Berit Haaversdatter ELLESTAD

Notes:

I8588 in Jim’s VS.

Jim had her born 1727. ideabrothers’ Carr Family Tree has her birth as 26 Nov 1741. dwfrench1 agrees and provides a record from the Slidre church book showing that there was a Berit born 26 Nov 1741 to Haavard Nilssen Ellestad and Sigrid Knudtsdatter.

Birth:
Ellestad 23/

Berit married Knut Halvorsen BERGE in 1767 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Knut (son of Hallvard Toresen BERGE and Sigrid Knutsdatter HELLE) was born in 1746 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1814 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is Hallvard Knutsen, I9447, in Jim’s VS.

Helle 106/4.

Birth:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle according to Jim’s VS

Halvor married Sigrid Arnesdotter NYGARD (BERGE) in 1805. Sigrid (daughter of Arne (Ådne) Torsteinson HELLE and Marit Knutsdatter BEITO) was born in 1767 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I25643 in Jim’s VS but is mistakenly named Håvard Hallvardsen.

Using the 1801 census as our guide, the son of Knut Halvorsen and Berit Haaversdatter who was born first was named Halvor Knudsen. Their second son was named Haaver Knudsen.

The listing of he and his siblings in Jim’s VS is confusing. If Håvard’s father is Knut, then he should have been Håvard Knutsen (the same as his older brother). All of this Håvard’s other siblings are appropriately named as Knutsen or Knutsdatter in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle

Håvard married Anne Olsdatter VEFLEN in 1804. Anne was born in 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I14839 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: “Knut var gift andre gang med Anne Halsteinsdtr Før, faren kom fra Helle. De hadde to sønner som het Hallstein, den eldste døde bare 5 år gammel, og den andre døde som fattiglem på gården her.”

Husmann on a plass in H
ålien, “Dalen eller Hålidalen.” Vang C, p. 427.

Birth:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Olsdatter RØE. Ragndi (daughter of Ole Jensen RUDI and Sigri Olsdatter PRÆSTRUD) was born in 1775 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok says he was a husmann on Kvie 96/5 Sygarde after about 1818 (Vang C, p. 170).

Family/Spouse: Marit Tomasdatter TØRSTAD. Marit (daughter of Thomas Olsen TØRSTAD and Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN) was born in 1788 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Helle Øvre

Died:
Brekken in Hurum

Family/Spouse: Marit Jensdatter KVIEN. Marit was born on 19 Apr 1789 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1809, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 12 Sep 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The bygdebok has an alternative spelling as Ådne.

106/4 Øvre Helle

Shown in the 1865 census as Arne Halvorsen, Gaardbruger og Selveier, born 1808, living on Helle øvre farm in Vang i Oppland. Living with him and Tora were Anders (1835), Knud (1843), and Ole (1849) all unmarried. Also living with the family was 70 year-old Kjersti Evinsdatter, mother of Sigrid, the wife of Hallvard Arnessen.

Birth:
Date from confirmation record. Not in Vang church book birth records. In his VS, Jim has him born on Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle.

Baptism:
in Norway Select Baptisms as Arne Halvorsen

Arne married Thora Andersdatter BUNDE on 17 Jun 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Thora (daughter of Andris Persson VØVLE and Berit Olsdatter BUNDE) was born on 23 Dec 1809 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Jul 1889 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 13 Aug 1889 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is Berit Håvardsdatter Helle, I25642, in Jim’s VS.

She is called “Baret Christopherson” in the cemetery records for Ole’s “probable” burial in West Christiania.

Birth:
Helle 106/4 Øvre Helle

Berit married Nils Olsen HELLE in 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Nils was born about 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Husmann i Svinge according to the bygdebok (Vang C, pp. 427-428).

Birth:
Hålien 109/2 Hålidalen

Died:
Hålien 109/1-2

Family/Spouse: Anne Hansdatter KVIEN. Anne (daughter of Hans Andrisson TOMLE and Kari Hansdotter KVIESEIGA) was born in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1876 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info on Haaver and his descendants from dwfrench1’s French Family Tree.

