Marith (Mary) ELLINGBÖ

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1963-MN-024248
• Baptism: 9 Mar 1890, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1910 Norwegian census, as Marit Olsdatter Skøre, she is unmarried and living with her mother and siblings on Skøre 34/1.

She arrived in New York on April 3, 1915, aboard the S.S. Kristianiafjord which had departed Bergen on March 25th. Marit was single, age 25, occupation domestic. She gave her brother Böye Ellingboe of Vang, Valders, as her nearest relative in the country she had come from. She was traveling with her cousin Berit Andersdatter (10692).

Her obit said that she had lived in Minneapolis for 49 years and was a member of Central Lutheran Church.

Marith married Gullick BAKKEN on 17 May 1917 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Gullick (son of Augustinius Herbjornsen BJØRKHAUG and Aase Olsdatter) was born on 27 Oct 1884 in Rjukan, Tinn, Telemark, Norway; died on 21 Feb 1965 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 24 Feb 1965 in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1917-47253

Notes:

She was child #1.

Alice was the informant for her father’s death certificate. At that time she lived at 4946 Sheridan N. in Minneapolis.

Alice was also the informant for her uncle Harry’s 1977 death certificate. At that time she was still at 4946 Sheridan.

As Alice J Schmitz she lived at 8279 Mississippi Blvd NW in Minneapolis in 1986.

Schmitz, Alice (nee Bakken) age 94, of Dousman, WI passed away on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Alice is survived by her daughter, Patricia (Darrell) Seeley; son, Gregory Schmitz; cousins, Bonnie Benson (nee Ellingboe), Jack Ellingboe, Sharon Nevens (nee Reardon), Susan Reardon, Bjorn Skore; and many other cousins in Norway. She was the loving grandmother of Joanne and Erik Odden, Pamela Johnson and grandmother of Anders and Annika Odden and Carter and Sophia Johnson. Alice was an employee of the Minneapolis Public Schools, secretary at the Inspector of Naval Materials at Northern Pump. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Lester and parents Gullick and Mary (nee Ellingboe) Bakken. Funeral services for Alice will be on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 at Christ the King Church in Delafield, WI at 12:00 p.m. Visitation for family and friends will be at the church from 11:00 a.m. until time of service. Alice will be laid to rest at Crystal Lake Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

Birth:
born at Deaconess Hospital

Died:
In the SSDI as Alice J Schmitz

Alice married Lester Prosper SCHMITZ on 6 Feb 1946 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Lester was born on 18 Sep 1918 in McLeod County, Minnesota; died on 23 Dec 2010 in Wales, Waukesha County, Wisconsin; was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]