Siri Arnesdatter KVÅLSHAGEN

Siri married Erik Narveson DAHLEN on 12 Jul 1825 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Erik (son of Narve Olson DØLVESEIGE and Anne Øysteinsdatter HESTHAGIN) was born in 1799 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1886 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Dec 1827, Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Guri married Ole Olsen BOEN on 21 Oct 1847 in Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole was born on 26 Feb 1825 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Mar 1901 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alison’s Fuchs-Ross Family Tree has Anne dying in Norway in 1910.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Dec 1839, Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she is probably the 80 year-old widow living with the 59 year-old widow, both named Sarah Erickson, in Minneapolis. The younger Sarah was born in Wisconsin.

Her death certificate gave her cause of death as apoplexy and senility. Julia Stockton was the informant for her mother’s death certificate. Julia did not know the name of her maternal grandmother.

Rose said that it was Julia’s aunt who had the hotel in the Dakotas near Aberdeen. That aunt must have been Siri because Rose said that the aunt had two sons, Erick and Edward. It was on a train trip to see her aunt that Julia met Erick Thompson.

By 1903 that aunt had moved to Minneapolis. Julia went to a convention in Minneapolis at that time.

Died:
“4 mile south of Winnett” as Sarah Erickson

Siri married Andrew ERICKSON on 28 Dec 1858 in Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Andrew was born about 1827 in Norway; died on 29 Apr 1912 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Nov 1845, Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Rose said that Julia’s mother came from Bang and she was right. (Also spelled Bagn, apparently.)

Died:
Died at 5:30 AM

Marit married Mikkel Gudbrandsen DIGENE on 24 Sep 1864 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Mikkel (son of Gudbrand Halsteinsen NEERBŸE and Sigrid Mikkelsdatter BRATTERUD) was born on 23 Sep 1835 in Nederbye Gård, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdahl, Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Oct 1919 in Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 1 Nov 1919 in Hedalen stavkyrkje, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Jan 1852, Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

also called Erik Skaaren

Erik married Ingeborg Arnesdatter DOKKEBAKKEN on 21 Nov 1877 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Arne Gulbrandsen and Ragnhild Olsdatter) was born about 1856 in Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He lived on a farm in Chetek Twp, Barron County, Wisconsin, in the 1920 census.

Family/Spouse: Angelina DAVIS. Angelina was born on 11 Nov 1859 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin; died on 16 Oct 1947 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Bruflat birth records are not available on Digitalarkvet for this range of years.

Called Alexander in the 1870 census.

The Cummingstree has him born in Forde, Sogn og Fjordane, on 7 Nov 1860, and dying in Flandreau in Moody County, South Dakota, on 8 Sep 1901. The Sogn birth is not in the Førde records on Digitalarkivet.

Notes:

Edward in the 1880 census.

Notes:

Not listed with his family in the 1865 Norwegian census.

Not listed in the 1880 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1951-MN-022493

Notes:

In 1890 she was an operator of some sort in Minneapolis. She lived at 43 20th Ave in south Minneapolis.

In 1892 she lived at 248 Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis.

Family/Spouse: Edwin A HEMPEL. Edwin was born on 14 Mar 1869 in Iowa; died on 1 Aug 1957 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1966-MN-013612

Notes:

Apparently called Clara in the 1880 census.

In the 1900 census, she had had only the two children. Both of her parents were born in Norway.

Called Kari Andersdatter in the baptismal record for Herbert.

Carrie married Alfred E CORDES on 28 May 1894 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Alfred was born on 10 May 1871 in Wisconsin; died on 29 Apr 1935 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1930 census, he and his wife and son lived in Minneapolis at 5620 22nd Avenue in a house he owned. He operated a pool and billiards hall.

He was a farmer in Lincoln Twp, Burnett County, Wisconsin, in the 1940 census.

He was Elmer Ericson of Webster, Wisconsin, at the time of his sister Christina’s death in 1951.

Family/Spouse: Belle. Belle was born about 1880 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she and her children lived in Winnett in Petroleum County, Montana. She was a laundress.

Died:
Lewistown

Julia married William Murray (Tex) STOCKTON, Sr in 1913. William was born on 30 Sep 1871 in Texas; died in Nov 1920 in Fergus County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 27 Jun 1880, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, Sarah and Peter live in the North Kittitas Precinct of Kittitas County in Washington, not far from the Eidals. They had been married for 10 years and Sarah had had zero children. Living with them was Peter’s son, William A. Peter was a farmer who had come to the U.S. in 1862. Sarah is shown as having immigrated in 1891.

In the 1910 census, Sarah and Peter A. Wold were living in North Kittitas Precinct in Kittitas County, Washington. Peter is 74 and a farmer. Sarah is 45. It is the second marriage for both: they have been married for 19 years. Sarah is shown as not having had any children. The year she came to this country is illegible. It may be 1881.

In the 1920 census, Sarah and Peter are living at 813 East Fifth Street in the city of Ellensburg in Kittitas County. Peter is 84 and came to this country in 1862. Sarah is 55 and came to this country in 1881.

In the 1930 census, Sarah M. Wold is living with her sister Sigrid Eidal and Sigrid’s husband in the North Kittitas Precinct in Kittitas County, Washington. Sarah is 65, a widow, and was first married at age 22.

Birth:
Confirmation record says 30 Dec 1864

Siri married BELGUM about 1886. died before 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Siri married Peter A WOLD about 1891. Peter was born about 1836 in Norway; died on 14 Aug 1925 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Almost certainly named, or intended to be named, Gudbrand.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-018858
• Baptism: 2 Feb 1868, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Gunhild’s first stop after she came to the U.S. in 1886 or 1887 was her uncle Abraham’s home in Granite Falls. According to Evey, Gunhild first worked for a sheriff and his family in Granite Falls, a job in which she had to cook and keep house for the family which included 13 children. Later she decided to go to Aberdeen, South Dakota, to work for her aunt who had a hotel. It was on that train trip to Aberdeen that Gunhild met Erik Thompson, her future husband.

Apparently that aunt was Marit’s sister Siri, judging by what Rose said of that aunt, as recounted by Evey, “She had a big family, that aunt. Ma (Gunhild) had a picture of two strappin’ nice young men, you know, with stove-pipe hats on. And their names were Erick and Edvard, I think. That aunt came to Minneapolis later. Well, anyway, they lived in Aberdeen….”

Living in Waubun, Minnesota, in the fall of 1934 when Helen came to live with them and go to high school.

The 1900 census reported that Julia came to the U.S. in 1887. The 1900 census also reported that Julia had 6 pregnancies and 6 children.

Residence in 1900, 1910: Ward Township, Todd Co., Minnesota

Residence in 1920 through about 1932: Waubun, Lake Grove Township, Mahnomen Co., Minnesota

Residence in 1942: 2206 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she had lived for two years according to her death certificate. She died of mitral stenosis brought about by bronchial pneumonia. She had spent one day in the hospital.

Julia and Erick paid for the immigration of Julia’s sister Anne Marie in 1904.

Alison’s site has a copy of Julia’s obit from the Farmington Tribune, April 3, 1942:

Mrs. E. A. Thompson of Minneapolis died of pneumonia at the Swedish Hospital after an illness of 2 days.

Funeral services were held from Billman’s undertaking parlors, 2121 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, and at the West Christiania Lutheran Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Wm. L. Peterson officiciating. Mrs. Orville Myron sang two songs, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Peterson.

The pallbearers were Edwin, Arthur, and Oscar Ellingboe, Clarence Campion, and Lloyed Luckman, grandsons of the deceased, and Clarence Tonsager, a nephew.

Gunhild (Julie) Digen was born in Hedalen, Norway, on January 2, 1868, and died at the age of 74 years, 2 months, and 17 days. She came to United States in 1886, to Granite Falls, and from there she went to Aberdeen, South Dakota, where she was married to Erick A. Thompson of Scott County, Minnesota, February 27, 1889.

Nine children were born to this union who, with the aged father, survive. They are: (Rose Mathilde) Mrs. O. Ellingboe of Lakeville; (Anna M.) Mrs. Arnold Peterson; (Ida) Mrs. Clifford Luce, both of Minneapolis; (Mollie) Mrs. M. J. Ryan of Moline, Illinois; (Ellen) Mrs. Roy Worrell of Denver, Colorado; Edward of Seattle, Washington; Melvin, George, and Clarence of Duluth, Minnesota. Also 17 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, a brother in Norway, and a sister in Ellensburg, Washington. Her mother, father, 4 sisters, and a brother have preceded her in death.

Deceased was a true Christian, a kind and loving wife and mother, and will be sadly missed by all who knew her.

Christened:
Hedalen Stavkirke

Died:
11:10 PM, Swedish Hospital, of pneumonia

Buried:
death cert said burial on March 28th

Gunhild married Erik (Erick) Andrew THOMPSON on 27 Feb 1889 in Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota. Erik (son of Anders (Andrew) Tomasson ELLESTAD and Rangdi Eriksdatter KVÅLE) was born on 6 May 1861 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was christened on 26 May 1861 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 May 1948 in Sanford Hospital, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 May 1948 in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is probably the unmarried Maria Mikkelsdatter, female servant and milkmaid, living with the Nils Larsen family on Jøranby-Huset in Søndre Aurdals.

She was married to Anton at the time of her death.

Family/Spouse: Jon Knutsen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married Anton Nilsen SKOGBRÅTEN in 1901. Anton died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She arrived in the port of New York on 1 June 1892 aboard the Teutonic as 18 year-old Sigrid M Digen, unfortunately shown on the ship’s manifest as a male.

Not listed in the index of deaths in Washington. Either did not die in Washington or else died before 1940.

In the 1910 census, she is shown as having had six children, all six still alive.

Came to this country in 1892 according to the 1920 census. Naturalized as a citizen in 1909.

Sigrid married Christen Olson EIDAL about 1893. Christen was born about 1864 in Eidal, Buskerud, Norway; died on 14 Apr 1949 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1876, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He was listed as the unmarried son of Mikkel and Marit and living with them on Dikjene in the 1900 census.