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Andrisdatter GIVRE. Ragndi was born about 1805; died in 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Olsdatter ØYE. Ingeborg (daughter of Ole Torgersen GRØV and Ingeborg Olsdatter LOE) was born on 10 Jan 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Jan 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Jan 1825, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 28 Jun 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang C, p. 170, shows him as born in 1825 on Kvie 96/5.

His baptismal sponsors were Ragnde Berge, Ingri Qvien, Halvor Berge, Ivar Qvien, and Knud Kjørlien.

In the 1900 census, he is shown, quite incorrectly, as born December 1829. That census also shows that he came to the U.S. in 1854. He is the head of household for a farm in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. He is a widower and the household consists of himself, son Nels (also a widower), daughter Mary Boe (recently married but with no husband in the household), son Christ, 26, son Thomas, 23, daughter Anna, 20, grandson Thomas, 9, and granddaughter Mary O., 7.

In the 1910 census, he is the 84 year-old widower Thomas Haugen living with his son C. T. Haugen and family in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

Thomas N. Haugen, one of the oldest of the pioneers in this community died Sunday, March 6, 1921 at his old home in Warsaw township. He became ill on the tenth day of January and was confined for the greater part of the time to his bed. He weakened day by day until he quietly passed away. He was born in Vang, Valders, Norway on December 18, 1825. {Not correct.} His parents were Nels and Marit Haugen. There, in the country of his birth, he spent his boyhood days at the home of his parents. In 1854, he emigrated to America and located at Manitowoc, Wisconsin where he resided for two years, then he moved to Goodhue County, Minnesota where he took a homestead, settling on 160 acres in Section 32 in Warsaw township. On this farm he made his home continuously until his death. In 1863 he was joined in marriage to Miss Gertrude Lyken by Rev. John Fjeld. She died on August 8, 1895. He leaves six children to mourn his loss: Nels Haugen, Minot, North Dakota Mrs. A.E. (Gertrude) Ramsey, Harvey, North Dakota Mrs. Rev. V.E (Anna) Boe, Finley, North Dakota Chris T. Haugen, who lives on the old homestead Thomas T. Haugen, Dennison, Minnesota Mrs. Carl Brekke, Sharon, North Dakota He also leaves a sister in Warsaw township a Mrs. A.T. Remmen. All of the children were present at the funeral except Mrs. Carl Brekke. Mr. Haugen was, at the time of his death, the oldest man in the community. He was also the oldest man in Vang's congregation and also the oldest in Rev. Haupt's charge. He was one of the organizers's of Vang's congregation and had always been a faithful member. He was a man of quiet disposition, loved and respected by his friends and neighbors. He took a great delight in mediating upon the word of God and was always a regular and faithful attendant at church. During the last year of his life he was feeble on account of poor health. There are now only a few left of those who came over from Norway in the same ship that he came. There are two yet living in Warsaw township; his sister, Mrs. A.T. (Thora) Remmen and H.E. Kasa, both of whom are younger than he was. The funeral was held Friday, March 11, 1921, with a short service at the home and regular services at Vang's Church. The services were conducted by Rev. A. Hauge who preached the funeral sermon. During the services at the church, Rev. V.E. Boe, of Finley, North Dakota, a son-in-law of the deceased, made a few remarks and spoke briefly on the beautiful an Christian life that the deceased had lived. After Rev. Boe had spoken, he sang a solo, "I Know of a Sleep in Jesus Name" in the Norwegian language. The remains were then taken to Vang's cemetery where interment was made. The pallbearers were: E.E. Haugen, T.L. Soine, Mr. T. Holten, E.H. Holien, A.E. Flom and A.O. Bonde.

Baptism:
Hurum

Confirmation:
Hurum

Thomas married Gjertrud Christophersdatter LYKKEN in 1863. Gjertrud (daughter of Christopher Gulbrandsen BERGE and Gjertrud Torgeirsdatter JØVNE) was born in Feb 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Aug 1895 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Sep 1827, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang C, p. 170, shows him as born in 1827 on Kvie 96/5.

