Ole O ELLINGBOE

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-015529
• Baptism: 26 Oct 1856, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 1871, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptismal sponsors for Ole were Tollev Olsson, Ole Tollevson, Ole Endresson, Marith Jögersdatter, and Randi Larsdotter, all (apparently) of Ellingboe farm. (See p. 47.)

The records of the Norway Lake Lutheran churches in Kandiyohi County show: “Ole Ellingboe, born in Bang, Balders. Came with his mother to Goodhue County in 1862 and to Norway Lake in 1868. Married Maria H. Gandrud, born in Spring Grove, Minnesota.”

As a young single man, he was a charter member of the West Norway Lake Lutheran Church.

He was a farmer in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1900 census. Came to the U.S. in 1862.

Claretta is not listed with the family in the 1905 census but an 18 year-old Martin Ellingboe is, as is a 28 year-old Alice Olson, servant.

In the 1910 census he was a farmer in Kerkhoven Twp. The household consisted of Ole, 53, Maria, 41, Herbert O., 14, Cornell M., 8, and a servant named Carl Hagen, 23. The couple had been married for 15 years. This was his 2nd marriage, her first. Ole came to the U.S. in 1862.

He is still farming in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1920 census.

He resided at Route 1, Sunburg, at the time of his death. His wife Mary was the informant for his death certificate. He died from stomach cancer. An exploratory surgery had been performed the previous April.

The will record for Ole O Ellingboe is recorded in the Swift County Will Records, Volume 003, 1920-1939, will year 1932.

Birth:
Several sources, including his death certficate, give the erroneous date of September 4th.

Confirmation:
“old log church near Norway Lake”

Ole married Maria O SONDROL on 4 Feb 1886 in Swift County, Minnesota. Maria was born in 1860 in Norway; died on 12 Jan 1892 in Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Inger Maria GANDRUD on 16 Jun 1894 in Swift County, Minnesota. Inger (daughter of Halvor Evenson GANDRUD) was born on 26 Feb 1869 in Spring Grove, Houston County, Minnesota; died on 25 Feb 1958 in Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota; was buried on 1 Mar 1958 in Monson Lake Cemetery, Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 May 1887, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 27 Jul 1902, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptized as Martin Ellingboe at the South Lake Johanna Lutheran Church, parents Ole O and Marie. Sponsors were Jørgen and Inga Ellingboe, Ole Ellestad, and Betsey Ellestad.

Living with his father, step-mother, and half-siblings in Kerkhoven in the 1900 census and the 1905 state census.

In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, he was Martin O Ellingboe, a machine operator residing at 264 20th Avenue South.

By the time of the 1910 census, Martin and Alette and Myrtle are living with her parents in Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County. Martin is a laborer doing odd jobs.

He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Bowman County, North Dakota, where he was a self-employed farmer with a wife and 3 children under 12. He gave his address as Griffin, North Dakota, and stated that he was born in Kerkhoven, Minnesota. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and dark brown hair.

In a 1917 North Dakota land ownership map, Martin O Ellingboe owned 320 acres in Marion Twp in Bowman County, North Dakota. He owned the southeast corner of Section 21 and the southwest corner of Section 22. The latter quarter-section contained the school.

In the 1920 and 1930 censuses, as well as the 1915 and 1925 state censuses, he was a farmer in Marion Twp, Bowman County, North Dakota.

In the 1940 census, he and Alletta live on their farm in Marion Twp, Bowman County, North Dakota.

He and Aletta were still in Marion in the 1950 census. Their household includes a live-in maid and a hired hand for the farm.

His death certificate information says that Martin was a widower when he died.

Baptism:
South Lake Johanna Lutheran Church, Brooten

Died:
last residence Marmath, Slope County, North Dakota

Martin married Alette PAAVERUD on 11 Apr 1908 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. Alette (daughter of Peder Thorson PAAVRUD and Anne Petrine JORGENSEN) was born on 10 Jun 1886 in Minnesota; died on 21 Jun 1951 in Bowman County, North Dakota; was buried in Tuttle Cemetery, Rhame, Bowman County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martin married Mae Barbara REICHE on 30 Jun 1960 in Fallon County, Montana. Mae was born on 19 Sep 1894; died on 12 Dec 1967 in Adams County, North Dakota; was buried in Tuttle Cemetery, Rhame, Bowman County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1978-MN-029579
• Baptism: 21 Jul 1895, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 29 May 1910, Minnesota

Notes:

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Kerkhoven Twp, where he was a bachelor farmer. He was employed by Ole Ellingboe of Kerkhoven. He claimed a brother as dependent on him for his sole support. He claimed exemption from the draft on the grounds that he was helping his father on the farm. He was of medium height with blue eyes and dark hair.

He did serve in France and was wounded in the battle of Chateau Thierry. He returned home to the Willmar area on May 8, 1919.

Single and living with his parents in the 1920 census.

Single and living with his mother and brother in Kerkhoven in the 1930 census. He was a veteran of the World War.

In the 1940 census, Herbert, Cornell, Myrtle, and Mary (”mother”) lived on a farm in Kerkhoven Twp. Myrtle, with two years of high school, was a postmaster. Mary had had zero years of education, Herbert seven and Cornell eight.

His will is recorded in the Swift County Will Records, Volume 001, 1976-1982, for the will year 1979.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Sep 1897, Minnesota

Notes:

She died from meningitis.

Died:
per the Minnesota Deaths and Burials database in FamilySearch

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1901-25231
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1978-MN-023840
• Baptism: 31 Oct 1901, Minnesota

Notes:

Shown as his parents’ fourth child.

Single and living with his mother and brother in Kerkhoven in the 1930 census.

In the 1940 census, Herbert, Cornell, Myrtle, and Mary (”mother”) lived on a farm in Kerkhoven Twp. Myrtle, with two years of high school, was a postmaster. Mary had had zero years of education, Herbert seven and Cornell eight.

In the 1950 census, Cornell and Myrtle lived in Norway Lake in Kandiyohi County. Cornell was a postal clerk, his wife was the post master.

Cornell married Myrtle Theola MOEN on 11 Aug 1931 in Stearns County, Minnesota. Myrtle (daughter of Albert MOEN and Annie HAATVEIT) was born on 17 Feb 1904 in Minnesota; died on 5 Jan 1982 in Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in Monson Lake Cemetery, Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1904-28485
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1904-36-304

Notes:

Twin brother of Emily Josephine. Mother’s maiden name Evenson. Child #5. Died of “unknown causes.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1904-28484
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1904-36-305

Notes:

Twin sister of Elmer. Mother’s maiden name Evenson. Child #6. Died of “unknown causes.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1909-41588
• Baptism: 6 Jun 1909, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Family/Spouse: William James JAEGER. William was born on 29 Jul 1902 in North Dakota; died on 25 Oct 1986 in San Joaquin County, California; was buried in Cherokee Memorial Park, San Joaquin County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1911-29828
• Baptism: 4 Mar 1911, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Her name was added to her birth certificate on October 21, 1966. She was child #3.

Died:
SSDI last residence

Orphie married Raymond Morris CROSBY on 28 Jun 1930 in Burleigh County, North Dakota. Raymond was born on 5 Oct 1908 in Moody County, South Dakota; died on 1 Nov 1997 in Sacramento County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 3 Jun 1928, North Dakota

Notes:

Still at home with her parents in North Dakota in the 1930 census.

Confirmation:
perhaps St. John in Bowman

Marion married Harm ENGELKE on 9 Oct 1937 in Burleigh County, North Dakota. Harm was born in 1903 in South Dakota; died in 1961 in San Francisco County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maurice married Donna BROUILLARD in 1953. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]