Birth:
as Guldbrand

Family/Spouse: Elise Torgrimsdatter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Jun 1880, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Jul 1883, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

from Eric Digene
Hedalen in Valdres
November 28, 1932
Dear Sister Anna and family
Thank you for the letter I received yesterday evening. According to it our dear sister Siri has passed away. how strange it is in this world, how short our lifetime is, and how important it is for us all to grasp eternal life. Then death can come. When it greats us we fear not but but continue our life in the eternal dwelling that Jesus our crucified and ressurected Savior has made possible for us up in heaven. Praise be his holy name!!!
Mother has been very sick this last year. She has not been down all the time, but up now and then. she has a large amount of heart failure so death can occur at any time. Mother has a strong conviction about resting on the Sabath which is for those who believe in His life and know our hope for forgiveness is in Christ Jesus. He was crucified, died and was buried for us. In order to live with him we must believe.
With us here in Digene all is normal. We are all healthy at this date. Andreas is going to the pastor this winter. so there is just Melvin of my children who is not confirmed. Thanks for the confirmation picture of Della. How pretty she is now. I will send Einar's confirmation picture at Christmas. Einar is a head taller than me. You asked in your last letter about Anton Flaten. He is still a widower and spends a lot of time with his children. He operates a country store.
In your letter you mention Siri's house in town. You must explain a little about how large it is and the rules and regulations for selling it. A person who is always looking after ones own needs will not seek out a legal settlement of an estate, but will try to arrange a deal without any legal authority. Write soon again about this.
Thousands of greetings and Merry Christmas from us all.
Your brother Eric
PS - Great Sigird and her family for us. Hope she writes at Christmas. Live Well!


from Eric Digene
Hedalen in Valdres
July 5, 1938
My dear sisters and families!
Thanks for the letter I got from from Anna a while ago when I found out that you, Sigrid, have become so sick that you must stay in bed. Yes, that is sad to hear, but we people must (nok boie) us for that we are subjected to. With sin comes grief and sickness and death according to our catechism instruction. In former times, before death and the grave, it was not so. It is written: And He (Jesus) shall wipe away tear of your sorrow and death shall be no more, neither grief, neither wailing, neither pain shall be more. The first thing is our Book. (Quotes from Hebrews 21,4 and Aab. 21,23)
After these lines were written I got your letter, Anna, and was so distressed that this letter did not reach my dear sister, Sigrid, while she was living. but I have remembered her each day in my prayers, so I believe and hope that Sigrid received the forgiveness of her sins in the lambs blood and now is home with our dear Savior who shall wipe away every tear of your grief. He has saved us. (I'm sorry the letter is so sloppily written. I've had so little time to write.)
Here in Digene everything is normal. we are working with a large number of patients (20) doing farm labor. Three years ago we bought the Nerby forest and land belonging to Oisterholmen for 24000 kroner. So now we have the largest farm in Hedalen. So you understand that we are not out of work. My health is poor. I'm nearly always well. It is my digestion which is causing problems. It constantly aches when I eat. My oldest son Einar is now 23 and has begun working at the Dikemark asilym as a nurse. Andreas is 20 and runs the telephone switchboard for the community. Melvin will be 14 in the fall and will be confirmed in the summer of 1939. He is the last of our children. Yes, it is amazing in this world how children grow up and we adults go back towards the grave. Lucky are those who have confessed their faith in the Savior Jesus and have a strong belief in His coming. In order to be where He is, people have not lived their lives in vain.
Send this letter to your dear brother-in-law and to all their dear children whom I have never met. Let them all read this letter from their oncle and when they have all read it let Anna have it back. May your gracious God bless all of you in your grief over my dear sister's passing away. May God be with us all. His mercy is now with her and her relatives who are now in Jesus' house, meeting again with her as she has now traveled from us.
Heartily greetings from all of us to all of you.
Eric Digene

Family/Spouse: Martha Cecilie SKAAR. Martha was born in 1884; died on 11 Jun 1964; was buried in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Washington Death Certificate: 182
• Baptism: 10 Apr 1886, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

From notes on Anne Marie Digene on the Johnson website.

(As told by Elna Johnson, Fall, 2000) Anne Marie Digene came from Norway with a cousin ( no name known) and traveled to Minnesota to stay with an older sister, Gunhild/Julia in 1903/04. Her father drove her from Hedalen to Oslo with a horse cart. She was just 18 when she came, and pretty adventurous. She came through Castle Garden, where she was checked out for diseases (a story she told for years). She was sponsored by sister Julia. She came to Ellensburg, Washington, and stayed at the Eidal farm. She met her husband-to-be, John David, at Sarah Digene Wold's in their two story house, which is torn down now. She had never seen her sister Sarah (Siri) Digene Belgum Wold, who was 21 years older than her, until she came to the US. Anne's father's brother was the first to come...and that was how Sarah came. Sarah did not move to Ellensburg until after her first husband Belgum died. Anne worked at various jobs around Ellensburg when she first came. (Chris Eidal and Charlie Anderson were friends in Roslyn, And when Anne and John David Johnson were married, they lived and worked at Charlie Anderson's. Later they were sold the 12 acres that is still in the family today, and where Elna, Della, Charlie, and Melvin grew up. The 12 acres was "on the wrong side of the track" for the Anderson farm...

Immigration Record:
Digen, Anna M.
Norwegian, Scandinav.
Digene Naerers
October 08, 1904
18y 6m
F S
Ship Adria
Christiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway Destination Clarissa, Minn
By whom was this passage paid Erik Thompson

The manifest for the Adria, which had sailed from Kristianssand on 24 September, agrees with this summary. She was a servant and had $4. Her destination was her sister, “Hullie” E Thompson of Clarissa, Minnesota. She had a ticket to that final destination.

In the 1910 census, she is living with her sister Sadie Eidal’s family in North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County, Washington. The Eidals don’t live far from Sarah and Peter Wold. John D. Johson lives next door to the Eidals.

Died on October 22 according to her death certificate (#182).

Her obit, as posted by Alison on Anne Maria’s Find A Grave page:

Mrs. Anne Maria Johnson, 60, who lived in the Woldale district for 42 years, died early today at the Ellensburg General hospital. She had been ill for two and a half years.

A native of Hedalen, Norway, Mrs. Johnson was a life long member of the Lutheran church.

She is survived by her husband, A. D. Johnson; two daughters, Mrs. Della Peterson and Miss Elna Johnson; two sons, Melvin A. and Charles D. Johnson, all of here; a brother, Erick Digene, Norway; and three grandchildren.

Funeral services, with the Rev. Luther Strommen officiating, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Honeycutt chapel. Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Ellensburg Daily Record October 22, 1946 page 1

Died:
Find A Grave says 22 Oct 1948

Anne married John David JOHNSON on 1 Jan 1912 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. John (son of Johan Augustus SVENSSON and Adela CARLSON) was born on 6 Feb 1885 in Bolg, Satila, Sweden; died on 26 Feb 1958 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Feb 1878, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he was the head-of-household, living with his wife Jennie, her sister Ida, his brothers Andrew and Gilbert, and his sister Ragnhild. They lived in Minneapolis. Erick had come to the U.S. in 1900, Andrew in 1908, Gilbert in 1904, and Ragnhild in 1908. Erick owned the house at 2900 15th Avenue. Andrew and Erick were painters, Gilbert was a mason, Ida and Ragnhild were dress-makers.

He registered for the draft in Minneapolis in September of 1918. He had an auto painting business at 1112 East Lake Street. He was still not a citizen. He and Jennie lived at 3016 12th Avenue.

In the 1920 census, he and Jennie lived at 3016 1st Avenue in Minneapolis in a house they owned with a mortgage. Eric owned a garage.

In the 1930 census, he and Jennie lived at 3020 12th Avenue S. in a house they owned worth $8000. Erick was an automobile salesman. All of the children were still living with them in addition to three roomers.

Erick married Jennie Elenora JOHNSON on 7 Jan 1908 in Chisago County, Minnesota, and was divorced in Nov 1934 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Jennie (daughter of Carl JOHNSON and Johanna Maria HOLT) was born on 14 Sep 1885 in Minnesota; died on 15 Dec 1958 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gilbert moved to Canada. As of April of 1912, he had a homestead in Alberta.

He registered for the draft in Duluth although the registration seems to have been taken in September of 1918 at the U.S. consulate in Vancouver, B.C. At the time he claimed to be a naturalized U.S. citizen and he gave his occupation as “prospector.” The person who would always know his address was E.E. Dale of 1112-1114 East Lake Street in Minneapolis.

A 1937 border crossing record indicates that he lived in Saskatchewan.

In another border crossing in 1939, at Blaine, Washington, he was returning to Canada from a job in California. He lived in Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan. His occupation was hard rock miner. His wife was Belinda Jane. He had arrived in the U.S. in August of 1902 at New York aboard the St. Louis.

In his crossing in 1944 at Havre, Montana, he was now a carpenter. His wife was Belle.

He was Gilbert Dale of Canada at the time of his sister Sigrid’s death in 1964.

Gilbert married Belinda Jane (Belle) CORNEIL on 11 Jan 1935 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Belinda was born on 18 Mar 1879 in Nevada; died on 26 Jul 1960 in British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Dec 1888, Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he is the foreman of a lumber camp in Koochiching County. He is still single.

In the 1930 census, he and his wife Hannah lived in Williston, North Dakota. He was an automobile salesman. The couple had no children.

An Andrew Dale was elected vice-president of the Valdres Samband at its 1924 meeting in Minneapolis.

Lived in Williston, North Dakota, in late 1937 according to his brother Gilbert’s border crossing record.

In the 1940 census, he had Hannah were still in Williston. He was a salesman at a garage.

He was living in Crosby at the time of his sister Sigrid’s death in 1964.

Birth:
His gravestone erroneously says 1886.

Andrew married Hannah about 1926. Hannah was born about 1889 in Norway; died on 16 Feb 1985 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Williston, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her obit called her Runghild. She had lived in Minneapolis for 28 years. She was survived by four sisters: Mrs. T.A. Boen, Grand Meadow; Mrs. C.O. Peterson, Lakeville; Miss Marion Dale, Rochester; Miss Gunehild Dale, Norway. She was survived by six brothers: E.E. Dale, Olaf Dale, and Einar Dale, all of Minneapolis; Andrew Dale of Williston, North Dakota; Gilbert Dale of Savannah, British Columbia; and Ernest Dale, Norway.

