Knudt ELLINGBOE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Plumber, Mechanic, Auto Dealer
• Confirmation: 8 Jun 1890, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In many articles in the Menasha newspaper he is referred to as “Newt” or “Newton.”

Knudt and Elizabeth were killed when their car was hit by a North Western Railroad Streamliner train at a crossing in Menasha. He apparently didn’t see the approaching train and was hit broadside. The couple was on their way home after a visit to Oshkosh. The train hit the left rear corner of the car, a Buick coupe, throwing it into the air and into a telephone pole which broke off about 15 feet above the ground. Authorities believed that the car would have cleared the track if it had traveled just 4 feet more. The wig-wag signal at the crossing was reported to have been working properly according to witnesses to the crash.

Knudt was apparently single and living in Marshfield, Wisconsin, at the time of the 1900 census (June 12th). He is shown as 24, born in 1874 (?), living as a boarder in a hotel on 2nd Street apparently owned, or at least run, by a Robert Mc Mallum (sp?). Knudt’s occupation is shown as plumber.

Knudt, and his sister Anna, were the only family members listed in Wisconsin in the Genealogy.com index for the 1900 census. Their parents were left off the index because their entries in the census form were in the illegible portion at the bottom of the page.

From a website called “Norwegians in the Civil War”:

ELLINGBOE, Knut

Spanish-American War: Corporal. Ellingboe's father came from Vang, Valders, Norway. Post war: He was living in Menasha, Wisconsin, in 1907. Sources: (ULVESTAD p262)

Birth and Christening: JCC Records and Birth record dated and recorded 29 Apr 1880, Register of Deeds, Manitowoc, WI. Death: "The Menasha Record" 4 May 1942, p. 1, and family sources.

Knut’s enlistment in the 2nd regiment was noted in the April 28, 1898 edition of the Manitowoc Tribune. The same paper noted his decampment in the May 19, 1898, edition. A later article referred to his being in the Rankin Guard.

Knudt became sole owner of the Menasha Plumbing & Heating Co. in December of 1906 when he bought out his previous partner, a man named McIntyre. In 1909, he sold the Tinning Dept. of that business to Emil Lehman,

In the 1910 census, Knute and Elizabeth and their three children live at 354 Second Street in Menasha. Knute is a plumber in a tin shop.

In 1916, the business became the Harper & Ellingboe Co., a plumbing business which also sold Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, and Monroe automobiles.

Knudt registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Neenah. He was a self-employed plumber and lived at 354 2nd in Menasha, Winnebago County. He was described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and of medium build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In 1922, Knudt retired from Harper-Ellingboe (which then became Harper-Krieg Motor Car Co.) but retained ownership of the “livery” end of the business.

At the end of 1926 he became the head (Excellent High Priest) of the Island City chapter of the Arch Masons.

In the 1930 census, he and his family live in Menasha. Knudt is a plumber for a plumbing company. Knudt is shown as a veteran of the Spanish-American war.

He became city plumbing inspector in May of 1939, a position that paid $50 per month. Later, he became building inspector too.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife live at 502 Keyes Street in Menasha, the same house in which they had lived in 1935. He was a plumbing and building inspector for the city of Menasha. He earned $430 in 1939. He and Elizabeth had eighth-grade educations. They had a 61 year-old lodger living with them named Sigrid Dudley, a widow with five years of college. She was a health supervisor for the city schools. She made $2200 in 1939.

According to the obit, he and his wife had lived in Menasha for 40 years. He was a Menasha building inspector and chairman of the Menasha tire rationing board.

He was a Master Mason and was part of the John A Bryan lodge of Masons.

Birth:
According to birth registration he was born in Mishicot, but, according to marriage registration he was born in Gibson. His SS application used 15 Oct 1875.

Buried:
3:30 PM, N 03 000 0 46 1 001

Knudt married Elizabeth Frederika Albertina REHBEIN on 13 Jun 1901 in Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Elizabeth was born on 2 Mar 1881 in Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 3 May 1942 in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As 8 year-old Clarence, he was living with his parents in Menasha in the 1910 census.

