Amund Olson LOMEN

Amund married Beret Olsdatter about 1760. Beret was born about 1740; died on 18 May 1796 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Beret married Johannes Anderson ELLESTAD on 26 Dec 1781 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Johannes (son of Anders Johanneson HÅLIEN and Anne Torsteinsdatter RØINE) was born on 17 Aug 1760 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1835 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 has her born 1758.

Birth:
Lome Nedre 32/1 (Stor-Lome)

Family/Spouse: Ola Olsen EGGE. Ola (son of Ola Olsen EGGE and Ambjørg Gulliksdatter HOVI) was born in 1749 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1812 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [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]

Notes:

Birth:
Lome Nedre 32/1 (Stor-Lome)

Died:
Lome Nedre 32/1 (Stor-Lome)

Family/Spouse: Marit Jørgensdatter RINGESTAD. Marit (daughter of Jørgen Ivarsen RINGESTAD and Marit Julsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1799 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1872 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 has her born 1 Jun 1794.

Birth:
Lome Nedre 32/1 (Stor-Lome)

Family/Spouse: Alv Thomassen RØVANG. Alv (son of Thomas Alvsen RØVANG and Ingeborg Gunnarsdatter RØVANG) was born in 1791 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

She was the elder of the two Marit Olsdatters born to these parents.

Birth:
Lomen

Died:
Egge i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Peder Pedersen EGGE. Peder (son of Per Persen KVÅLE and Gro Finkjelsdatter EGGE) was born on 27 Sep 1795 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the younger of the two Marit Olsdatters born to these parents.

Family/Spouse: Jøger Knudsen VIK. Jøger was born in 1802 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [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

Notes:

Birth:
Lome in Vestre Slidre or Høve

Died:
Heen 70/2 Bøkko

Family/Spouse: Bøye Larsen WANGENSTEEN. Bøye (son of Lars Nilsson STELE WANGENSTEEN and Maren Jonsdatter KVAM) was born on 16 Aug 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 May 1896 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Torgersdatter BERGE. Marit was born on 25 Apr 1813 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Jun 1902 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

dwfrench1 does not include this child of Alv and Ambjørg. Instead, he includes an Alv Alvsen (1824-1909) who married Thoraan Østensdatter and an Alv Alvsen (1829-1829).

Birth:
Røvang 27/1

Buried:
as Alf Rodvang

Alv married Berit Andersdatter HAUGE on 6 Aug 1855 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Berit (daughter of Anders Olsen HAUGE and Ingeborg Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born on 4 Apr 1838 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 7 Apr 1913 in Minnesota; was buried in Garness Lutheran Church Cemetery, Harmony, Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Egge nedre i Lomen i Vestre Slidre

Family/Spouse: Ole Tollevsen TVENGE. Ole (son of Tollev Johnson QVALE and Berit Pedersdatter TVENGE) was born on 13 May 1833 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 Jun 1882 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Olsdatter LYKKJUN. Sigrid (daughter of Ola Knutsson LYKKJUN and Jørand Knutsdatter HÅLIEN) was born in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Andersdatter HAUGE. Marit (daughter of Anders Olsen HAUGE and Ingeborg Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born on 7 Jul 1844 in Hauge, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Oct 1911 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]