Ragnhild married Valentin REFLING on 28 Nov 1914 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Valentin was born on 14 Dec 1887 in Norway, Clay County, South Dakota; died on 3 Jun 1966 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was Miss Marianne Dale of Rochester at the time of her sister Sigrid’s death in 1964.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Mar 1882, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her maiden name was shown as Erickson, Dale, and Boen on her children’s birth certificates.

Called Lena or Tena in the 1920 census. Or, perhaps, it’s Sena.

Sigrid married Theodore BOEN about 1901. Theodore (son of Arnig T BØEN and Sigri (Sarah) A) was born on 22 Sep 1879 in Norway; died on 5 Oct 1957 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was Mrs. Anna Peterson of Minneapolis at the time of her sister Sigrid’s death in 1964.

Notes:

He was living Crosby at the time of his sister Sigrid’s death in 1964.

Notes:

He lived in Minneapolis at the time of his sister Sigrid’s death in 1964.

Family/Spouse: Emma Regina KNECHT. Emma (daughter of Josef KNECHT and Louise Elizabeth HAUERT) was born on 24 Jan 1888 in Wisconsin; died on 12 Feb 1973 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He died after being kicked by a horse.

Joseph married Cecelia PRESTON on 28 Aug 1905 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Cecelia was born on 16 Jan 1888 in Wisconsin; died on 21 Oct 1958 in Jackson County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Philip H DAVIS. Philip was born on 29 Jun 1896 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin; died on 3 Nov 1975 in Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1900, Barron County, Wisconsin

Family/Spouse: Marjorie Lillian ROTH. Marjorie was born on 22 Jul 1899 in Minnesota; died on 30 Dec 1974 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Aug 1906

Notes:

When he registered for the World War II draft, he was 37 and working for his father’s company.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Apr 1896, Wisconsin

Notes:

Or Atlee.

In the 1900 census, he lived with his parents and brother in Minneapolis.

In his registration for the World War I draft, he claimed a physical disability.

In the 1940 census, he and Clara lived in rural Burnett County, Wisconsin. He operated a wrecking yard. No children were living with them.

In his registration for the World War II draft, he was a mechanic for Broadway Motor Sales of Minneapolis. He lived at 2402 Irving Ave. in Minneapolis. The person who would always know his address was W. L Cordes of 3712 45th Avenue.

Buried with Stella (1897-1985).

Baptism:
Bennett Valley Lutheran in Mondovi

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Jan 1899, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

When he registered for the draft for the first World War, he was a shipbuilder for Skinner & Eddy Corp. in Seattle. He gave his permanent address as 2120 5th Avenue So., Minneapolis. He was described as of medium height and slender build with brown eyes and brown hair. Although he have his place of occupation as Seattle, he gave as his permanent address a residence in Minneapolis and he is shown as having his local board as the Local Board No. 5 in the New York Life Building in Minneapolis. He gave Mr. E. Erickson of Minneapolis as his nearest relative.

His baptismal sponsors were Anders Ericksen and his wife, Elmer Erickson, and Julie Erickson.

In the 1920 census, he and Sylvia and their son John, age 2, live in Minneapolis with her parents. Lester is a chauffeur for an auto livery.

In the 1937 Rockford city directory, Lester and Sylvia live at 519 Fisher Ave. Lester is an usher at the Midway Theatre.

In the 1940 census, he and Sylvia and their two younger children live in Rockford where Lester is a real estate broker with his own business. Lester and Sylvia’s daughter-in-law Stella, is also living with them.

In the 1949 Rockford city directory, Lester and Sylvia live at 404 X Court. Lester is in real estate.

Baptism:
Bethlehem Lutheran

Lester married Sylvia E CATHERWOOD on 21 Sep 1917 in Fergus County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He drowned on Woman Lake near Hackensack, Minnesota.

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

Notes:

A Roger E Erickson was born in Montana on 3 Jul 1927. No county shown for this birth.

He was shown as born in Wisconsin in the 1940 census. Ancestry trees show Wisconsin.

He married Louise Torgerson Greenwell in 1985.

Notes:

Unmarried at the time of her sister Ruth’s death.

She graduated from the University of Montana at Missoula in 1937.

She survived all of her siblings.

Died:
Marcus Daily Hospice and Palliative Care Center

Patience married Arnold Lewis HILLIUS in 1943 in Montana. Arnold was born on 27 Oct 1913 in Fergus County, Montana; died on 24 May 1998 in Fergus County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was Mrs. J M King of Billings at the time her sister Ruth died in 1936.

Her obit in the Great Falls Tribune only mentions her survivors as Patience and William so apparently she had no children.

Birth:
Winnett

Buried:
cremated

Mary married Jack Melbourne KING on 16 Jun 1935 in Montana, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Christopher HANSEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1950 census, he was a rancher in Grass Range in Fergus County, Montana.

GRASS RANGE - William Murray Stockton died Oct. 29, 2002, after a 12-month battle with lung cancer.

Bill, born in 1921, was raised in Winnett along with his three sisters, Patience, Mary and Ruth, by his widowed mother, Julia Stockton. In 1935, the family moved to Grass Range, where Bill graduated from Grass Range High School in 1938. In 1942, he enlisted in the army, where he was first assigned to the military police patrolling the troop trains crossing the nation. Later, he was assigned to the 239th General Hospital Unit as a medic and sign painter. In 1944, the 239th was stationed near Paris, France, where he met his future wife, Elvia Angelo Cirefice. They were married in the base chapel on the 30th of June, 1945.

In 1946, the family, now joined by their first son Gilles, lived in Billings, where Bill worked as a sign painter. Taking advantage of the GI Bill, the family moved to Minneapolis, where Bill studied art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. They then returned to France, where Bill continued to study art at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere.

In 1950, the family moved back to Grass Range, where Bill took over operation of the family ranch from his mother. Their second son, Charles, was born in 1951. During this period, Bill continued to explore his passion for art while actively ranching. Along with a small group of friends, he is credited with having introduced the modern movement of art to Montana. For his entire career, he continued to blend the work and life of a rancher with the creative energy he poured into art.

During his life as an artist, he experimented with many different styles and techniques. Over the half a century of his art career, he worked with oil paints, watercolors, cattle markers, line drawings, and concrete, bronze and steel sculptures. His styles ranged from pure abstracts to pure representational works and most everything in between. Bill also wrote and illustrated a book on sheep and the life of a sheep rancher, entitled "Today I Baled Some Hay to Feed the Sheep the Coyotes Eat." This book is still in print. For many years, he gave art classes in Lewistown, seminars at many different locations, and in 1969, he was a visiting professor of art at Montana State University.

For the last 25 years of his life, he devoted his art to depicting the changing landscape of his home on MacDonald Creek west of Grass Range. This series of landscapes concentrated on the patterns of brush, rocks, trees, hills, snow and grass. The focus was most often on small and intimate areas instead of the vast vistas. He continued this line of work into the last year of his life.

His work is represented in hundreds of private and public collections across the nation and Europe. The Yellowstone Art Museum has acquired a collection of more than 75 pieces that cover the entire range of his career as an artist. In 2000, he was awarded the Yellowstone Art Museum's Presidents Award and just before his death, he was presented with the 2003 Governor's Award for the Arts. His fans, friends and family are grateful for the many beautiful examples of his unique vision that he has given to inspire us.

Bill is survived by his wife, Elvia of Grass Range; son, Gilles along with his wife Joan of Grass Range; son, Charles and his wife Sue Ann of Arkansas; and grandchildren, Antoine, Jeremy and Brittany. He is also survived by a sister, Patience Hillius of Hamilton and her daughters, Judy and Mary Ann. He was very close with his French family by marriage including brother-in-law, Lucien Cirefice and family; sisters-in-law, Marie Bagary, Antoinette Bognon, Angel Nardonne and Jeanette Cirefice; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, William and Julia; and his sisters, Ruth and Mary.

The family would like to thank the staff of the Central Montana Hospice Program for their wonderful spirit, support and care that helped Bill and his family through these difficult final weeks.

Funeral services for William M. Stockton will be held at the Grass Range United Methodist Church on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be at the Grass Range Cemetery.

William married Elvia Angelo CIREFICE on 30 Jun 1945 in France. Elvia was born on 22 Jul 1922 in France; died on 25 Jun 2018 in Fergus County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1976-MN-030843
• Occupation: Homemaker, Cook
• Social Security Number: 477-30-1544 issued in MN before 1951

Notes:

After her younger sister Ann had been in New Market for a year and a half, helping their grandmother Rangdi on the farm, Julia decided it was Rose’s turn. Rose recounted to Evey, “I had been sick. I went to school, and then I got the measles and my eyes got so bad, amd Ma wanted me to go down there then, because she though that would be nice for me. I had to take over the baking and everything, you know, when I came there. I was seventeen. I stayed there a year and a half then and then I came home again. I met your dad, then and he came up and visited us up in Clarissa. And then I went back in the spring to work for Knute. I worked another summer there and then I went home, and then I got married.”

To put Rose’s story in perspective, her sister Ann would have gone to New Market from Clarissa in the summer of 1903 and stayed in New Market until the early spring of 1905. Rose would have gone down to help her grandmother in, probably, the spring of 1907 and stayed there until late summer of early fall of 1908. In the spring of 1909 she went back to New Market to work for Knute (#1687) and went back to Clarissa in the late fall of 1909. She got married a few months later.

According to Evey, “Ma’s name was Rose though people always called her ‘Rosie’, probably because in Norwegian her name would have two syllables: ‘Ro’se’ (with a rolled r) and the e pronounced like an i. Due to a law which was later changed, Ma lost her citizenship when she married Pa and had to apply for citizenship later on with him.”

Rose M. Ellingboe, age 28, of Lakeville in Scott County, was included in the 1918 Alien Registration.

