Iver Trondsson /OPDAL UVDAL

Iver married Velgjerd Trondsdotter BREKKE in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Velgjerd (daughter of Trond Jonsen ELLINGBØ and Guri Ivarsdatter TUNE) was born in 1788/1789 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Trond had been a farmer at Sygarde, Uvdal (gnr. 2/2) from 1833 to 1850. He took over the farm Bokkadn, i Bøkko, N. Ellingbø (now gnr. 33/3) in the Spring of 1850 when the previous owner, Jon Øysteinsson Ellingbø (Bø), emigrated to America with his family. Trond acquired the name Ellingbøe with the farm and kept it when he emigrated with his wife and 8 children (plus 2 granddaughters) in the spring (22 March) of 1862. Trond sold Bøkko to Knut Iversson Eltun on 25 April 1868 for 500 spd. It was said that Embrik and Helge Ellingbøe bought Bøkko from Trond and then sold half to Knut, and that Jon Endresson and Torstein, Helge's sons, each took over half of the remaining part (i.e., 1/4 part each). Most of the information after emigration of Trond and Kjersti was obtained from Lee Ann Ellingboe Randall.

He may be the Thomas Thompson, 56, living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in the 1870 census. The household consisted of Thomas, 56, Calista, 53, May 27, Ever 27, Andrew, 17, Betsey, 16, Ada, 12, Thomas, 11, and Betsey, 6. Only the younger Betsey was born in Minnesota. Next door was Torger Thompson with son Thomas, 6, and daughter Sarah, 3, both children born in Minnesota.

Trond settled in Renville County in 1871. According to the History of Renville County:

“Trond I. Ellingboe settled on section 4 {presumably of Wang Twp} in the fall of 1871, and lived there the remainder of his life.”

Land records show that the Benson land office issued Thrond I Ellingboe a 120 acre homestead on 3 Jun 1884. The land description is as follows:

1 S½SW 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W 4
2 SWSE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W 4

In the 1880 census. Trond, age 66, was a farmer in Wang Township of Renville County. He lived with his wife, Kjirsti, age 64, and their son Thrond, age 22. A few farms away lived another of Trond’s sons, Andris (A. T.).

In the 1900 census, Trond, 87 (born Feb 1813) and widowed, was living with his daughter, Synneva Loe’s family in Wang Township. Synneva, age 53 (born Jul 1846), was married 23 years to Ole Loe, age 52 (born January of 1848). Synneva had borne 11 children, 6 still living. Their children at home at the time were Syver, 22 (born Sept 1877), Kirsti, 18 (born Mar 1882), and Gudbrand, 13 (born Oct 1886). Ole owned the farm. Ole had emigrated from Norway in 1872, Trond and Synneva in 1862.

From the Wang Township section of the History of Renville County:”Trond I. Ellingboe settled on section 4 in the fall of 1871, and lived there the remainder of his life. He died at the age of 89 years.”

Birth:
other sources say born on February 18th

Trond married Kjersti Helgesdotter KJERSTEIN in 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Kjersti (daughter of Helge Andrisson KJERSTEIN and Kjersti Tomasdotter TØRPE) was born on 26 Dec 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Oct 1885 in United States; was buried on 8 Oct 1885 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/2 sygarden

Died:
Nundal 4/ vestre

Berit married Torstein Jonsen NYSTUEN in 1837. Torstein (son of Jon Knutsen NYSTUEN and Berit Torsteinsdatter GRIHAMAR) was born in 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Jan 1898 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Uvdal 2/2 Sygardé. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated to the U.S. in the spring of 1862 with her parents, siblings, and 2 daughters (one by Ola, one by Nils).

Hun hadde datteren Kirsti (1853-) med Nils Trondsen Tune og datteren Anne 1857- med Ola Endresen Ellingbø. Begge barna tok hun med seg da hun dro til Amerika i 1862.

Velgjerd Trondsdtr first married Nils Trondsen TUNE, son of Trond Nilsen WANGENSTEEN (1803-1875) & Berit Andrisdtr HAMRE (1810-1847). Born on 11 Aug 1835 in Tune 36/2 nørre, Nordigarden. Nils Trondsen died in Tune 36/2 nørre, Nordigarden on 29 Sep 1879, he was 44. Buried in Vang kirkegård.

They had one child:
i. Kirsti Nilsdtr. Born in 1853 in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated in 1862 to the USA.

Hun fikk datteren Anne i 1857 med en som het Ola.

Velgjerd Trondsdtr second married Ola Endresen ELLINGBØ2,3. Resided in Fisher, Minnesota USA. Emigrated in 1866 to the USA.2

They had one child:
i. Anne Olsdtr. Born in 1857 in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated in 1862 to the USA.

This second reference to emigrating in 1866 and living in Fisher can’t be confirmed. We know that Velgjerd, unmarried, came to the U.S. with her parents in 1862. More likely is that Velgjerd met up with Thorsten Boe when she got to the U.S. and had Berit.

Velgjerd may have died before 1870. Jim’s site says that she died in 28 Dec 1865 in Goodhue County.

Died:
per Jim’s site

Buried:
as Weldjer Thronsdatter Ellingbö; Find A Grave shows her broken gravestone

Family/Spouse: Nils Trondsen TUNE. Nils (son of Trond Nilsen WANGENSTEEN and Berit Andrisdatter HAMRE) was born on 11 Aug 1835 in Norway; died on 29 Sep 1879 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Endressen ELLINGBØE. Ole (son of Endre Iversen BØE and Anne Evensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 18 May 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Velgjerd married Thorsten BOE on 7 May 1863 in Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Thorsten was born on 18 Dec 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Uvdal 2/2 Sygardé. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1862.

Birth:
Holden church records give her birthdate as 12 Jan 1841

Died:
per the records of the Holden church

Kjersti married Ole Gulbrandsen HEEN on 10 Nov 1863 in Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Gudbrand Kristoffersen HEEN and Ingebjørg Olsdatter DE SPARSTAD) was born about 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 May 1920 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Nov 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 20 May 1858, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Uvdal 2/2 Sygardé. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated the U.S. in 1862.

He is probably the Ivar Throndson Ellingboe, “from the Vang Congregation,” who contributed money to the start-up of St. Olaf College.

Apparently went by the name of Thompson at the time of the 1880 census. The family is shown, living on a farm in Warsaw, Goodhue County, as: Iver Thompson, age 36, his wife Ambjor, 29, son Trond, 7, daughter Kjirsti, 5, son Erik, 3, and son Iver, 10 months (born in July of 1879). The family had a servant living with them named Thorwald Hanson, age 20.

Apparently he is the Iver Throndson Ellingboe buried in Vang Cemetery. Born 8 Oct 1843, died 29 April 1881. He would have died just shortly after his youngest son was conceived.

Birth:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Baptism:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Confirmation:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Buried:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Ivar married Ambjørg Eiriksdotter KASA on 18 Jun 1872 in Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ambjørg (daughter of Eirik Helgesson KASA and Berit Johnsdatter NYSTUEN) was born on 10 Jan 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Aug 1936 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Aug 1936 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-012894
• Baptism: 6 Sep 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Or Synnøve.

Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862.

Synnøve Trondsdtr died in Wang township, Renville County, on 17 Feb 1929. She emigrated in 1862 to the USA. She and Syver had 3 children together and moved to Renville County. After Syver's death in 1874 she moved back to Goodhue County with her 3 sons. In 1877 she married Ole G. Loe and they had 3 children, Sever, Gilbert and Christine. They then moved back to the homestead in Renville county, where she lived until she died in 1929.

Not in Minnesota in the 1870 census.

In the 1880 census, Ole G., 32, and Soneva, 33, were living in Wang Township, Renville County. Their children were Christ, 12, Thrond, 9, Iver, 6, Sever, 2, and Marit, age 5 months and born in January.

In the 1900 census, Trond Ellingboe, 87 (born Feb 1813) and widowed, was living with his daughter, Synneva Loe’s family in Wang Township. Synneva, age 53 (born Jul 1846), was married 23 years to Ole Loe, age 52 (born January of 1848). Synneva had borne 11 children, 6 still living. Their children at home at the time were Syver, 22 (born Sept 1877), Kirsti, 18 (born Mar 1882), and Gudbrand, 13 (born Oct 1886). Ole owned the farm. Ole had emigrated from Norway in 1872, Trond and Synneva in 1862. Living next door was Ivar Soine and family, Synneva’s son from her first marriage.

In the 1910 census, Ole G., age 62, and “Soneva”, age 63, were living in Wang Township of Renville County with their son Gilbert O., age 23 (who was listed as head of the household), and their daughter, Christine, 28. Synneve and Ole are shown to have been married for 33 years although the “M1” next to Ole and the “M2” next to Synneva may mean that Ole was Synneva’s 2nd husband. Synneva has had 11 children, 6 still living, although this entry is erroneously shown for the single Christine. Next door, also a head of household, is Sever O. Loe, 32, single.

