Johannes Anderson ELLESTAD

Notes:

In the 1801 census, the family is on the Ellestad farm, Lommens Annes, Slidre. The family is Johannes Andersen, 42, Berit Amundsdatter, 40, Anders Johannessen, 13, Ole Johannessen, 9, Amund Johannessen, 3, Anne Johannesdatter, 18, Berit Johannesdatter, 4. Johannes is “Bonde og gaardbeboer” and, for marital status for both Johannes and his wife, “begge i første ægteskab.”

Johannes married Beret Amundsdatter LOMEN on 26 Dec 1781 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Beret (daughter of Amund Olson LOMEN and Beret Olsdatter) was born in 1764 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Probably the Anders Johannesen, Føderaadsmand, age 86, living on Ellestad in the 1865 census with his wife Barbro Jøgersdatter, age 72.

Anders married Barbro Jøgersdatter LOKEN on 27 Oct 1812 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Barbro was born on 3 Jul 1796 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown in the 1865 census as Berit Thomasdatter born in 1794 in Vestre Slidre. Living with her husband on the Høine farm with her son Anders.

In his VS, Jim also shows her incorrectly as Berit Thomasdatter. She was definitely Berit Johannesdatter in her marriage record.

Shown as age 24 when she got married.

She married her first cousin.

Birth:
Lommen

Berit married Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD on 1 Aug 1819 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Tomas (son of Knut Andersen TØRSTAD, Hollien and Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN) was born in 1795 in Tørstad, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died after 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jul 1831, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She was the younger of two sisters named Anne.

Family/Spouse: Ole Nilsen SKALET. Ole (son of Nils Olsen OXHOVD and Sebiør Nilsdatter) was born in 1824 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Apr 1834, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Lomen, Røn, or Slidre

Barbro married Nils AGRIMSON on 18 Jan 1864 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Nils was born about 1813 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He used the surname Ellestad in the U.S.

dwfrench1 calls him Tollef Anderson Ellestad.

Family/Spouse: Margrete Johannesdatter HÅLIEN. Margrete (daughter of Johannes Knutsson HÅLIEN and Berit Andrisdatter BUNDE) was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Knudsen HÅLIEN. Thomas (son of Knut Johannesen HÅLIEN and Margrete Thomasdatter KVIEN) was born on 13 Sep 1817 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

aka Marit Andrisdatter Røvang.

Birth:
Ellestad i Lomen

Died:
Hålien i Hurum

Family/Spouse: Knut Johannesson HÅLIEN. Knut (son of Johannes Knutsson HÅLIEN and Berit Andrisdatter BUNDE) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Ellestad i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Marit Andersdatter HØINE. Marit was born on 6 Jul 1842 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Nov 1924 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Oct 1819, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not mentioned in Linda’s notes.

Family/Spouse: Knute Endreson HELLE. Knute (son of Endre Vilhelmsen BERGE and Kjersti Knutsdatter HELLE) was born in 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Mar 1910 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried as Knudt Thompson. Known as Knudt Thompson as early as the 1860 census. He was the first of his siblings to come to Minnesota.

According to Linda’s notes: came to America in 1855, built log cabin that ended up on the Dakota County fairgrounds, lived in Christiania.

Linda’s notes also suggest that Thomas and Betsy were Knut’s children through Sonova (wrong).

Knut, Ingri, Thomas (b. 12 Apr 1852), and Berith emigrated in 1855 according to the Vestre Slidre church book. Accompanying them were Berith Thomasdatter Ellestad (b. 16 Jan 1823) and Berith Gundersdatter Ellestad (b. 6 May 1854).

In the 1860 census, Knudt Thompson, 38, Ingre, 41, and their children Thomas, 8, Betsey, 6, and Severt, 5, were living in Eureka Townshop. Also living with them was an Ole Thompson, 62. In Tolly Swan’s Thompson papers, it’s speculated that the “Severt” is actually the son of the next-door neighbor.

In the 1870 census, Knudt, 50, was living in Eureka with his wife Susan, 50, Thomas K., 18, Betsey, 17, and a 5-year old girl named, apparently, Lena Johnson. Knudt was living just a few farms away from his brother Peter.

In the 1880 census, “Knut Thompson” was living with his wife Sonova on a farm in Eureka, Dakota County. Also living in the household were 60 or 61 year-old Kristi Oleson, a housekeeper, and 9 year-old E.K. Sun or Seen, helping out on the farm.

His obit:

Knut Thompson, age seventy-three years and nine months, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs Ole E. Forstrom in Eureka and the cause of his death was general decline. Mr Thompson was one of the oldest settlers of this county. He came to this country from Norway in 1854 and settled in Wisconsin, where he lived two years, moving to Eureka in 1856 where he has since resided. Mr Thompson was a man highly esteemed by his neighbors and those who were acquainted with him for his sterling qualities in all that goes to make a good citizen and a Christian gentleman. He has held several positions of trust and was for several years mail carrier from Christiania to Castle Rock. He leaves three brothers, Peter Thompson of Eureka, Andrew Thompson of New Market and Ole Thompson of Norway Lake, Minnesota, and two sisters, Mrs L Soine of Dennison and Miss Anna Thompson of Eureka, and a daughter, Mrs Ole E. (Betsy) Forstrom of Eureka. His wife Ingri preceded him in death in 1863. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Conference Church. Rev Elias Aas will conduct the service.

Lynn Stegmaier, curator of the Dakota City Heritage Village, provided this history of the log cabin that Knudt built:

“The log cabin was built around 1857 by Knudt Thompson, a pioneer from Valdres, Norway. He and his younger brothers, Peter and Andrew and sister, Anna Ellestad were part of a group of Norwegian immigrants who formed Christiania settlement near Chub Lake in Eureka Township, Dakota County, Minnesota. It was desirable land, having a good combination of timber, open prairie and water with a terrain that reminded them of the old country. Knudt Thompson was a carpenter by trade and his careful notching and fitting of the logs reflected his skill.

“Though the Indians had given up their rights to the land in the Treaty of Mendota in 1851, some Sioux lived nearby and paid friendly visits to the cabin.

“Knudt and Sonova Thompson and their children, Thomas and Betsy lived in the cabin for a number of years. Knudt deeded the cabin and land to his brother, Peter who had an adjoining homestead. It served as a home for their sister, Anna Ellestad and others. The longest occupants were their brother Andrew’s son, John who with his wife, Helga and eight children, lived in the cabin from about 1902 to 1917.

“The cabin was passed down and loved by younger generations of Peter Thompson’s family as a summer home. After vandals destroyed the interior, Peter’s granddaughter, Ione van Steenwyk donated the cabin to the Dakota County Fair in 1965. It was rebuilt at its last relocation in Dakota City Heritage Village in 1982.

“The old logs, which had been left uncovered by siding after its move to the Fairgrounds, became infested with carpenter ants, powder post beetles and other destructive insects. After consulting experts in engineering and pest management, the Dakota City Board made the difficult decision to destroy the cabin by fire in March 2003 before the insects resumed additional damage to the cabin and the other historic buildings nearby.”

Birth:
Ellestad

Knudt married Ingri Gulliksdatter EGGE on 17 Oct 1852 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingri (daughter of Gullik Olsen EGGE and Marit Engebretsdatter BEITO) was born on 14 Aug 1819 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1863 in Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knudt married Soneva K SAMPSON after 1863. Soneva was born in 1820 in Norway; died in 1887; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Feb 1825, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is not included in Jim’s databases.

She and her daughter accompanied her brother Knud and his family to the U.S. in 1855.

She is not mentioned in the 1896 obit of her brother Knut Thompson.

dwfrench1 has her dying on 6 Nov 1916.

Birth:
the date for her birth in her emigration record; dwfrench1 says 16 Jan 1825

Family/Spouse: Gunder Endresen GJEVRE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Oct 1827, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not mentioned in Linda’s notes. Probaby didn’t come to the U.S.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1911-MN-012785
• Occupation: Gaardbr og Selveier
• Confirmation: 27 Jul 1845, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is Andris Thomassen Høyne, I33654, in Jim’s VS.

Buried as Andrew Thompson. Shown as Anders Thomasson Ellestad, age 26, in the Vestre Slidre parish record for his marriage to Randi Eriksdatter, age 22.

Referred to by Alison as Anders Tomason Ellestad. Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as Anders Thomasen, living on the domicile of Høine in Vestre Slidre. Anders is the Gaardr og Selveier and he has 1 horse, 6 cattle, 8 sheep, 1 pig, 2 barley, and 4 potatoes. Living with him and Rangdi are their children Berit, Thomas, Erik, and Knud, as well as Anders’s parents Thomas and Berit and Anders’s sister Anne, age 22.