Birth:
or 12th of Aug

Baptism:
Hurums

Family/Spouse: Anne Gurine HANSDATTER. Anne was born in 1829 in Telemark, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 calls her Thora Nilsdatter Qvien.

Family/Spouse: Anders Thomasen REMMEN. Anders (son of Tomas Helgesson REMME and Ragnhild Andrisdotter N HAMRE) was born on 12 Aug 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 14 Jun 1913 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien in Hurum

Died:
Brekken in Hurum

Family/Spouse: Ole Thomasen BERGE. Ole (son of Thomas Andrisson HELLE and Ragndi Olsdatter BERGE) was born on 25 Jun 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 May 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Gaardbruger Selveier

Notes:

Not living with his parents at the time of the 1865 census. Shown as Halvor Arnesen, Gaardbruger, born 1832 in Vang, living with his wife, Sigrid Jørgensdatter (born 1838 in Gols Prgj. i Hallingdal), and daughter, Tora Halvorsdatter (born 1864 in Vang), on the Helle øvre farm in Vang i Oppland.

In the 1886 land register, he is probably the Halvor Arnesen who owns a portion (106-4, old 96-179 and 96-182) of Helle øvre in Hurum.

The family is still on the Helle øvre (gaard) farm, farm unit 4a, in the 1900 Norwegian census. The household consists of Halvard and Sigrid and their daughter Berit and son Arne.

Hallvard married Sigrid Jørgensdatter BAKKE in 1863. Sigrid was born in 1838 in Gol, Hallingdal, Buskerud, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Oct 1833, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She and Øystein did not have children. Sigrid did have to endure the indignity her husband’s illegitimate daughter being born two months after their wedding.

Sigrid married Øystein Jøgersson ARNEHAUGEN on 14 Jul 1864 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Øystein was born in 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Gaardbruger Selveier (1900 Census)

Notes:

Supposedly changed name to Spelleman, became famous for playing the violin, and toured the USA. This is not true; perhaps he is confused with another Anders.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, this Anders is the main farmer on Helle øvre (gaard), farm unit number 4b, in Vang, Valdres. He is married. The other two residents of that farm are Anders’s younger brothers, Knut and Ole, both still single. Knut is a snedker, Ole is a skomager.

The bygdebøk says that Anders lived in Lykkjun, farm 106/4 of Ø. Helle. Specifically, “ein mindre part, med tun ovafor gardstunet.”

Anders married Margit Eivindsdatter TØRSTAD in 1891. Margit was born about 1844 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ola Olsen BEITO. Ola was born about 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Mar 1841, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not listed as living with her parents at the time of the 1865 census. A Marith Arnesdatter, born 1843 in Vang, is shown as unmarried, Tjenestepige, and living with the family of Thosten Nielssen and Guri Endresdatter on the Løkken farm in Vang i Oppland.

To Quebec, via Bergen, aboard the Valkyrien in 1869. She arrived in Quebec in June.

The estimable dwfrench1 doesn’t know what happened to her either.

Notes:

In the 1900 Norwegian census he is single, a snedker, living on the Helle øvre (gaard) farm run or owned by his brother Anders. There is some suggestion (“Fælles husholdning ned Ole Arnesen.”) that Knut and his brother Ole maintain a separate household on that farm.

Carpenter. Never married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-013021
• Baptism: 27 Sep 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 23 Jun 1861, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is the younger of two sisters named Berit. She appears to be the only sibling who came to the U.S. or had children come to the U.S.

At the time of the 1865 Norwegian census she was Berith Arnesdatter, born 1847 in Vang, living with the household of Torger Ejvindsen and Sigrid Torstensdatter (born 1822 and 1825, respectively, in Øystre Slidre Prgj.) on the farm of Holien in Vang. Berith is shown as unmarried, “hans Søsterdatter”, and “bestyrer hans Husholdning.” Listed just before Berith, and the reference of “his”, is Ole Andersen, born 1787 in Vang, “deres Føderaadsmand.” (That Ole is I8411.)