How Ole and Rose met, according to Evey: “Grandpa Thompson and family, including my mother, were by that time living near Waubun in Mahnomen County. When my mother, who was the oldest, was about eighteen years old, she went for a visit and to help out her grandmother Thompson near Webster. While she was there, she met a young man named Adolph Davidson (#13416) who lived near there. Adolph was a friend of my dad, and consequently my mother met him through Adolph. (It seems she once told me that she went out first with Adolph, so I think that is the way it happened.) Adolph and his wife, Inga, were their friends all their married life. Interesting side note: Inga (#11920) was a cousin of Annie, later to be Albert Ellingboe's wife.”

“My dad, being one of the oldest, built a half mile west of the old house when he married my mother. My mother sold our farm and moved into Lakeville, shortly after Pa died.Not far from there, was the area around Eureka Center and the East and West Christiania churches.”

The oldest child. Of Rose’s four sisters, none lived on farms after they were married. One lived in Colorado, one in Illinois, and the other two in Minneapolis. Two of the sisters were childless, one had two sons, and one had only one daughter.

Had to be “renaturalized” as a citizen because she married a non-citizen. This naturalization took place in Minneapolis, U.S. District Court, 4th Division, on November 10, 1937, with Ole’s naturalization. In the naturalization certificate, Rose is described as 5’4” tall, 110 lbs., blue eyes, light brown hair.

In the 1950 census, Rose and Jeanette live on Morgan Street in the village of Lakeville. Rose is a cook’s aid in a cafe.

Rose went to Europe in the summer of 1958. Her trip included a visit to Sweden to daughter-in-law Anna’s relatives. In a letter to Sweden in September of 1958, Anna says: “Ed’s mother is back safely, she had a nice trip. We never thought she would go to Sweden! Thanks to Olle for he was kind to drive her to Östersund. She told us of Olle and Gösta how kind they are and how fun she had with you all. She has now seen Sweden but she don’t know anyone there.”

Funeral service at St. John's Lutheran Church, Lakeville, 3:00 PM, Sunday, January 2, 1977, Rev. Dallas Blenkush officiating.

Buried:
“with Albert & Anne”

Rose married Ole Oveson ELLINGBOE on 12 Feb 1910 in Ward Twp, Todd County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Ove Ovesen ELLINGBOE and Berit Arnesdatter HELLE) was born on 25 Sep 1875 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Jan 1948 in Sanford Hospital, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried on 8 Jan 1948 in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Minnesota death record gives her date of birth as September 15, 1891.

As Evey quotes Rose, when her grandmother Rangdi needed some help on the farm in New Market, Anna was sent down on the train from Clarissa. “Ann was eleven years old then, going on twelve. She was supposed to go in company with a student from Augsburg that was out there preaching in our little church, but he wrote afterwards to Dad and Mother and said he was on the train but he didn’t see Dad’s daughter. So she got to Minneapolis all by herself. And then Aunt Mary met her at the depot. Ann was there [in New Market], helping her grandmother Rangdi, a year and a half.”

In the 1910 census, she may be the Anna Thompson, 17, who was a servant for a family in Akeley Twp, Hubbard County, Minnesota.

An Anna Thompson married a Peter Peterson in Hennepin County on 10 Sept 1918. An Anna Thompson married an Arthur M Peterson in Yellow Medicine County on 7 May 1919.

In the 1920 census, Ann and Arnold were living at 2705 Stevens Avenue, in the upstairs. They were each 28 years old. Arnold was a merchant tailor. Ann was a telephone operator.

She and Arnold were living at 2621 2nd Avenue South in Minneapolis at the time of the 1930 census. Arnold R., a tailor, is 37. Ann M. is 36. They had been married between 9 and 12 years. Arnold was born in Minnesota but his parents were born in Sweden. Arnold was a veteran of the World War.

In the 1940 census, Arnold and Anna live at 2617 Clinton Avenue in Minneapolis in a rented apartment. Arnold has an 8th grade education, Anna a fifth-grade education. Arnold is an assistant custodian at a men’s lodge or lodging. Anna is a custodian of an apartment building.

“Of Minneapolis” according to Gunhild’s obituary. Anne was the informant for the information on her mother’s death certificate and, at the time of her mother’s death, lived at 2617 Clinton Avenue as Mrs. A. R. Peterson.

She was living in Elk River at the time of her brother George’s death.

Buried:
Plot H, 1283

Anna married Arnold Roger PETERSON about 1919. Arnold (son of HELGESON) was born on 15 Apr 1891 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 22 Nov 1959 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“Of Moline, Illinois” according to Gunhild’s obituary.

Living at 408 15th Ave. in Moline, Illinois in the 1920 census (January 10th). The family was Martin J., 32, Mollie, 26, and Orvil, 1 and 7 months. Martin works in a factory, his occupation is illegible.

At the time of the 1930 census, Mollie and family were living at 1016 27th Street in Moline, Illinois, in a house they were renting at $15 per month. The household had a radio. The family consisted of Martin J., 40, Mollie B., 36, son Orvall M., 11, and son Jack D., 5. Martin was born in Iowa and his parents were born in Ireland. Mollie is shown as having been born in Minnesota and her parents in Norway. Both boys were born in Illinois.

Couldn’t find her in the SSDI. She was not listed as a survivor of her brother Melvin in his obituary.

Her obit gave her address as 503 Center Court, Springbrook Courts, Moline.

Died:
obit in the Davenport Daily Times, 17 Oct 1962 edition

Mollie married Martin James RYAN on 21 Sep 1915 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Martin was born on 13 Mar 1888 in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa; died in 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1987-MN-010972
• Occupation: Barber
• Social Security Number: 539-14-3832, issued in WA before 1951

Notes:

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Todd County (Ward Twp). He is single, living with his parents, and occupied in farming. He is described as of medium height, slender build, with brown eyes and dark hair.

In the 1920 census, Edward, 24, is listed as head of household at a residence on West Grant Street in Minneapolis. Living with him are his sisters Ellen and Ida as well as a 19 year-old lodger named Lydia Brettinten. Edward is a barber at a barber shop.

In the 1923 Minneapolis city directory, he is probably the Edw Thompson, barber, who rooms at 2816 Stevens Avenue.

In the 1924 Minneapolis directory, he is probably the Edw Thompson, barber, who lives at 1623 1st Avenue S.

The family was living at 1820 Stevens Avenue in Minneapolis when Edward was born and in the 1926 Minneapolis city directory.

Edward, 34, Evangeline, 25, and their son Edward, 4, were living at 3921 Garfield Avenue at the time of the 1930 census. They were renting their home for $25/month and they did not have a radio. Edward was a barber in a barber shop and he was a veteran of the World War.

In the 1940 census, Edward, Evangeline, and Edward were living in the Victory Heights precinct of King County, Washington. They lived in a house they owned worth $1500. The senior Edward had a 7th grade education and was a barber with his own shop. Evangeline had had one year of high school. In 1935, the family lived in Kansas City.

Of Elk River at the time of his brother George’s death.

The informant for his death certificate was his brother Clarence. Edward died as the widower of Evangeline. Edward died of Parkinson’s disease with its numerous complications.

Died:
Elk River Nursing Home

Edward married Evangeline LOVELACE on 17 Aug 1923 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Evangeline was born on 24 Aug 1904 in Brookston, Culver Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 13 Sep 1980 in Snohomish County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1991-MN-016463
• Occupation: Railroad Worker, “Oiler”
• Social Security Number: 701-14-2503 Issued before 1951 as a RR (railroad) number

Notes:

Diane says Melvin’s middle name was Ollie.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1918, in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, as Melvin O Thompson of Waubun. He lists his employer and nearest relative as his father, Erick Thompson, of Waubun in Lake Grove Twp. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

“of Duluth” at the time of each of his parents’ funerals.

Melvin, 31, Edith, 25, and Evelyn, 3.4, were renting a duplex at 725 3rd Avenue in Two Harbors, MN, at the time of the 1930 census. Their rent was $15/month and they did have a radio. Melvin was not a veteran.

In the 1940 census, Melvin and his family lived at 2219 South Street in Duluth in a house they owned worth $1800. Melvin was a car man for a railroad. He had a sixth-grade education. His wife had had two years of high school. Melvin earned $1200 in 1939.

In the 1941 Duluth city directory, he and Edith lived at 2219 South. He was an oiler for the DM&IR Railway.

In the 1943 directory, he and Edith lived at 2219 South. He was repairman for Goodwill Industries.

In the 1944 Duluth city directory, he was Melvin O Thompson, wife Edith, who lived at 2219 South. In this and all of the succeeding Duluth directories through 1960, he and Edith continued to live at 2219 South but Melvin had no occupation.

Lived at 2219 East South Street in Duluth at the time of death. His death certificate shows that he had been educated through the eighth grade. He died of bronchial pneumonia complicated by or brought on by lymphocitic leukemia. The information in his death certificate came from Melvin Thompson, 1621 Beach Parkway, #202, Cape Coral, Florida.

His obituary was published on p. D02 of the June 5, 1991, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

Melvin O. Thompson, 94, of East South Street, died Tuesday, June 4, 1991, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. He was born in Clarissa, Minn., and had lived in Duluth since 1932. He had worked for the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway, retiring in 1941. He was a member of First Lutheran Church and Sons of Norway Lodge 1-017. His first wife, Edith, died in 1965, and his second wife, Mary, died in 1978. Surviving are a son, Melvin E. of Cape Coral, Fla.; a daughter, Evelyn Eastman of Mantague, Mich.; a sister, Ida Luce of Pen Hook, Va.; a brother, Clarence of Elk River, Minn.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in Johnson Mortuary, where services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Died:
10:14 AM, St. Mary’s Medical Center

Family/Spouse: Elvera PEARSON. Elvera (daughter of Swan PEARSON and Emma) was born on 16 Oct 1904 in Kittson County, Minnesota; died on 3 Sep 2005 in Pennington County, Minnesota; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Lake Bronson, Kittson County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melvin married Edith OMAN in 1926. Edith (daughter of Peter OMAN and Mary NORDSTROM) was born on 19 Feb 1905 in Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota; died on 22 Jul 1965 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melvin married Mary OLSON on 12 Nov 1976 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Mary (daughter of Jacob OLSON and Olen Marie SATHER) was born on 24 Feb 1902 in Wisconsin; died on 26 Jun 1978 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried on 30 Jun 1978 in Riverside Cemetery, Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1976-MN-029122
• Social Security Number: 477-20-6892 Issued in MN before 1951

Notes:

Lived in Denver, Colorado.