The FamilySearch entry is for Andris Tomasson, born in 1830 in Hoine III, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway.

Rose confirmed that Anders got the family farm in Norway, apparently because Knut had left Norway earlier. Nevertheless, Andrew eventually decided that owning that farm in Norway was less attractive than owning a farm in Minnesota, especially with the letters he must have been getting from Knut and Peter. Peter paid for Anders and his family to come to the U.S.

Linda says Andrew and Randi lived in Webster, the township in Rice County next to New Market.

According to Alison, Andrew and his wife and family emigrated to the U.S. in 1877. According to Rose, they took the train to Farmington. Someone was not there to meet them so they had to sleep in a horse barn.

Alison, citing the Scott County deed, describes their farm as the north half of the southeast quarter of section 34, New Market Township, as of 1 Mar 1878. The family is recorded as landing in New York, aboard the Brittanic (from Liverpool via Queenstown), on June 11, 1877: Anders Ellestad, 46, Rangdi Ellestad, 43, Berit Ellestad, 18, Tomas Ellestad, 16, Erick Ellestad, 13, Knut Ellestad, 11, Marit Ellestad, 9, John Ellestad, 7, Iver Ellestad, 4, Olga Ellestad, 3, and Ingeborg Ellestad, 1. Everyone in the family is shown as being from Germany.

According to Evey: “My great-grandfather Thompson settled in the Webster, Minnesota area which is quite close to the New Market/Lakeville area where the Ellingboes still have their homestead.”

Census taker Peter J. Baetes or Baeten visited the “Andrew Thomson” farm in New Market township, Scott County, on June 22, 1880. The record is shown as image 17 of 20, page 160A. Andrew is shown in the 1880 census as “Andrew Thomson,” age 50, a farmer. His wife is shown as 47 year-old Randy. Children at home are 21 year-old Thom Thomson, 19 year-old Erick Thomson, 17 year-old Knut Thomson, 14 year-old Mary Thomson, 12 year-old John Thomson, 5 year-old “Ingebor” Thomson (female), and 2 year-old Johanna Thomson (female).

The listing of the youngest child as a female appears to have been in error.

In the 1900 census (June 17th), Andrew Thompson and family were living in New Market Township. The household consisted of Andrew, 69 (born Sept 1830), Randie, 66 (born April 1834), Knut A., 34 (born May 1866), Belle, 25 (born May 1875), William Carel, grandson, 10 (born Feb 1890), and George, grandson, 11 (born Aug 1888). The two boys are shown as “at school.” The boys were born in Minnesota; their father was born in Sweden. Knut A. is shown as married, Belle is single. The four oldest are shown as coming to this country from Norway in 1877. Randie and Andrew had been married 42 years. Randie had had 10 children, 8 still living. Andrew owned his farm with a mortgage. Knut was shown as a naturalized citizen, Andrew was still an alien. Andrew cannot speak English. The children were apparently Mary’s and apparently visiting because they seem to have been recorded earlier at their parents’ home in Minneapolis.

Both Andrew and Randy were still on the farm at the time of the 1910 census, living with their single son Knut who is shown as head of the household.

Minnesota Death CertID# 1911-MN-012785 as Andrew E.

Birth:
birth date in his confirmation entry in parish record; Jim says born on Høyne 26/1

Died:
“sleuosis of cardia old age”

Buried:
230 EA 32

Anders married Rangdi Eriksdatter KVÅLE on 2 Jun 1857 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Rangdi (daughter of Erik Iverson QVALE and Ingeborg Jonsdatter ONSTAD) was born on 23 Apr 1834 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was christened on 8 Jun 1834 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Jan 1925 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 29 Jan 1925 in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1916-MN-004884
• Baptism: 8 Oct 1833, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is claimed to have had 10 children, 8 still living. Those numbers are 10 and 7 in the 1910 census.

Shown as Anna E. on her death certificate.

Buried:
252 HN 4 N

Anna married Lars Christopherson SOINE about 1856. Lars (son of Christopher Larssen SØYNE and Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD) was born on 14 Jun 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Apr 1917 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-003164

Notes:

Known as Peter Thompson after he settled in Minnesota (and from the 1860 census on). Lived in Christiania. Buried as Peter Thompson.

“Life History of Peter Thompson Ellestad” by Thilda Marie (Thompson) Ruh

Peter was not born under a lucky star with a silver spoon in his mouth. His troubles on earth have been many. When nine years old he was sent a Norwegian mile along the King's highway on an errand to the minister. This was in itself a great task and Peter tried hard to remember what to say. He was ushered into the preacher's presence who thundered at him, "Take your cap off when you come to see me!" This scared Peter out of a year's growth and left him in doubt as to preachers.

At ten years old his father gave him a knife and a holster. This he was instructed never to lose. However, his first ramble in the mountains this disappeared never to be found and Peter feared the willow switch on spots most tender. Here he showed his resourcefulness in somehow obtaining a knife and holster which he carried and avoided the willow switch.

At the age of sixteen years old came the great event in Peter's life. He was to emigrate...leave father and mother, sisters and brothers and go to the great and then unknown America. Great was the preparation for Peter's departure. The sheep were sheared and wool spun into yarn for stockings, mittens, scarves, and underwear. A chest full of flatbröd, spike|yot (sic), cheese and all good food was also packed for Peter's journey.

We will pass over his leave taking of his people and on April 3, 1852 he started for Christiania via Drammen. Arriving in Christiania he found to his great dismay the boat he was to take had left. After a tiresome wait of four weeks the real ocean voyage began. Twelve weeks on the Atlantic Ocean in their sail boat they landed at Quebec via Montreal to Buffalo, NY.

Now about the middle of August aboard the steamer "Atlantic" on Lake Erie Peter awoke about midnight amongst the wildest confusion. The steamer "Atlantic" had been purposefully run into by the "Ogdensburgh" (the captains were bitter enemies) and the "Atlantic" was bitterly cut in two. Peter alone and unencumbered managed to get to the deck and climbed the mast and jumped into a life boat just as the "Atlantic" sunk. Of the 830 passengers, more than 500 men, women, and children drowned.

Peter was picked up by the enemy steamer, "Ogdensburgh" and landed in Chicago. All of Peter's possessions now were enough clothes to cover his body. The well-filled chest laboriously prepared went to the bottom of Lake Erie. Peter proceeded from Chicago to Milwaukee where the survivors were given $12.50 each. This was a great fortune and he went on to Koshkonong, Dane Co., Wisconsin on August 22, 1852, his journey's end. Here he met people of his Valdres and amongst them a beautiful blue-eyed maiden, Miss Barbro Olsdatter Noben, but Peter had his own to make.

Note:
Entire document handwritten. Margin note: "This was translated into Norwegian by Andrew Veblen and published in the Valdres Samband issue of November 1916."

In the 1860 census, Peter Thompson, 24, his wife “Barber”, 21, and their son Thomas, 1, were living in Eureka Township. The value of their property is $200.

In the 1870 census, the family is still in Eureka Township. The value of their real estate is now $3000. The family consists of Peter, 36, Barbara, 32, John, 9, Antonio 7, Lora, 4, and Walter, 2.

In the 1880 census, “Peter Thompson,” age 44, is living in Eureka, Dakota County, with his wife Barbra, 42, and their children Anton, 17, Laura, 13, Walter, 11, Nels, 9, Tilda, 6, and Lilly, 3. Also living with the family is Peter Westenberg, a 40 year-old shoemaker.

The Peter Thompsons’ neighbors are James and Helona Pool.

Image 235A.

In the 1900 census, Peter was farming in Eureka Township. The household consisted of Peter Thompson, 63 (born June 1836), a widower, Nels A., his son, 29 (born March 1871), single, and Lillie E., 23 (born April 1877), single. Nels is shown as a school teacher, Lillie as a housekeeper. (Nels is the census enumerator.) Peter is shown as having come to this country in 1852. Living next door was Annie Ellestad, 56, a single woman, born in Norway in August 1843 and having come to this country in 1887. Living a few farms away, and on the same census page, was Betsey Forstrom and her family.

In the 1910 census, Peter is living in Eureka with his single sister, Anna Thompson, age 65. Peter is shown as having come to this country in 1852 and Anna, who is still an alien, in 1889. Anna is a housekeeper; Peter has his “own income.”

Cemetery records note: Veteran of 2nd Minnesota Battery, Light Artillery (Civil War) Civil War records on Ancestry.com show Peter was a member of the 2nd Independent Battery of the Minnesota Light Artillery. He entered service and left service as a Private.

