Thomas K ELLINGBOE

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]

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:

She was Norma Ellingboe, a sophomore at Albany Union High School of Albany, Oregon, in its 1948 yearbook.

In the 1950 census, she was living at home with her parents and siblings and had worked the year before as a sales lady in a retail clothing store, probably during the summer. She was probably in high school at the time of the 1950 census.

In the 1951 Corvallis, Oregon, city directory, she was Norma J Ellingboe, student at OSC, living at 3002 Harrison.

In the 1951 Nampa, Idaho, city directory, she was a student living with her parents.

In the 1953 Caldwell, Idaho, city directory, she was a student living with her parents.

Of Multnomah County, Oregon, at the time that she married Victor Fitzgerald.

The Norma J Fitzgerald with this birth date lived at 4 Kendall St in Walpole, Massachusetts, in 1985, at 53 Gill St in Walpole in 1992, and at 1409 Roper Mountain Rd in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1995. At all of these addresses, she lived with Victor F Fitzgerald.

Norma’s obit said that “Norma and Vic’s life of adventure took them from Portland, Oregon, to Sacramento, California, to Boston, Massachusetts, to South Carolina, to San Antonio, and most recently to Dallas.”

Died:
Baylor Hospital in Grapevine

Norma married Victor F FITZGERALD on 2 Apr 1955 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. Victor was born on 24 Oct 1932; died in 2013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died from a rare form of meningitis.

Notes:

Or died August 7. Or born and died on August 8.