In the 1900 census, Betsy and family are living in New Market Township. The family consists of Betsy, 50 (born August 1849), Ole, 24 (born Sep 1875), Tillie, 21 (born June 1878), Oscar, 16 (born June 1883), Albert, 15 (born 1885), Olga, 12 (born Sep 1887), and Clara, 5 (born January 1895). For some reason, Anna Maria is not listed with the family and does not appear to have been included anywhere else in the census. Olga and Clara were born in Minnesota. Betsy is shown as having had 10 children, 8 still living. The family emigrated in 1887. Betsy owns the farm but it is still mortgaged.

In the 1905 state census, Betsy Ellingbo lives in Scott County with her children Ole, Anna, Albert, and Clara. (Olga seems to have been missed.)

In the 1910 census (May 10th), Betsy is 60 and four of her children are living with her: Anna, 29, Albert, 25, Olga, 22, and Clara, 15. Olga’s occupation is clearly shown as servant; Albert’s as a traveling something in the creamery industry.

Two doors down from Betsy is her son Ole and his new wife Rosie.

Evey says: “My father’s parents were buried ... in an area outlined in cement. A spire-like gravestone was in the middle of the area with Grandpa’s name on it and with ‘born’ and ‘died’ written in Norwegian with the dates. Grandma Ellingboe was also buried there.”

In the 1918 Alien Registration, she was Betsy Ellingboe, age 69, of Lakeville, Scott County.

Shown as “Betsy” in the 1920 census. In that enumeration, she is shown as the head of household, owning her property free of any mortgage, and Albert, Clara, and Olga are shown as living with her. Also in that enumeration, Berit is shown as being unable to read or to write. The census enumerator apparently had some trouble determining whether or not Berit was able to speak English; he finally concluded that she was.

Her death certificate, for which her daughter Thea was the informant, gives Berit’s birth year as 1847. She lived at 306 Washington in Northfield where she had lived since the summer of 1924. She died of cardiorenal disease.

Her obit was in the Northfield News, April 2, 1926 edition:

Mrs. Betsy Ellingboe died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Alvin Liggett, Friday, March 26, 1926, at 12:15 following a lingering illness of several months. The funeral was held at the Liggett home at 12 o'clock Tuesday and at the Christiania Lutheran Church in the afternoon. Rev O. E. Skavlan officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Betsy Ellingboe was born in Valders, Norway on August 26, 1843. She was married to Ova Ellingboe in Norway and more than forty-five years ago immigrated to the United States. They made their home in Wisconsin for a short time and later came to Lakeville where they made their home until Mr. Ellingboe's death, 37 years ago. Mrs. Ellingboe made her home with her children, having lived in the Liggett home for a year. Mrs. Ellingboe is survived by eight children, Mrs. Mary Lee, Omak, Washington; Ole Ellingboe, Mrs George Tonsager and Albert Ellingboe, all of Lakeville; Oscar Ellingboe of Leavenworth, Kansas; Mrs John Selmo, Solway, Minnesota; Miss Olga Ellingboe and Mrs. Albert Liggett of Northfield. 08-26-1843/03-26-1926

She is probably the “Betsy, widow of Ole Ellingboe” living at 312 Washington in the 1926 Northfield city directory. Evey believes that Berit, and probably Olga and Clara, moved to Northfield after Albert and Annie were married and took over the Ellingboe farm in New Market.

She doesn’t seem to have an individual gravestone at the cemetery plot in the West Christiania Cemetery.