From the History of Dakota County, Eureka Twp, published in 1882. Peter Thompson is a native of Northern Norway, born in 1836. Came to the United States at the age of sixteen years and settled in Dane county, Wisconsin, resided there three years. His education was acquired in Norway and Wisconsin. Coming to Minnesota in 1857, he took a claim on the site of his present farm, and has since made it his home. Has held the office of town supervisor, and has been re-elected town treasurer since 1878. Married at Eureka in 1858, to Miss Barbara Oleson, of Hastings. Seven children, four boys and three girls have been born to them. Mr. Thompson enlisted in 1864, in the Second Minnesota Light Artillery, and served until the close of hostilities; was discharged at Fort Snelling in August, 1865.

From the History of Dakota and Goodhue Counties, published in 1910. Peter Thompson, of Eureka township, has the honor of having served as postmaster of Christiania post office for the long period of twenty-five years, and he would have been retained in service for a still longer period had not the rural free delivery been established and the office abolished. He has also been treasurer of the township for forty years, which covers nearly the whole time of his residence here. Peter Thompson was born at Ellestad, Lommen, Slidre, Norway, June 10, 1836, and came to America in 1852, settling in Wisconsin, where he remained until 1856. In the early spring of that year he pre-empted 160 acres of land in Eureka township, in sections 21 and 28. This he improved and prepared for cultivation, and has since made his home here carrying on general farming. At the beginning of the Indian uprising he went to St. Peter (Mendota) and joined a company, which was sent to the relief of Fort Ridgely. In the summer of 1864 he enlisted in the 2nd Minn. Battery of Light Artillery, going to Chatanooga, Tenn., where he remained until the close of the war after which he returned home to the farm. He was married May 18, 1858, to Barbara Olson, a native of Norway, who came to this country in 1851. To this union were born nine children, of whom six are living: O.J., now of Seattle, Wash.; A. N., now of Virginia, Minn.; Walter M., now of Duluth, Minn.; Nels A., now of Superior, Wis; Laura (deceased); Tilda M., now of Superior, Wis.; Lillie E., who is a trained nurse in St. Paul; Edward (deceased), who graduated from the state agricultural school; and one child who died in infancy. Mr. Thompson is a Republican in politics and the family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books) as Peder Thompson of Farmington. He was a member of the Samband between 1902 and his death in 1917.

Buried:
“urarmia, atherosclerosis”

Peder married Barbro Olsdatter NOBEN in 1858 in Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. Barbro was born in 1838; died on 5 Jan 1897; was buried in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not mentioned in Linda’s notes. Probaby didn’t come to the U.S.

Couldn’t find her in the parish birth records or the parish confirmation records.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-015666

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is probably the 25 year-old unmarried Ole Thomasson, a laborer on the Løken farm in Lomen, Vestre Slidre.

The records for the Norway Lake Lutheran churches in Kandiyohi County show: “Ole Ellestad, born in Balders, married Sigrid Hollen, born in Balders. Came to Goodhue County in 1866.”

In the 1875 Minnesota census, he and his wife and three daughters live in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

In the 1880 census, O.T. (indexed as O.J. Ellestod), 39, and his wife Sigri, 31, were farming in Kerkhoven, Swift County. The children consisted of Betsy, 8, Anne, 6, Ida, 5, and Sophia, 1. The family had a servant, Chas. Johnson, 20, born in Sweden, living with them.

In the 1885 Minnesota census, when the family lived in Kerkhoven Twp, the household consisted of Ole, 44, Sigrid, 36, Betsy, 13, Anna, 11, Julia, 9, Soffia, 6, Emma, 3, and Thomas, 3 months.

Shown as Ole Ellestad in the 1900 census (census enumerator was Ole Ellingboe). (Ole T. was indexed incorrectly as Ole A., census form shows Ole T.) He and his wife and two sons were living in Kerkhoven, Swift County, which is just over the county line from Sunburg, Kandiyohi County. Ole was renting his farm. Sigri had had nine children, six still living.

Lived in Sunburg, MN, near Kerkhoven. Later moved to North Dakota. Living in Kerkhoven Township, Swift County, MN, at the time of the 1900 census (June 1).

The 1900 census shows him as having come to the U.S. in 1866.

In the 1905 state census, Ole and Sigre live in Murdock, Kerkhoven Twp, next door to Rangdy Flattan (#12828) and family.

In the 1910 census, Ole T. Elestad, 69, and Sigre, 62, were living in on a farm in Dunn County, North Dakota. Ole and Sigre had been married for 40 years. Sigre had had 9 children, 6 still living. Ole’s farm is shown as being in Section 22, Twp 145, Range 94. Ole came to this country in 1866 and was a citizen. Sigre came to this country in 1869. The farm adjacent to them, shown as Section 26, was Thomas Ellestad, 25, and his wife Hannah, 27. It was the first marriage for both and the had been married 0 years. Hannah had been born in South Dakota and her parents in Norway.

An Ole T. Ellestad died in Swift County in 1928.

Birth:
Ellestad

Ole married Sigrid HOLLEN about 1869. Sigrid (daughter of Even Helgessen HØVERSTAD and Anne Tostensdatter VØVLISEIGA) was born on 24 Aug 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Feb 1918 in Dunn County, North Dakota; was buried in South Lake Johanna Cemetery, Pope County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berit Nilsdatter RØINE. Berit was born on 28 Mar 1825 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Jun 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-020608
• Baptism: 30 Oct 1844, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 10 Jun 1860, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

One of the Annes, to be known as Anna, came to the U.S. in about 1887 and lived in the Christiania area although she apparently never married. This Anne, born in 1843, is sometimes shown incorrectly as the wife of Lars Soine.

According to the Lomen parish record for emigrants, Anne Thomasdatter Ellestad, b. 24 Aug 1844 (baptized 13 Oct 1844), departed for Amerika on 9 September 1887 with Guro Johannesdatter Egge, b. 9 Jun 1856 (baptized 27 Jul 1856).

She is shown as Annie Ellestad, 56 (born August 1843 in Norway), single and the “head” of a family (just herself) and living next door to her brother Peter Thompson in Eureka Township at the time of the 1900 census.

This Anne was living with her parents and her brother Anders and his family on Høine in Vestre Slidre in the 1865 census. Anne was shown as having been born in 1844.

She is probably the “aunt” living with her nephew Nels Arthur Thompson in Duluth in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, she is a “lodger” at the Augustana Home for the Aged at 1415 Tenth Avenue South in Minneapolis.

Died as Anna Ellestad at the Augustana Home for the Aged where she had been living for 12 years. The cause of her death was coronary thrombosis brought on by arterisoclerosis. She was unmarried and had been a “domestic” for 45 years. The Welander-Quist funeral home handled her funeral.

Died:
Some sources say 21 Dec 1921 but that must be erroneous

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Oct 1864, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he ran a general store in St. Anthony, Idaho. He came to the U.S. in 1882.

Family/Spouse: Kate Roberta PARRY. Kate was born about 1885 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Salt Creek

Family/Spouse: Jacob SCHULSON. Jacob was born on 6 Nov 1837 in Buskerud, Norway; died on 20 Mar 1926 in Polk County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna RUDE. Anna was born in 1882 in North Dakota; died on 12 Jan 1962 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gudrun Amelia. Gudrun was born on 19 Dec 1890 in Norway; was buried in Bigfork Cemetery, Bigfork, Itasca County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Dec 1847, Høre, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

dwfrench1’s French Family Tree has her as the Barbro born in Vang on 28 Sep 1847 (bapt. 12 Dec) to the unmarried couple Tollev Andersen Røvang and Magrethe Johannesdatter Holien. Her baptismal sponsors were Halvor Arnesen Helle, Randi Johannesdatter Holien, Thora Andersdatter Helle, Marith Andersdatter Røvang, and Randi Qval.

In the 1900 census, she has had 6 children, 5 still living. She came to the U.S. in 1862. She and her husband have been married for 33 years.

Jill Amble calls her Barbro Tollevsdatter Ellestad. So does sommerfam.

Family/Spouse: Engebret (Albert) Olson NESJA. Engebret (son of Ole Engebretsen NESJA and Dorthe Olsdatter BERGE) was born on 27 Aug 1837 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Jul 1906 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin; was buried in Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anders married Luelle A NILSEN in 1886 in North Dakota. Luelle was born in Dec 1858 in Minnesota; died on 16 Jul 1942 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen QUALEY. Ole (son of Ole Gunnarsen LIEN and Ragnhild Arnfinnsdatter OLDRE) was born on 15 Mar 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1912 in Valley County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Caroline Mathilda Ingebretsdatter LONEY. Caroline was born on 28 Apr 1857 in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 26 Nov 1928 in Cass County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Apr 1866, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His entry in Find A Grave:

Alberta Death Register for John Thompson
b. Mar 15 1866 in Norway
d. 20 Dec 1943 @ Camrose, AB
farmer NW 1/4 Sec 25 46 R 20 w 4th (Camrose)
Widower
In Canada & Alberta for 32 years. In Camrose for 9 years.
Registration Number 3082
===
JOHN THOMPSON
On December 20, John Thompson passed away at his son's home, at the age of 77 years. He was born in Vang, Wallers, Norway, in 1866. With his mother, he came when six years old, to North Dakota.