Ole G. and Soneva were living with Sever in Wang in the 1920 census. Sever may have been widowed at this point: the census form is not clear.

Died:
death indexed as “Mrs. Syneva Soe”

Synneva married Sigurd Kristofferson (Syver C) SOINE on 6 Jul 1867 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Sigurd (son of Christopher Larssen SØYNE and Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD) was born on 26 Oct 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Jul 1874 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Synneva married Ole Gudbrandsen LOE in 1877 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Gudbrand Olsen HØVERSTAD and Marit Ivarsdatter ELTUN) was born on 20 Jan 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Oct 1925 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Nov 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 30 Apr 1865, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated in 1862 to USA.

He died in Granite Falls between November of 1893 and June 7, 1900. A history of Chippewa and Lac qui Parle Counties says that he died in 1896.

In the 1885 state census, he and his family live in Granite Falls. The children listed are Cristina, Thomas, and Mary.

He is probably the Henry Thompson, 29, living with his wife Mary, 31, and daughter Christina, 8, in Granite Falls Twp, Chippewa County, Minnesota, in the 1880 census.

He is also probably the person referred to in the Dalby database on southern Minnesota deaths and cemeteries: “Ellingboe, Henry T., b. 1850, d. 1895, resident of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota burial site unknown.”

According to the History of Renville County, Helge Ellingboe settled in the area (”just over the line in Granite Falls township”) in 1870.

Helge married Marit (Mary) Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD on 14 Oct 1870 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Marit (daughter of Torstein Olsen SPARSTAD and Marit Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 23 Feb 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Aug 1934 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Aug 1934 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-002347
• Confirmation: 5 May 1867, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Came to the U.S. in 1862.

He may be the Anders Ellingboe who was a student at St. Olaf Academy for one year in 1875.

Land records show that the Benson land office issued Andrew T. Ellingboe a 120 acre homestead in Section 4 of Renville County on 15 Dec 1883. The land description is as follows:

1 E½SE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W
2 NWSE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W

In the 1880 census, A. T. Ellingboe was a farmer in Wang Township, Renville County. A.T. was 27, his wife Betsey was 28, their daughter Betsey was 1 and their son Thrond was 2. They lived a few farms away from A. T.’s parents. (A. T. was also a census enumerator in Renville County for the 1880 census.)

In the 1885 state census they are in Wang Twp, Renville County. Their postal address is Sacred Heart.

In the 1900 census, Andrew, age 47 (born Aug 1852), was a farmer in Wang Township of Renville County. His family consisted of his wife Marit, age 38 (born Dec 1861), son Trond, 22 (Oct 1877), Kirsti, 19 (Feb 1881), Endre, 16 (June 1883), Ivar, 14 (June 1885), Anders, 12 (Sep 1887), Clara, 9 (July 1890), Esther, 2 (Mar 1898), and George 8/12 (Sep 1899). Andrew and Marit had been married for 3 years. She had borne 2 children, both still living. Andrew emigrated in 1862, Marit in 1866.

A 1900 land ownership map of Granite Falls Twp in Chippewa County shows A T Ellingboe owning an 80 parcel with A. F. Kattevold. The parcel is the eastern half of the southeast quarter of Section 12. Contiguous with this parcel is another parcel the two of them owned in Wang Twp, Renville County. That Renville County parcel, in the 1900 land ownership map of Wang Twp, was 30.6 acres in Section 7, adjacent to a 60 acre parcel owned by M. Ellingboe.

In a 1913 land ownership map of Wang Twp in Renville County, A T Ellingboe owns a continuous parcel of 276 acres in Sections 3, 4, and 9.

In the 1920 census, he is A. T. Ellingboe, 67, living with his wife Marit, 56, and grown children Esther B., George G., and Agnes M., in Wang Twp, Renville County. Living next door or, more probably, on the same farm, are households headed by sons Endre and the single Iver as well as his nephew Thrond.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books) but his entry specifically says he was not a member of the Samband.

From “History of the Minnesota Valley,” published in 1882 for Renville County:

Ellingboe, A. T. A. T. Ellingboe was born in Norway, August 13, 1852, and when nine years old immigrated with the family to Goodhue county, Minnesota. He attended common school and St. Olaf’s College, Northfield. In 1874 he came to his present home in Wang; has been clerk since the organization of the town, justice since 1876, and postmaster of New Lisbon since June 1879. Betsey Leen became his wife December 16, 1876; Tom, Betsy, and Christina are their children.

From the History of Renville County:

“A triple wedding in which the hearts of six young people of Wang were made happy was one of the notable events of the early days. The ceremony was performed by that beloved pioneer preacher, the Rev. John Berg, in a schoolhouse located on the land of P. C. Brevig in Hawk Creek township. The contracting parties were A. T. Ellingboe and Betsy Lien, daughter of Anders Lien; Ole Erickson Drambroten and Anna Stende, the daughter of Anders Stende, and Gullick Helger- son Weflen and Martha Johnson Tandborg, daughter of Peter Tandborg.”

Also from the History of Renville County, also via the Dalby Database, published in 1916:

A. T. Ellingboe was born in Norway, Aug. 13, 1852, and was brought to America in 1861 by his parents, Thrond I. and Kjirsti Kjirtsen, with his three brothers, Iver, Henry and Thron, and his four sisters, Veljer, Kjersti, Soneva and Berit, the voyage taking eleven weeks. The family came to Goodhue county, July 4, and made their home there. Here A. T. received his education at the common school and then spent one year at St. Olaf's College at Northfield, Minn. In 1873 he moved to Renville county, where he secured a homestead in section 4, Wang township, where he has lived ever since. Mr. Ellingboe has held many positions of public trust. In 1876 he was elected town clerk of Wang, which position he has held ever since. In 1877 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he also has held ever since. In 1878 he became clerk for School District No. 44. In 1880, 1890 and 1910 he was appointed enumerator of the census of Wang, Hawk Creek and Ericson toenships. In 1902 he was elected treasurer of the Hawk Creek Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co., and has held the office ever since. He was postmaster of New Lisbon for eighteen years. Mr. Ellingboe was married Dec. 16, 1876, to Berit E. Lien, daughter of Endre K. Lien and Berit (Gjevre) Lien, natives of Norway, who came from Norway in 1866. Nine children were born to this union, six of whom are living. Thron, born Oct. 6, 1877, died Sept. 18, 1913. Bertha, born April 10, 1879, married Gilbert Strand in 1914 and has one child, Bertha lola Marie. Christine, born Feb. 13, 1881, has been a teacher for ten years. Endre, born June 10, 1883, is a farmer in section 10. Wang township, and married to Gina Lofsgorden, June, 1912. Iver, born June 10, 1885, is a farmer in section 10, Wang township. Andris A., born Sept. 16, 1887, is a land owner in North Dakota. Clara, born July 16, 1890, is a teacher. Two children died in infancy. Mrs. Ellingboe died Aug. 26, 1895. Mr. Ellingboe was married a second time to Marit G. Gjevre, Aug. 1, 1897. She was a cousin of his first wife, and daughter of Gunder and Gro (Helgeson) {rjevre, natives of Norway, who came to America on the same ship as the parents of his first wife. Three children were born by this marriage: Esther, born in 1898, a student at Madison, Minn.; George, born Sept. 25, 1899, at home on the farm, and Agues, born Sept. 3, 1901, student at Maynard public schools, Maynard, Minn.

From Valdres Pioneer Tales from "Budstikken," May 1971 page 12:

It is a hundred years since the Valdres people first invaded what was to become Wang Township, Renville county Minnesota in a mass. Other settlers had come earlier: Christian O. Narvestad, Hans Grotvedt, and Theodore Rongerud, three brothers; together with Hans Gunderson and Christian Engebretson had come in June, 1867.

The first Valdreses apparently were Thomas Christofferson Lerhol and Anders Thomason Kjersten who came from Vang, Valdres in 1868. But it was not until 1871 that the great migration started and it continued until they filled the whole countryside. Among the early Valdreser were Andrew E. Rogen, Ole Halvorson Holien (Skalberg), George Halvorson Holien (Skalberg), Peter Iverson, Endre' K. Holien, Iver Oie, Iver Nystuen, Helge Evanson (Holien), H. Ellingboe, Andrew T. Ellingboe, Tosten Olson Hamre, Siver Guttormson Strand, Ole O. Strand, Ove Strand, H. H. Weflen, Ingebret Thompson, George C. Heen, Christopher Gulbrandson Heen, Mrs. Mary Ostrem Boe, Ole Thompson Grover, Gullik Weflen, Trond I. Ellingboe, Erick Erickson Viken, Trond Engebretson, Engebret Engebretson, Knute Weflen, Hans O. Berg, Ole Christopherson Soine, Ole O. Belsem, Knud Knudson Viken, Gunder O. Gjevre, Ole O. Grov, Thomas K. Weflen, Evert M. Strand, the Loes, Thorkelsons and others.

