Sigrid Torleivsdotter ELLINGBØE

Family/Spouse: Helge Torsteinsen KVÅLE. Helge (son of Torstein Olsen KVÅLE and Ingebjörg Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is Torstein Helgesen Kvåle, I8564 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Family/Spouse: Berit Gulbrandsdatter ØYLO. Berit (daughter of Gudbrand Olson ØYLO and Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME) was born in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1915 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Skjelhaugen

Marit married Nils Trondsen TUNE in 1854. Nils (son of Trond Nilsen WANGENSTEEN and Berit Andrisdatter HAMRE) was born on 11 Aug 1835 in Norway; died on 29 Sep 1879 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to the U.S. in 1885 according to a rootsweb entry. She married Ole Christoferson in Minneapolis and four children with him before he died in 1899. She then married Halvor Ormbreck. They moved to “the Flom community” in Norman County in northwestern Minnesota and had two children (Halvor Ormbreck had seven children from an earlier marriage).

An Oscar Bernhard Ormbreck, b. 9 Jun 1893 in Minneapolis, claimed Mrs. Maret Ormbreck as his mother in a job application to the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1943. He claimed Edward Alfred Ormbreck was his brother.

In the 1910 census, she had had six children, five still living.

In the 1920 census, she was a widow in Ulen Village, Clay County, Minnesota. Living with her were her five children, Christ, Oscar, Alfred, Hertha, and Ingeborg.

In the 1930 and 1940 censuses, she was still in Ulen, living with Oscar and Alfred.

Marit married Ole CHRISTOFERSON on 30 May 1891 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Ole died about 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marit married Halvor G ORMBRECK on 30 Nov 1901 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Halvor was born in 1848 in Telemark, Norway; died in 1912; was buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Flom, Norman County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Baptism: 7 Apr 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Of Skjelhaugen Kvåle 38/9 according to Trudy.

One of his baptismal sponsors was Marit Helgesdatter Ellingbö (2911).

The Vang parish emigration record shows him leaving for “St. Paul” in April of 1890. He departed Liverpool on 30 Apr 1890, bound for New York.

The St. Paul city directory for 1889-91 records him boarding at 288 Williams. His occupation is “turner.”

He (as Thorsten Quale) and Randi and family lived in Northfield in the 1900 census. Thorsten was a cabinet maker. He came to the U.S. in 1890, his wife in 1889. Randi has had 5 children, 4 still living. The 1899 Northfield city directory shows that he is Thorstein Kvalle, a cabinet maker for the firm of Ferguson & Richardson, and that his address is WATER 3 S OF 8 ST.

In 1903, he is Thorstein L. Kvalle, still in Northfield, living at 812 E. Water. His occupation is carpenter.

In the 1905 state census, he and his family still live in Northfield.

In a 1911 land ownership map of Hickory Twp, Red Lake County, T T Kvale owns a 160 acre parcel, the southeast quarter of Section 17.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as “Thorstein T Kvale” of Rudell, Minnesota. He was a member of the Samband between 1902 and 1916.

The family still lived in Rudell, Minnesota, at the time of Harald’s death in 1918.

He and his family lived in Hickory Twp, Pennington County, Minnesota, in the 1920 census. Hannah, Theresa, Ragna, Rudolph, Olaf, and Agnes were still at home.

He and his wife lived in Glenwood, Oregon, at the time of their daughter Theresa’s death in January of 1936.

The California death record shows his birth date as 17 Jan 1866.

His obit in the Los Angeles Times on 7 Jun 1946 referred to him as a retired contractor and builder who resided at 1202 Wexham Way. His surviving daughters were Mrs. Herb Krauch, Mrs. Marie Leffingwell, Mrs. Val Tubor, Mrs. Roy Foster, and Mrs. Bertha Sybilrud.

Birth:
California death record shows his birthdate as 17 Jan 1866

Thorsten married Rande Iversdatter ELLINGBOE on 14 Mar 1891 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Rande (daughter of Ivar Knutsson ELLINGBØ and Randi Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 10 Oct 1869 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Apr 1956 in Butte County, California; was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Jun 1880, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He was conceived a month or so before his father’s death.

He had a twin sister Marit.

His entry in Wikipedia:

Nils Nilsen Thune (27 May 1880 – 28 May 1950) was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.
He was born in Vang, Oppland, and was a son of Nils Trondsen Thune. He graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1902. He was hired in the Trondhjem police in 1911, and became police inspector in the city in 1916 and an assessor in 1920. In 1924 he was appointed as the district stipendiary magistrate in Inderøy. During these years he was a member of the city councils of both Trondhjem and Steinkjer. In 1933 he became district stipendiary magistrate of Eiker, Modum and Sigdal, and in 1945 he became acting County Governor of Buskerud, and he got the position on a permanent basis in 1946.
In 1945 he was also named as a member of the commission Undersøkelseskommisjonen av 1945 that scrutinized the actions of the Norwegian government in 1940. The other commission members were Gustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg, Arnold Holmboe, Ole Hallesby, Ernst Fredrik Eckhoff, Arne Bergsgård and Sverre Steen, and the secretary was Helge Sivertsen. The background for the commission was the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, and the question was raised whether Norway could have avoided it through a different foreign and security policy. Second, the actions of Norwegian authorities between 9 April and 25 September 1940 were investigated, both regarding the three branches of government (Parliament, Government, Supreme Court) that eventually laid down their offices, but also the transition authority (the Administrative Council) as well as other relevant civil and military bodies.
In April 1950 it was decided that he retire from his position on 1 October the same year. However, he died on Drammen Hospital on 28 May 1950, having suffered a heart problem during the funeral of his brother Helge Nilsen Thune three days before.