In the 1920 census, she was 21, single, and a stenographer living in Minneapolis on West Grant Street with her brother Edward and her sister Ida.

In the 1920 Minneapolis city directory, she was Ellen Thompson, stenographer for United States Fidelity & Guarantee Co. She lived at 2705 Stevens.

In the 1924 Minneapolis city directory, she was probably the Ellen, aka Eleanor, Thompson, a stenographer and bookeeper for Landis Shoe and Harness Machinery. She lived at 2816 Stevens Avenue.

The couple was renting a home in Denver at the time of the 1930 census. They had no children but did have a 34 year-old “roomer” named Henry Z. something. (The name is illegible.) Roy is shown as 33 and Ellen as 31.

Birth:
death certificate said her year of birth was 1899

Died:
Last residence Elk River, Sherburne County, Minnesota

Ellen married Roy H (Bud) WERRELL on 14 Aug 1928 in Colorado. Roy was born on 2 Jun 1895 in Eau Galle, Dunn County, Wisconsin; died on 16 Oct 1970 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado; was buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: DC-79385
• Social Security Number: 468-03-2682 issued in MN before 1951

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she is living with her siblings Ed and Ellen on West Grant Street in Minneapolis. Ida is a tailor in a tailor shop.

In Joyce’s birth record, Albert, 22, a tailor, and Ida, 20, live at 89 N 17th Street in Minneapolis.

“Of Minneapolis” according to Gunhild’s obituary.

In the 1930 census, she was Ida Pearson, 29, living at 212 West 26th Street in Minneapolis. She was married but there was no husband in the household. There was, however, a roomer named William Vang, 35. Vang was an upholsterer. Ida was a machine operator for a retail tailor store.

Ida and Clifford are not in the 1940 census.

She was Ida Luce, of Pen Hook, Virginia, at the time of her brother Melvin’s death in 1991.

LUCE, IDA T. ROCKY MOUNT - Ida Thompson Luce, age 91 formerly of Tanyard Village, Rocky Mount, died Sunday, June 21, 1992, in a local nursing home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Frank Luce. Mrs. Luce attended Woodlawn Baptist Church, and was a member of the former Snowcreek Chapter No. 156 Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Edsel Finney, Penhook; her grandchildren, Sharon and Max Ward, Long Mont, Colo.; Patricia Finney, Virginia Beach; Frances and Charles Hutchinson, Vinton; Janet and James Middlemas, Charlottesville; Katheryn Finney, Penhook; her great-grandchildren, Jennifer Ward, Charles Allen Hutchinson, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Lindsey Middlemas and Sarah Middlemas; and her brother, Clarence Thompson, Elk River, Minn. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 23, 1992, 11:00 a.m. at the Arrington-Bussey Chapel by the Rev. Berlin G. Hanks. Interment will follow in the Franklin Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time on Tuesday at the Arrington-Bussey Funeral Home and other times at the home of Joyce and Edsel Finney near Penhook. The family suggests that memorials be made to the rescue squad of your choice.

Died:
SSDI says Rocky Mount, VA

Ida married Albert L PEARSON in 1920, and was divorced. Albert was born on 21 Dec 1898 in Minnesota; died on 2 Nov 1997 in Pine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married Clifford Frank LUCE on 11 Feb 1939 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Clifford was born on 29 Apr 1901 in Brown County, South Dakota; died on 28 Nov 1983 in Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia; was buried in Franklin Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1983-MN-013677
• Social Security Number: 477-07-4979

Notes:

“of Duluth” at the time of each parent’s funeral.

The Duluth telephone directory of 1949 lists a Geo Thompson living at 202 West 3rd Street. His phone number was Melrose 4540.

Living with his parents in Mahnomen County at the time of the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

In the 1939 Duluth city directory, he and Frances live at 704 E 2nd. He is an ice-cream maker for the Arrowhead Co-op Dairy. Frances is a maid.

In the 1940 census, he and Frances and George lived in Duluth at 2906 West 2nd Street, a rented residence. Five years earlier, George had lived on the family farm with his parents in Mahnomen County and Frances had lived in Eveleth. George was a high school graduate, Frances had a 7th grade education. George was a checker at a creamery. He had earned $500 in 1939.

In the 1943 Duluth city directory, he and Frances live at 11 S 60th Avenue W. He is a checker for the Arrowhead Co-op Creamery.

In the 1944 Duluth city directory, he is George E Thompson, “helper”, who lives with his wife Frances at 11 South 60th Avenue West.

In the 1946 directory, he is a roofer for Gold Bond Roofing.

In the 1957, 1958, and 1960 directories, he and Frances still live at 11 S 60th Avenue W. George was a laborer for the DM&IR.

His obituary was published on p. A8:1 of the May 8, 1983, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

George E. Thompson, 79, of 11 S. 60th Ave. W., died Saturday in Hospice Duluth at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was born in Clarissa, Minn., and had lived in Duluth since 1937. He worked for the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railway at the ore docks before retiring in 1967. He had previously worked for Arrowhead Creamery. Surviving are his wife, Frances; two daughters, Ursula Karlen of Blaine, Minn., and Rose Stewart of Esko; two sons, George A. of Duluth and Frank J. of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two sisters, Anna Peterson of Elk River, Minn., and Ida Luce of the state of Virginia; three brothers, Edward and Clarence, both of Elk River, Minn., and Melvin O. of Duluth; 13 grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bell Brothers Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Birth:
Not listed in the MHS birth certificate index

Family/Spouse: Frances Agnes O’ KORN. Frances (daughter of Frank O’ KORN and Ursula JAKELJ) was born on 20 Jun 1910 in Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 13 May 1999 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-29276
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2005-MN-020576

Notes:

Living with his parents in Mahnomen County, Minnesota at the time of the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

Apparently worked with a traveling carnival when he met Fern. Fern later left for Oregon where Jay was born.

In the 1940 census, Clarence was living with his parents on the family farm in Lake Grove Twp, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. Clarence was shown as single. He had an eighth-grade education and worked in gravel hauling on a WPA road improvement project.

Clarence and Gertrude lived at 88 Spruce Place in Minneapolis, near Loring Park, at the time of their stillborn son in 1942.

He was “of Duluth” at the time of his mother’s funeral; “of Webster” at the time of his father’s funeral.

Served in the military from 1942 to 1946. In one of Ed Ellingboe’s letters to Ruby in August or September of 1942, he seems to be referring to Clarence being in Boston at that time.

In the 1946 Duluth city directory, he and Gertrude lived at 2219 South (with Melvin and Edith). Clarence was a driver for Security Stage.

In the 1950 census, Clarence and Gert, with their sons Clarence and Ronald, lived on a farm in Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. Clarence was a farmer and Gertrude was a nurse at a city hospital.

Clarence was living in Elk River when his brother Edward died. Clarence was the informant for Edward’s death certificate. He was also living in Elk River when his brothers George and Melvin died.

On May 2, 2002, Alison drove Clarence to see the old Thompson farm in Clarissa.

HIs obit:

Clarence Thompson

Thompson Clarence, age 99, of Big Lake passed away on July 16, 2005. Preceded in death by wife, Gertrude and son, Ronald. Survived by longtime companion, Juel Biddick; sons, Jay (Leslie) Ross of Beaverton, OR, Clarence "Butch" (Wendee) Thompson of Sarona, WI, and Kenny (Dolly) Thompson of Sebeka, MN. Also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandsons. Clarence enjoyed spending time outdoors, fishing and hunting. Funeral service 12 noon Wednesday at Dare's Funeral Home, 805 Main St., Elk River (973-441-1212). Visitation one hour prior to service Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment Orono Cemetery.

Died:
Monticello Big Lake Community Hospital

Clarence married Fern Lettie LUFF on 23 Dec 1933 in Detroit Lakes, Becker County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Fern (daughter of Charles Fred LUFF and Eva Augusta CIBART) was born on 15 Jul 1912 in Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minnesota; died on 30 Jun 1975 in London, England; was buried in Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarence married Gertrude Frances PERRA on 16 Jul 1942 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Gertrude (daughter of George John PERRA and Mary JOLICOEUR) was born on 29 Jan 1911 in Wright County, Minnesota; died on 7 Nov 1988 in Anoka County, Minnesota; was buried on 10 Nov 1988 in Orono Cemetery, Elk River, Sherburne County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Oct 1891, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Married but had no children. Adopted his wife’s brother’s daughter.