The township was organized on July 28, 1875 and the first election was held at the home of Elling Johnson. Elling was elected chairman; Ole C. Soine and O. T. Grover, supervisors; Nils Norman was elected clerk but did not qualify so A. T. Ellingboe was appointed to the post which he held for half a century. At the first regular election C. A. Evenson was elected chairman; Erick Viken and O. T. Grover, supervisor; A. T. Ellingboe, clerk, Elling Johnson, assessor; P. L. Brevig, treasurer; K. K. Viken, justice of the peace; and O. K. Williams, constable.

The township was named Wang in honor of Vang, Valdres, as is also the local church, which recently celebrated its 85th anniversary.

Throughout the century the Valdres have been in a majority in the township and continue to be so today. Not only are the Loes, Soines, Ellingboes, Haugens, Lerohls, Strands. etc.. Valdres but many names like Dembroten, Narvestad, etc. represent half-breed Veldreses.

These pioneers came with oxen and covered wagons shortly after the Indian uprisings were over. They still had to fight mosquitos, grasshoppers, prairie fires, droughts, and blizzards. Throughout the century the Valdres have been in the majority in township offices and continue to be so today.

The Wang Township section of the History of Renville County says Andrew T. Ellingboe and Ole O. Belsem (#16300) “came together with the caravan, Ellingboe furnishing a yoke of oxen and Belsem the wagon.”

Birth:
this is also the date shown for his birth in the church book record for his confirmation

Andris married Berit (Betsey) E LIEN on 16 Dec 1876 in Hawk Creek Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Berit (daughter of Endre Knudsen LIEN and Berith Gundersdatter GJEVRE) was born on 11 Feb 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Aug 1895 in Minnesota; was buried on 28 Aug 1895 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andris married Marith Gundersdatter GJEVRE on 9 Aug 1897 in Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Marith (daughter of Gunder GJEVRE and Gro Helgesdatter WEFLEN) was born on 3 Dec 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Nov 1951 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried on 21 Nov 1951 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Jun 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 19 Jun 1870, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1855 and 1862. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1862.

She may be the Berit T. Ellingboe who attended the St. Olaf Academy 1878-1879.

Hun giftet seg i Norge med Anders Olaf Blomgren.

She was Betsie, wife of O.A., in the 1885 Minnesota state census. She was Bertha in the 1910 census when she was in California.

Confirmation:
or 12 Jun 1870, the church book entry is not clear

Berit married Anders Olaus BLOMGREN on 21 Dec 1877 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. Anders was born on 17 Aug 1847 in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 3 Dec 1912 in Patterson, Stanislaus County, California; was buried in Patterson District Cemetery, Patterson, Stanislaus County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Jun 1858, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1862.

He is I22243 in Jim’s VS. In that tree Jim does not show Trond’s wife or his descendants.

He is I4356 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Baptism:
as Thron Thronsen

Trond married Anna (Annie) KJERSTEIN on 26 Feb 1884 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Tosten Tostensen KJERSTEN and Randi Gudbrandsdatter SYNSTEIKRA) was born on 26 Mar 1863 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Dec 1941 in Granite Falls Twp, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried on 6 Dec 1941 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jøger Jøgersson AUSTREIM. Jøger (son of Jøger Jøgerson KVEBØKKO and Berit Evensdatter HEEN) was born on 2 Sep 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Aug 1886 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Dalby Database has his widow as Nikkoline L. Lervik.

Family/Spouse: Berit Knutsdatter LEE. Berit was born on 10 Aug 1842 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Jan 1883 in Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Nov 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Went by Ellen in the U.S. In the 1910 census, she had had four children, only two still living.

From the Dalby database:

Funeral services for Mrs. Velgjer Svien, who passed away at her home Saturday morning, January 24, were held in St. John's Lutheran church this afternoon at 2 p.m. with the pastor the Rev. B. R. Biorn officiating. Burial was made in the family lot beside the graves of her husband and four children. Pallbearers were six grand-nephews, Elmer, Clarence, Luther, George, Paul and Maurice Nystuen. Velgjer Nystuen Svien was born in Norway on October 10, 1842. After the death of her mother, Mr. Nystuen came to America with his family when Velgjer was 11 years of age. The trip from Norway to Quebec, Canada in 1854 took seven weeks aboard the slow sailing ship. The Nystuens first settled in Spring Prairie, Wis. and later moved to St. Ansgar, Iowa. It was there in 1860 that Velgjer married Andrew Svien. They moved to Goodhue county, Minnesota in 1865 where they were engaged in farming until 1876 when they moved to Northfield. She and her husband operated a hotel on Division Street. Mr. Svien also served as policeman. Mrs. Svien was a charter member of the Ladies Aid society of St. John's church and a long time member of the congregation. Mr. Svien passed away inn 1927. For several years she continued to reside at the home on Washington Street. She was cared for later in a rest home and at the time of her death was being cared for by her grandson and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. William Lockren. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Hans Bergan, Lake Mills, Iowa; six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. A foster daughter, Mrs. H. E. Frazee (Susie) of Pelican Rapids, also survives.

and:

The state’s oldest resident, Mrs. Velgjer Svien, passed away Friday, Jan. 23,1953, at the age of 110 years, 3 months, and 13 days. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. B. R. Biorn at St. Johns Lutheran church Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 2 oclock. Gertrude Boe Overby was soloist and Mrs. H. J. Westwood was organist. Burial was beside her husband in Northfield cemetery.

Velgjer Nystuen was born at Valdres, Norway, Oct. 10, 1842. After the death of her mother which occurred when Velgjer was only eight, she came with her father and his other children to the United States in 1854. The trip across the ocean was made on a sailing vessel, taking eleven weeks. The familys first home was in Spring Prairie, Wis. After three years they moved to St. Ansgar, la., and it was here in 1860 that Velgjer was married to Andrew J. Svien. She was then 18 years of age. In 1865 Mr. and Mrs. Svien moved to a farm in Goodhue county, Minnesota. Northfield became their home in 1876 and for the remaining years of their lives. Mr. Svien died in 1926, and Mrs. Svien spent 77 years as a resident here. For a time Mr. and Mrs. Svien had a hotel on Division street in the building now occupied by the Berg and Son Upholstery business, but Mr. Svien is better remembered by the generations of his day as the town policeman, an affable man faithfully walking his beat. Mrs. Svien’s recipe for long life, “Don’t hurry,” she practiced indeed. She never allowed herself to be hurried or worried, taking each moment, as well as each day, as it came, and maintaining a serenity rarely found in this mechanized day of speed. She enjoyed remarkably good health and strength for her advanced years. On her 100th birthday she sat through an afternoon of festivities in her honor given by the ladies aid at St. John’s church, and she showed no weariness from the experience. She was a charter member of the ladies aid and a member of the church. That birthday was also marked by an interview with her on the radio, as well as another party given her at her home, at which about 100 relatives and friends came to greet her. On her 105th birthday another sizable celebration was held at her home. This too she enjoyed thoroughly, making frequent trips outside to pose for pictures. Until she was 98 Mrs. Svien lived alone and took care of her home and of herself. Her daughter Carrie, Mrs. Lervik, then came to live with her. The daughter passed away after a few years. Seven years ago a grandson, William Lockren, and Mrs. Lockren came to care for Mrs. Svien. She clung to the practice of ministering to her own needs until frailty prevented, and that was only about three years ago. The Sviens had two sons and two daughters: Carrie, John, Tom, and Anna, all of whom have died; also a foster daughter, Susie, Mrs. H. E. Frazee, who lives in Pelican Rapids. There are six grandchildren,10 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Svien has one sister living, Mrs. Hans Bergan, Lake Mills, la. Mrs. Bergan is in her 90s. The pallbearers for Mrs. Svien were all grandnephews. They were all Nystuens, Elmer, Clarence, Luther, George, Paul, and Maurice. Mrs. Svien had seen in her life-time a panorama of marvelous changes—from sailing vessels to steamboats to aircraft; from prairie and woodland country to cities and paved highways; from covered wagons and horses to trains and automobiles. She had seen the wonders of science bring in the telephone, the electric light, the phonograph, the radio, and television. She had seen her country in the throes of five wars; The Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the present Korean conflict. She had lived in this country under 20 presidents. Franklin Pierce was president when she arrived in 1854. The Civil War was raging when she came with her husband to Goodhue county. And their arrival in Northfield was the same year the James-Younger raid invaded the city and met its Waterloo. Her life in the Midwest embraced the period of the development of this great area from its rudest beginnings.

