Emma Rasmussen, 24, “partner.” Hannah is a nurse, Theresa is a bookkeeper for a lumber company, Rudolph is an office clerk for a manufacturing concern, and Emma is a nurse.

She was still unmarried and living in Los Angeles at the time of her sister Theresa’s death in January of 1936.

She may be the Hanna Krauch who died in Beaumont, California, on 20 Dec 2005.

Died:
last residence

Family/Spouse: Herbert Henry KRAUCH. Herbert was born on 27 Sep 1896 in Indiana; died on 11 Jan 1993 in Riverside County, California; was buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-23163
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1918-MN-013882

Notes:

No name on birth certificate.

Listed in the 1910 census but no others.

According to Stephanie, Harald is buried in the Nazareth Lutheran Church cemetery about a mile south from where his sister Ragna is buried. Stephanie says that Harald has a very small marker, about 4” x 8”, that is easy to miss.

According to his death certificate, Harald died from appendicitis. He was buried in “Trail, Minnesota.”

Birth:
death certificate says his birth date is 7 February

Died:
at Physicians General Hospital

Buried:
near Trail, Minnesota

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-20657

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe.

Hannah G., Theresa, and Rudolph live in Los Angeles in the 1930 census at 3044 West Summit Street in an apartment they’re renting along with Emma Rasmussen, 24, “partner.” Hannah is a nurse, Theresa is a bookkeeper for a lumber company, Rudolph is an office clerk for a manufacturing concern, and Emma is a nurse.

She is probably the Theresa Ruth Kvale who graduated from Los Angeles Polytechnic Evening High School on 20 Jun 1930.

The Kimber Family Tree has her dying in Kansas City on 24 Jan 1936 as Theresa Ruth Wilkinson.

She died of pneumonia.

Died:
as Theresa Ruth Wilkinson

Ruth married Everett A WILKINSON on 11 Jun 1930 in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Everett was born in 1903 in Missouri; died in 2005 in Johnson County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1909-21376

Notes:

Shown as child #10 of which 8 were still living.

According to his oldest daughter, he attended high school in Northfield. He wanted to attend West Point but was unable to find a sponsor so he went to the University of Minnesota instead. He got into a fight with his brother-in-law so he left Minnesota and came to lived with his older sisters in California.

Hannah G., Theresa, and Rudolph live in Los Angeles in the 1930 census at 3044 West Summit Street in an apartment they’re renting along with Emma Rasmussen, 24, “partner.” Hannah is a nurse, Theresa is a bookkeeper for a lumber company, Rudolph is an office clerk for a manufacturing concern, and Emma is a nurse.

In the 1950 census, Rudolph and his family live in San Francisco. He is the proprietor of a jewelry business.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth R MAYER. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward MAYER and Anna Magdalen POINSIGNON) was born on 2 Jan 1909 in Missouri; died on 18 Nov 1989 in San Francisco County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Named after her dead sister.

According to her sister Theresa’s obit, she was Mrs. Roy Foster of Bricelyn, Minnesota, in January ot 1936.

Family/Spouse: Roy Wayland FOSTER. Roy was born on 21 Feb 1903 in Faribault County, Minnesota; died on 21 Sep 1997 in Merced County, California; was buried in Mariposa District Cemetery, Mariposa, Mariposa County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1913-21855

Notes:

Shown as child #12, of which 10 were still living.

In the 1930 census, she is 16 and lives in Minneapolis with her parents and sister Ragna.

She was still unmarried and living in Los Angeles at the time of her sister Theresa’s death in January of 1936.

The Proffer Family Tree has her marrying in California on 13 Jun 1938.

The Kimber Family Tree has her marrying Chester Barnes and dying in California in 2001. The Agnes Barnes who died in Willits, California, on November 19, 2001, was a different Agnes.

Agnes married Chester M BARNES on 24 Dec 1953 in Ventura County, California. Chester was born about 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Bygnaden 43/3. Emigrated to the U.S.

Olof applied for a passport in December of 1920. He needed it for a planned trip to Norway to see his parents on December 30th. At that time, he was an S C 1 C in the U.S. Navy, stationed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Massachusetts. He wanted his new passport to be sent to him, special delivery, at the U.S.S. Luce, #99, at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Olof claims that he emigrated to the U.S. on August 7, 1914, departing from Christiania, and spent 6 uninterrupted years in Minneapolis and in the U.S. Navy. He became a naturalized citizen in Boston on December 6, 1920.

In the 1924 Boston, Massachusetts, city directory, he was Olaf O Sondrol, U.S. Navy, residing at 2½ Mt Vernon Chsn.

In the 1925 Boston directory, he was a fish cutter living at 26A Concord Chsn.

In the 1926 and 1927 Boston directories, he was a carpenter living at 26A Concord Chsn.

The 1928 Boston directory says that he has “removed to Somv.”

In the 1929 Somerville, Massachusetts, city directory, he was a cook. He and Ruth live at 8 Hancock.

May be the Olaf O. Sondrol who was a cook on a U.S. Coast Guard vessel at the time of the 1930 census. He was married. In the census, he is stationed at Boston.

In the 1933 Somerville city directory, the entry for Olaf is “rem to Winthrop.”