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANIA LUTH. CHURCH & CEMETERY, EUREKA TWSP. DAKOTA COUNTY, MN. COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON:

Mrs Betsy Ellingboe died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Alvin Liggett, Friday, March 26, 1926 at 12:15 following a lingering illness of several months. The funeral was held at the Liggett home at 12 o'clock Tuesday and at the Christiania Lutheran Church in the afternoon. Rev O. E. Skavlan officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs Betsy Ellingboe was born in Valdres, Norway on August 26, 1843. She was married to Ova Ellingboe in Norway and more than forty-five years ago immigrated to the United States. They made their home in Wisconsin for a short time and later came to Lakeville where they made their home until Mr Ellingboe's death, 37 years ago. Mrs Ellingboe made her home with her children, having lived in the Liggett home for a year. Mrs Ellingboe is survived by eight children, Mrs Mary Lee, Omak, Washington; Ole Ellingboe, Mrs George Tonsager and Albert Ellingboe, all of Lakeville; Oscar Ellingboe of Leavenworth, Kansas; Mrs John Selmo, Solway, Minnesota; Miss Olga Ellingboe and Mrs Albert Liggett of Northfield.

Birth:
From Jim, Berit’s birth location is the Høre (Hurum) parish, a part of Vang i Valdres closer to Øystre Slidre.

Died:
“Mrs. Ove Ellingboe”

Buried:
Some records say 29 Mar but that’s a Monday and inconsistent with the obit which says that her funeral was on a Tuesday. The ELCA records correctly say March 30th.

Berit married Ove Ovesen ELLINGBOE on 1 Jun 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ove (son of Unknown and Marit Olsdatter ELLINGBØE KVAM) was born on 24 Mar 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was christened on 17 Apr 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Feb 1899 in New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota; was buried on 9 Feb 1899 in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 Norwegian census he is single, a skomager, living on the Helle øvre (gaard) farm run or owned by his brother Anders. There is some suggestion (“Fælles husholdning ned Knut Arnesen.”) that Ole and his brother Knut maintain a separate household on that farm. The farm has a “haandverkshus”, perhaps a separate building in which Ole may have had his shoemaker business.

Shoemaker. Never married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 May 1852, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not listed as living with her parents at the time of the 1865 census. Didn’t seem to be listed anywhere else either.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jun 1826, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is Ola Nilsson Tørstad, I4990, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

He seems to be Ola Nilsen Haugen, I25645, in Jim’s VS. For that entry, there is no further information on Ole’s wife or children. However, the VS entry shows Ole’s parents to be Nils Olsen Helle and Berit Håvardsdatter Helle.

He’s simply Ole Nelson in the French Family Tree.

The bygdebok (p. 787) calls him Ola Nilsson Tørstadeiga. He was called Ole Nilsen Ellingbø in the church book entry for Nel’s birth. He was called Ole Nielson Kattevold in the entry for Anders’s birth and for Helge’s birth and for the family’s emigration record.

Shown as Ole Nielsson in the 1865 Norwegian census. He was a “husmand med jord og smed” on the Grunkø farm in Hoved subparish in Vang parish. He was 38, his wife Sigri Olsdatter was 31, and they had two sons: Niels, 7, and Ole, 3. Grunkø, aka Grunke or Grunketeigen, was a husmannplassen under Øvre Kattevøl.

Emigrated from Vang in 1876. The departing family is listed as Ole Nielsen Kattevold, b. 2 Jun 1826, Sigrid Olsdatter, b. 15 Dec 1834, Niels, b. 14 Mar 1859, Ole, b. 25 Aug 1863, Berit, b. 26 Sep 1867, Helge, b. 18 Nov 1870, and Anders, b. 25 May 1874.

Shown as Ole Nilsen in the 1880 census. He and his family lived on a farm in New Market. The family consisted on Ole, 50, Sigri, 45, Nels, 20, Ole J., 18, Betsey, 12, Andrew, 9, Ole, 6, and Lina, 1. Everyone but Lina had been born in Norway.

In the 1885 state census, the family is in New Market. The household consists of Ole Nelson, 60, Sahra, 50, Nels, 25, Ole O., 20, Henry O., 14, Andrew, 10, and Basy, 17.

