Halvor Pedersen HANDE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Abt Jul 1803, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

A Halvor Pedersen, age 15, son of Peder somebody, was confirmed in Slidre on 2 Aug 1818 in Røns church. The record suggests that he was baptized in a home baptism on Hande and that his father was born in Tordstad.

On Handemÿren at the time Guri was born.

In the 1865 census, he is 62 and his wife Barbro is 61. He is gbr on Hande 99a in Vestre Slidre. Living with them are their daughters Ingeborg, 18, and Guri, 25, Peder Halvorsson, 31 (presumably the son of Halvor and Barbro), Gunhild Reiersdatter, 25, wife of Peder, and their sons, Halvor Pederson and Reier Pederson, ages 6 and 2. Finally, as Føderaadskone, is Ingrid Halvorsdatter, 76, and unmarried (apparently never married).

In the 1875 state census, he and Barbro were living with their son Ole H. in Swift County, Minnesota. They were shown, incorrectly, as ages 58 and 60, respectively.

Baptism:
“Lomen frå Hurum”

Family/Spouse: Barbro Nielsdatter HØYNE. Barbro was born in 1806 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Dec 1882 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried on 30 Dec 1882 in East Norway Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Jan 1842, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, she was unmarried and living with her parents and siblings on Hande 99a in Vestre Slidre.

Birth:
legitimate

Baptism:
Lomen, Røn, or Slidre sokn

Family/Spouse: Thosten Evenson HOLLEN. Thosten (son of Even Helgessen HØVERSTAD and Anne Tostensdatter VØVLISEIGA) was born on 13 Oct 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Dec 1930 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried on 19 Dec 1930 in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1925-MN-006382
• Baptism: 1 Jun 1845, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His baptismal sponsors were Marit Pedersdatter Hande, Thora Pedersdatter Hande, Halvor Johannessen Hande, Knud Halvorsen Viighagen, and Anders Rolandson Jomen.

Ole lived in Sunburg. He was married to Dorthea at the time of his death. She was the informant for his death certificate. He died from pneumonia and senility.

Martin Henjum’s write-up for nllha.org:

OLE HALVORSON HANDE & DOROTHEA O. SONDROL, Charter Members of West Norway Lake Lutheran Church
Ole Halvorson Hande was the son of Halvor Pederson Torstad-Hande (1803-1875) and Barbro Nilsdatter Hoyne (1805- 1882). He was born May 4, 1844 on the Øvre Hande farm Slidre Parish, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway. Ole had four older brothers and two sisters all of whom along with their parents would eventually migrate to America.
Despite being the youngest brother, Ole was the first to leave for America arriving in 1865. Eventually he made it to Rice County, Minnesota where he married Dorothea O. Sondrol on January 1, 1872. Dorothea was born on September 30, 1848 in Vang, Valdres, Norway. Her parents were Tosten and Marit Sondrol.
Ole’s brother Halvor Halvorson Hande along with his family and parents migrated to America in 1869 and settled near Norway Lake in what is today section 13 of Arctander Township. That may have been the reason for brother Ole and his wife to move to the Sunburg area which it appears they did some time in the 1870s. They settled on a farm in Kerkhoven Township in Swift County and became members of the newly constructed West Norway Lake Lutheran Church just south of Sunburg.
Ole and Dorothea had ten children
the oldest of whom was Bestsy M. Hande (1872-1952) who married John Hystad (1869-1944).
Daughter Marit O. Hande (1873-1926) married Louis Pilstrom (1871-1954) at the West Norway Lake Church,
moved to Minneapolis where they are buried in Lakewood Cemetery.
Halvor Oleson Hande (1875-1902) never married and died at the age of twenty-five.
Anna O. Hande (1877-1919) married Theodore Frovold (1875-1930) and remained in the Sunburg area their
entire lives.
Ingeborg O. Hande and Tosten O. Hande were twins born on June 6, 1879. They lived only a few months.
Ingeborg died on April 23, 1880 and Tosten on September 15, 1880.
Belle Hande was born June 25, 1881, married William Wenzel and settled in the Fargo, N. D. area.
Tosten O. Hande (1883-1975) married Louise Flolo (1887-1980)and lived in the local area all their lives.
Oloff O. Hande (1885-1916) never married and died young at age 30.
Ole and Dorothea’s last child was daughter Dena born May 25, 1877. Dena only reached her ninth year and died
on April 18, 1896.
Betsy and John Hystad, Halvor, Anna and Theodore Frovold, the twins Ingeborg and Tosten, Tosten and Louise Hande, Oloff and Dena are buried at the West Norway Lutheran Cemetery. Ole Halvorson Hande died on November 21, 1925. His wife Dorothea died on January 2, 1933. They are both buried at the West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery near Sunburg where Ole was a charter member.

