Torleiv Vilhelmson ELLINGBØE

Notes:

Ellingbø 34/1

Birth:
Ellingbø 34/1 Skøre

Died:
Ellingbø 34/1 Skøre

Torleiv married Marit Olsdotter KJØS in 1788. Marit (daughter of Ole Olsen KJØS and Sigrid Eiriksdotter DAL) was born in 1765 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmed Ellingbø 34/1 ca. 1815-1843

Notes:

Vang A, p. 594.

Gardbruker på Skøre.

Died:
Brad has Ole’s death as 5 Nov 1865

Ola married Ågot Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE in 1813 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ågot (daughter of Helge Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Rangdi Gudbrandsdotter NØRSVIN) was born in 1789 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Valstad 1834-1840, then Grøv, Bagetun.

Birth:
Ellingø 34/1 Skøre

Andris married Sigrid Andrisdatter ELLINGBØ in 1834. Sigrid (daughter of Andris Eivinsson ELLINGBØ and Dordi Endresdatter HOLIEN) was born in 1810 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

Vang A, p. 585

Of Ellingbø 34/1.

One of Ove Ovesen’s godparents (baptismal sponsors).

Guri married Helge Helgesson ELLINGBØE on 5 Jun 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Helge (son of Helge Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Rangdi Gudbrandsdotter NØRSVIN) was born in 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Helge Torsteinsen KVÅLE. Helge (son of Torstein Olsen KVÅLE and Ingebjörg Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Apr 1814, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 24 Sep 1831, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Ove Oveson's letter in 1896 suggests that Marit was still alive at that time but that half-brother Ole had died, childless.

Moved to Haugen, Kvam, after marriage to Aslak Kvåle.

Marit and her two sons named Ole were witnesses/sponsors at the baptism of her granddaughter Marit Ovesdatter (#258).

In the 1900 Norwegian census, she is Marit Olsdatter Kvam, widow, b. 1817, living with her unmarried daughter Marit Aslaksdatter, b. 1842, on the Haugen farm in Vang. Also living with them is Johannes Gullikson, b. 1837, tjenestgut.

Birth:
the 19 August birthdate is from her confirmation record in the parish record

Died:
Kvamshaugen

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

Marit married Åslag Olson BUNDE on 9 Jun 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Åslag (son of Ola Olsson and Marit Johannesdatter HÅLIEN) was born in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 22 Sep 1888 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 4 Oct 1888 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Jun 1821, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

One of Ove Ovesen’s godparents (baptismal sponsors).

Son Ole Tollefson (and succeeding lineage) per Brad Ellingboe.

In the 1865 census, Tollev Olsson owns the Ellingbø søndre farm #21 in Hoved subparish, Vang. The farm has 1 horse, 8 cattle, 10 sheep, 1 pig, 4 barleys and 2 potatoes. The household consists of 11 people: Tollev, 43, his wife Marit Jogersdatter, 40, their sons Ole, 19, Christoffer, 16, Helge, 10, Andris, 8, and Gudbrand, 1, and their daughters Berit, 13, and Marit, 4. Also on the farm were two farmhand/servants: Agot Iversdatter, 65, and Knud Iversson, 45.

In the 1886 land register, he is the owner of Skaare on Ellingbø sondre (34-1, old 10-21).

Birth:
as Tollev Olsen Ellingböe in the Vang church book, of Skøre

Tollef married Marit Jøgersdatter QUAM on 20 Jun 1843 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Jøger Andersen KVAM and Berit Gulliksdatter BERGE) was born in 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1898 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
15 weeks old

Notes:

Of Ellingbø Skøre 34/1 according to Trudy.

Died:
Nerre Søndrol

Ragndi married Torstein Olsson SÖNDROL on 25 Jun 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Torstein (son of Ola Johannessen BØE and Dorte Knutsdatter SYNDROL) was born on 10 Feb 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 May 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 34/1.

Died:
5 mo. old

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 34/1.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Ove and Berit stayed with this aunt of Ove Ellingoe when Ove and Berit first arrived in Minnesota.

Called Sahra in the 1885 census. Called Sara in the 1900 census.

An Ancestry.com family tree gives her birth and death dates as 6 Dec 1835 to 6 Oct 1903. The church book shows she was born in December of 1834 but the exact day is illegible.