Notes:

He may be the Christian T Ormbreck, b. 17 Mar 1892, d. 27 Mar 1964, who is buried at Bethlehem Lutheran West Cemetery, Ulen, Clay County, Minnesota.

Christ married Christine VESTERHEIM on 2 Feb 1923 in Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Townsend Family Tree has her dying in Milwaukee 10 Jun 1961,

Notes:

The Townsend Family Tree has her dying in San Marco, California.

Ingeborg married Gordon EVANS on 16 Jun 1929 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Gordon was born about 1905 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with his parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1910 census.

In the 1919 Seattle city directory, as Thorsten A Kvale, he and Bertha live at 3959 Holden. He is a carpenter.

He is not living with his parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1920 census. He was in Seattle when his son was born and was living in Menomonie, Wisconsin, when his son died.

In the 1930 census he was Thorstein Kvale. He and his family lived at 1715 Raynor in Joliet Twp, Will County, Illinois. His occupation was building estimator.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife, their two daughters, and his mother-in-law lived in Los Angeles. He was a contractor in building construction. Everyone in the household had lived in Joliet, Illinois, five years earlier.

On June 7, 1956, he and his wife Frances, b. 3 Apr 1908, arrived in Southampton, England, aboard the S.S. Liberte for a 10 day visit. He is shown as a contractor, she as a housewife. She is a U.S. citizen, he is shown as “stateless.” They arrived back in New York on 10 Aug 1956, aboard the S.S. Ile de France, having saled from Le Havre on August 3rd. Their address was 728 W Windsor Avenue in Phoenix.

He and Frances are included in the 1956 and 1957 Phoenix city directories as living at the 728 W Windsor address. His business in the Kvale Building and Engineering Construction. In the 1957 directory, he is a building and construction engineer for the U.S. government.

Died:
last residence

Buried:
with Helen Fischbach Kvale, 1912-2004

Thorsten married Bertha WICKMAN about 1917. Bertha was born on 23 Nov 1896 in Maine; died on 8 Aug 1976 in Marin County, California; was buried in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thorsten married Frances WILKES on 6 Aug 1949 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. Frances was born on 3 Apr 1908 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan; died in Jan 1971 in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Helen Leone FISCHBACH. Helen was born on 5 Feb 1912 in Illinois; died on 24 May 2004 in California; was buried in Chenoa Cemetery, Chenoa, McLean County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Minnesota Births and Christenings entry for this event contains the notation “delayed certificate of birth filed 31 Mar 1958.”

She is 12 year-old Bertha in the 1905 Minnesota state census.

In the 1920 census, she and her husband live in Bricelyn in Faribault County, Minnesota. They have no children. Living with the couple were Bertha’s two sisters, Hannah and Marie.

In the 1930 census, she and her husband and their two daughters live in Bricelyn.

In the 1940 census, she and her (apparently still) husband live in Bricelyn. Their two daughters are listed but shown as absent, presumably away at college. Bertha has an eighth grade education. She and her husband are listed as separate households.

Birth:
per Minnesota Births and Christenings in FamilySearch and Ancestry, as Bertha

Died:
California deaths as Bertha King

Buried:
Find A Grave

Bertha married Hjalmar Waldemar SYBILRUD on 13 Mar 1918 in Ramsey County, Minnesota, and was divorced about 1940. Hjalmar (son of Edward SYBILRUD and Randi BURTNESS) was born on 29 Jan 1894 in Waseca County, Minnesota; died on 2 Oct 1976 in Hidalgo County, Texas; was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bertha married Zerah P KING on 27 Jan 1957 in San Bernardino County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1907-54-2264

Notes:

Ragna is buried on private land in Hickory Twp, Pennington County, Minnesota. The exact location is in a farm field in a small copse about 1200 feet west of 380th Avenue SE and about 4000 feet south of 120th Street SE. Ragna’s grave is marked by a relatively modern steel marker. See photos.

Ragna died from “stomach complications” at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 20 days. The death certificate did not say where she would be buried. Her brother’s death certificate said “Trail, Minnesota.”

Buried:
private grave

Notes:

Somewhat speculative, based on cemetery record in the Dalby database. However, including him is consistent with his mother’s number of children and dead children in the 1900 and 1910 censuses.

Birth:
“age 15 mos.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1899, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Living with his parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.

Called Edward in his mother’s obituary.