Birth:
May 4, 1844, is the erroneous date of birth on his death certificate and on many other sources.

Family/Spouse: Dorthe Torsteinsdatter SYNDROL. Dorthe (daughter of Torstein Knudsen SØNDROL and Marit Olsdatter SYNDROL) was born on 30 Sep 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Jan 1933 in Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Finkelsdatter. Sigrid (daughter of Finkel Olsson and Ingebor Jøgersdatter) was born on 2 Jul 1842 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His obit said that he came to the U.S. in 1872. His wife’s obit said that they came to the U.S. in 1869.

Martin Henjum’s write-up for nllha.org:

HALVOR & GURI HANDE, Charter Members of East Norway Lake Lutheran Church
On June 22, 1869, the ship Valkyrien arrived at the port of Quebec, Canada. Debarking were Halvor Hande, his wife Guri, daughter Barbro and son Knudt. Also traveling with them was Halvor’s elderly parents Halvor Pederson Torstad (1803- 1875) and Barbro Nilsdatter Hoyne (1805-1882), his sisters Guri and Ingeborg and his brother Niels. They emigrated that same year from the Øvre Hande farm in the Slidre Parish, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway where Halvor was born on February 23, 1838. It is also where he was married on July 29, 1866 to Guri Knutesdatter Hamre . Guri was born in Vestre Slidre on August 9, 1843, the daughter of Knut Reierson Hamre (1797-1880) and Ingrid Pettersdatter Jarstad (1804-1884).

They arrived in the Norway Lake Settlement in the summer of 1869 and homesteaded in Section 13 of what is today Arctander Township. It is not surprising that Halvor’s parents left Norway with them as eventually all of Halvor’s siblings immigrated to America. Halvor’s older brothers, Tosten and Peder immigrated to America arriving in Quebec on June 2, 1866. Both brothers settled in Minnesota, Tosten in Pine City and Peder in Holmes City where they are buried. Younger brother, Niels, joined Peder at Holmes City where he is buried. Two of Halvor’s siblings, Guri (Mrs. Tosten Evenson) and Ole who married Dorothea Sondrol settled near Sunburg, Minnesota. On November 7, 1875, Halvor’s father, Halvor Pederson Torstad Hande died. His mother, Barbro Nilsdatter Hoyne, was living with her son Ole when she died on December 23, 1882. Halvor and Barbro are buried at the East Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery.

Halvor and Guri continued to live on the home place in Section 13. They raised a large family, many of whom remained in the community.

Barbro married Jens Skaalrud and had twelve children. They are buried at First Lutheran of Norway Lake.
Knute married Ida Railson, the daughter of Andrew and Berthe Railson. They settled near Belgrade, Minnesota
and raised seven children and are buried in Stearns County.
Son Halvor moved to Canada in his early thirties where he married Elisabeth Popp and raised four children at
Marchwell, Saskatchewan where they are buried.
Ingrid married Ole Skaalrud and raised nine children. They are buried at First Lutheran.
Guri married Swen Swenson, the son of early pioneers Gunder and Gemina Swenson and had eight children and
lived on Lake Mary in Arctander Township. The Swensons are buried at East Norway Lake Cemetery.
Ingeborg married Simon Quamme and raised two children near Sunburg and is buried at Monson Lake Lutheran.
Like a number of fellow Norway Lakers, Olaf moved out to North Dakota where he married Elizabeth Oakland.
They had four children and lived the rest of their lives in Rhame, North Dakota.
Daughter Maria married Martin Elvestrom and they had four children, one of whom died in infancy.
Maria is buried in Bricelyn, Minnesota.
Daughter Anne Marie was born in 1884 and appears to have remained single. She was living on the farm in 1920
but details of her life after that remain sketchy.
Son Henry married Ida Gronseth and they had six children and are buried at East Norway Lake Cemetery. Their
son, Russell, remained on the home farm his entire life.

