Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME

Family/Spouse: Gudbrand Olson ØYLO. Gudbrand (son of Ola Gudbrandsen ØYLO and Anne Finnkjellsdatter KJØRLIE) was born in 1779 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 898.

Family/Spouse: Barbro Endresdatter TØRPE. Barbro (daughter of Endre TØRPE) was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Died:
Stele 21/2 Uppigarden

Family/Spouse: Nils Larsson STELE WANGENSTEEN. Nils (son of Lars Nilsson STELE WANGENSTEEN and Maren Jonsdatter KVAM) was born in 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1872 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I16892 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes: Han var først på farsgården til kona, Hagen 88/5. Gudmund hadde tjenestegjort som skyss-skaffer i verneplikt tiden sin, han fikk attest fra 1850. De overtok Haga etter broren hennes, Halvard som hadde reist til Amerika i 1848. 4 år senere dr o de etter. I 1852 solgte han Hagen til Knut Eivindson Heen og dro med familien til USA.

In the 1880 census, as G. Gilbertson, age 59, he and his wife Mary, age 53, and their children, Gertie Swennes, 26, Mary Gilbertson, 24, Ole Gilbertson, 21. Gudmund Gilbertson, 17, John Gilbertson, 12, and Lena Gilbertson, 7, live in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa.

In the 1895 state census, he, as Gudmund G Oyloe, and Marit and Gudmund M, age 32, live in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa.

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Gudmund married Marit Haldorsdatter HAGEN in 1850. Marit (daughter of Haldor Halvorsen HAGEN and Gjertrud Olsdatter LIEN) was born on 7 Jan 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Mar 1907 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Died:
erroneously indexed in Minnesota Deaths as Anna Oylo Sajord.

Anne married Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD about Mar 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Torstein (son of Torstein Torsteinsen LAJORD and Ingebjørg Thomasdatter NETRØST) was born in 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Oct 1921 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Family/Spouse: Tosten Helgesson QVALE. Tosten (son of Helge Torsteinsen KVÅLE and Sigrid Torleivsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1921 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Apr 1828, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Erik Olsen BØFLATEN. Erik (son of Ola Olsen TUNE and Gjartrud Eiriksdatter BØ) was born in 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or 1857, the birth year shown for her in the birth record of her son Anders.

Anne married Ola Andrisson BØE in 1887. Ola (son of Andris Olsson SPARSTAD and Dorte Helgesdatter HAMRE) was born in 1854 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Sep 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She was the second Maren born to her parents. The first, her namesake, was born in 1840 and died in 1841.

Birth:
Find A Grave says 8 July which is incorrect and, apparently, a misreading of her gravestone

Family/Spouse: Ole Ingvaldsen FLATEN. Ole (son of Ingvald Persson FLATEN and Randi Olsdatter BÖE) was born on 21 Mar 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Feb 1914 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Jun 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
Stele 21/2, spelled Steile in the church book

Family/Spouse: Marit Andrisdotter SKOGSTAD. Marit (daughter of Andris Nilson LUNDE and Ingebjørg Einarsdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born on 18 Apr 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Aug 1935 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-004697
• Occupation: Housekeeper
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Emigrated 1868 after marrying Trond. The 1900 census says 1869.

In the 1900 census she had had 10 children, 6 still living.

She is a widow in the 1920 census living with her son John and her daughter Minnie. She lives next door to, or nearby to, her daughter Sigri and family and her son Austin and family.

Died as Marit Austinson.

Buried:
252 HN 4, North section

Marith married Trond Øysteinsson BÖE ELLINGBØE on 21 Jul 1868 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Trond (son of Øystein Aslaksson BØ and Ambjørg Jonsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 23 Jul 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Jun 1917 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 15 Jun 1917 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 calls him Gulbrand Gudmundsen Øyloe and has him coming to the U.S. in 1852. dwfrench1 has no information on any spouse.

Some Ancestry trees have his spouse as named Hannah. The 1880 census shows exactly that: 29 year-old G.G. Oyloe and his wife Hannah, 24, living in Winneshiek County. No children.

Birth:
Jevne 88/5 Haga (Hagen)

Family/Spouse: Christina Edvardsdatter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Find A Grave has her as a child of Gudmund (1821-1896) and Marit (1826-1907). dwfrench1 agrees.

Family/Spouse: Andrew Engebretsen LEE. Andrew was born on 24 Dec 1864 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa; died in 1935 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died in Bridgewater Twp according to the Dalby Database.

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

Family/Spouse: Helge Aslaksen BOE. Helge (son of Aslak Øysteinsson BØ and Berthe Helgesdatter LEINE) was born on 17 Jul 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Jul 1937 in Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Of Skjelhaugen Kvåle 38/9 according to Trudy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Apr 1868, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Oct 1888, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang A, p. 734.