A letter he wrote:

Martin Digene
Bolhaug
November 22, 1945
Dear Aunt Anne Marie
I have been thinking so much about you lately. I was 14 years old when you traveled from America and I remember you so well from that time. Time goes fast and I, myself, am beginning to age. I'm already now 54. Now it is only you of my mother's sisters in America who are living. Yes, concerning us everything is going fine. We have our health so things are fine. We have lived through each year of this last occupation of the country. There are five unhappy and sad years that are now behind us. The German occupation was bad enough to take quite a toll on us. Some of our best people were locked up in concentration camps and prisons, or also were shot. The food supply was miserable and huge numbers suffered from hungry especially in the cities. The bread we had was made of bad oats and barley and poor rye. It was whole meal bread. We didn't enjoy it and would almost throw it up. Then later there were only crumbs, and unhappily we could see only dark days ahead. the common folk could not have good strong coffee. It was sold on the black market for 200 kroner per kilo. For a long time there was no margarine that could be bought, so it was a rough time.
A little before freedom came, during last year's winter 1500 parachutes with war material were dropped down in the Vassfaret which was to be used against the Germans. If this had been discovered, Hedalen would have been obliterated from this world. But, according to God's providence, it went well. Now circumstances are beginning to work themselves out a little. We are actually getting wheat from Argentina and America. So now we have good, fine bread and coffee. (?) It will be well over a year before we can all get a pair of shoes, a gown, or a dress. In the cities there is hardly anything still. (?) the Germans clearly stole everything they found in the country.
About the family news here, I hardly know where to begin. Perhaps Erik has written and told you most of it. He said that he had gotten a letter from you but I have not read it yet so I don't know anything. Halvor Lie is bedridden. His leg was amputated. Gunhild Gronhaug died two years ago. She visited us so often. Her husband, old Halvor, is still living. He is now 86. Halstein and Marit Lie died during the war. Kari Overby still lives but she is very weak. Her daughter, Thonetta, takes care of her. Of the other old people around here, living still are Kari Bullend(sp), Ole Bjorgan, Iver and Marie Sorlie but Ivar and Marie are in very bad shape now.
Down at Digene, Erik's place has truly become a fine manor. You must take a trip to Norway now. You will find that you don't recognize your own home. At Keoveberg just below the top of the mountain that you know, he has built a very beautiful hytte (mountain lodge or cabin). In the hytte he has an English hearth with really pretty material and furniture. In the summer he rents it out to rich Oslo folks, bankers and money changers and other fine folks. He increases his work steadily so now he has at least 25 mental patients. The more he earns, the greedier people are after his fortune.
You have certainly read in the newspapers that all of the Finmark area was burnt by the Germans and the population had to evacuate to the south. From last November 3rd until now we have had 50 of these unlucky people here in Hedalen. They had to flee half-naked and exhausted and have been placed around here and other communities in Ostlandet. I get a little spending money to be the foreman of the resettlement program here. I have had a huge amount of work to do, finding them housing, clothes and food. It is not such a simple task when most of us here in this country have not had new clothes since before the war. We must find old clothes, food, etc. in this effort. They seem to be doing relatively OK. Most of them have traveled back north again to Finmark, but they have a very rough existence. they live in old sod buildings, or ruined buildings destroyed after the Germans were there.
Did you have any sons who were in the war? I hope you are in good health and let me hear from you. I certainly like to get pictures of you and where you live. Margit and her husband have two handsome sons. The oldest, Gubrand, will be confirmed in the fall. The other is 4. Gubrand look very much like the grandfather that he is named after. Marit and her husband have been very economical but times are difficult. Hedalen is much prettier and built up than when you were home. The most beautifully improved farm of all is Digene. And he (Erik) now owns Nerbyskogen, and Oistreholmen. He now has 10 cows and two horses in the stable. Gunhild Marie Lisbraten has been dead for two years. She was so youthful and strong until the last. But she got liver cancer and was not sick for more than a year before she died. What was it that Aunt Gunhild died of? How are things going with her children and grandchildren. I'm sending a little picture of my wife and I and our foster daughter whom we have had since she was 6 years old. She is the daughter to Anton Bakke, my wife's brother. It is taken in front of our house up here in Solhaug. You remember, certainly, the hill on the Overby land. That is where we live.
So now I wish you and your a very merry Christmas. Many greetings from my wife, daughter and me.
Martin Digene
PS - The old houses on Kloneberg are still standing. Both the Jorenby bua are old. I was there once and saw them!

Family/Spouse: Anne. Anne was born on 3 Jun 1893 in Norway; died on 6 Nov 1967 in Norway; was buried in Hedalen stavkyrkje, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Public School Principal
• Washington Death Certificate: 8250

Notes:

In the 1913 city directory for Everett, Washington, he was a student at Bethania College. He lived with Anders Eidal, also a Bethania student, at 3322 Bway. He was living at home in Ellensburg in the 1915 Ellensburg city directory.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in North Kittitas, Washington. He was single and a farmhand on his father’s (Chris Eidal) farm at R.R.#4, Ellensburg, Washington. He was described as of medium height and stout build with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1925 city directory for Olympia, Washington, he and Henrietta lived at 1317 8th Ave W. He was the principal of Washington School.

In the 1927 Olympia directory, he and Henrietta lived at 109 22nd Ave. He was principal of Lincoln School.

Living at 109 E. 22nd Avenue in Olympia, Washington, at the time of the 1930 census.

In June of 1930, he and his family moved from Olympia, where he had been principal of the Lincoln grade school, to Auburn, where he would be superintendent of schools.

In the 1934 Portland, Oregon, city directory, he and Henrietta lived at 2034 SE Sherman. He worked for Carter-Eidal Automotive Service.

In the 1940 census, he was a farmer in Kittitas County. Living with him and Henrietta and Richard were his wife’s two nephews, Lynn and Jack Vertrees.

Elmer registered for the World War II draft in 1942. At that time, he and Henrietta lived on Route 1, Ellensburg. He was a self-employed farmer.

Washington Death Certificate #8250.

From the Seattle Daily Times, April 26, 1953:

Funeral services for Elmer O Eidal, 59, of 12630 Shoreview Drive, will be held in Ellensburg at 2 o’clock Wednesday under the direction of the Honeycutt-Evensen Funeral Home. Burial will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery, Ellensburg.

Mr. Eidal died Friday in a hospital after a six-month illness. Prior to his illness he was the manager of the Fifth Avenue studio of the Kennell-Ellis photographers.

Mr. Eidal was born in Ellensburg and was graduated from high school there. He attended Central Washington College of Education and was graduated from the University of Washington.

For many years, Mr. Eidal was associated with the teaching profession in Olympia and in Auburn, where he served as superintendent of schools. He served in the Navy in the First World War.

Surviving are his wife, Henrietta; a son, Dr. Richard A. Eidal, Auburn; two brothers, Otto C. Eidal, Ellensburg, and Roy M. Eidal, Albuquerque, New Mexico; three sisters, Mrs. Warren F. Gilmour, Ellensburg; Mrs. Haskell C. Carter, Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Frank T. Maxson, Seattle, and two grandchildren.

Elmer married Henryetta Bertha (Heine) (Betty) LUFF on 29 Nov 1917 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. Henryetta (daughter of William F LUFF and Anna Sophia Wilhelmina PAUTZKE) was born on 14 Feb 1895 in Roberts County, South Dakota; died on 14 Mar 1988 in Auburn, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in North Kittitas, Washington. He gave his permanent address as R. R. #4, Ellensburg, although his occupation was a teacher, employed by the state, in Port Blakely. He was single and was described as being of medium height with stout build and with blue eyes and light hair.

Later he was school superintendent.

In the 1928 Seattle, Washington, city directory, he was principal of Foster Grade School. His address was RD9.

In the 1930 census (indexed as Erdal), he and his family lived in Black Diamond Precinct #2, King County, Washington. He was a public school teacher. He was a veteran of the World War.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and daughters lived in Langley in Island County, Washington, the same place but not the same house as 1935. He was superintendent of public schools.

Otto also registered for the World War II draft. At that time, he and Edith lived in Langley in Island County, Washington. His employer was the State of Washington, “Dept. of P. T. & D. operations.”

May have lived and/or died in Island County, Washington.

Find A Grave calls him Otto Charles Eidal.

Otto married Edith M MIDDENDORF on 1 Jan 1921 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. Edith was born on 16 Nov 1901 in Illinois; died on 26 Nov 1992 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and Warren were the witnesses to Marie’s marriage to Maxson in 1944.

ELNA MARGARET EIDAL was born in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA on 10 November 1896. Her parents, CHRISTEN OLSEN EIDAL and SIGRID "Sadie" (DIGEN) EIDAL were both born in Norway who came to the American west and settled in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington Territory as pioneers in the early 1890's..

ELNA EIDAL was married twice: first to JENS PETER JENSEN in 1918 in Ellensburg and then to WARREN FREDERIC GILMOUR on 6 June 1925 in Ellensburg. Her Obituary in the ELLENSBURG DAILY RECORD of 17 October 1959 follows:

"ELNA MARGARET GILMOUR, Kittitas Valley native, daughter of an early pioneer family, passed away Saturday October 17 a Ellensburg General Hospital... Born Nov 10, 1896, the daughter of the late CHRIS O. EIDAL, she attended local schools, graduated from Bethenia College in Everett in 1912 and attended business college in Seattle. For several years she was employed in a local bank. ELNA EIDAL was married to WARREN GILMOUR at First Lutheran Church here June 6, 1925. Mrs. GILMOUR was a life - long member of the Lutheran Church and for 18 years served as treasurer of that church. Last year she was nominated as church woman of the year by the Council of United Church Women in Ellensburg. She is survived by her husband, a brother ROY M. EIDAL of Albuquerque, New Mexico, two sisters, Mrs. H.C. CARTER of Portland and Mrs. MARIE MAXSON of Seattle. She was preceded in death by two brothers, ELMER EIDAL in 1952 and OTTO EIDAL in 1956. Funeral services will be held in the First Lutheran Church Wednesday October 21 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Silas Erickson officiating. Burial will follow in the IOOF Cemetery.” 
 

Elna married Jens P JENSEN on 20 Apr 1918 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. Jens was born about 1892 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elna married Warren F GILMOUR on 6 Jun 1925 in Kittitas County, Washington. Warren was born on 19 Sep 1900 in Washington; died on 29 Jan 1969 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Oregon Death Certificate: 87-19186

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she is single and boarding with a family in Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington. She is a public school teacher.

From her obit in the October 22, 1987, edition of The Oregonian:

Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in First Christian Church for Sarah Eidal “Sally” Carter, co-founder of an airplane parts manufacturer in Portland. She died Monday in a Portland hospital at the age of 87.

Mrs. Carter was born in Ellensburg, Washington, and was raised on the family farm. She was a graduate of Central Washington Normal School in Ellensburg and later taught grammar school in the area and in Seattle.

She moved to Portland in 1926. She was vice-president of Carter Manufacturing Co. of Portland, makers of parts for the aircraft industry. She and her husband founded the company and she remained active in it until her death. Mrs. Carter operated the company alone for a period until her husband, Haskell, retired in 1950 as vice president of Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co. in Portland.

Surviving in addition to her husband are sons, Russell of West Linn, Roy of Portland, and Harry of Welches; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Private committal and vault interment will be in the Pioneer Cemetery in Hillsboro.