In the 1895 census, the family lives near the Ellingboes in New Market. The household consists of Ole, 70, Sigri, 60, Nels, 35, Ole, 31, Andrew, 21, Ole, 5, born in Dakota, and Henry, 6 months, born in Minnesota. Ole and his family had been in the state for 19 years, in the present enumeration district for 18 years.

In the 1900 census, he and his family are still in New Market. The household consists of Ole Nailson, 74 (b. June 1826), Sara, 65 (b. Dec 1834), Ole O., 36 (b. Aug 1863), Andrew, 26 (b. May 1874), Nails, 41 (b. 1859), Ole, nephew, 10 (b. Jan 1890), and Henry, nephew, 4 (b. Dec 1895). The youngest Ole had been born in Dakota, Henry in Minnesota, and everyone else in Norway. Sara had had 8 children, 4 still living. Ole and Sara had been married for 41 years. The family had come to the U.S. in 1876.

Birth:
Kvien 96/20 Smedhaugen according to Jim’s VS

Buried:
cemetery records say “probably burial”

Ole married Sigrid Olsdatter (Sarah) ELLINGBØE on 27 Jan 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Sigrid (daughter of Ola Torleivsson ELLINGBØE and Ågot Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 15 Dec 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Oct 1902 in Minnesota; was buried in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, pp. 428-429.

Came to the U.S. in 1879.

Birth:
Hålien 109/1-2 Svingen

Ola married Sigrid Trondsdatter in 1867. Sigrid was born in 1848 in Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 suggests uncertainty regarding Anders’s mother: either Ingeborg or Randi Andersdatter Gjevre (b. 1806). The bygdebok (Vang C, pp. 427-428) says that Håvard K married Ragndi Andrisdatter Givre in 1840. She died in 1846 whereupon Håvard K married Ingebjørg Olsdatter Kungslien frå Marken under Øye in 1847. Ingebjørg had no children.

The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 415) calls him Andris Håvardsson Dalen, a shoemaker and husmann’s son, from a plass in Dalen in Hålien or Hålidalen.

Birth:
Holien

Died:
Holien

Family/Spouse: Berit Knutsdatter HÅLIEN. Berit (daughter of Knut Johannesson HÅLIEN and Marit Andersdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 24 Feb 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Aug 1917 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Northfield News, Jan. 25, 1938:

Funeral services were held at Vang church Thursday afternoon, Jan. 6, for Nels T. Haugen, who passed away Monday morning, Jan. 3, at Minneapolis after a few days' illness of pneumonia. The services were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Adolph Egge, who preached the funeral sermon. During the services, Mrs. Gertrude Boe Overby of St. Olaf college, a niece of Mr. Haugen, sang two hymns, one in Norwegian and the other in English. There were many beautiful floral offerings, and several gifts in his memory from relatives and friends to missions and charity. The services were attended by a large number of people, who had come to pay their last respects to their departed friends. The Rev. V. E. Boe, a brother-in-law of the deceased, was present at the funeral and spoke briefly at the close of the services. The interment was made in Vang cemetery. The pallbearers were: John Ellingboe, Ole Hoiby, John M. Lie, Nels L. Nesheim, Anton Remmen and Ludvig Soine. Nels T. Haugen was born in Warsaw township December 20, 1862, a son of the late Thomas and Gertrude Haugen. He was baptized as a young child by the late Rev. B. J. Muus and confirmed in 1875 by the Rev. M. O. Boeckman of St. Paul who then was the pastor of Vang congregation. His boyhood days were spent attending the common and parochial schools of the neighborhood. In 1887 he was married to Miss Regina Brekke of Ottertail county, and there he and his wife were engaged in farming. Mrs. Haugen died in 1894. In 1900 the family moved to Minot, N. D. Shortly after his arrival at Minot, Mr. Haugen was employed for several years in the lumber yard of Tosten Kulaas, a former resident of Warsaw township. After several years' work in the lumber yard, he was appointed deputy sheriff of Ward county, N.D., which position he held for four years. In the year 1917 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Eide at Minot, and they went to farming near Minot until 1922, when they moved to this community, where they were engaged in farming until last fall, when they took up their residence in Minneapolis. After coming back to his old home community, he was for several years the janitor in Vang church, a work which he performed in addition to taking care of his farm work. Mr. Haugen was a man whom it was always a pleasure to meet. He had a pleasant smile and kind word for everybody. He made a large number of friends in whatever community he made his home. He leaves a large number of relatives and friends in this community. Endowed with a keen mind and a wonderful memory, he could relate incidents and interesting historical data from the pioneer days of this neighborhood. He was a great lover of horses and could many years afterwards speak of the color and the names of the horses which the pioneers had in the early days of this settlement. If anyone in recent years desired any information about the early history of this community, they were always referred to Nels Haugen. After coming back to the neighborhood where he was born, spent his childhood days and grew to manhood, he again became a member of Vang congregation. Besides his wife Mr. Haugen is survived by one son, Thomas, of Warsaw township and one daughter, Mrs. Carl Estrem, of Minneapolis. He also leaves two brothers, Chris T. Haugen of Warsaw township and Thomas T. Haugen of Northfield, and three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Ramsey of Harvey, N. D., Mrs. V. E. Boe of Finley, N. D., and Mrs. Carl Brekke of Ray, N. D.; fourteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Nels married Karen Regina BREKKE in 1887. Karen (daughter of Ole Karlsen BREKKE and Mari Ellen HOLUM) was born in 1866; died on 14 Feb 1894; was buried in Aastad Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nels married Anne Theoline EIDE in 1917 in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota. Anne (daughter of Peder Knudsen EIDE and Anne Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 8 Mar 1886 in Minnesota; died on 16 Nov 1945 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is shown as the recently-married Mary Boe, b. Jul 1870, living with her father and siblings in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

Called Anna in her father’s obituary.

Funeral services for Mrs. V. E. Boe, who passed away at her home Monday, April 21, were held Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran church with the pastor the Rev. B. R. Biorn, officiating. During the service Mrs. Edward Sovik, Jr., sang and she was accompanied on the organ by Mrs. G. B. Odegaard. Burial was made in the Vang cemetery, east of Dennison. Maria Haugen was born July 10, 1870, in Vang parish, the daughter of pioneers, who had emigrated from Vang in Norway in the early 1850's. She attended the rural public schools near her home and was confirmed in the Lutheran faith by the late Dr. J. N. Kildahl. Later she attended a business college in Red wing. On Dec. 23, 1899, she was married to Vigleik E. Boe, who at that time was a student at the United Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Paul. Following completion of his work at St. Paul, Pastor Boe accepted his first call to Finley, N.D., where they continued to make their home for many years. From 1908 until 1915 they served Zion Lutheran church on Staten Island. Later they spent three years at Osakis then returned to Finley, N.D., where they returned to their original parish. They continued on there until retirement in 1940 when they established their home in Northfield. Mr. Boe passed away in 1953. In recent years Mrs. Boe had made her home with her daughter, Miss Esther Boe. She is survived by three sons and three daughters. They are Mrs. Oscar Overby and Miss Esther Boe of Northfield and Mrs. Harold Everson of Baldwin, Wis.; Marcus Boe, Eagle Grove, Iowa; the Rev. Victor Boe of Concordia College, Moorhead and the Rev. Egbert T. Boe of Menominee, Wis. There are also two brothers, Christ and Thomas Haugen of Northfield and one sister, Mrs. Carl Brekke, of Ray, N.D.; 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Maria married Vigleik Engebretsen BOE in 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married his first cousin.

In the 1910 census, he was a farmer in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. Living with him and his wife and children were his father, Thomas, 84, and a nephew, Thomas, age 19, born in Minnesota.

In the 1920 census, he was a widower. Living with him were his children Gerhard, 15, and his daughter, Gertrude, 12, as well as his father, Thomas, age 94, and two servants, Tillie Holien, 32, and Erik Eckstrom, 29.