Birth:
Nystuen 1/ husmannsplass

Velgjerd married Anders Johannessen SVIEN in 1860 in Iowa. Anders (son of Johannes J H SVIEN and Anna Andrisdatter LUNDE) was born on 11 Mar 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1927 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I45049 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Han var med familien da de skulle til amerika iu 1854, men da han kom til Bergen, nektet pjokken på 6 år å reise, så han ble igjen der hos noen slektninger, men reiste siden over til, Amerika som voksen mann.

Birth:
Nundal 4/ vestre

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Oct 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated in 1862 to the USA. Jim notes that she was listed with Thron Iversen Ellingbøe’s family on the 1862 emigration list.

In the 1880 census, she and Ole (written as Belsom by the enumerator, A T Ellingboe, #3197) live in Wang Twp, next door to A T Ellingboe.

In the 1900 census, she and Ole (written and indexed as Belsam) and family live in Wang Twp, Renville County, next door to Andrew (#3197) and Maret Ellingboe (#6640). Kirsti had had 11 children, 8 still living.

In the 1905 census, she and Ole, along with Nils, Gina, Theoline, “Charoline,” and Bertina are living in Wang Twp.

Kirsti married Ole Østenson BELSOM on 19 Dec 1874 in Renville County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Øystein Andrissen ARNEHAUGEN and Marith Olsdatter) was born on 17 Mar 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Jan 1918 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Sep 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 2 Jun 1872, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated in 1862 to the USA. She seems to have been the fourth illegitimate child of her father, the second of her mother. Tosten Evensson Ellingboe was the responsible person in the congregation for her.

Baptism:
at the Vang church

Anne married Knut Halvorsen HOLIEN on 18 May 1876 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Knut (son of Hallvard Jøgersen HÅLIEN and Ingeborg Knutsdatter FYGLE) was born on 15 Oct 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1962-MN-016227

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe. So was hers according to Gilbert’s death certificate. Her death certificate, for which her son Martin was the informant, shows that her parents were Thorsten Boe and Veljer Ellingboe.

In the 1900 census, she had had 8 children, 6 still living, and all six still living at home.

Berit Loe died of a heart attack.

Adopted by her grandparents. Listed with Thrond and Kjersti as 11 year-old Bereth in Hawk Creek Twp, Renville County, in the 1875 Minnesota state census.

Buried:
as Berit Loe

Berit married Ivar Gudbrandsen LOE about 1880. Ivar (son of Gudbrand Olsen HØVERSTAD and Marit Ivarsdatter ELTUN) was born on 20 Jan 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Dec 1939 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
according to the Burns Family Tree

Notes:

Called Christa Gilbertson, age 13, in the 1880 census.

Notes:

He was Gustav O. Heen, single and living next door to his father and step-mother in the 1900 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1945-MN-004997
• Confirmation: 15 May 1887, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

According to obituary, he had a great physical handicap. If he did, it must have come after September 12, 1918, because no “obvious disability” is listed on his draft registration card. Jim’s site explains that Trond had both legs amputated due to diabetes.

Shown as Thrond J. Ellingboe on his death certificate.

He is still living at home with his mother and siblings in the 1895 state census.

In the 1900 census, he is a boarder with his brother Iver on the farm of Kari Lee, a 76 year-old widow (#23958) in Newburg Twp, Mitchell County, Iowa. This household includes two of Kari’s single daughters (Carrie, 41, and Julia, 39) as well as Kari’s 103 year-old (!) mother-in-law, Guri.

Referred to as “merchant” on Marie Louise’s birth certificate.

In the 1910 census, Thrond, 37, and his wife Ambjor, 39, and family are living in Dennison Village, Goodhue County, MN. This is Thrond’s 2nd marriage, her first. The two have been married 9 years and she has borne 4 children, all still living. The children living with Thrond and Ambjor are Amanda, 13, Ivar, 7, Marie, 5, Arthur, 3, and Helen, 1 and 7/12.

In a 1914 land ownership map of Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, “T. I. Ellingboe” owned 80 acres in Section 19. The parcel was the east half of the northeast quarter-section and was just north of the village of Dennison. His neighbors to the north and west were Prestegaards.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Red Wing as Thrond Ellingboe of Dennison. He was born on January 2, 1873. He is a self-employed farmer in Dennison. His nearest relative is Mrs. Thrond Ellingboe of Dennison. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census he is a farmer living in Dennison, Goodhue County.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as “Thrond I Ellingboe Dennison Minn.” His entry shows that he was a member of the Samband between 1904 and 1906.

In the 1930 census, he is Thrond Elingboe, a farmer in Dennison. Living with him are his wife Emma and their children Iver and Arthur.

His will is listed in the Goodhue County Will Records, Volume 089 1945-1952, for the will year 1946.

He was first buried at Vang Cemetery on 20 Oct 1945. Later, he was moved to Oaklawn where he and Ambjor share a gravestone.

Buried:
21 ND 32 B 119 7 Moved from Vang

Trond married Marit Lovise TASA on 20 Jun 1895 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Marit (daughter of John Knutsen TASA and Ingeborg Gulbrandsdatter BAKKEN) was born on 24 Oct 1874 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; 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]

Trond married Ambjor (Emma) T AUSTINSON on 26 Jun 1901 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ambjor (daughter of Trond Øysteinsson BÖE ELLINGBØE and Marith Nilsdotter WANGENSTEEN STEILE) was born on 24 Apr 1870 in Minnesota; died on 7 Sep 1958 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 15 Sep 1958 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1972-MN-031930
• Baptism: 16 Aug 1874, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 19 May 1889, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Presumably, this is the Kjirsti listed as the 5 year old daughter of Iver Thompson in the 1880 census.

She is Kjersti, age 10, in the 1885 state census.

Probably is the Christine Ellingboe, born July 1875, shown as a servant for a family in Northfield in the 1900 census.

Probably this is the Christine Ellingboe (Mrs. O. Thoreson) who attended, but did not graduate from, the St. Olaf Academy in 1892-1892.

Baptism:
as Kirsti

Confirmation:
as Kristi

Christine married Ole THORESON on 1 Jan 1905 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Finkel Thoreson GRYTE and Randi Olsdatter AASTAD) was born on 22 Nov 1865 in Minnesota; died on 6 Aug 1938 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-004924
• Confirmation: 11 Dec 1892, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Erick (“Erik”) and his family were living in Warsaw Township, Goodhue County, in the 1910 census. The family consisted of Erick, 33, his wife Johanna, 28, their daughter Ammanda, 4, their son Ivar, 2, and Erick’s mother Ambjor, 60. Johanna is shown to have had 2 children, both still living. Johanna and Erick had been married for 5 years.

He is probably the E. I. Ellingboe who is shown as owning 120 acres in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in a 1914 land ownership atlas. His farm consists of two parcels: 1) an 80 acre parcel that is the eastern half of the northeast quarter of Section 29, and 2) a 40 acre parcel that is the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 20. The two parcels touch at a corner.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Red Wing as Erick Ellingboe, born March 21, 1877, and living at Route #2, Dennison, Goodhue County. He is a farmer. His nearest relative is Mrs. Johanna Ellingboe of Route #2, Dennison. Erick is tall and of stout build. There is no entry for the color of his eyes or hair.

In the 1920 census, Erick (now spelled correctly) and his family are still living in Warsaw Township. The family consisted of Erick, 42, Johanna, 36, Ivar, 12, Edward, 9, and Erick 6. Living on the farm next door is a 14 year old servant girl name Gurianna Ellingbo. The handwriting is poor: that servant girl may be Amanda Ellingboe.

In the 1930 census, Erick (now spelled correctly) and his family were still living in Warsaw Township. The family consisted of Erick, 52, his wife Bertha J., 46, his mother Ambjor, 79, daughter Amanda B., 23, son Iver, 21, son Edward, 19, and son Erick J., 16. There is no entry in the column for how long Erick and Bertha had been married. Bertha J. is probably the same person as Johanna Ellingboe. Erick Jr.’s mother’s maiden name is shown, in his death certificate, as Svien.

Next door to Erick lived Ole Egland, wife Martha, and son Arthur A. who, apparently, later married Erick’s daughter Amanda.

He owned 1 share of the Nerstrand Farmers Mercantile and Elevator Company as of January of 1959.

Birth:
the Minnesota Births and Christenings database in FamilySearch says 22 Mar

Erick married Johanna SVIEN on 24 Jun 1905 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Johanna (daughter of Johannes J (John) SVIEN and Beret Eiriksdatter KASA) was born on 17 May 1883 in Minnesota; died on 6 Jun 1945 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Aug 1879, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 11 Dec 1892, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he is a boarder with his brother Thrond on the farm of Kari Lee, a 76 year-old widow (#23958) in Newburg Twp, Mitchell County, Iowa. This household includes two of Kari’s single daughters (Carrie, 41, and Julia, 39) as well as Kari’s 103 year-old (!) mother-in-law, Guri.

In the 1905 Pueblo, Colorado, city directory, he is Iver Ellinghoe, laborer, boarding at 1019 Northern Avenue.