Birth:
day from the emigration record

Died:
per the cemetery records according to the Dalby Database

Sigrid married Ole Nielsson KATTEVOLD on 27 Jan 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole (son of Nils Olsen HELLE and Berit Håvardsdatter HELLE) was born on 2 Jun 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Jan 1903 in Minnesota; was buried in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I9855 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes: I USA kalte de seg Grov. Han måtte selge Grøv og tok med seg hele huslyden til Amerika. Han hadde tidligere fått skjøte på gården (3.11.1971) for 300 spd av Trond Baggetun. Han lånte 1400 kroner av Johannes A. Nordland mot pant i Grøv og en pan t i Kvåle (38/4 Myradn) som han hadde kjøpt i 1869.

In the 1880 census, he was a farmer in Bridgewater Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. The household consisted of Andrew Grove, 39, Jennie, 35, Andrew, 12, Oly, 10, Thomas, 8, Sarah, 6, Emily, 4, and Mary, 1. The youngest child had been born in Minnesota, the others were born in Norway.

In the 1900 census (mis-indexed and mistakenly written Adrew Grove), he lives in Northfield and is a day laborer. Emma, Minnie, Lewis, and John still live at home with their parents.

Birth:
Grøv 35/2 Under Baggetun

Died:
as Andrew Grove

Andris married Gjartrud Olsdatter KVÅLE in 1867. Gjartrud (daughter of Ole Olsen KVÅLE and Inglev Larsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 7 Jan 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Mar 1910 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 Norwegian census, she is living on 33/1 with her daughter Sigrid and two of Sigrid’s children.

Died:
Norway Burial Index says 5 Feb 1916.

Marit married Endre Anderssen ELLINGBØE on 31 Oct 1843 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Endre (son of Andris Eivinsson ELLINGBØ and Dordi Endresdatter HOLIEN) was born on 18 Aug 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Jul 1907 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

Notes:

See VBIA, p. 586.

Seems to be the owner (Gaardbruger Selveier) of the Ellingbø nordre farm (#20) at the time of the 1865 census.

In the 1886 land register, he is the Helge Helgesen who owns 33-4 Bakkene and 33-5 (old 9-19a2 and 9-20, respectively) of Ellingbø nordre.

He is probably the Helge Helgesen Ellingbø who was one of the two best men at Ove Ovesen’s wedding.

Birth:
Find A Grave

Died:
Find A Grave

Helge married Guri Torsteensdatter HAMRE on 23 Jun 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Guri (daughter of Torstein Embriksen BELSHEIM and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter HAMRE) was born on 27 Jan 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Jan 1918 in Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1895 Iowa state census, she was living in Deer Creek Twp, Worth County, Iowa, with her younger son Ole. She was called Mrs. Rose H. Moen, widow, age 63, born in Norway.

In the 1910 census, she is shown as having had 7 children, 3 still alive. The year she emigrated appears to be 1894.

Family/Spouse: Jöger Jögersen FLATEN. Jöger died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Endressen ELLINGBØE. Ole (son of Endre Iversen BØE and Anne Evensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 18 May 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Randi married Ole Asbjornson PRESTEGARDEN on 10 Jul 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole (son of Asbjorn Olsen) was born about 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cobbler

Notes:

Also called Tollef Helgrim.

At the time of the 1865 Norwegian census, he was an unmarried 32 year-old shoemaker living on the large (#20) Ellingbø nordre farm.

Had daughter Sigri with Randi Olsd. Ellingbøe ("Bakste-Ragndi") in 1859.

Emigrated 14 April 1866, age 32, unmarried.

In the 1885 Iowa state census, he (as “F.H.” or “T.H.”) and his family live in Newburg Twp, Mitchell County, Iowa. Their farm is shown as the south half, NW corner of Section 6, Range 18.

He was a farmer named Tollef Ellingboe, living in Deer Creek Twp, Worth County, Iowa, in the 1895 Iowa state census.

He was L. H. Ellingboe (maybe T. H.) , still in Deer Creek Twp, in the 1900 census. Sarah and Julia were no longer at home.

Died:
Carpenter

Family/Spouse: Randi Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ. Randi (daughter of Ola Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Randi Larsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 16 Jan 1841 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tollev married Ambjor (Emma) ANDERSON on 10 Dec 1878 in Worth County, Iowa. Ambjor was born on 21 Apr 1852 in Rock Island County, Illinois; died on 13 Oct 1932 in Worth County, Iowa; was buried on 17 Oct 1932 in Deer Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Carpenter, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1865 Norwegian census, she was an unmarried 28 year-old living on the large (#20) Ellingbø nordre farm.