He was married to Anna Benson in 1887. In 1902 he took up homestead land. After several years of farming, the deceased went into the general store business at Hendricks, Minn. In 1911, he and his family came to Alberta and homesteaded at New Brigden. His wife predeceased him in October, 1924, and four sons also have predeceased him.

In 1934 he and his son, Solvin, moved to Camrose and rented the McCallum farm, where he resided until his death.

Left to mourn his loss are five sons, three daughters and twenty-six grandchildren; Bertha (Mrs. J. O. Johnson), Wyndone, N.D.; Ben of Camrose; Hjalmer of Kingman; Oscar of Wembley; Clara (Mrs. Harvey Hamilton), Sedalia; Annie (Mrs. Hans Oltman) and Solvin and Edwin of Camrose.

The Camrose Canadian, December 29, 1943, page 6

John's wife, Annie, died at New Brigden, Alberta, in 1924 (Alberta Death Reg. #2115).

Family/Spouse: Annie BENSON. Annie (daughter of Halvor Baardson BENSON and Betsey OLSON) was born in 1868 in Minnesota; died in Oct 1924 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Probably the Johannes born 1 Sep 1850, bapt. 6 Oct, to Knud Johanneson and Marith Andersdatter Haalien.

Johannes married Anne Olsdatter DY FRAMSTAD in Oct 1873 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Ole Pedersen FRAMSTAD and Sidsel Olsdatter DALAGER) was born on 15 Mar 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was an heir to half of her father’s farm (109/2).

Family/Spouse: Anders Haaversen HOLIEN. Anders (son of Haaver Knudsen HOLIEN and Ragndi Andrisdatter GIVRE) was born on 16 Oct 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 31 May 1916 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Berthe Marie.

Family/Spouse: John Hans PETERSON. John was born on 22 Apr 1866 in Norway; died on 26 Feb 1940 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Aug 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, as Thomas Veflen, he was a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County, as Thomas Veflen, born in Norway in May of 1851. His wife was Magret, to whom he has been married for 9 years. He came to the U.S. in 1869.

In the 1910 census, he was still in Wang Twp as Thomas Weflen. It’s his 2nd marriage, her first. They had been married for 17 years. She had had 6 children, 4 still living.

In the 1920 census, he is a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County.

In the 1930 census, he was Thomas K. Weflin, age 78, living in Granite Falls in a house that he owns. The rest of the household is his wife Margaret, 58, his daughters Frances, 27, and Palma, 14, his brother John, 72, and two boarders.

He may be the Thomas Weflen who died 11 Oct 1932 in Yellow Medicine County.

Birth:
Helle i Hurums

Baptism:
Hurums

Thomas married Ragnild Andersdatter HAGEN on 18 Mar 1883 in Renville County, Minnesota. Ragnild (daughter of Anders Syversen ELTUN and Guro Trondsdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born on 29 Sep 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Jun 1888 in Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Margaret Eriksdatter LOCKREM about 1893. Margaret (daughter of Eric LOCKREM and Maren Olsdatter Sløtet KVAM) was born on 14 Feb 1873 in Minnesota; died in 1950 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As John K, he is living with his brother Thomas in the 1930 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Aug 1852, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

“tree fell on him”

Buried as Thomas K. Thompson.

He is not mentioned in the obituaries of either of his parents even though he was 11 years old when his mother died and was clearly her son according to the Vestre Slidre birth records.

The church book record for his birth indicates that he was the 2nd instance of leiermaal for both parents.

Baptism:
he was given a private baptism at home on April 18th by his aunt Berit Thomasdatter Ellestad

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1938-MN-003493
• Baptism: 6 Nov 1853, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The Ole Forstrom (shown as Fostrom) family were farming in Eureka Township at the time (June 5th) of the 1880 census. The family consisted of Ole, 39, Betsey, 26, Thomas, 6, and Eda, 3. Also apparently living with them was Thomas Thompson, 21, shown as “cousin.”

By the 1900 census, Betsy is a widow and still living in Eureka Township not far from Peter Thompson. She is 46 (born Oct 1853 in Norway) and came to the U.S. in 1855. Living with her is her sons Olai B., 16 (born Feb 1884) and Arthur J., 9 (born Nov 1890). Arthur is still in school but Olai is shown as a farm laborer. Betsy is shown as having borne 7 children, 5 still living. Also living with her, although also shown as “head,” is her son Thomas, 25 (born June 1874), and Thomas’s wife Tina, 24 (born May 1876). Thomas and Tina have been married for 5 years and have two children (Tina has had a third one who is now dead): Norris O., 3 (born Dec 1896), and Clarence T., 1 (born April 1899).

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Mrs. Betsey Fostrom of Farmington. She was a member of the Samband between 1910 and 1916. In her entry she is erroneously listed as the daughter of Peter Thompson.

In the 1920 census, she is shown to have come to this country in 1855 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1857.

An obituary:

In the death of Mrs B. E. Forstrom, Dakota county pioneer for 82 years and highly respected woman of Lakeville, the community loses a beloved character, known and admired by everyone. To her friends she was Grandma Forstrom. News of her demise came rather suddenly Tuesday morning, September 27, 1938 at the home ofher son Arthur, where she has made her home. She was able to be out-of doors on Saturday for a walk. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at the Arthur Forstrom residence and 2:00 o'clock at the Lutheran Free Church in Eureka. Burial will be beside her husband in the adjoining cemetery. Three ministers will have charge of the service, Rev J. R. Langsjoen, the pastor; Rev B. L. Sundal, former pastor; and Rev A. H. Gjevre, pastor of St. John's at Lakeville. Mrs. Sundal will sing several favorite requests of the deceased. Pallbearers will be Milford Halling, Rudolph Ruh, Sherman Torbinson, Oscar Shirley, Sylvester Steen and Carlton Leine. Betsy Thompson was born in Valders, Norway, October 14th, 1853. At the age of one and a half, she imigrated to the United States with her parents, arriving at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, from where they moved to Nerstrand, Minnesota, after a short period in Wisconsin. In the early spring of 1857, the family pre-empted a homestead near the Twin churches in Eureka township, where she lived until her marriage to Ole Forstrom, at which time they purchased the farm where Eureka Center is now located. There a family of seven children were born, two of whom died in infancy and a daughter, Ida (Mrs Ed Ruh) preceded her mother in 1905. Mr Forstrom, the husband, is also deceased. Those surviving to mourn the loss of a loving mother are Thomas of Montana, Edward, Robert and Arthur of Lakeville; also nine grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Mrs Forstrom will not only be missed by her family but a host of friends in Lakeville, Eureka and the surrounding territory will feel the loss of a kind friend and helpful neighbor. She had an unusual personality that won for herself friends wherever she went and this warm friendly spirit will live on through the years. 10-14-1853/09-27-1938 COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON

Jane Gilbertson Nelson also compiled the puzzling obit for “little Ole Forstrom” as well as this one for which there is no confirmation in either the birth or the death records of the MHS or of the cemetery record for Highview in the Dalby database:

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANIA LUTH. CHURCH & CEMETERY, EUREKA TWSP. DAKOTA COUNTY, MN. COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON. Name: Gladys Caroline Forstrom Birth: July 19, 1926 Death: August 2, 1926 Father: Ole E. Forstrom Mother: Betsy Forstrom Little Gladys lived 15 days and is buried in the Christiania Lutheran Free Church cemetery, Eureka township. 07-19-1926/08-02-1926

{Clearly this could not have been a child of 72 year-old Betsy.}

Family/Spouse: Ole Endresen FORSTROM (FYSTRO). Ole (son of Endre Endresen and Kari Olsdatter) was born on 27 Dec 1840 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Oct 1897; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Jun 1854, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her uncle Knud Thomassen was her responsible person.

She accompanied her mother in emigrating to the U.S. in 1855.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Sep 1857, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Referred to by Alison as Berit Andersdatter Ellestad

Shown in the 1865 census as Berit Andersdatter.

Arrived in the U.S. on 11 Jun 1877 as Berit Ellestad aboard the Brittanic.

Described by Rose as “a big fat woman.”