Sarah married Haskell Clarence CARTER on 27 Dec 1922 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. Haskell was born on 15 Jan 1898 in Tennessee; died on 25 Mar 1989 in Clackamas County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, she was Marie Gronvold, the head of household in Seattle of a household which included her father, her daughter Anna, age 10, and two lodgers. She was a saleswoman for a cosmetics company. She was divorced. She lived in the same house in which she and Anna and Chris had lived in 1935.

Marie E Gronvold of King County married F. J. Maxson of King County on 20 October 1944. The ceremony was performed by a Navy Chaplain at the Exchange Building in, presumably, Seattle.

She died as Marie Maxson, widow of Dr. Frank T. Maxson. Her obit said she was the beloved mother of Ann Richmond, Seattle, and sister of Sarah E. Carter, Portland. Memorials were to go to Virginia Mason Medical Foundation, 925 Seneca, Seattle 98101.

Died:
SSDI last residence; the Oregon death index says she died September 8th

Marie married George Bott GRONVOLD on 10 Mar 1928 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, and was divorced. George was born on 10 Jun 1901 in Canada; died on 31 Mar 1970 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Frank Theodore MAXSON on 20 Oct 1944 in King County, Washington. Frank was born about 1880 in Washington, D.C.; died on 20 May 1959 in Seattle, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 537-10-4272 Issued In Washington Before 1951

Notes:

The Seattle Passenger and Crew Lists show a Roy M Eidal, age 27, arriving in Seattle on November 11, 1932, on the ship Aleutian Native. The port of departure had been Vancouver, B.C.

George B Gronvold was one of the witnesses to Roy’s wedding to Doris.

In the 1935 Seattle city directory, he and Doris lived at 6401 12th Avenue NE. He was a salesman for HW.

In the 1940 census, he was divorced and living as a single man in what appears to be an apartment building on Spring Street in Seattle. He was a sales manager for truck equipment company. He made $4000 in 1939. He had had one year of college.

In the 1955 and 1960 city directories for Albuquerque, he was married to Jacqueline and they lived at the Hilton Hotel. He was president of Eidal Manufacturing Co.

His obit in the February 12, 1974, edition of the Ellensburg Daily Record:

Roy Martin Eidal, former Ellensburg resident, died February 8th in Alburquerque. He was born in Ellensburg October 16, 1905, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Eidal, prominent valley pioneers.

Funeral will be conducted at Strong-Thorne Mortuary in Albuquerque Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be at Greenwood Park in Phoenix.

He was chairman of the board of Eidal International and a member of the Queen Anne Lodge 242 F&AM, Seattle, the Elks Lodge, Albuquerque Country Club, Four Hills Country Club, and the Petroleum Club.

He is survived by two sisters: Mrs. Marie Maxson, Seattle, and Mrs. Haskell Carter, Portland; and a daughter, Sue Eidal, of Seattle.

Regarding Eidal International, from its website:

Eidal International was formed by Roy M. Eidal in November 1943 as Eidal Manufacturing Company for the purpose of producing military trailers for the United States government. After World War II, the changeover from military to civilian trailers was rapidly made. By mid 1946 Eidal was producing off-highway trailers for the oil industry abroad. Eidal trailers hauled the pipe and other materials that built the Trans Arabian Pipeline across more than 1,000 miles of roadless desert in Saudi Arabia. Eidal hauled construction equipment and materials for Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO), and transported drilling rigs to isolated desert areas and serviced these rigs. Eidal transported fuel, food, water, cement, pipe, and housing that permitted oil field crews to live and work in a desolate area.

By 1950, the company was producing fabricated steel for bridges and buildings as well as manufacturing trailers. As the trailer business increased, steel fabrication orders were sought less and less until this business was discontinued completely. For the next decade the company continued with the military trailers business, and to manufacture other military trailers and parts for such equipment. During the Korean conflict, Eidal’s production was directed toward filling U.S. military orders.

As new areas of the world opened to oil exploration, Eidal solicited the business of drilling, exploring and field service firms, and successfully sandwiched military and civilian manufacturing. New areas opened to Eidal. Aside form the Middle East, trailers and components were exported to Australia, Asia, North Africa and South America.

Today, Eidal International through the acquisition of existing companies and the expansion and development of its own product lines Eidal has diversified and expanded and now serves principal markets which include the mass transportation, defense and civilian transportation, oil and gas industries, and military aircraft ground support equipment. In 1991 Eidal produced fifty of its specialized 70-ton heavy-duty transporters for Saudi Arabian Armed Forces.

Eidal major products are lowboy trailers for domestic and overseas customers; military trailers to transport tanks, water, fuel and general cargo; aircraft ground support equipment which include hydraulic test stands, carts, brake testers and retrofit kits for the U.S. Air Force, NATO, and other approved countries; fifth wheels for medium, heavy and severe loads both on-off highway. These vehicles are in service in over seven major cities and national parks in the United States, as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Eidal International continues to be a leader in the production of civilian and military trailers, fifth wheels, aircraft ground support equipment and alternative fuel mass transit vehicles.

Leroy married Doris Mildred CHURCHILL on 15 Oct 1927 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, and was divorced. Doris was born on 14 Apr 1903; died on 15 Sep 1978 in King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jacqueline. Jacqueline was born on 29 Oct 1917; died in Nov 1991 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Mar 1906, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
baptized at home, recorded May 20th

Family/Spouse: Tidemann RUUD. Tidemann was born on 19 May 1904 in Norway; died on 13 Jan 1999 in Norway; was buried in Hedalen stavkyrkje, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As of 1967 had two children and lived in Oslo.

Family/Spouse: Kari. Kari was born on 9 Aug 1916 in Norway; died on 6 Feb 1996 in Norway; was buried in Oslo, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May 1, 1967
Dear Keith and your family,
I first read your letter today and I was glad that there was someone in our family in the USA who wanted to learn Norwegian. Thus we can in this manner hold the connection between our families and that we can tell each other about that which is interesting. Because I know in reality so little about my father's sisters who emigrated to the USA from Norway at the turn of the century during the hard and poor times which were in Norway during that time. The USA was that time as now free times land (translation?). My father's sisters were Gunhild born January 2, 1868, Siri (Sara) Dec 29, 1864, Maria January 3, 1872, Sigrid Jan 15, 1874, Gudbrand Nov 18, 1876, Elsie May 31, 1880, Erik (my father) May 27, 1883, Anne Marie March 4, 1886. Strange it is to think that of these brothers and sisters there is only father who is still alive. He will now be 84 years old this May. His health is quite good; ________ he was in the hospital for a hernia operation that was successful and was away only 8 days. My mother died three years ago. She was then 80 years old. Mother was from Sogn in the West. She was a strong and beautiful woman, whom I miss very much but I am glad we _________ as long as we had. Your father's sister Elna visited us the summer before last. It was a visit we all were very happy about and valued very much. Some difficulty with the language we had, but then it was so fortunate that our __________ son in law Herman was here during that time and he spoke the language, therefore it was surely so lucky. I think you, Keith, are already very able in writing Norwegian. I hope you will write to me again. I am already looking forward with pleasure now to getting letters from you. I have of course read much about your country and seen on television different reports from the USA. A land of adventure where people from all countries of the world emigrated and have now ________though several generations and become one people - one nation. You Keith are the third generation and can be called a genuine American. I am glad that you want to learn Norwegian. I am the next oldest sone of your father's uncle Erik. I am married to Ingegjerd whose maiden name is Sorlie. Her father was in the USA for 5 years before he married Gunhild from Grov (?) My wife also has many relatives in the USA. We have 2 children (daughters). The youngest 20 years Edith shall now in July marry Herman Lia. He is 25 years old and is trained as a electronics engineer and works for the Tanaborg firm in the developmental laboratory. Our oldest daughter 25 years old is at home a works for me as a telephone secretary. I have been working for a long time to gather light on my father's family on father's side. And when I get more together, I believe you also would be glad to have that, which I shall promise to sent you. I should also like to wwrite to your father, but I can't unfortunately in English - but if he will write to me in English then shall my son-in-law read it for us. Your father's grandmother (also mine) Marit Digene died in 1933. I remember her very well. Your father's mother surely has many letters from her. I think you should inquire if there are some who have kept them and you could read these I suppose and in this manner get an impression of her and the _________ which was between the children in the USA and the family here in Norway. The closest ancestor I have here in Norway is a daughter of father's brother Gudbrand. Margit married Tidemann Ruud. So you understand I set a large price on making contacts with my relatives in the USA. I have only one first cousin yet here in Norway on father's side now after my cousin Martin Digene died 2 years ago. He had no children in his marriage. I have 2 brothers. The oldest Einer is residing in Oslo and has 2 children. My youngest brother Melvin is also married and has 4 children.
Give my regards to all your family. Hope you will write to me again. Greetings from Andreas Digene

Family/Spouse: Ingegjerd SORLIE. Ingegjerd (daughter of Harald SORLIE) was born about 1915; died about 1995 in Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As of 1967 had 4 children.

Did not speak English. Evey and Gay visited Melvin and Oddveig in 1975.

Family/Spouse: Oddveig LERVOLD. Oddveig was born on 19 Aug 1925 in Norway; died on 1 Nov 2014 in Norway; was buried in Hedalen stavkyrkje, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married as Della Marie Johnson.

Della Marie Pedersen, age 100, passed away Wednesday March 27, 2013 in Ellensburg, Washington. Della was born June 25, 1912 in Ellensburg, WA to immigrant parents John David Johnson (Sweden) and Anne Marie Digene Johnson (Norway). She grew up in the Woldale area, named for her Uncle Peter Wold. She was one of the first children to be baptized in First Lutheran Church. At age 11 she was a spectator at the first Ellensburg Rodeo. She attended Woldale Grade School, graduated from Ellensburg High School in 1930 and attended Washington State Normal School while working at the Green Lantern restaurant.

Della married Danish immigrant Marius Pedersen February 25, 1937, and they established a home in Badger Pocket where they raised one son and two daughters on the farm they cleared from sagebrush, starting some of the first crops with the recently completed irrigation system, the High Line Canal. Della excelled at preparing meals for the farm employees; a bonus at the Pedersen farm, well remembered by her children, nieces and nephews.