In the 1909 Pueblo city directory, he is Ivar Ellingboe, an employee of the Steel Works. He resides at 2132 E Routt Avenue.

In the 1910 census, he lived at 1307 Cypress Street in Pueblo, Colorado, where he works at a steel mill. His wife is Nellie. They have been married for four years and it is the first marriage for each. Nellie has had one child, no longer living. Included in the household is Oscar Lee, 50, born in Iowa, “cousin” and a 31 year-old male, name illegible, roomer.

In the 1915 Pueblo city directory, his wife is Mary and he is a steel worker. They live at 1307 Cypress.

The 1916 directory includes a Theresa Ellingboe, clerk, also living at 1307 Cypress. She is a step-daughter of Iver’s, the daughter of Mary with John Grome.

Iver registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Pueblo County. Because the name of his employer (Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.) was stamped on the card, the company probably arranged the registration for its employees. At that time Iver and his wife Mary were living at 1027 Pine in Pueblo. He was described as tall and of slender build with brown eyes and light hair. He had lost the end of his right index finger after the second joint.

In the 1920 census, he is still working for the steel mill in Pueblo.

In the 1930 census, he is still working for the steel mill in Pueblo as a melter foreman.

In the 1931 Pueblo city directory, he is a melter for CF&I. He resides St. Charles Mesa.

In the 1940 census, he and Mary L live in Pueblo. He is a melter in a steel mill. He had been educated through the fourth grade, his wife through the fifth grade. Also part of their household was Rose Ann Southers, age 13, niece, and Peggy Ellingboe, age 7, daughter. Peggy and Rose Ann had also lived with Ivar and Mary at this house in 1935. Peggy and Rose Ann were born in Utah. The next census entry after Ivar was for his son Robert and Robert’s wife Ann E and son Robert Jr. Rose was the daughter of Van and Josephine Southers. The family was recorded in the 1930 census in Utah. Van Southers was born in Georgia and may have been a brother of Mary L. No Ellingboes were ever born in Utah so we don’t know who Peggy is. She could not have been the natural daughter of Mary L.

The 1945 Pueblo city directory shows Iver as a melter for CF&I.

His employment record at CF&I shows he worked for that company continuously between about 1902 to at least May of 1945. Along the way he lost one of his index fingers. The company employment card listed him as 5 ft 10.5 inches tall, 160.5 lbs., dark grey eyes and light brown hair.

Iver married Nellie D about 1906, and was divorced on 26 Mar 1912 in Pueblo County, Colorado. Nellie was born about 1888 in Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Iver married Mary Lee SOUTHERS on 10 May 1913 in Pueblo County, Colorado. Mary was born about 1884 in Georgia; died on 21 Nov 1964 in Colorado; was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1944-MN-013186
• Baptism: 12 Feb 1882, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 23 Aug 1896, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

In church records for baptism and confirmation as Iver/Ivar Johan. Shown as Iver J. in the 1900 census. Shown as John I. in the 1930 census.

In the 1910 census, he and his wife were servants on the farm of Thomas and Berith Thorson in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. Berith is the sister of Annie Ellingboe.

Indicated as “Alvin” (?) on Myron’s gravestone or cemetery records and on Arnold’s gravestone or cemetery records.

Registered for the draft as Iver Johan Ellingboe on September 12, 1918, in Faribault. Indicated as born on January 1, 1882. Farmer. Resides in Dennison, Goodhue County. He is employed in Northfield. His nearest relative is his wife Anna. He is of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

He owned 1 share of the Nerstrand Farmers Mercantile and Elevator Company as of January of 1959.

A 1911 land ownership map of Hickory Twp in Red Lake County, Minnesota, shows a John I Ellingboe owning a 160 acre parcel, the southwest corner of Section 22.

Died:
Heart attack.

Buried:
252 HN 4 S

John married Anna R (Annie) SVIEN on 21 Feb 1906 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Anders Anderson SVIEN and Marit Asbjørnsdatter BREKKE) was born on 24 Jun 1885 in Minnesota; died on 9 Apr 1978 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christ was the first son of Syver and Sonnova. He owned a general merchandise store in Maynard for 18 years. He was a farmer in North Dakota and owned a chicken ranch in Mount Vernon, Washington.

Christopher married Betsey Maria Olesdatter HUSEBY on 1 Jun 1891 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. Betsey (daughter of Ole H HUSEBY and Anna) was born on 31 Aug 1868 in Sørum, Akershus, Norway; died on 13 May 1909 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christopher married Marie Antoinette PETERSEN on 1 Jun 1910 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. Marie was born on 25 Jan 1886 in Seinthrop, Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 19 Nov 1960; was buried in Fir-Conway Lutheran Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1959-MN-020866

Notes:

Tom was in general merchandise and worked on a poultry farm. He was Lutheran and was the first mayor of Maynard, Minnesota.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Thrond Søine of Maynard, Minnesota. He was a member of the Samband between 1905 and 1911.

In the 1920 census, as Thrond S., he and his family were living on a farm in Clinton Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

In the 1930 census, as Thomas S., he and his family are still in Clinton Twp, St. Louis County. Tyler has left home but the other children are still at home. Lloyd T. is an auto mechanic. There is no indication that Olaf is a student.

Thrond married Anne Torsteinsdatter HAUGEN on 2 Jun 1900 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Anne (daughter of Torstein Olsen (Krøsikrun) HAUGEN and Sigrid Gudbrandsdatter LO) was born on 15 Apr 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Jan 1966 in Norman County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1957-MN-020505

Notes:

Shown as Ivar Soine in the 1900 census when he was living next door to his mother and step-father.

Resided in Renville City, Renville County, Minnesota.

Iver married Sarah Sjugurddatter STRAND on 17 Dec 1895 in Renville County, Minnesota. Sarah (daughter of Sjugurd Guttormsen STRAND and Ingeborg Thomasdatter ELTUN) was born on 12 Oct 1873 in Minnesota; died on 10 Mar 1964 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1962-MN-002499

Notes:

Other sources say birthdate was 14 Sep 1878.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Renville County as Sever O Loe. (The draft registrar was A T Ellingboe.) He is shown as 40 years old but his birth date is shown as September 14, 1878. He is a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County. His nearest relative is his father, Ole G Loe of Route 1, Maynard. Sever is described as tall and slender with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1920 census, he is a 42 year-old widower in Wang Twp. Living with him are his parents.

He is a 52 year-old widower in the 1930 census, farming in Wang Twp, Renville County. Living with him are two boarders: 76 year-old Andrew Sparstad and 30 year-old Herman Gustafson, both born in Norway.

Syver married Ruth WEBERG on 6 Jun 1917 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Ruth died on 2 Jan 1918 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not living with her parents at the time of the 1885 state census.

Notes:

In the 1900 census she was Kjersti. By 1910, she was “Christine.”

Kristina married Hans Ludwig HANSEN about 1924. Hans was born on 17 May 1866 in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway; died on 1 Oct 1934 in Seattle, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-014704

Notes:

Gilbert O Loe owned an 80 acre parcel in Wang Twp, Renville County, according to a 1913 land ownership map. His 80 acre parcel was in Section 6, adjacent to a parcel owned by Ole G Loe.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Grimstad, Roseau County. He was a farmer living with his wife and child in Wannaska, Roseau County, Minnesota. He claimed exemption from the draft on the grounds of his poor health. He was described as tall and of medium build with light blue eyes and light brown hair.

He and his family (wife and 2 sons) were living on Pearl Street in Roseau, Minnesota, in the 1920 census.

He was a grain and stock farmer in Grimstad Twp, Roseau County, in the 1930 census.

There were two Gilbert Loes born of mothers whose maiden name was Ellingboe who were born at about the same time. One is this Gilbert. The other one, Gilbert I. (#10901), was born in 18 October 1885 and died 9 October 1959 in Yellow Medicine County.

Gudbrand married Selma A SUNSET on 25 Feb 1914 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Selma (daughter of Anders P SUNSET and Sofie OLSEN) was born on 26 Feb 1888 in Renville, Renville County, Minnesota; died on 31 Mar 1979 in Roseau County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1958-MN-020151
• Confirmation: 11 Dec 1887, Granite Falls Lutheran Church, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she had had 2 children, both still living.

Christine died of hepatitis brought on by pernicious anemia. The informant for the information on her death certificate was Mrs. Herb Arneson of Granite Falls.

She married her first cousin.

Confirmation:
as Kirsti Ellingbö

Died:
died at Granite Falls Hospital

Christine married Andrew O HAMRE on 5 Feb 1903 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Andrew (son of Ole Jacobsen HAMRE and Ingeborg Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD) was born on 26 Apr 1868 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Apr 1956 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It’s speculative that the three-year-old Thosten Helgesen Ellingbö, of the Renville community, who died in 1876, is the son of Henry and Mary.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1978-MN-018259
• Social Security Number: 475-03-6099
• Baptism: 5 May 1882, Granite Falls, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 30 May 1897

Notes:

Zip Code of last known residence: 55057 {Northfield}

Shown as Thron in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census, as Thomas H. Ellingboe, he is a hired man on the Halverson farm in Eidsvold Twp, Bottineau County, North Dakota.