According to Evey, Betsy was living in or near Mayville, North Dakota, in 1890.

Called “Bergie P” in Ida’s baptismal record.

In the 1930 census, she is a widow and is living with her daughter Lydia and family in Bingham Twp, Traill County, North Dakota.

Not in the 1940 census. Not in the death records of either Minnesota or North Dakota.

Died:
The 1945 is on her gravestone. The more precise date is from Find A Grave. The death is not in the Minnesota Death Index nor is it in the North Dakota death index.

Family/Spouse: Peder I TWENGE. Peder was born about 1860; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Berit married John SWENSON about 1891. John was born in Jun 1845 in Sweden; died on 2 Nov 1925 in Polk County, Minnesota; was buried in Skatvold Cemetery, Climax, Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1941-MN-013375

Notes:

Referred by Alison as Thomas Anderson Ellestad. Also referred to as Tomas Thompson. Shown in the 1865 census as Thomas Andersen. Buried as Thomas Thompson.

Apparently living with, and helping out on the farm of, his aunt Betsey and her husband Ole Forstrom in Eureka Township at the time of the 1880 census (June 5th).

Farming in Madison Township, Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota, at the time of the 1900 census (June 1st). The family consisted of Thomas, 41 (born Nov 1858 in Norway), Randi, 33 (born Aug 1866 in Norway), Anna R., 8 (born Jan 1892 in Minnesota), Minnie B., 5 (born Nov 1894 in Minnesota), Elmer O., 4 (born Aug 1896 in Minnesota), Ingmar, 2 (born Feb 1898 in Minnesota), and Anton O., 2 months (born Mar 1900 in Minnesota). Randi had borne 8 children, 5 still living. She and Tom had been married for 12 years. She had come to this country in 1887, he in 1877. They owned the farm and it was mortgaged.

In the 1905 state census, the family was in Eagle Valley Twp where they had been for 3 years and 7 months. The family consisted of Thomas A Tompson, 45, Randi, 38, Anna, 12, Minnie, 10, Elmer, 8, Ingmar, 6, Anton, 5, Walter, 3, and Ruth 1.

Farming in Eagle Valley Twp, Todd County, in the 1910 census. This census shows Tom and Randi coming to the U.S. in 1891.

They (”T.A.” and “Arandi”) were still in Eagle Valley Twp in the 1920 census. Anton, Walter, Ruth, and Elmer were all still at home.

Tom Thompson and Randi were living in Eureka Twp, Dakota County, at the time of the 1930 census. See p. 9 of 14.

In the 1940 census, Thomas A and Randie Thompson were living in a rented residence in Castle Rock Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. In 1935, they had lived in a different location in rural Dakota County. Thomas and Randie had been educated through the 4th grade.

Came to this country in 1877.

Thomas married Rangdi Olsdatter ELLESTAD on 15 Jun 1888 in Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota. Rangdi (daughter of Ole Vilhelmson LUND ELLESTAD and Anne Endrisdatter BAGGETHUN) was born on 19 Aug 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Jan 1944 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried on 20 Jan 1944 in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1948-MN-003518

Notes:

Referred to by Alison as Erik Anderson Ellestad. Other names for Erik were THOMPSON, Edward A, THOMPSON, Erick Andrew and THOMPSON, Ernie A. Shown in the 1865 census as Erik Andersen.

dwfrench1 has no information on Erick’s wife or their descendants.

Family residence at the time of Erick’s birth: Høine Gård, Lomen Sogn, Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway

Naturalization as reported by Alison: 21 October 1897, 7th Judicial District Court, Long Prairie, Todd Co., Minnesota. Witnesses: E. C. Ellestad and Ben Gilbertson. Erick provided documentation that he made his initial declaration to become a US Citizen in the District Court of Dakota County, Minnesota. E. C. Ellestad may be Endre/Andrew Ellestad, perhaps the brother of the wife of Erik’s brother Tom and perhaps a cousin of Erik and Tom.

Came to live with Ole and Rose, apparently after his wife died.

Came to the U.S. in the spring of 1877 according to his obituary in the Northfield Independent on May 20, 1948. After their arrival in the U.S., Erick, his parents, brothers, and sisters lived in Farmington with Peter and Knute Thompson, his father’s brothers who “had already come and established homes. They made their home with them until they bought a farm in New Market by 1878. Erick attended public school in Dakota County. At the age of 21 his brother and he went to South Dakota to take homestead land, settling near Fredrick on a farm acquired by pre-emption. (Evey quotes her mother describing this as, “Someone had had a homestead there and had left it so [Erick] went to the courthouse and got a right to take that, you know, buy it.”) He, and later with his wife Gunhild, lived on their claim until 1890 when they moved to Hatton, N.D. (Rose said that the farm in South Dakota has “dried out.”) In 1892 or 1893, they moved to Clarissa, Minnesota. (Rose implied that they were going to Todd County because “Andrew Ellestad” lived there.) After a stay there of 25 years, he, with his family, moved to Waubun, and in 1940, he and his wife, whose health was failing, moved to Minneapolis.

“Mr. Thompson is survived by two brothers and one sister. Four brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. He leaves 20 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.”

Shown in the 1880 census as “Erick Thomson,” age 19, living with his parents in New Market.

Minnesota Death Certificate ID# 1948-MN-003518

In the 1900 census, Erick and Julia are living on their farm in Ward township, Todd County. The family consists of Erick, 39 (born May 1861), Julia, 31 (born January 1869), Rosie, 10 (born January 1890), Anna, 8 (born Sept 1892), Mollie, 7 (born Mar 1893), Edward, 4 (born August 1895), Melvin, 3 (born April 1897), and Ellen, 1 (born Oct 1898). Erick and Julie had been married 10 years and Julia had had 6 children, all living. Rosie had been born in South Dakota, Anna in North Dakota, and the other children in Minnesota. Erick emigrated in 1877, Julia in 1887. Their farm is apparently mortgaged.

They are on the same farm in Ward Township at the time of the 1910 census in late April. The family is shown as Ernie A., 49, Julia, 42, Molley, 17, Eddie, 14, Melvin, 13, Ellen, 11, Ida, 9, George, 6, and Clarence, 4. Ernie and Julia had been married for 20 years. Julia had had 9 children, all 9 still living. They now own the farm free and clear, no mortgage.

In the “Benton, Meeker, and Todd Counties Minnesota Farm Directory, 1913-1914” (probably 1914 for Todd County), the Erick A. Thompson farm is shown as being in Sections 6 and 7, Ward Township, Todd County, Browerville Post Office. In addition to Erick A., the farm household consists of Julia, spouse, and Melvin, Ella, Ida, George, and Clarence, children. They had been in the county for 21 years.

The 1914 land ownership map of Ward Twp, Todd County, Minnesota, shows that “A E Thompson” owned 40 acres in the southeast corner of Section 6 and Julia H Thompson owned 100 acres across the road in the northeast corner of Section 7.

In March of 1920, the census indicates that the Thompsons were living in Lake Grove Township, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. Clarence, Melvin, and George were still at home.

They were in the same place at the time of the 1930 census. Erick A. is shown as 61, his wife Gunhild is shown as 62, George is 26 and Clarence is 24. The family does have a radio. (Erick was 68 at the time, of course. The census taker may have mistaken Erick’s claim that he was born in 1861.) The date of emigration for Erick is shown as 1884 and 1886 for Gunhild.

In the 1940 census, Erick, Julia, and Clarence lived on the family farm in Lake Grove Twp, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. They lived in the same house in which they had lived in 1935.

After his wife died, he moved in with Rose and Ole Ellingboe.

His obit said that he had been a patient in Sanford Hospital in Farmington for six months. He had moved his family to Clarissa in 1892 and stayed there for 25 years during which time he helped establish a church and a school, was a township supervisor, and served on the school board. He moved to Waubun in about 1917 and then, with his wife’s health failing, he and Julia moved to Minneapolis in 1940. After her death he stayed mostly with Ole and Rose.

His obit claimed that he was survived by two brothers and one sister (John, Johnnie, and Belle) and was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.

Died:
stomach cancer

Erik married Gunhild Mikkelsdatter (Julia) DIGENE on 27 Feb 1889 in Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota. Gunhild (daughter of Mikkel Gudbrandsen DIGENE and Marit Eriksdatter DAHLEN) was born on 2 Jan 1868 in Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway; was christened in Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Mar 1942 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Mar 1942 in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-019117

Notes:

Also referred to Knute or Knut Thompson. Shown in the 1865 census as Knud Andersen. Buried as Knute A. Thompson. Shown in Minnesota Death records as Knute A. Thompson. Buried as Knute A Thompson.

By 1907, Knut was helping his parents on their farm. Rose, and later Ann, was sent to help.