Della was an active member of the 4K Women's Club, serving as president, the Badger Pocket Home Economics Club, and also active with her husband in the Farm Bureau. She cherished close friendships with Badger Pocket women. After her move into Ellensburg, she hosted many Christian Women's Bible studies. In later years Della enjoyed spending time with her friend Lynette Mann taking daily walks.

Family was important to Della: her whole world was taking care of her family. Each child could count on her life long support. She instilled a strong work ethic and stressed honesty and consideration for all. She believed in higher education and lived to see each child and grandchild graduate from college. Her love for her three children and grandchildren will never be forgotten. Every single one held a special place in her heart. They will be forever grateful for her devotion and the sacrifices she made for them.

Della's family would like to say a special thanks to Dr. Richard Vaughan for his many years of care, and the wonderful care given by Dr. James Wickerath in the emergency room.

She was preceded in death by her husband Marius, and her brothers Charlie and Melvin Johnson, and a special niece, Patsy Johnson Bacon. Della is survived by one sister, Elna Johnson of Ellensburg, a son, Chester Pedersen of Quincy; her daughters Linda Pedersen of Ellensburg and Barbara Mann Rodden (Rick) of Yakima; her granddaughters Linda Mann of Renton, Julie Tobin (Jeff) of Renton, Barb Mann-Paloy (John) of Seattle, and great grandchildren Madelyn, Molly, and Mackenzie Tobin; and Della Anne and Henry Paloy, and several nieces and nephews.

Adella married Marius PEDERSEN on 25 Feb 1937 in Kittitas County, Washington. Marius was born on 10 Nov 1896 in Denmark; died on 14 Mar 1970 in Washington; was buried in High Valley Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Melvin (Swede) Augustus Johnson passed away Saturday, June 7, in his sleep. He was born in Ellensburg (Woldale district) on November 24, 1914, to immigrant parents, Anne Marie Digene (Hedalen Valdres, Norway) and John David Johnson (Almered Satila, Sweden). He graduated from Ellensburg High School in 1933 and spent his entire life in the valley. He was employed in the lumber industry for 37 years; 33 of those years were for Boise Cascade. He married Lucille Hunt on June 28, 1945. They were life-long members of First Lutheran Church. During their 63 years together they enjoyed many trips throughout the Northwest, especially the Oregon Coast, and Canada. Melvin loved creek fishing (Taneum, Green Canyon, and Salmon la Sac) and in his later years lake fishing at Fish Lake with his niece Linda. He also loved gardening, discussing politics, watching all sports, and raising his farm animals. In later years bird-watching and bird feeding (Audobon Society member) became a favorite past-time. Though Melvin's formal education ended at high school, he continued to surround himself with books. He loved to acquire and read books, and the importance of education was stressed to his family. He was very proud that all four of his children earned a college degree and that all eight of his grandchildren also graduated from college, with several going on to post-graduate work. Having lived through the Depression, like many of his generation, he acquired a great work ethic, a sense of frugality, and perseverance, punctuated by honesty and integrity. In spite of his thriftiness, he was very generous with his various charities. Family was very important to Melvin as witnessed by his strong devotion and responsibility towards them. In addition to his strong relationships with his children and grandchildren, he had an outstanding interest in maintaining contacts with his family members in Norway and Sweden. He also always looked forward to family traditions and events: birthdays, weddings, parades, the Ellensburg Rodeo, and the annual Family Olympics (secretly hoping to win the gold medal in horseshoes or the balloon toss). He is survived by his wife, Lucille; his four children, Keith (Janet) Johnson (Poulsbo), Anne Bounds (Yakima), Patricia (Robert) Bacon (Vancouver), and Laurie Johnson (Olympia); his eight grandchildren Brett Johnson, Maren Johnson, Jennifer Buster, Kirsten Koetje, Courtney Holbrook, Cari Waldal, Drew Stillman and Bryce Stillman; and nine great-grandchildren. Also surviving are his sisters Della Pedersen (Ellensburg), Elna Johnson (Seattle), and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Charles Johnson. The family gratefully acknowledges the special care and assistance given Melvin during this last year: Dr. Donald Solberg, Pastor Dennis Hickman, Kristi Zollars, the staff at the Royal Vista, and other close neighbors and friends. A memorial service celebrating Melvin's life will be held on Thursday, June 12, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church.

Melvin married Lucille Virginia HUNT on 28 Jun 1945 in Kittitas County, Washington. Lucille was born on 20 Aug 1921 in Kittitas County, Washington; died on 17 Jan 2012 in Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington

Notes:

Baptism:
First Lutheran Church

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher

Notes:

Per Patricia, she is the Elna who visited the Digenes in Norway in the summer of 1965.

Shown as Elna or Edna M. in the 1920 census, age 9 months. Recorded in Washington Births as “Margarite” Johnson, born to John David Johnson and Anna Marie Digen in Kitttas County in April of 1919.

She was living with her parents in the 1930 census and the 1940 census. In the latter census, she was a senior in college.

She lived in Seattle in 1993.

Elna Margaret Johnson, 97, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, August 10, in Yakima, WA. She was born April 16, 1919, the fourth child of immigrant parents, John David Johnson and Anne Marie (Digene) Johnson. She attended Woldale School. After graduating from Ellensburg High School, she earned a B.A. in elementary education from Central Washington College. Her first teaching job was at Fairview School. Most of her teaching career (39 years) was in the Highline School District in Seattle.

Family was very important to Elna. Her seven nieces and nephews, and then their children, were a big part of her life. Any celebration was not complete unless Aunt Elna was present.

Elna loved to travel; she visited countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. However, her favorite places to visit were Sweden and Norway, birthplaces of her parents. Another passion was the Mariners Baseball Team; she could readily name players and their recent exploits.

Elna's last years were spent at Brookdale Assisted Living. She belonged to the Lutheran Church and was so thankful for Pastor Dennis Hickman's regular visits.

Elna is survived by her nieces/nephews Chester Pedersen, Linda Pedersen, Keith (Janet) Johnson, Anne Bounds, Barbara (Rick) Rodden, and Laurie Johnson. Preceding Elna in death were her siblings Della Pedersen, Melvin Johnson, Charles Johnson, and her niece, Patricia Bacon.

Notes:

Apparently left out of the 1910 census.

In the 1944 Minneapolis city directory, she was Rose V M Dale, an inspector, living at 2826 11th Avenue.

Her obit, for Rose M. Dale, said that she was 79 and lived in Excelsior. She was survived by her brothers Roy of Dalbo and Ayner of Mossyrock, Washington.

Died:
as Rose Marie Dale

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Jun 1910, Minnesota

Notes:

In 1928, as a freshman at the University of Minnesota, he tried out for the freshman football team.

In the 1934 St. Paul city directory, he was a caretaker. He was married to Florence by this time.

In the 1940 census, he was a guard at a packing plant (Hormel). He and his family lived in Austin, Minnesota. Manley had had two years of college. Manley and Florence had lived in Minneapolis in 1935.

Baptism:
St. Paul Lutheran in Minneapolis

Family/Spouse: Florance Edith Marion HURLEY. Florance (daughter of Oscar HURLEY) was born on 14 May 1914 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 30 Apr 1999 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wallace married Frances V LENNON on 20 Mar 1940 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born Einer.

In the 1940 census, as Ayner A, he was married to Marlys. He was a salesman for a bakery.

In the 1944 Minneapolis city directory, Ayner and Marlys lived at 4540 36th Avenue in south Minneapolis. Ayner was a salesman.

In the 1952 Spokane city directory, Ayner was a salesman for Matthews & Kerr. He and Marlys lived at E4004 Fairview.

In the 1960 Spokane city directory, he and Marlys live in Cheney, Washington. Ayner is a salesman for Dohrmann Hotel Supplies.

Died:
in SSDI as Ayner A Dale

Buried:
with Betty

Ayner married Marlys Irene MAPES on 25 Mar 1939 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced in 1963 in Washington. Marlys was born on 10 Mar 1918 in North Dakota; died on 18 Oct 1981 in Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ayner married B.L. AMDAHL [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2014-MN-034023

Notes:

He was a bakery worker.

Died:
Dalbo

Roy married Mildred Katherine OLSON on 29 Nov 1941 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was living in Minneapolis at the time of her parents’ 50th wedding anniversary in June of 1952.

Notes:

She was a high school graduate according to the 1940 census.

In 1956 she was a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Minneapolis.

Called Ingeborg Betzold in her mother’s obit.

Died:
as Ingeborg Betzold

Family/Spouse: Fred BETZOLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ingeborg married Harold John WATERS in 1936. Harold was born on 9 Sep 1900 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; died on 23 Sep 1947 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He lived in Milan, Tennessee, at the time of his mother’s death in 1964.

Notes:

He served three years during WWII as a flight instructor for Army and Navy pilots.

In the 1950 census, as Eric Boen, he lived in Gibson County, Tennessee. Living with his was his sister Freida. Eric was a flighty instructor at an air field. Freida was an office manager at an air field.

He lived in Nashville, Tennessee, at the time of his mother’s death in 1964.

Erick married Virginia Elizabeth STALLINGS on 30 Jan 1954 in McKenzie, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was Thelma Rudquist of Emily, Minnesota, at the time of her mother’s death in 1964.

Died:
as Thelma J Rudquist

Family/Spouse: Paul Ralph LIESCH. Paul was born on 18 Dec 1911 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; died on 2 Mar 1983 in Fremont County, Wyoming. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Earl RUDQUIST. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her mother’s maiden name was “Simonison.”

Not listed with Theodor’s family iin the 1920 census. In that census, she was still with her parents, Ben and Olien Hoff, of Pleasant Valley Twp. She had two older brothers, Arthur and Delmar.

Not mentioned in Sigrid’s 1964 obit.

Family/Spouse: Glenn Julius LEWISON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was a partner with her brothers in the Milan Flying Service in Milan, Tennessee.

Notes:

He lived in Lexington, Tennessee, at the time of his mother’s death in 1964.

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