Baptism:
St. John’s in Northfield

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Feb 1901, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Living with her parents in Hickory Twp, Red Lake/Pennington County in the 1920 census. She is a nurse in a hospital. In that census, she was also recorded as a nurse living with her sister Bertha Sybilrud, wife of Hjalmar Sybilrud, in Bricelyn, Minnesota. Also living in that Bricelyn household was Bertha’s and Marie’s sister Hannah.

In the 1930 census, she and her husband live at 5337 30th Avenue, across the street from her parents in south Minneapolis. Lowell was a bookkeeper for a steam railroad. They had no children.

In January of 1936, she was Mrs. Marie Leffingwell of Minneapolis.

She is the Marie S. Wessling who died in California in 2001.

Baptism:
St. John’s in Northfield, as Sigrid Marie

Marie married Lowell LEFFINGWELL on 20 Sep 1922 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Lowell was born on 15 Nov 1887 in Minnesota; died on 14 Feb 1944 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1902-22131

Notes:

No name on her birth certificate. Shown as child #7.

In the 1920 census, she was living with her sister Bertha Sybilrud, wife of Hjalmar Sybilrud, in Bricelyn, Minnesota. Also living in that household was Bertha’s and Hannah’s sister Marie.

Hannah G., Theresa, and Rudolph live in Los Angeles in the 1930 census at 3044 West Summit Street in an apartment they’re renting along with Emma Rasmussen, 24, “partner.” Hannah is a nurse, Theresa is a bookkeeper for a lumber company, Rudolph is an office clerk for a manufacturing concern, and Emma is a nurse.

She was still unmarried and living in Los Angeles at the time of her sister Theresa’s death in January of 1936.

She may be the Hanna Krauch who died in Beaumont, California, on 20 Dec 2005.

Died:
last residence

Family/Spouse: Herbert Henry KRAUCH. Herbert was born on 27 Sep 1896 in Indiana; died on 11 Jan 1993 in Riverside County, California; was buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-23163
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1918-MN-013882

Notes:

No name on birth certificate.

Listed in the 1910 census but no others.

According to Stephanie, Harald is buried in the Nazareth Lutheran Church cemetery about a mile south from where his sister Ragna is buried. Stephanie says that Harald has a very small marker, about 4” x 8”, that is easy to miss.

According to his death certificate, Harald died from appendicitis. He was buried in “Trail, Minnesota.”

Birth:
death certificate says his birth date is 7 February

Died:
at Physicians General Hospital

Buried:
near Trail, Minnesota

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-20657

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe.

Hannah G., Theresa, and Rudolph live in Los Angeles in the 1930 census at 3044 West Summit Street in an apartment they’re renting along with Emma Rasmussen, 24, “partner.” Hannah is a nurse, Theresa is a bookkeeper for a lumber company, Rudolph is an office clerk for a manufacturing concern, and Emma is a nurse.

She is probably the Theresa Ruth Kvale who graduated from Los Angeles Polytechnic Evening High School on 20 Jun 1930.

The Kimber Family Tree has her dying in Kansas City on 24 Jan 1936 as Theresa Ruth Wilkinson.

She died of pneumonia.

Died:
as Theresa Ruth Wilkinson

Ruth married Everett A WILKINSON on 11 Jun 1930 in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Everett was born in 1903 in Missouri; died in 2005 in Johnson County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1909-21376

Notes:

Shown as child #10 of which 8 were still living.

According to his oldest daughter, he attended high school in Northfield. He wanted to attend West Point but was unable to find a sponsor so he went to the University of Minnesota instead. He got into a fight with his brother-in-law so he left Minnesota and came to lived with his older sisters in California.

Hannah G., Theresa, and Rudolph live in Los Angeles in the 1930 census at 3044 West Summit Street in an apartment they’re renting along with Emma Rasmussen, 24, “partner.” Hannah is a nurse, Theresa is a bookkeeper for a lumber company, Rudolph is an office clerk for a manufacturing concern, and Emma is a nurse.

In the 1950 census, Rudolph and his family live in San Francisco. He is the proprietor of a jewelry business.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth R MAYER. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward MAYER and Anna Magdalen POINSIGNON) was born on 2 Jan 1909 in Missouri; died on 18 Nov 1989 in San Francisco County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Named after her dead sister.

According to her sister Theresa’s obit, she was Mrs. Roy Foster of Bricelyn, Minnesota, in January ot 1936.

Family/Spouse: Roy Wayland FOSTER. Roy was born on 21 Feb 1903 in Faribault County, Minnesota; died on 21 Sep 1997 in Merced County, California; was buried in Mariposa District Cemetery, Mariposa, Mariposa County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1913-21855

Notes:

Shown as child #12, of which 10 were still living.

In the 1930 census, she is 16 and lives in Minneapolis with her parents and sister Ragna.

She was still unmarried and living in Los Angeles at the time of her sister Theresa’s death in January of 1936.

The Proffer Family Tree has her marrying in California on 13 Jun 1938.

The Kimber Family Tree has her marrying Chester Barnes and dying in California in 2001. The Agnes Barnes who died in Willits, California, on November 19, 2001, was a different Agnes.

Agnes married Chester M BARNES on 24 Dec 1953 in Ventura County, California. Chester was born about 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]