Shown as Knut A. Thompson in the 1910 census. Living in New Market township. The household consisted of Knut, 46 and single, Andrew, 79, Randy, 77, and Minnie, niece (? not clear), 15 (? not clear). Andrew and Randy had been married 51 or 57 years. Randy had had 10 children, 8 still living. Minnie was apparently born in Minnesota (not clear), the other three in Norway and having emigrated in 1877. Minnie is apparently a servant.

Knute seems to be a “lodger” in Duluth at the time of the 1920 census. He is shown as 56 with no occupation.

His death certificate shows him as a single farmer of “Elkoe.” He died of stomach cancer. His sister Mary Willson was the informant. He had lived with her at 3338 Oakland for a month and a half before he died.

It would have been shortly after Knut died that the Willsons to in Rangdi.

Birth:
May 10th according to his death certificate

Died:
died of stomach cancer and “obstruction of the pyloris.”

Buried:
230 EA 32

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1937-MN-019721
• Baptism: 8 Apr 1866, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Referred to by Alison as Marit Andersdatter Ellestad. The 1900 census shows her birth year as 1867.

Died at home (3338 Oakland Avenue S., Minneapolis) of cardiovascular renal disease brought about by pneumonia). She had been sick for 3 years.

Evey quotes her mother, Rose, as saying, “That Aunt Mary, you know, the Willson girls’ mother, you know, she was a darling. She always had to go and meet everybody, and have everybody over to her house, and she always had such nice food and nice house and the girls were so nice.”

Birth:
born February 2 according to death certificate

Buried:
cemetery records say burial was on May 8th; Section 31, Lot 207B, Grave 5

Mary married Adolph WILLSON (GLANZELIUS) on 28 May 1886 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Adolph was born in Oct 1861 in Sweden; died on 10 Mar 1948 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 13 Mar 1948 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1949-MN-015125

Notes:

Also known as John Thompson.

“Lived here with 8 children.”

In the 1900 census, he and Helga and his niece “Elma Wilson” lived on a rented farm in Webster Twp, Rice County.

In the 1910 census, he and his family live next door to Peter Thompson in Eureka township. The family consists of John A. Thompson, 40, Helga O., 30, Ralph O., 9, Margaret A., 7, Lillian B., 5, Helen C., 3, and Ruth A., 1. The children were born in Minnesota, the parents in Norway. The parents had been married for 10 years. All the children were born in Minnesota. Helga had had 5 children, all still living. John A. had come to this country in 1871, Helga in 1895. Their other next-door neighbor was the Edwin P. Ruh family. (John A. was also listed in the 1910 census with the Willsons in Minneapolis.)

At the time of the 1920 census (late January), the family was living in Eureka Township of Dakota County. The family consisted of John A., 50, Helga O., 39, Ralph O., 19, Margaret A., 17, Lillian B., 15, Helen A., 13, Ruth A., 11, Roger A., 8, Esther L., 6, and John O., 2 and 6 months. John came to this country from Norway in 1884 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1890. Helga came to this country from Norway in 1895 and was naturalized in 1901. Margaret is shown as a housekeeper for a private family.

At the time of the 1930 census (April), the family was living in New Market Township of Scott County. The family was John A., 61, Helga, 50, Ralph O., 29, Roger A., 18, Esther, 15, Johnny, 12, and Loyal, 9. John and Helga were married at ages 30 and 19 respectively and were both born in Norway.

Cemetery records show his year of birth as 1869.

The “Solor’s Lutheran Cemetery” was established in 1881 in Greenvale Twp, Dakota County. It was a 1 acre plot of land in Section 9, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter. The cemetery was later abandoned and moved to Webster Twp, Rice County, about 6 miles west, to the location of the Solor Lutheran Church of Webster. It is not clear whether or not anyone is still buried at the Greenvale Twp location.

His obit in the Faribault Daily News:

WEBSTER--(Special)--Funeral services for John A. Thompson, 80, who passed away at his home near Lakeville Sunday evening were held Wednesday afternoon, September 28, from the Solar Lutheran church, with the Rev. Hoff of Lakeville officiating. Burial was made in the Solar cemetery. John Thompson was born in Valdres, Norway, August 12, 1869. He was the son of Andrew and Randy (Elstad) Thompson. He came to this county with his parents at the age of 8, and settled in Lakeville community. On March 13, 1898 he was married to Hilga Hanson. He is survived by nine children, Mrs. George Bergstrom (Helen), Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Eldo Murray (Margaret), Mrs. Clarence Tonsager (Ruth), Mrs. William Geister (Esther) all of Minneapolis; Mrs. Joe Docken (Lillian) of Webster; Ralph and Roger at home; Loyal of Eureka Center, Johnny of St. Paul; and 19 grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Belle Bergerson and one brother, Johnny both of Minneapolis. His wife passed away June 22, 1943.

Jon married Helga Alida HANSON on 22 Mar 1900 in Scott County, Minnesota. Helga was born on 1 Apr 1882 in Norway; died on 23 Jun 1943 in Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in Solor Lutheran Church Cemetery, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also known as Iver Thompson. According to Rose, via Evey and Alison, Iver and Ole died of “black diphtheria” shortly after the family arrived in this country. Did not appear in the 1880 census.

Died:
diphtheria “after 1877”

Buried:
“probable burial”; not found by Debbie Boe in her indexing of the cemetery

Notes:

Also known as Ole Thompson. According to Rose, via Evey and Alison, Iver and Ole died of “black diphtheria” shortly after the family arrived in this country. Did not appear in the 1880 census.

Died:
diphtheria “after 1877”

Buried:
“probable burial”; not found by Debbie Boe in her indexing of the cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1966-MN-010646

Notes:

Also known as Belle Thompson. Shown in 1880 census as “Ingebor.”

Still living with her parents at the time of the 1900 census.

In the 1905 state census, she is 28 year-old Belle Thompson, a tailor, living with her sister Mary Willson and family in Minneapolis.

Shown in the 1930 census as Belle Bergeson living in Duluth at 1631 First Street as a servant for Isabel White, 80, and her son Chester, 43. Belle is shown as first marrying at the age of 29.

She was a housekeeper living with George Strom in Duluth in the 1940 census. She had lived in Minneapolis in 1935.

She lived in Minneapolis at the time of her brother Jon’s death.

BERGERSON, BELLE  

Minnesota Death Certificate ID# 1966-MN-010646   

 Date of Birth: 05/14/1875
 Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE
 Mother Maiden Name: QUALLE
 Date of Death: 04/24/1966
 County of Death: HENNEPIN

Ingeborg married Nick BERGERSON about 1905. Nick was born on 13 Mar 1878 in Norway; died on 28 Dec 1928 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1964-MN-008242
• Occupation: Street car conductor, teamster, machinist helper, painter

Notes:

Also known as Johnnie Thompson.

Appears to be listed as “Johanna”, a female, in the 1880 census.

In the 1910 census, he is John A. Thompson, a 32 year-old single street car conductor, living with his sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Adolph Willson in Minneapolis.

In the 1920 census, on January 14, 1920, he is John A. Thompson, living at 3740 30th Ave. (This is the house that Minnie’s parents lived in in the 1910 census.) (ED #219, image 35 of 40, Ward 12).

In the 1930 census, he is Johan A. The family is still living at 3740 30th Avenue in south Minneapolis in a house worth $4500 that they own. The household does not have a radio. Johan is a machinist helper at the steam railroad shops.

In the 1940 census, he is Johan. He and Gyda and their daughters live at 3740 30th Avenue in south Minneapolis. He is a painter.

He lived in Minneapolis at the time of his brother Jon’s death.

Died as Johan A.

He died at home of a heart attack. He lived at 6820 16th Avenue South in Richfield when he died. He was a painter and a widower. His wife was Minnie. His daughter Evelyn was the informant for his death certificate.

Died:
at home

Johannes married Gyda Magdalene (Minnie) BENSON on 26 Oct 1910 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Gyda (daughter of Haakon BENSON and Lina Andrine Olsdatter) was born in 1877 in Norway; died on 20 Dec 1949 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1935-MN-013429

Notes:

Widowed spouse of Thomas G. Ellingboe according to entries in the Northfield city directory. She appears in the 1899, 1903, 1921, and 1926 city directories. Her maiden name of Soine comes from her daughter’s death certificate.

In the 1895 census she is a widow living with her daughter Mabel in Northfield.

In the 1900 census she is a widow dressmaker living with her daughter in Northfield. In that census, she is shown as born in Minnesota.

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Anna T Ellingboe, widow of Thomas G, a dressmaker living and working at 105 E 5th.