The Hande homestead is now owned by his son, Norman, a great grandson of Halvor and Guri Hande. Halvor and Guri had one more child, Carolyn, in 1888 who died in infancy. Halvor died August 21, 1910. His wife, Guri, died August 29, 1912. Both are buried at the East Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery where Halvor was a charter member.

Halvor married Guri Knutsdatter HAMRE on 29 Jul 1866 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Guri (daughter of Knud Reiarsson HAMRE and Ingri Pedersdatter LIE) was born on 9 Aug 1843 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 29 Aug 1912 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gunhild KIRKEVOLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he is shown as the head of the household in Kerkhoven Twp. Living with him are his siblings Christoffer, Anne, Ole, and Berthine.

Single and living with his father and siblings in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.

He registered for the draft in Benson on September 12, 1918. He gave his father, Tosten Hollen, as his nearest relative. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

Notes:

Not listed with the rest of his siblings in the 1900 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 13 Oct 1895, West Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Listed with her father in the 1885 and 1895 state censuses but not in later censuses.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 16 Oct 1898, West Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

He was a 55 year-old widower living with his son in Kerkhoven Twp in Swift County.

Ole married Ida Aletta THOSTENSON on 11 Jun 1929 in Swift County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Kittel THOSTENSON and Anna H) was born on 13 Sep 1905 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 11 Apr 1934 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 22 Sep 1901, West Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Single and living with her father and siblings in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1910 census.

Notes:

Last name Handa on Mildred’s birth certificate.

A posting on Ancestry.com lists her birth and death as 1871-1938.

Birth:
per the Hande site

Died:
D’Arcy

Sigrid married Jørgen (George) O ELLINGBØ on 7 Dec 1893 in Stearns County, Minnesota. Jørgen (son of Ola Jørgensson ELLINGBØ and Marit Olsdatter ELLINGBØE) was born on 31 Jan 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Aug 1926 in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Andrew CHRISTENSEN. Andrew was born in Denmark; died on 22 Aug 1920 in Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jens Johannesson SKAALRUD. Jens (son of Johan Johannessen SKAALRUD and Bertha Christophersdatter KLOVSTADHAUGEN) was born on 3 Jan 1861 in Søndre Land, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Jan 1935 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Johansen SKAALRUD. Ole (son of Johan Johannessen SKAALRUD and Bertha Christophersdatter KLOVSTADHAUGEN) was born on 24 Nov 1867 in Søndre Land, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Jan 1953 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Katharina Elisabeth POPP. Katharina was born on 6 Jan 1887 in Austria; died on 14 Feb 1973 in Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Johanna Juliansdatter LARSON. Johanna was born on 18 Nov 1865 in Ostfold; died on 15 Feb 1972 in Clearwater County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jul 1930, West Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Living with his parents and siblings in Saskatchewan in the 1916 Canadian census. According to the Hande site, this Harry married Margaret Krueger. He was a railway man.

He crossed the border, from Canada to the U. S., at Noyes on 2 Oct 1928. He had been born in Belgrade, Minnesota, and was on his way to Milwaukee. He was 31 years old, 5’ 6” tall, and weighed 155 lbs.

He may be the 31 year-old Harry Ellingboe, a single lodger living in Milwaukee, in the 1930 census. That Harry is a factory worker.

In the 1939 Milwaukee city directory, as Harry C Ellingboe, he and Margaret F live at 3048 North 26th. Harry is identified as a steelworker.

In the 1940 census, he and Margaret F live in Milwaukee at 3048 North 26th Street in a house that they own worth $2200. This was the same house in which they had lived in 1935. Harry is a steel worker for an automobile body manufacturing company.

In the 1947 Milwaukee city directory, as Harry C Ellingboe, he and Margaret E live at 3048 North 26th. Harry is a steel worker. He was a high-school graduate.

They’re still there in the 1950 census. Harry is a repair man at a steel products factory.