Graduated from Menasha High School with the class of 1919, of which he was the senior class president. From there he went on to the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

In April of 1923, he was involved in a traffic accident in which an automobile he was driving struck and killed a five year-old girl in Neenah. Miss Blanche Williams was also in the car with Clarence. He was later found not responsible for the accident although he and his father were sued for $10,000 by the girl’s father. The suit was later dropped after a $300 out-of-court settlement.

In the 1924 San Antonio, Texas, city directory, he is Clarence H Ellingboe of Eldridge & Slinkard. He lived at 233 Claudia.

As of April of 1925, he was a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin.

In 1925, he accepted a position for the summer months at Henry, Illinois.

In October of 1926, he was of the A. E. McMahon Engineering Co. engaged in a survey projetc through 25 miles of virgin forest.

In the 1928 Minneapolis city directory, he is probably C H Ellingboe, a salesman for Frigidaire Corp. He lives in St. Paul.

In the 1930 census, he and Grace lived in Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota, where Clarence is a foreman in a “car shop.” He was a veteran of the World War.

In the 1932 St. Paul city directory, he is a clerk for the Standard Steel Car Company. He lives at 2600 West Como.

In the 1935 and 1936 Minneapolis city directories, he’s a purchasing agent for Northern Pump Co. He and Grace live at 1923 McKinley.

In the 1938 city directory, he is still with Northern Pump but he and Grace now live at 2301 22nd Avenue N E.

In the 1940 census, he (age 38) and Grace (age 50) and their maid live at 2301 22nd Avenue in a rented residence. Both he and Grace have three years of college. He works as a purchasing agent for a company that manufactures lawn cutters and tractors. He earned $2400 in 1939.

A September, 1947, article in the Star names Clarence as one of five “representatives of Minnesota steel processing companies” charged with working out means to increase scrap iron shipments from the state and to increase steel suppies to the state. The five would work with the state’s director of business outreach.

In the 1948 Minneapolis city directory, he’s a purchasing agent for Pioneer Engineering. He and Grace live at 222 West 48th Street.

In the 1950 census, he lives at the Milwaukee Athletic Club. He is a widower and is a salesman of plumbing supplies.

No children from either marriage.

There was a “Kunth M Ellingboe” included in the Wisconsin birth index, born in Winnebago County on 27 Mar 1902. This must be Clarence.

His obit in the September 18, 1971, issue of the Tampa Tribune says that he died on 16 September. His widow was Alice. He was retired plumbing supply salesman and had moved to Florida from Milwaukee in about 1965. He was a Mason.

Died:
SSDI says last residence Zephyr Hills, Pasco County, Florida

Buried:
Services: Hubbell Funeral Home, Belleair Bluffs, FL. Clergyman, Officiating: Dr. William J. McCullough, Pastor, Church of the, Isles, Congregational, Indian Rocks Beach, FL.

Clarence married Grace E CRIBB about 1928. Grace was born about 1888; died on 21 Jul 1949 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; was buried on 14 Sep 1949 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice K. Alice was born on 16 Dec 1899 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 20 Jan 2002 in Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida; was buried in Cremated. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A 1921 article in the Appleton Post-Crescent mentioned that Marjorie Ellingboe of Menasha high won 2nd place in the advanced typewriting competition between 15 high schools in the district.

In the 1930 census, she was single and living at home with her parents and brother. She was a bank clerk.

Marjorie married Charles H LAMOREAUX on 14 Feb 1931 in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Charles was born on 20 Dec 1896 in Missouri; died in May 1968 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Retired Research Org. Chemist, DuPont Experimental Station

Notes:

SSDI gives his birthdate as 14 Oct.

In the 1930 census, he was listed as living with his parents. No occupation.

He graduated from Lawrence College in Appleton with high honors in June of 1930. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. His future wife, also in his class at Lawrence, also was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

In the 1931 city directory for Champaign, Illinois, he is an assistant at the University of Illinois. He resides at 504 S Busey Avenue.