In the 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Anna M Ellingboe, widow of Thomas, residing at 429½ Division.

She was living with the Federmans in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

In the 1929 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Anna Ellingboe, the widow of Thomas, residing at 411 Washington in Northfield.

She died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Buried:
Funeral through St. John’s.

Anna married Thosten (Thomas) ELLINGBOE on 3 Nov 1881 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Thosten (son of John Øysteinsen ELLINGBØE (BÖE) (BØKKO) and Margrete Øysteinsdatter BØE) was born on 1 Nov 1859 in Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin; died on 9 Oct 1889 in Minnesota; was buried on 11 Oct 1889 in Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1944-MN-004632

Notes:

Married his first cousin.

Farming in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County in the the 1900 census. Living next to his father Lars.

In the 1930 census, he and Anna were still living in Warsaw Twp with their sons Ludvig and Abraham. Son Carl was living next door.

Thomas married Anna Theoline ELLESTAD on 2 Jul 1892 in Swift County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Ole Tomason ELLESTAD and Sigrid HOLLEN) was born in Dec 1873 in Minnesota; died on 9 Mar 1943 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“Betsey”, age 9, in the 1870 census.

Born September of 1860 according to the 1900 census.

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Mrs. J N Kildahl of St. Paul. She was a member of the Samband in 1904.

Living with her son Karl in North Dakota at the time of the 1930 census.

Living with her daughter Anna in South Dakota at the time of the 1940 census.

Bertha married Johan Nathan KILDAHL about 1883. Johan (son of Johan Nilssen and Nikolina Andersdatter BUVARP) was born in Jan 1857 in Beitstaden, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 25 Sep 1920 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she had had 8 children, 6 still living.

Called Molla.

Marit married Andrew A ESTREM on 8 May 1884 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Andrew (son of Anfind Andersen AUSTREIM and Marit Knutsdatter DE TASA) was born on 14 Mar 1859 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 3 Feb 1920 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 6 Feb 1920 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-022662

Notes:

Called June in the 1870 census.

Also called Jennie.

Family/Spouse: Anders HØVERSTAD. Anders (son of Andris Andrisson HØVERSTAD and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter AUSTREIM) was born in 1864 in Minnesota; died on 14 Apr 1887 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gjertrud married John Martin SVIEN in 1897. John (son of Johan-Henrik Johannesson SVIEN and Berit Helgesdotter KASA) was born in 1855 in Wisconsin; died on 12 Oct 1920 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1885 state census, she was the 17 year-old Berit Soine living with her married sister Bertha in Holden.

In Find A Grave, she is assigned to the wrong parents.

In the 1940 census, she is still living in Holden with her son Arthur.

Find A Grave has her having an additional child, Paul Gerhard, b. 20 Sep 1907, d. 24 Sep 1907. That would be consistent with her entry in the 1910 census which shows her as having had 7 children, 6 still living.

Berit married Knute Arnfinnson ESTREM on 2 Jun 1896 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Knute (son of Anfind Andersen AUSTREIM and Marit Knutsdatter DE TASA) was born on 13 Jun 1860 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 23 Dec 1926 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The details for this child are from Traci’s tree.

Notes:

“Thrown from horse.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1914-MN-004937

Notes:

In the 1880 census she is age 4. In the 1895 state census she is age 19 and living at home. She is shown as a single “schoolteacher” living with her parents in the 1900 census.

According to her death certificate, the parents of Christine Kasa were Lars Soine and Anna Ellestad. However, the death certificate shows Christine’s birth date as 6 Oct 1878. The 1910 census shows that Christine Kasa was born in 1878. We’ll show the 1900 census’s birthdate because it is consistent with most other information but there is an irreconcilable difference here.

The 1910 census shows her marriage to Erick as his second and her first.

She died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Christine married Erik KASA on 24 Feb 1909 in Meeker County, Minnesota. Erik (son of Helge (Henry) Eiriksson KASA and Ingrid Ivarsdatter (Ida) ELLINGBØ) was born on 26 Sep 1869 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 6 Jul 1964 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christine married John Albert TASA on 5 Dec 1900 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. John (son of Thomas Knutsen TASA and Ambjørg Ivarsdatter OLDRE) was born on 5 Aug 1875 in United States; died on 9 Nov 1905; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Alfred SOINE in 1903. Alfred (son of John Jonson SOINE and Ingeborg Ovesdatter KATTEVOLD) was born on 19 Feb 1882 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 25 Dec 1967 in Canada; was buried in Woodslee United Church Cemetery, South Woodslee. Essex County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried as Thomas Thompson.

The first child with this name born to Peter and Barbro.

Cemetery records show date of birth as April 22nd.

“died, consumption”

Not included with the family at the time of the 1870 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Washington Death Certificate: 22661

Notes:

Called John in the 1870 census. Not living with his parents in the 1880 census.

May be the Olai J. Thompson, age 19, who was a druggist clerk in Fergus Falls in the 1880 census. This Olai was born in Minnesota and both of his parents in Norway. He was a boarder with a druggist named A. Shore.

In the 1910 census, may be the Olai Thompson, 49, living with his wife Mary in Seattle. They live in a house that they own, have been married for 26 years, and have no children. Olai works in the grocery business. Olai was born in Minnesota and both of his parents were born in Norway. Mary, also 49, was born in South Dakota and both of her parents were born in Norway.

In the 1930 census, he is probably the Olai J. Thompson, a 69 year-old widower, living alone in Elliott, King County, Washington. This Olai was born in Minnesota and both of his parents were born in Norway. He was first married at age 23.

Probably is the Olai J. Thompson, age 91, who died in Washington on December 10, 1951. The death certificate number shown here assumes that.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1916-MN-025231

Notes:

An article in the Virginia Enterprise (7 Oct 1898) describing a visit to Anton by Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Thompson, said that Walter was a “closer” for the Singer Manufacturing Company in Duluth and that Walter was a member of the Republican county committee, a political difference from Anton who is chairman of the “local Towne and Lind Club.”

Anton ran for mayor in 1899 and lost by 4 votes.

In August of 1907, the Virginia newspaper reported that Anton was “seriously ill at his home on Central, … [suffering] from acute appendicitis in conjunction with his recent injury received in a runaway, and his condition is said to be critical.”

By 1909, Anton was manager of the Singer Agency in Virginia. Anton got out of the business in July of 1912.

He lived in Virginia, Minnesota, in 1910 when his father’s entry in the Dakota/Goodhue County history was written.

Anton died of stomach cancer. He was a clerk for the Park Board of the city of Virginia which is where he resided. The informant for his death certificate was Nels A. Thompson of Duluth.

Died:
died at St. Luke’s Hospital, Duluth

Family/Spouse: Carrie S KNUTSON. Carrie (daughter of Martha L) was born about 1867 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried as Laura Thompson

Buried:
“with Peter & Barbro” 230 EA 32

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Nov 1868, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota

Notes:

An article in the Virginia Enterprise (7 Oct 1898) describing a visit to his brother Anton by “Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Thompson,” says that Walter was a “closer” for the Singer Manufacturing Company in Duluth and that Walter was a member of the Republican county committee.

In the 1900 census, Walter, 31 (b. March 1869 in Minnesota), Lillian, 27 (b. May 1873 in Michigan), and Walter’s sister Tillie M., 24 (b. Nov 1875 in Minnesota) were living in Duluth at 715 West 2nd Street. Walter was a manager of a sewing machine company.

In March of 1900, Walter was appointed city clerk by Mayor Hugo of Duluth.

An article in the Virginia Enterprise (2 Jan 1903) notes that “N. A. Thompson has gone to Superior where he assumes the agency of the Singer Manufacturing Co., succeeding Walter M. Thompson, who has been assigned to the management of the Duluth house.”

In the 1905 state census, he and Lillian live in Duluth at 617 East 3rd. He is an agent for a sewing machine company. Living with him and Lillian are two men who, like Lillian, also sell sewing machines. The two men, apparently boarders, are Edward Hanson, 45, and John A Johnson, 35.

In 1910, he (as Wilter M. Townsend) and his family are living at 617 East 3rd Street in Duluth. They now have a daughter, the only child Lillian has had. They also have a servant: Emmy Carlson, age 19, born in Minnesota of Swedish parents. Walter is a “local agent” for a sewing machine company.

Birth:
per Highview baptism record, ELCA

Baptism:
Highview

Walter married Lillian THORP on 6 Dec 1897 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Lillian (daughter of Henry T THORP and Louisa A MELITZER) was born on 3 Apr 1873 in Manistee County, Michigan; died on 2 Jan 1927 in Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1930-MN-026193

Notes:

An article in the Virginia Enterprise (2 Jan 1903) notes that “N. A. Thompson has gone to Superior where he assumes the agency of the Singer Manufacturing Co., succeeding Walter M. Thompson, who has been assigned to the management of the Duluth house.”