Birth:
D’Arcy

Died:
per the Hande site, not listed in the index of Wisconsin deaths

Family/Spouse: Margaret F KRUEGER. Margaret was born about 1892 in Germany; died in 1958 in Wisconsin; was buried in Pinelawn Memorial Park, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Verda in the 1916 Canadian census. Called Bertha in earlier U.S. census. Called Bertha in the 1905 Minnesota state census.

Married in Saskatchewan.

Birth:
per Hande site

Died:
as Verda Engelke, last residence in SSDI: Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Verda married Herbert J ENGELKE on 4 Jan 1925 in Saskatchewan, Canada. Herbert was born on 15 Mar 1898 in Dodge County, Wisconsin; died on 18 Jun 1988 in Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: DC-75431
• Baptism: 7 Feb 1904, Stearns County, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Josef S. in the 1916 Canadian census.

Joseph married Mary Isabel ROOKE on 20 Oct 1939 in Saskatchewan, Canada. Mary was born on 16 May 1916 in Saskatchewan, Canada; died on 13 Oct 1985 in Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Apr 1906, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Mildred J. in the 1916 Canadian census.

Birth:
date in church baptism record, D’Arcy says 13 Mar

Mildred married Clifford Earl BARTCH about 1928. Clifford was born on 23 May 1904 in Minnesota; died on 4 Apr 1954 in Ward County, North Dakota; was buried in Antler Cemetery, Antler, Bottineau County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1908-26519

Notes:

Listed in the index of Minnesota births as “William Remond.”

In the 1940 census, he is a hired hand on the Artz farm in Antler Twp, Bottineau County, North Dakota.

In the 1945 Minot, North Dakota, city directory, he is a trucker living with his brother Marcus.

In the 1948 Kelso, Washington, city directory he may be the William R Ellingboe, laborer for LFCo, living at 1640 8th Avenue.

In the 1949 Minot, North Dakota, city directory, he is Raymond W Ellingboe, a farmer living with his brother Marcus at 116 6th SE. The same information is in the 1950 census.

Birth:
per the Hande site

Notes:

In the 1945 Minot, North Dakota, city directory, he was a trucker who lived at 116 6th SE with his wife Harriet and his brother William.

In the 1949 Minot directory, Marcus and Harriet and Marcus’s brother Raymond W lived at 116 6th SE. Marcus was a salesman.

In the 1950 census, he and Harriet and his brother Ray live in Minot. Marcus is a car salesman. Ray is a farmer.

In the 1955 Minot directory, he and Harriet V live at 1612 3rd Avenue S E. He is a salesman.

In the 1959 Minot directory, he is Mark Ellingboe, an oil broker. He lives at 810½ 7th SE.

He resided in Yellowstone county at the time of his death. He was divorced.

Sentenced to a year in the state penitentiary in May of 1968 for a parole violation. He had been given a deferred sentence a year earlier for obtaining a signature under false pretenses.

He was in care at Warm Springs for at least 3½ weeks. He died of a hypertensive crisis and cardiac failure.

Birth:
per the Hande site

Died:
his “residence county” was Yellowstone County

Marcus married Harriet V RAYMO on 23 Dec 1942 in Montana, and was divorced. Harriet was born on 5 Jan 1919 in North Dakota; died in 2009; was buried in Trinity Cemetery, Hayland Twp, Divide County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Grace SNEKSZER. Grace was born in Hungary; died on 25 Nov 1995 in Sarasota County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Luella Elizabeth BENDICKSON. Luella was born on 23 Jul 1903 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; died on 27 Dec 1978 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he was a railroad worker living with his family in Brooten, Minnesota.

Family/Spouse: Ruth Bertine ELLINGSON. Ruth (daughter of Oluf D ELLINGSON and Anna Caroline PAAVRUD) was born on 12 Nov 1905 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; died in 1996 in Stearns County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Vera Isabel BENNETT. Vera was born on 1 Nov 1914 in Saskatchewan, Canada; died on 17 Jun 1989 in Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in Bethel Lutheran Cemetery, Marchwell, Melville Census District, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Effie EMERSON. Effie was born on 30 Mar 1912 in Polk County, Minnesota; died on 26 Jan 2007 in Fosston, Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]