Shown as Thomas H. on his death certificate.

His mother’s maiden name is shown as Sparstad on his death certificate.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Montevideo as Thomas Henry Ellingboe, of Maynard, born March 27, 1882. He is employed as a carpenter by the Great Northern Railway. He lists his nearest relative as Marit Ellingboe of Maynard. He is tall, of medium build, with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census, Thomas is living with his mother and sisters in the village of Maynard. He is a laborer who works out.

In the 1930 census, Thomas Ellingboe, 48, single, Mary H. Ellingboe, 82, “mother”, and Mary Ellingboe, 44, single and “daughter”, are living in the village of Maynard in Chippewa County, Minnesota. The older Mary is a widow and was first married at age 24 and came to this country in 1866. The younger Mary has no occupation; Thomas is a truck driver for a gas company. Living with the family as a “lodger” is 23 year-old Charlotte Mostrom, a school teacher born in Iowa.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and daughter lived in Maynard with his sister Mary in the same house in which they all had lived in 1935. Thomas was a WPA laborer for a sewer disposal project. He had an eighth-grade education, Rose had a sixth-grade education.

The Dalby database incorrectly claims his spouse was Grace Thorson. (She is the wife of Thomas Oscar Ellingboe.)

His death certificate, for which Walter Ellingboe of Maynard was the informant, says, incorrectly, that Thomas never married. He died from a heart arhythmia and from gangrene of his extremities.

According to Joann, who remembers Thomas at the Odd Fellows Home, Thomas had been a “rubber man” in the circus. He had many tattoos, was very thin, and had few, if any, visitors.

His brief obit in the Northfield News, via the Dalby Database:

Ellingboe Thomas Jul/1978 Thomas Ellingboe, 96, died Sunday, July 16, at the Minnesota Odd Fellows Home in Northfield. Services will be held Tuesday, July 18 at 2 p.m. at the Bierman Funeral Home in Northfield. The Rev. S. L. Almlie will officiate. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, one hour prior to services. He is survived by two sisters, Thea Ellingboe of Northfield and Mary Ellingboe of Minneapolis.

Birth:
confirmation record says Renville County

Baptism:
Granite Falls Lutheran

Confirmation:
as Thrond Ellingbo

Died:
Minnesota Odd Fellows Home

Thomas married Rose B DOERHOEFER on 14 May 1935 in Milbank, Grant County, South Dakota, and was divorced. Rose was born on 24 Apr 1892 in Iowa; died on 24 Jun 1977 in Hot Springs National Park, Garland County, Arkansas; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1982-MN-000754
• Baptism: 8 Feb 1885, Granite Falls, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 14 May 1899, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Notes:

Never married. Died as Mary H. Ellingboe at Luther Hall, 2636 Park Avenue, Minneapolis. The informant for her death certificate was Mrs. Helen Hanson, 255 11th Avenue, Granite Falls (perhaps #17378).

Mary had been a school teacher.

Mary died of heart failure brought about by pneumonia.

Living at home with her mother and siblings in the 1910 census and the 1920 census. She is a school teacher.

In the 1940 census, she was the head-of-household and living in Maynard in the same house that she had lived in in 1935. Also in the household were her brother Thomas and his wife and daughter. Mary had had one year of high school.

In the 1950 census, she may be the 66 year-old Mary Ellingboe, an unmarried woman living at 1400 5th Avenue S. in Minneapolis. The census taker notes that she was unable to contact Mary Ellingboe directly (a common problem in the 1950 census) and that the information shown for Mary was obtained from Mary’s landlord or the landlord’s agent.

Confirmation:
Granite Falls Lutheran as Marie Ellingbo, age 14½, daughter of “Elling” and Marit

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1979-MN-019591
• Baptism: 21 Aug 1887, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1920 census she is single and living at home with her mother and siblings in the village of Maynard. Thea is a servant in a private family.

Died as Thea H. Her death certificate indicates that her birth year was 1887.

Thea never married. She was a housekeeper in a private home. She died from heart disease.

The 1955 Northfield city directory has her as Mrs. Thea Ellingboe, 912 Winona.

The 1957 Northfield city directory drops the “Mrs.” and has her as Thea H Ellingboe, a housekeeper at the same addess.

It is probably her will recorded in the Rice County Will Records, Volume J, 1963-1980, for the will year 1976.

Birth:
church record for baptism and her death certificate say 1887

Died:
Minnesota Odd Fellows Home

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1973-MN-016106
• Baptism: 10 Mar 1889, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Notes:

The maiden name of his mother is shown as Sparstad on his death certificate.

He married a third cousin.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, at Granite Falls. He registered as Iver H. Ellingboe, Maynard, Minnesota, born January 28, 1889, in Granite Falls. He is a self-employed farmer in Maynard and he is married. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

Inthe 1940 census, he and Thea and Walter lived in Wang Twp in a house they owned that was worth $2000, the same house in which they had lived five years earlier. He had an 8th-grade education, Thea had had two years of high school. Also living with the family was Sigrid Soine, Thea’s mother.

From the Granite Falls Tribune, May 31, 1973 (note truncation):

Funeral services for Iver H. Ellingboe were held May 16 from the Wang Lutheran Church. He died May 13 in the Granite Falls Hospital.

Iver H. Ellingboe was born January 28, 1889, at Granite Falls to Marit and Henry Ellingboe. He was baptized by Pastor Lokensgaard and confirmed by Pastor T. J. Oppendahl. He was married to Thea Soine on January 5, 1916. One son, Walter, was born to this union. He lived in this community all his life, 29 years in Maynard.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters: Mrs. A. O. (Christine) Hamre and Mrs. John (Bertha) Kasa.

He is survived by his wife, Thea; son, Walter, and daughter-in-law, Elsie; granddaughters, Mrs. Jim (Kathleen) Renolds, Janette, and Barbara; one brother, Tom, of Northfield; two sisters, Thea of Northfield and

Iver married Thea (Theolina) Olsdatter SOINE on 5 Jan 1916 in Renville County, Minnesota. Thea (daughter of Ola Kristofferson SØYNE and Sigrid Gudbrandsdatter LO) was born on 19 Jul 1889 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 17 Apr 1985 in Clara City, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Apr 1985 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 19 Dec 1909, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Age 15 and living at home with her mother and siblings in the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census she is single and living at home with her mother and siblings in the village of Maynard. Bertha is a servant in a private family.

Birth:
perhaps Aug 1895 if she was 14½ when she was confirmed in December of 1909

Confirmation:
another confirmation record says December 18, 1910

Berit/Bertha married John H KASA on 6 Jun 1928 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. John (son of Helge (Henry) Eiriksson KASA and Ingrid Ivarsdatter (Ida) ELLINGBØ) was born in Sep 1881 in Minnesota; died on 28 Apr 1969 in Mountrail County, North Dakota; was buried in Van Hook Cemetery, New Town, Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1913-MN-011294
• Baptism: 1 Nov 1877, Renville County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 9 Oct 1892, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, T. A. Ellingboe, 32 and single, was living on the farm next door to his father and step-mother in Wang Township. T.A. is shown as the head and living with his siblings: Bertha, 30, Endre, 26, Iver, 23, Andris, 22, and Clara, 19.

According to a 1913 land ownership map, T. A. Ellingboe owned an 80 acre parcel in Wang Twp, Renville County. T. A. Ellingboe’s parcel was the western half of the northwest quarter of Section 10.

Never married. Died of tuberculous meningitis.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 4 Oct 1894, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

A member of the first confirmation class of the Wang Norwegian Lutheran Church in October of 1894.

She is the Betsey shown as A. T.’s and Betsey’s daughter in the 1880 census.

In the 1900 census she is probably the Betsy Ellingboe, age 21, born Apr 1879, who is a servant with a family in Stoneham Twp, Chippewa County.

She is the 30 year-old single Bertha living with her brother T. A. and their younger siblings in the 1910 census.

Bertha Iola Marie’s mother is shown as age 36 on Bertha’s birth certificate.

Berit married Gilbert T STRAND on 22 Dec 1914 in Renville County, Minnesota. Gilbert (son of Sjugurd Guttormsen STRAND and Ingeborg Thomasdatter ELTUN) was born on 28 Oct 1867 in Minnesota; died on 2 Aug 1959 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Tioga, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-021797
• Confirmation: 8 Nov 1896, Maynard, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Christine in the 1916 Renville County history. At that time she had been a school teacher for 10 years.

She and Gunnar lived in Wang Twp, Renville County, at the time of the 1930 census.