In the 1932 Champaign city directory, he is an assistant in Chem at the U of Illinois. He lives at 806 Florida.

At the time of his marriage to Helen Jones, he was a research chemist for DuPont. His obit says that he was an organic chemist in the Central Research Department at the DuPont Experimental Station for 40 years.

In the 1940 census, he and Helen live in Brooklyn Terrace in New Castle County, Delaware, with their two sons. Ellsworth is a chemist for a chemical company. In 1935, he and Helen had lived in WIlmington, Delaware. Ellsworth is shown as having had five years of college, Helen four.

Died:
ca. 9 AM, Christiana Hospital

Ellsworth married Helen Adele JONES on 21 Jun 1934 in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Helen was born on 9 Aug 1910 in Wisconsin; died on 2 Oct 1987 in New Castle County, Delaware. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Medical Technologist

Nancy married HARRISON on 4 May 1957 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Biochemist And Editor

Notes:

Jim Ellingboe passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 with his family beside him after a two-year struggle with lymphoma.

Jim was born in 1937 in Wilmington, Delaware and attended DuPont High School. Despite disliking school, he was precocious and curious, creating his own experiments at home and learning to take things apart and put them together again. He met with some success, winning first prize at the State Science Fair in Delaware (and second prize nationally), and achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. Jim attended Oberlin College and studied abroad in Geneva, Switzerland, followed by earning a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Harvard Medical School. He worked as a biochemical researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden where he met his wife of 46 years, Karin. They married in Stockholm in 1967 and had their first child, a daughter Randi, the following year. The young family soon moved to the U. S., first living in the San Diego area, and then settling in Massachusetts where their children Christopher and Anna were born. Jim directed research laboratories first at Boston City Hospital and then for 21 years at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center at McLean Hospital. As an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard, he worked with graduate students, many of whom kept in contact with him over the years as their careers unfolded. Later in his career, Jim served as the scientific editor of the magazines BioTechniques and Peptide Research, where he continued to make use of his extensive network in the research community.

Jim was a man of strong beliefs. These were borne out in his many community involvements as well as in his devoted care and support of family, friends, and colleagues. As a young man, he became a convinced Friend (Quaker) and registered as a conscientious objector. He was an active member of Acton Friends Meeting and served on the permanent board of the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. His perspective was defined by a life-long curiosity, and in the tradition of his Norwegian farmer forebears, he was an intrepid do-it-yourself man. He enjoyed the never ending task of home improvement, insisting on completing most work by himself, and sharing these values and skills with his children. As a testament to his deep appreciation of nature, Jim served on the Littleton Conservation Commission and supported environmental protection organizations. He maintained a quiet friendship with the lonely swan of Matawanakee Lake, and always had binoculars available to enjoy and share the wonders of nature. Jim was an avid photographer of the natural world, especially during travels to Scandinavia and canoeing and camping trips in Maine. In Jim’s free time he indulged his hobby of genealogical research. He reestablished connections with his distant relations in Norway, and regularly corresponded and created family reunions with these relatives. He developed a large database of historical information, served as an information resource for many Ellingboe descendants, and attended and presented at gatherings of Norwegian heritage associations in the U.S. Midwest.

Jim is remembered with love and gratitude by his wife, three children, sister, three grandchildren, extended family and a wide circle of friends. His peaceful, humble, and loving nature will be deeply missed.

Birth:
2:11 AM, 6 lbs. 6.5 oz.

James married Karin WESTLIN on 16 Sep 1967 in Spånga, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Attorney with Yamada, Condemi Thomas and Dean, NY City

Notes:

Harvard, ‘61. He was employed by IBM at the time of his marriage to Jutta Blomstrom.

Birth:
2:48 AM, 7 lbs. 1.75 oz.

Richard married Jutta SCHOENE on 26 Jan 1963 in Seabrook, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Jutta was born in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]