Nels and his family were living at 119 East 7th Street in Duluth at the time of the 1910 census. Nels was an agent for the Singer Company.

Nels was the informant for his brother Anton’s death certificate.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as N A Thompson of Duluth. He was a member of the Samband in 1920 and had been since 1906.

In the 1920 census, the family is living at 1820 East 7th Street in Duluth. Living with the family is a 75 year-old single woman named Anna _stad, born in Norway, andd shown as “aunt.” Nels is now a clerk in the post office.

In the 1930 census (April 7th), the family is still living at 1820 East 7th Street in Duluth. Nels is still a postal clerk and Bessie, living with them and still single, is a public school teacher. Peter is also living at home, no occupation shown. Two days after the census-taker visited, Nels was dead.

Nels married Jennie G ENGER on 14 Sep 1904 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Jennie (daughter of ENSTAD) was born on 8 Jun 1880 in Zumbrota, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 7 Dec 1962 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1963-MN-028313

Notes:

Single and living in Duluth with her brother Walter and his wife in the 1900 census.

She lived in Superior, Wisconsin, in 1910 when the entry for her father was written for the Dakota/Goodhue County history.

Married Edwin, a widower.

No mention of Edwin in the cemetery records. Listed in cemetery records as Thilda M. Thompson. Buried with her parents.

Died as Thilma M. Ruh. Buried as Thilda M. Thompson.

Buried:
“with Peter & Barbro”

Thilda married Edwin P RUH after 1930. Edwin (son of Olof Peterson RUH and Marit Knutsdatter) was born in Jan 1867 in Minnesota; died on 7 Dec 1939 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1924-MN-022548

Notes:

Single and living at home with her widowed father and brother Nels at the time of the 1900 census.

According to the entry for her father in the Dakota/Goodhue county history, she was a trained nurse living in St. Paul in 1910.

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Lillie E Thompson of Farmington. She was a member of the Samband between 1906 and 1911.

Also according to the Valdris Book, Lillie served in World War I as a Red Cross Army Nurse.

Her brother Nels A. was the informant for her death certificate. He had her buried in Duluth. Lillie died from tuberculosis.

Single. Never married.

Birth:
according to her death certificate

Died:
at St. Luke’s Hospital which was also her residence

Notes:

The second child with this name born to Peter and Barbro. Buried as Edward Thompson beside his mother and sister.

He graduated from the “state agricultural school.”

Buried:
“with Peter & Barbro”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 May 1872, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 17 Apr 1887, Minnesota

Notes:

Also known as Laura. Shown as Betsy L in the 1875 Minnesota census. She was the 23 year-old Laura in the 1895 Minnesota state census. At that time, she was still living at home with her parents.

She never married.

She may be the baptismal sponsor Betsey Ellestad for Martin O Ellingboe.

Baptism:
First Norway Lake Lutheran

Confirmation:
First Norway Lake Lutheran

Buried:
but the South Lake Johanna Lutheran Church record says West Norway Lake

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-004921

Notes:

Or Thealine.

Married her first cousin.

At the time of the 1900 census, she had had 4 children, only 2 of them (Ludvik, Clarence) still living.

Shown in the 1910 census as having borne 8 children, 6 still living. In the 1900 census, that was 4 and 2.

Anna married Thomas L SOINE on 2 Jul 1892 in Swift County, Minnesota. Thomas (son of Lars Christopherson SOINE and Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD) was born in Aug 1859 in Wisconsin; died on 17 Mar 1944 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1907-57-348
• Baptism: 1875, East Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Julia in the 1875 and 1885 Minnesota censuses.

Ida died from pyaemia (blood poisoning due to an abscess). Both of her parents were born in Norway.

She is probably buried in Layman’s Cemetery.

Ida married Anders Christian (Andrew) RASMUSSEN on 27 Oct 1897 in Swift County, Minnesota. Anders was born on 4 Jul 1872 in Denmark; died on 18 Feb 1913 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Layman’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1877, East Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Inferred from baptism record.

Notes:

Sophie is a 31 year-old widow in the 1910 census. She and her children were living with her late husband’s father in Kerkhoven Twp. She had had 4 children, 3 still living. Their neighbors were the Ole Ellingboes (#5122).

In the 1920 census, she and her three children live next to or with her brother Victor in Decorah Twp, Dunn County, North Dakota.

In the 1930 census, she was a 51 year-old widow and was living with her son Selmer and his family in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

She is included in the History of Kenyon on pp. 201, 202.

The Kjos Family Tree shows her death as 31 Dec 1954. The Washington Death Index shows a Sophia O Hagen dying in Mount Vernon on 30 Dec 1954. That Sophia had been born in “abt 1879.”

Sophie married Ole FRAMSTAD, Jr on 14 Feb 1900 in Swift County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Ole Olsen FRAMSTAD and Marit) was born about May 1877 in Minnesota; died on 10 May 1906 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophie married Ludvig HAGEN in 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Mar 1882, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 3 Oct 1897, Minnesota

Notes:

Still alive as the 13 year-old Emma in the 1895 Minnesota state census.

An Emma Ellestad was a baptismal sponsor for Roy O. L. Rasmussen at his 1903 baptism in Minneapolis.

In the 1940 census, she and her two adult sons live in Manhattan. She is shown as married but there is no husband in the household. She has no occupation.

In the 1950 census, she is unemployed and stilll lives at her apartment on West 177th Street in New York City. Her marital status is “separated.”

Confirmation:
South Lake Johanna Lutheran in Brooten

Emma married Clarence Arthur NICHOLS on 8 Sep 1909 in Pine City, Pine County, Minnesota. Clarence (son of Dan M NICHOLS) was born in Dec 1883 in New York; died in Apr 1977 in Queens, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed in the 1880 census.

Notes:

Shown as Thomas Elestad in the 1910 census, at which time he and his wife were living in Dunn County, North Dakota, on a farm nearby or adjacent to, the farm of Ole T. Elestad. (See notes for Ole.)

Registered for the draft on September 11, 1918, in Dunn County, North Dakota. The draft card is mostly illegible but it does show his birthdate and his middle name. He claims to be a farmer and his wife is Hannah. He has blue eyes and light hair.

Still living in Dunn County, N.D., on a farm he owns, in the 1920 census. He and Hannah now have four children.

In the 1930 census, the family is living on a farm in South Avon Precinct, Skagit County, Washington. The family is Thomas, 45, Hannah, 47, Olive, 15, Arvid, 13, Kendall, 9, Tillman, 7, and Winifred, 3. All of the children were born in North Dakota. Thomas and Hannah were married at ages 24 and 26, respectively.

Thomas married Hannah LARSON in 1909. Hannah was born on 16 Mar 1883 in South Dakota; died on 28 Mar 1951 in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 532-34-5690 Issued In Washington 1952-1954

Notes:

Shown as Victor J. Elestad, single and 22, at the time of the 1910 census. Living in Dunn County, North Dakota, on a farm nearby or adjacent to the farm of Thomas Elestad. Victor’s farm is shown as Section 14 or 19. (See notes for Ole.)

Not listed in the draft registrations for WWI.

By the 1920 census, Victor, now 31, had married Lena, 27. They were still living on a farm in Dunn County, North Dakota. They had three children, all born in N. Dakota.

By the time of the 1930 census (April 11th), Victor and his family had moved to North La Connor Precinct, Skagit County, Washington. (Victor’s brother had moved to Skagit County as well. See notes on Thomas.) The family consisted of Victor, 42, Lena, 38, Inez, 14, Edna, 13, Orville, 11, Everett, 9, and Virgil, 3 and 3 months. Virgil had been born in Washington; the other children in North Dakota. Also living with the family was Lena’s mother, Christine Larson, 76, a widow first married at age 20 and who came to this country in 1873. Victor and Lena had married when they were 26 and 22, respectively.

He registered for the World War II draft in 1942. At that time, he lived at Route 4, Mount Vernon, Washington. He gave as his “person who will always know your address” Mr. John Larson of Route 4, Mount Vernon. Victor was a self-employed farmer.

Victor married Olina J (Lena) LARSON in 1914. Olina (daughter of Johan LARSON and Christine STONE) was born on 21 Dec 1891 in Union County, South Dakota; died on 21 Jul 1987 in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Rudibraaten i Rogne

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsen RUDIBRAATEN. Ola (son of Knud Olsen RUDIBRAATEN and Marit Olsdatter RUDI) was born on 20 Jan 1856 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1944 in Auburndale, Wood County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]