She and Olaus lived in Wang Twp, Renville County, at the time of the 1940 census. It was the same house in which they had lived five years earlier.

Confirmation:
Wang Lutheran Church

Kirsti married Gunnar Olaus GJEVRE on 29 Jun 1929 in Renville County, Minnesota. Gunnar (son of Gunder GJEVRE and Gro Helgesdatter WEFLEN) was born about 1873 in Minnesota; died on 3 Feb 1945 in Hennepin 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: 1963-MN-022172
• Confirmation: 6 Nov 1898, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

His mother’s maiden name is shown as Lien on his death certificate. His name is shown as “Andre” on his death certificate.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Olivia, Renville County, as Endre A. Ellingboe, of 1 Maynard, Chippewa County, born June 10, 1884. He farms in Wang Twp and his nearest relative is Gina Ellingboe of 1 Maynard. His description is short, of medium build, with blue eyes and light hair. The registrar was his father, A. T. Ellingboe.

In the 1920 census, he is Endre Ellingboe, 36, with wife Gina T., 35, son Archie H., 4, and daughter Lilly E., 3 months, living in Wang Twp, Renville County. He lives next door to his father.

In the 1930 census, he is still in Wang Twp, Renville County. Living nearby is his single brother, Iver A., 44, his cousin Iver H., 41, his cousin Thrond T., 43, the Weflens, and his step-mother Marit, 69.

In the 1940 census, he and Gina and Archie live in Wang Twp in the same house in which they had lived five years earlier. Endre and Gina had seventh-grade educations, Archie an eighth-grade education.

His will is in the Renville County Will Records, Volume 002 1956-1968 for the will year 1963.

Birth:
birthdate is 10 Jun 1884 in his church confirmation record

Died:
Died following cerebral hemorrhage 17 July 1962

Endre married Gina Theoline LOFTSGAARDEN on 2 Jun 1912 in Renville County, Minnesota. Gina (daughter of Halvor LOFTSGAARDEN and Jørand (Julia) KJERSTEN) was born on 29 Dec 1883 in Lyon County, Minnesota; died on 17 May 1970 in Clara City, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried on 20 May 1970 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1962-MN-021720
• Baptism: 6 Sep 1885, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Not listed in the 1885 state census.

His mother is shown as Lien on his death certificate.

According to a 1913 land ownership map, I. A. Ellingboe owned an 80 acre parcel in Wang Twp, Renville County. The parcel was the southern half of the southwest quarter of Section 3.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, at Olivia. He is a self-employed farmer living at Route #1, Maynard, Chippewa County. His nearest relative is A. T. Ellingboe, also of Route #1, Maynard. He is described as of average height and build with dark blue eyes and dark hair. The registrar was C. H. Johnson.

In the 1930 census, he is shown as a 44 year old single farmer living in Wang Township, next door to his probable step mother Marit Ellingboe.

In the 1940 census, he and Clara Thompson lived in Wang Twp, Renville County, in a house they owned worth $600. Both were single. Both had an eighth-grade education. Iver was a carpenter.

Family/Spouse: Clara THOMPSON. Clara was born about 1887 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 501-32-1433
• Baptism: 16 Oct 1887, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he is Andris A Ellingboe, 32, farming in Mountrail County, North Dakota, with his wife Helena G., 23, and their daughter June B. M., 1 and 5 months.

In the 1925 North Dakota state census, he is A. A. Ellingboe, 37, living in Mountrail County, North Dakota, with his wife Helina, 28, and their daughters June, 6, and Hazel, 4.

In the 1930 census, he is Andris A Ellingboe, 42, a farmer in Mountrail County, North Dakota, with wife Helena G., 33, and daughters June B., 11, and Hazel B., 9.

In the 1940 census, Andris, Helena, and Hazel live on their farm in Mountrail County. Hazel has finished high school.

In the 1950 census, he and Helena live in Mountrail County. He is a farmer.

In 1970 Andris was living at 5743 Enfield Ave., Encino, CA.

Not listed in the WWI draft registration.

Buried:
Remembrance, Map A22, Lot 1131, Space 3

Andris married Helina Georgina LOFTSGAARDEN on 18 Sep 1916 in Renville County, Minnesota. Helina (daughter of Halvor LOFTSGAARDEN and Jørand (Julia) KJERSTEN) was born on 27 Dec 1896 in Minnesota; died on 21 Feb 1981 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School teacher
• Baptism: 31 Aug 1890, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Spelled Klara in her baptism record.

Baptism:
as Klara … Central Lutheran in Fairfax

Clara married Anton A STENDE on 10 Jul 1919 in Renville County, Minnesota. Anton (son of Anders Syverson STENDE and Marit Gudbrandsdatter STEINDE) was born on 8 May 1885 in Minnesota; died on 11 Jan 1974 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in Clover Leaf Cemetery, Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Apr 1893, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Not alive at the time of the 1895 state census (June 5th).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Jul 1895, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptism:
20 something, the date is illegible

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1972-MN-016264
• Occupation: school teacher
• Baptism: 8 May 1898, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 20 Oct 1912, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Death certificate says that mother’s maiden name was Gerde.

In the 1930 census, George O., age 33, and Esther B. Eide, age 32, were living in Wang Township of Renville County with their son P. Abner, age 8, and Esther’s sister, Agnes M., age 28. George and Esther had been married 9 years.

They were still in Wang Twp in the 1940 census, living in the same house in which they lived five years earlier.

She was a graduate of the Lutheran Normal School in Madison.

Birth:
church baptism records, her confirmation record, and her obit, say 23 Mar

Baptism:
as Ester Beata

Confirmation:
as Ester Beata

Esther married Gunder Olaus (George) EIDE on 25 Aug 1920 in Renville County, Minnesota. Gunder (son of Peder Knudsen EIDE and Anne Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 28 Oct 1895 in Minnesota; died on 16 Jul 1994 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1954-MN-002287
• Baptism: 5 Nov 1899, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 9 Nov 1913, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918 as George G. Ellingboe, farmer, Route #1 Maynard, Chippewa County. He listed his nearest relatives as his parents at Route #1, Maynard. He is described as tall and of slender build with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1930 census, he was living with his wife Lora and his sister Agnes, 28, in Maynard, MN. George is 30, owns his home worth $1800, and has a radio. His wife is 26. They have been married for 5 years. For some reason, George and Agnes’s parents were reported, erroneously, as having been born in “United States” and “Minnesota.” None of the three are shown as having any occupation.

In the 1936 Minneapolis city directory, he lives with his mother and sister Agnes at 409 E 18th.

In the 1940 census, he was a 40 year-old divorced man living with his mother and sister in Minneapolis. He had an eighth-grade education and was employed as a truck driver, currently working 6 hours per week.

He registered for the draft in Minneapolis at the Municipal Auditorium on 14 Feb 1942. At that time he was not employed and lived with his sister Agnes at 1711 Portland Avenue in Minneapolis.

George was shown as “single” in his death certificate. He was a veteran of World War II. He died from severe burns received in an accidental home fire. An article in the December 4, 1954, edition of the Star said that George died in a fire that destroyed his home and severly injured the man that lived with him, Svere Ulvik, age 70. (Ulvik survived and died in 1973.)

According to the Minnesota Veterans Graves Registration Index, George was a veteran of World War II. Find A Grave shows his gravestone which says S1 USNR.

Birth:
date on draft card and on death certificate

George married Laura TOOLE on 13 Aug 1925 in Renville County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Laura was born about 1904 in Iowa; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1901-20360
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2000-MN-013920
• Confirmation: 2 Sep 1901, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

According to her birth certificate, she was child #12 born to A.T. and Mary. She was #12 for A.T.

She attended school in the Maynard area. She completed normal training in Madison and taught rural school near Maynard. She lived in Minneapolis several years and then moved to Renville where she cared for her mother. She moved to Montevideo in the early 1980s and lived at the Clara City nursing home for a couple of years before her death. She was survived by nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and four sisters.

Entered twice in the 1930 census as living with her sister Esther Eide as well as her brother George. In the latter, she is not shown as having any occupation.

In the 1935 Minneapolis city directory, she is a teacher living at 409 E 18th.

In the 1936 Minneapolis city directory, she is a clerk and lives at 409 E 18th.

In the 1940 census, she is Agnes Hillman, married but no husband listed, high school graduate, living in Minneapolis at 1711 Portland in a rented apartment with her mother and her brother George. She works 32 hours per week as a helper in a bakery. She made $650 in 1939 and is the household’s principal earner.

Died:
Clara City Nursing Home, as Agnes Maria Ellingboe

Buried:
as Agnes M Ellingboe

Family/Spouse: William HILLMAN. William was born in New York; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed with her family in the 1880 census. Not listed with her family in the 1885 census. The Oline listed with the family in that census was two years old and is a younger sister of this Olina.