Christopher married Marith Torgersdatter LYKKEN on 1 Jan 1903 in Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Marith (daughter of Torger Christopherson LYKKEN and Gjartrud Vilhjølmsdatter BAGGETHUN) was born on 15 May 1873 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 3 Aug 1911 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: A E RAMSEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Faribault Daily News, July 16, 1963:

Funeral services were held Monday, July 15, at 2 p.m. at the Vang Lutheran church for Thomas T. Haugen, 86, who passed away at the St. Olaf Rest Home in Northfield, Thursday, July 11. In the absence of the regular pastor, the Rev. B. J. Blikstad, the Rev. H. S. Bly, officiated. The vocalist was Mrs.Oscar Overby with Mrs. Cyrus Midje at the organ. The pallbearers were Herbert Haugen, Donald Haugen, Gerhard Haugen, Andrew Hoverstad, William Hunt and George Sevcik. Interment was in the Vang Cemetery. Thomas T. Haugen, son of Thomas N. and Gertrude Haugen, was born Nov. 16, 1876, in Warsaw Township. He attended the local schools and was a member of the Vang Lutheran Church. He suffered a heart attack at the St. Olaf Rest Home, where he had lived since his retirement. He never married. He was well known in Dennison as he had been employed at the Dennison Elevator Co. and at the Dennison Hardware Store before going to Northfield, where he was employed for many years at Carleton College before he retired. He is survived by two brothers, Christ and Carl of Dennison and one sister in North Dakota. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and two sisters.

Notes:

She and Carl lived in Sharon, North Dakota, at the time of her father’s death.

Family/Spouse: Carl BREKKE. Carl was born on 6 Nov 1881 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; died on 3 Dec 1963 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Rainbow Valley Lutheran Cemetery, Ray, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hans Olsen FLOM. Hans was born on 28 Jan 1848 in Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1918 in Ward County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Although he survived his sister Marie, he was not mentioned in her obituary.

Family/Spouse: Anne LOCKREM. Anne (daughter of Kristoffer Larsen LOKREIMSHAUGEN and Berit Andrisdatter HØVERSTAD) was born on 1 Dec 1875 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 1 Feb 1948 in Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. John Carr Passes Away at Jamestown Home

Jamestown, N. D., March 6 --- Mrs. John Carr, wife of States' Attorney Carr, passed away at midnight Wednesday night, following an illness of about two weeks. Mrs. Carr has been in poor health for almost two years, but had been gaining in health and strength up to about the first of the year. About two weeks ago, she was taken with what was considered a very mild attack of influenza, and was not considered seriously ill until Wednesday noon. She failed very rapidly from then on until the time of death.

The deceased was forty-five years of age, having been born in Dennison, Minnesota, on May 19, 1874. Her maiden name was Marie Remmen, and she was married to Mr. Carr on August 22, 1905 in Minnesota, coming directly to Jamestown with her husband who had started in business here three years before. Mrs. Carr was a graduate of the State Normal School at Valley City and taught in the city schools at that place for about six years prior to her marriage.

Mrs. Carr leaves in addition to her husband, four children: Edwin, aged 13; Mary, aged 10; William, aged 5; and Martha, aged two years and five months. She also leaves her mother, Thora (Mrs. Anders T. Remmen) of Dennison, Minnesota, two brothers, Martin Remmen of Hettinger, North Dakota and Dr. Nils Remmen of Chicago, Illinois, and two sisters, Margaret (Mrs. Kjostel A. Bonhus) of Valley City, North Dakota and Randine (Mrs. Knute H. Braaten) of Belfield, North Dakota.

Marie married John William CARR on 22 Aug 1905 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some sources erroneously have her as the mother of Ingeborg Aslaksdatter Ellingbö, 1865 (#6482).

Birth:
Brekke i Hurum

Family/Spouse: Øystein Jøgersson ARNEHAUGEN. Øystein was born in 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]