Birth:
Bøe 42/ Klokkergården

Died:
Bøe 42/ Klokkergården

Family/Spouse: Ingelev Andersdatter ELLINGBÖ. Ingelev (daughter of Anders Tollefson ELLINGBÖ and Ingeborg Olsdatter QVALE) was born on 7 Mar 1891 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 31 Jan 1969 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 7 Feb 1969 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, August 19, for Dr. Nils Flaten, a member of the faculty of St. Olaf college for 47 years who died at his home, 1401 Forest Avenue, Northfield, at 4 o'clock Sunday morning, August 17. The services were held in St. John's Lutheran church with the pastor, the Rev. Arnold Nelson, officiating. During the service Mrs. Gertrude Boe Overby sang "I Know A Sleep in Jesus Name" and "I'm But A Stranger Here, Heaven Is My Home." Many greetings and memorial gifts were given at the services. Interment was in Oaklawn cemetery with Paul Bollenbacher, E. C. Jacobson, Clarence Carlson, Alf Houkom, Hjalmar Lokensgard and Rolf Solum as pallbearers.

Nils Flaten was born in Valdres, Norway, March 18, 1867, the son of Ole and Maren (Wangensten) Flaten. With his parents he came to the United States when he was a year old. They settled in the Dennison community, Goodhue County, where his father was a teacher. He was educated in the local public schools and at the St. Olaf School and the Carleton Academy. Then he attended the University of Minnesota, receiving the Bachelor of Arts degree there in 1893, the Master of Arts degree in 1896 and the Doctor of Philosphy degree in 1900. He also studied at the Universities of Grenoble in France and Barcelona in Spain. Dr. Flaten taught at the Grand Forks College 1893-94 and at the United Church seminary in St. Paul from 1894 to 1900. He joined the faculty of St. Olaf College in 1900 as Professor of Latin and in 1916 was made professor of Romance Languages. He was active as a teacher until November 1946 when illness confined him to his home. During World War I in 1918-19 Dr. Flaten served with the Y.M.C.A. in Italy.

Family/Spouse: Inez Ruth OLSON. Inez was born on 1 Sep 1874 in Adams County, Wisconsin; died on 14 Nov 1964 in Rock County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-004625
• Occupation: General Store Owner, Wealthy Merchant
• Confirmation: 21 Jun 1885, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Peter T. in the 1885 state census.

He was Osten Throndsen Ellingbö in the church book entry for his marriage.

In the 1900 census, he was newly married and living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. He was a hardware merchant.

He was a merchant of general merchandise in the 1910 and 1920 censuses, living in the village of Dennison. He is probably in partnership with his brother-in-law John Norswing.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Austin T Austinson of Dennison. He was a member of the Samband between 1903 and 1916.

In the 1930 census, Austin Austinson, 60, lived in the village of Dennison, Warsaw Twp, Goodue County. The family consisted of him, Severina, 51, Myron C., 25, and Evelyn T., 14. Austin was a retail grocery merchant. Their home was worth $5000.

Austin married Severina LINDBERG on 18 Mar 1900 in Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Severina was born about 1878 in Minnesota; died on 14 Jul 1944 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: 1958-MN-005345
• Baptism: 22 May 1870
• Confirmation: 21 Jun 1885, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Married as Ambjor Thondsdatter Ellingbö according to the church records.

Or Anna I.

She was a 30 year-old single schoolteacher, living at home with her parents, in the 1900 census.

Her birth date is shown as April 24 in her death certificate.

Her obituary was in the 10 September 1958 edition of the Faribault Daily News: “DENNISON (Special) -- Mrs. Emma I. Ellingboe, 88, died at the home of her son, Arthur T. Ellingboe, on Sunday, September 7. She had been in poor health for some time. She was the daughter of Trond and Marit Austinson, born, April 14, 1870, in Dennison, where she had spent the greater part of her life. She attended the public schools and had teacher training in Minnesota. She was married to Thrond I. Ellingboe on June 24, 1900. Ellingboe passed away several years ago. She served on the local school boards and the Ladies Auxiliary. She was a member of the Jehova's Witness faith. Surviving Mrs. Ellingboe are Iver T. Ellingboe, Pueblo, Colorado; Mrs. George Chandler, Vancouver, B. C. Canada; Arthur Ellingboe, Dennison; Mrs. Calvin F. Schmid, Seattle, Washington, and Mrs. Louis Heggedhal, Kenyon. There are eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She leaves on sister, Miss Minnie J. Austinson, Dennison and one brother, Nils Austinson, North Sacramento, California. The funeral was held at the Anderson Mortuary in Northfield with Quentin H. Newland of Lakeville, officiating. Burial was in the Oaklawn cemetery at Northfield. Pallbearers were Myron Heggedahl, Bernard Ellingboe, Ludvig Austinson, John Schumm, Gudmund Norswing and Edward Ellingboe. Mr. and Mrs. Iver T. Ellingboe, Pueblo, Mrs. George Chandler, Vancouver and Mrs. C. F. Schmid, Seattle, were here for the funeral.”