Died in the early 1880s apparently.

Notes:

She was age 5 when she was listed with the family in the 1885 state census when the family still lived in Chippewa County.

Died before 1890 because her parents reused her name on another daughter.

Notes:

In the 1920 census, Iver, Albert, and Oleana were living together in Hayward Park in Alameda County, California. Iver was a farmer and Albert was a lather.

In the 1930 census, Iver, Albert, and Olena were living together in Eden Twp, Alameda County. Both men worked in the building industry, Iver as a shingler and Albert as a lather.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 May 1885, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Notes:

Find A Grave notes that he was originally buried in Grayson Cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Nov 1886, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Notes:

World War I veteran.

In the 1930 census, he is a lodger in San Francisco. He is single and is a house painter.

Notes:

In the 1920 census, Iver, Albert, and Oleana were living together in Hayward Park in Alameda County, California. Iver was a farmer and Albert was a lather.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Feb 1891, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Notes:

Christine Blomgren Torrison, b. 24 Dec 1890 in Minnesota died in Alameda County, California, on 16 Nov 1957. Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe.

Family/Spouse: Hans Andrew TORRISON. Hans was born on 8 Dec 1882 in Polk County, Minnesota; died on 5 Jan 1936 in San Francisco County, California; was buried in Patterson District Cemetery, Patterson, Stanislaus County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census, Iver, Albert, and Oleana were living together in Hayward Park in Alameda County, California. Iver was a farmer and Albert was a lather.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1951-MN-018261
• Baptism: 7 Feb 1886, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

In a 1913 land ownership atlas of Wang Twp in Renville County, “T. T. Ellingboe” owned two separate parcels in or near the village or community of New Lisbon. It’s likely that both parcels were owned by Tom. The two parcels were separated by an 80 acre parcel owned by his mother, Annie Ellingboe. Tom’s two parcels were: 1) a 120 acre parcel made up of the southern half of the southeast quarter-section and the southwestern quarter of the southeastern quarter of Section 4, and 2) the southern half of the northeast quarter-section of Section 9.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Olivia as Thrond T. Ellingboe of Route #1, Maynard. He was born January 13, 1886, and he was a farmer. His nearest relative is listed as Mrs. Emily Ellingboe of Route #1, Maynard. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and dark hair.

In the 1920 census, he and Emily live next to the farm(s) of his uncle A. T. Ellingboe and cousins Endre and Iver.

In the 1940 census, Thrond and Emily and their four children lived on a farm in Wang Twp. This was the same house in which they all had lived five years earlier. Thrond owned the house and it was worth $2500. Thrond had a sixth-grade education, Emily had an eighth-grade education.

In the 1950 census, he, as Tom T., and Emily live in Wang Twp. Arleen, Ellsworth, and Marvin are still living at home. Tom is no longer farming. Next door is Walter G Ellingboe and family.

Thrond married Emelie (Emily) Mathilda OPDAHL on 15 Mar 1917 in Renville County, Minnesota. Emelie (daughter of Thrond Jenson OPDAHL and Ragnilda Olsdatter UNDERDAHL) was born on 2 Feb 1891 in Minnesota; died on 4 Mar 1983 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: 6 May 1888, Minnesota

Notes:

The location of her birth and baptism are confusing in the ELCA records. They imply eastern Minnesota, perhaps Northfield. Other sources says western Minnesota, probably Wang.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Jun 1890, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she and Theodore and their two oldest children lived in Golden Valley Twp, Williams County, North Dakota.

In the 1930 census, she and Theodore and their children (Palmer, Adeline, and Mervill) lived in Golden Valley Twp.

In the 1940 census, she and Theodore and their children live on a rented farm in Lindahl Twp, Williams County, North Dakota.

Baptism:
perhaps Central Lutheran in Fairfax, the ELCA records are unclear

Dena married Theodore P EIDE on 8 Mar 1916 in Renville County, Minnesota. Theodore (son of Peder Knudsen EIDE and Anne Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 29 Jun 1892 in Minnesota; died on 31 Jul 1963 in Ward County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 537-07-5392 Issued In Washington State Before 1951
• Washington Death Certificate: 003437
• Baptism: 6 Nov 1892, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Williams County, North Dakota, where he was single and a self-employed farmer. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census he was a single farmer in Tioga Twp, Williams County, North Dakota. His mother was living with him.

In the 1925 North Dakota state census, he is still single and living on the Eide farm in Tioga Twp, Williams County.

In the 1930 census, Theodore and his family were living in Poulsbo Precinct, Kitsap County, Washington. He was a farm manager at an orphans’ home. Esther was not listed and had not quite been born.

In the 1940 census, he and his family lived on Sunnyslope Road in Port Orchard, Washington, in the same house that they had lived in in 1935. Theo was a carpenter for the WPA. Theodore had an eighth-grade education, Josie had had two years of high school. All 6 of their children were at home.

Theodore registered for the World War II draft in 1942. At that time, he and Josie lived on a general delivery route in Port Orchard, Washington. He was employed by the “Gen. Construction Co.” of Bremerton, Washington.

In the 1942 Bremerton, Washington, city directory, he and Josie M lived at 804 DeKalb. He was a carpenter.

In the 1946 Bremerton directory, he and Josie lived at 806 DeKalb.

In the 1948 Bremerton directory, he was a janitor at Givens Grade School. He and Josie still lived at 804 DeKalb.

In the 1950 and 1952 Bremerton directories, he was still a janitor and he and Josie still lived at 804 DeKalb.

In the 1957 Bremerton city directory, he was a custodian for East Port Orchard School. He and Josie were still at 804 DeKalb.

In 1970 Theodore's cousin Andris was living at 5743 Enfield Ave., Encino, CA. Theodore was living at 924 Sidney Ave., Port Orchard, WA. Theodore wrote that Miss Agnes Ellingboe of Maynard, MN, was also gathering data on the Ellingboe family. , ,

Birth:
SS death records also give 1892 as birth year.

Theodore married Josie Mabel STROM on 27 May 1925 in Tioga, Williams County, North Dakota. Josie (daughter of Carl J STROM and Ragnhilde “Nellie” HILLERAN) was born on 15 Feb 1900 in Six Mile Grove Twp, Swift County, Minnesota; died on 27 Jan 1990 in Port Orchard, Kitsap County, Washington; was buried in Sunset Lane Memorial Park, Port Orchard, Kitsap County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1905-41-2352
• Baptism: 7 Apr 1895, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1974-MN-017655
• Baptism: 11 Jul 1897, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 20 Oct 1912, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Or Ida Helene.

Helen and her husband were living in Stoneham Twp, Chippewa County, Minnesota at the time of the 1930 census. Helen had no children.

In the 1940 census, she (as Helen) and William and her mother lived in Stoneham Twp, Chippewa County, in the same house in which all three had lived five years earlier. William was a farmer with a fifth-grade education. Helen had an eighth-grade education.

She was the informant for her mother’s death certificate.

Ida married William H KRAMER on 9 Jul 1922 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. William was born about 1894 in Minnesota; died in 1964; was buried in Maynard Lutheran Cemetery, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maria. Maria was born in 1872; died on 2 Feb 1921; was buried in Hilland Cemetery, Hilland, Haakon County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Faribault Daily News, June 25, 1963:

Funeral services for John G. Johnson 83, were held at the Vang Lutheran Church Tuesday, June 18, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. B. J. Blikstad, pastor of the Vang, Urland and Wangen Prairie parish, officiating. Mrs. Blikstad sang, "My God and I" and "Rock of Ages", with the church organist, Mrs. Cyrus Midje, accompanying. Pallbearers were six grandsons, John Olson, Richard Olson, James Johnson, Larry Johnson, Robert Johnson and Mark Johnson. Interment was in the Vang Cemetery. Mr. Johnson passed away, after a sudden illness, at the Rice County District One Hospital in Faribault Sunday, June 16. He was born in Warsaw Township, May 25, 1880. His parents were George and Berit (Nystuen) Johnson. He was confirmed in the Vang church by the late Dr. C. A. Melby. On June 26, 1907, he was united in marriage to Germine Maring. They established their home in Warsaw Township where they resided until the year 1943, when they moved to Kenyon. To this union five children were born, all of whom survive him: Morris of Lake City, Mrs. Orren (Bernice) Olson of Bode, Iowa, Lee of Keokuk, Iowa, Arlie of Dennison and Donald of Dallas, Tex. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife and one grandson, Paul Olson. Mr. Johnson was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He was an active member of the church and his community.

Family/Spouse: Gemine MARING. Gemine was born on 26 Oct 1887; died on 16 Nov 1956; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Serena THOMPSON. Ingeborg was born in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Silver Lake

Died:
Northfield

Family/Spouse: Brita HELLAND. Brita was born on 3 Nov 1867 in Norman County, Iowa; died on 16 Jan 1933 in Rice 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]