In the 1935 Gloucester, Massachusetts, city directory, he was with the U S Coast Guard. He and Ruth lived at 9 Highland Place.

In the 1936 Mobile, Alabama, city directory, Olaf and Ruth live at 300 Conti, apartment 4. Olaf is a “chf guard.”

In the 1936 Gulfport, Mississippi, he and Ruth lived at 1612 19th Avenue. He was with the U S Coast Guard.

In the 1956 and 1958 and 1960 Lawrence, Massachusetts, city directories, Olof and Ruth live at 224 Hampshire.

Family/Spouse: Ruth. Ruth died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theodor married Kari Kristiansdatter TALLE in 1936. Kari was born on 6 Jan 1916 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1994 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The third of 8 children (6 boys, 2 girls).

In the 1928 Minneapolis city directory, he was a clerk for N T Flaten. He lived with his brother at 3936 25th Avenue S.

In the 1929 and 1930 city directories, he was a clerk for Janney, Semple, Hill & Co. He and his brother lived at 3936 25th Avenue S.

Probably the Iver Sondrol, roomer, living in Minneapolis in the 1930 census. He was 21 years old and working as a salesman for a hardware company. He had come to the U. S. in 1926. Living with him, also a roomer, was 20 year-old Knute Sondrol who had come to the U. S. in 1924. Knute was a shipping clerk for a mail order company. Together, the two young men lived at the house of the spinster sisters Mildred and Lillian Skattos at 3936 25th Avenue South.

In the 1934 Minneapolis city directory, Iver and Evelyn live at 639 E 17th, apartment 4. Iver is still a clerk with Janney Sample Hill.

In the 1939 and 1941 and 1942 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, city directories, Iver and Evelyn live at 2012 Bever Ave SE. Iver is a salesman.

In the 1950 and 1951 Cedar Rapids directories, Iver is a salesman. He and Evelyn live at 2056 Eastern Boulevard SE.

In the 1954 and 1956 and 1957 and 1958 Cedar Rapids directories, he and Evelyn still live at 2056 Eastern Boulevard SE. He owns Sondrol’s Variety and Hardware at 1507 1st Avenue E.



His obit:

Iver O. Sondrol, 94, of 322 Liberty Drive SE, Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003, at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness.

Services are 3 p.m. today at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Burial will be at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, is handling the arrangements.

Mr. Sondrol was born July 4, 1908, in Vang, Valdres, Norway, the son of Ole and Gertrude Sondrol. He married Evelyn June 30, 1934, in Minneapolis.

He attended high school in Norway and at age 17 immigrated to the United States, arriving at Milaca, Minn., in March 1926. As a young man he worked on farms and in small businesses in Minnesota before moving to Minneapolis in 1927, where he met his wife. In 1933, he returned to Norway to visit his brothers and sisters, his mother and his ailing father.

In working to attain U.S. citizenship, he took night classes at the University of Minnesota. He began his career working for Janney-Semple-Hill, a hardware wholesale business, and continued that career as a hardware salesman on the road until 1952.

For 22 years, he and his wife owned and operated Sondrol's Variety & Hardware, Cedar Rapids. During that time, he was active in his church, community and in organizations such as the Sons of Norway.

Survivors include his wife; his children, Trudy Wasson of Eden Prairie, Minn., Hal Sondrol of Cedar Rapids and Iver Sondrol Jr. of Muscatine; six grandchildren, one of whom preceded him in death; and four great-grandchildren.

Iver married Evelyn Margrethe OAS on 30 Jun 1934 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Evelyn (daughter of Oscar Michelsen OAS and Emma BAKKE) was born on 14 Dec 1910 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 5 Sep 2007 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1928 and 1929 Minneapolis city directories, he was a messenger for Sears Roebuck & Co. He lived with his brother at 3926 25th Avenue S.

In the 1930 city directory, he was a stockman for Sears. He and Iver still lived at 3936 25th Avenue S.

In the 1943 La Crosse city directory, he and Pearle lived at 111 S 9th, apartment 101. Knute was a salesman, Pearle was a clerk for the National Youth Administration.

In the 1945 and 1950 La Crosse directories, he was a salesman. He and Pearle lived at 1139 Main.

In the 1953, 1955, and 1956 La Crosse directories, he was a salesman for Janney Semple Hill. He lived at 2617½ Main.

In the 1959 La Crosse city directory, Knute and Florence live at 2116 Redfield. Knute is a salesman.

His obit says that he came to the U. S. in 1924. He and his (second) wife lived in La Crosse before moving to Oelwein. “Survivors are his wife; three sons, Kenneth of Lake Jackson, Texas, John of Wichita, Kansas, and David of Oelwein; five grandchildren; two brothers, Iver of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Bjarne of Vang, Valdres, Norway; two sisters, Ragna Midtsveen of Oslo, Norway, and Birit Laklien of Deset, Norway. He was preceded in death by three brothers.”

Died:
Mercy Hospital

Knute married Pearl Minnie QUAM in 1939. Pearl was born on 15 Sep 1917 in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota; died on 14 Oct 1952 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin; was buried on 17 Oct 1952 in Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knute married F. FINSTAD [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]