Mrs. Louis Heggedahl was Amanda Emmeline Ellingboe, the daughter of Emma’s husband and his first wife.

Birth:
The 24th was shown in the church book for her confirmation. Other sources say 14 Apr.

Confirmation:
as Ambjor, the daughter of Thrond Ostensen Ellingbö

Buried:
21 ND 32 B 119 6

Ambjor married Trond Iversson (Tom) ELLINGBOE on 26 Jun 1901 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Trond (son of Ivar Trondsson ELLINGBØE and Ambjørg Eiriksdotter KASA) was born on 2 Jan 1873 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 15 Oct 1945 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 11 Sep 1958 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Billion Graves Index has her buried as Sigrid Tronsdatter Ellingboe.

Buried:
252 HN 4

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1945-MN-013500
• Baptism: 12 Mar 1875, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 19 May 1889, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

She is called Sarah in the 1875 Minnesota state census.

She was single and living at home with her parents in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census she is shown as having had 2 children, both still living.

Birth:
The church book entry for her confirmation says 21 Jan.

Sigrid married John Edward NORSVING on 4 Jun 1903 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. John (son of Gudmund Knutsen NORDSVEEN and Brita Knutsdatter HOLIEN) was born on 24 Jan 1873 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 17 Oct 1948 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 11 Dec 1892, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

He was a single farmer living at home with his parents in the 1900 census.

He is still single and living at home in the 1905 state census. His occupation is shown as land agent.

Of North Sacramento, California, at the time of his sister Emma’s death.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and two sons live in North Sacramento. Nels was a piano tuner/technician. Emeryst was a bus driver. Sigurd was a piano player with an orchestra. In 1935, Nels and Agnes, but not the boys, had lived in Northfield, Minnesota. There were also two lodgers in the household.

Confirmation:
as Nils Ellingbö

Died:
as Nels T Austinson

Nels married Agnes Amanda LUNDGREN on 1 Nov 1905 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Agnes was born about 1882 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-004693
• Baptism: 25 Sep 1881, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 23 Aug 1896, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1900 census he was living at home and was employed as a clerk in a hardware store.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Red Wing. He was a real estate agent for the Payne Investment Company of Dennison. He listed his nearest relative as Mrs. Marith Austinson of Dennison. He was described as tall with medium build and blue eyes and dark hair.

In the 1920 census he is single and living with his mother and spinster sister Minnie in Dennison. He is a real estate agent.

Buried with Thrond Austinson and Marith Ellingboe.

Death certificate indexed as “Rustinson.”

Buried:
252 HN 4 N

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 May 1884, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Not listed in the 1900 census.

Baptism:
as the son of Thrond Ostensen Ellingbö and Marit Nilsdatter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Aug 1892, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 24 Nov 1907, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Living at home in the 1905 state census.

In the 1920 census she is single and living with her mother and brother John in Dennison. She has no occupation.

Of Dennison at the time of her sister Emma’s death.

Baptism:
As Minnie Josefine Ellingbo. ELCA records indexed in Ancestry say she was baptized at St. Olaf’s Lutheran, Sioux Falls, which must be an error.

Confirmation:
as Minnie Josephine Ellingboe

Family/Spouse: Ella GILBERTSON. Ella was born on 9 Jun 1899 in McHenry County, North Dakota; died in Dec 1986 in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: THORSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married a Van Pooe?

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Died:
last residence

Buried:
with Helen Fischbach Kvale, 1912-2004

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Died:
California deaths as Bertha King

Buried:
Find A Grave

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

Buried:
private grave

Notes:

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

Birth:
“age 15 mos.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1899, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

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

Called Edward in his mother’s obituary.

Baptism:
St. John’s in Northfield

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Feb 1901, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Died:
last residence

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

No name on birth certificate.

Listed in the 1910 census but no others.

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

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

Birth:
death certificate says his birth date is 7 February

Died:
at Physicians General Hospital

Buried:
near Trail, Minnesota

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe.

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

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

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

She died of pneumonia.

Died:
as Theresa Ruth Wilkinson

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Named after her dead sister.

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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