Birth:
From the 1910 Norwegian census.

Family/Spouse: Jon Endreson BAKKIN. Jon (son of Endre Johnson ELLINGBØ and Margrethe Thomasdatter) was born on 20 Jul 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is Torstein Helgesen Kvåle, I8564 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Family/Spouse: Berit Gulbrandsdatter ØYLO. Berit (daughter of Gudbrand Olson ØYLO and Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME) was born in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1915 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Skjelhaugen

Marit married Nils Trondsen TUNE in 1854. Nils (son of Trond Nilsen WANGENSTEEN and Berit Andrisdatter HAMRE) was born on 11 Aug 1835 in Norway; died on 29 Sep 1879 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter, farmer
• Baptism: 17 Apr 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 17 Jun 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

I4452 in Jim’s Ellingboe.
I29556 in Jim’s VS.

The 1865 Norwegian census shows Ove being born in 1840. In that census, he is a carpenter living on Ellingbø nordre with 12 others. That farm is owned by Helge Helgesen, b. 1827.

There is some erroneous information regarding his date of death. Some sources say either 1897 or 1898. His gravestone says 1898.

According to the parish record, his god parents (sponsors) were Christopher Helgeson Ellingbøe, “He”? Helgeson Ellingbøe, Tollef Olsen Ellingboe, somebody Andersen, and Guri Tollefsdotter Ellingbøe (Helge Helgeson Ellingbøe's wife). Christopher's name was in the column for illegimate children as "the trustworthy member of the congregation" who stood for the child. Ove probably would have been baptized at the new (current) Vang church. The old stave church was still standing at the time he was baptized but was probably not used as a church any longer by that time.

Although Ove V. Baggethun (#3252) was identified as Ove O.’s father in the Vang church birth record, that paternity is quite unlikely based on the lack of any corresponding matches in modern DNA testing results.

At the time of the 1865 census, Ove was one of 13 people living on the “Ellingbø nordre” farm, or domicile, in Vang with the Helge Helgesen family. His family status is shown as “inderst” (farm laborer) and his occupation is shown as carpenter (”snedker”).

Those 13 people were: Helge Helgesson, “husfar”, age 39; Guri Torsteensdatter, 34, his wife; Helge Helgesson, 11, their son; Guri Helgesdatter, 7, their daughter; Torsteen Helgesdatter, 5, their son; Ole Knudson, 21, servant; Anne Andersdatter, 18, servant; Helge Helgesson, 73, “foderaadsmand”; Guri Tollevsdatter, 72, his wife; Tollev Helgesson, 32, their son, shoemaker; Sigri Helgesdatter, 28, their daughter; Ole Olson, 12, their foster-son; and Ove Ovesson, 26, Inderst, Snedker.

Ove’s occupation is referred to as snedker (carpenter) in Marit’s birth record.

Ove and Berit and family moved to Vestre Toten some time after Ole was born because Thea and Anna Maria were born on the Stepperud farm in Ås in Vestre Toten.

Ove lost the Toten farm to an unknown relative, perhaps an oldest son, of the previous owner who came forward and, by a strange law at the time, was allowed to force Ove to sell it to him.

Ove (42) and Berit (36) arrived (as Ellingbo) in the US on June 11, 1882, in steerage, on the Pollux from Amsterdam. According to the emigration records, they left Kristiania on the Peterson Line ship Christiania on May 20, 1882, with Two Rivers as their destination. (Their out-migration is not recorded in the Vang church book or the Vestre Toten church book.)

Ove and Berit arrived with four children: Marit (7), Ole (6), Thea (3), and Anna (11/12). They would have entered the US at Castle Garden on the southern tip of Manhattan island although Berit supposedly (according to Clara and Jan) said they landed at Ellis Island (which wouldn't have been open in 1882, at least as a port of entry). Their arrival in New York would also have been before the construction of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island although the torch-bearing arm would have been on exhibit in Madison Square Park.

They went from New York to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, (and, according to Rose, Green Bay) for a year or so and then on to Minnesota. There they lived for three weeks with an aunt of Ove (Sigrid Ellingboe Nelson, #3586) until another baby was born (apparently Oskar, “upstairs in the log house” according to Rose) and then to a sod house. A year later, Ove built the farm house. () This first house and Ove’s only farm was the one Albert inherited.

This account is inconsistent with Berit’s claim in the 1920 census that she immigrated in 1863 and became a naturalized citizen in 1870.

Ed says the family farm was located five miles southwest of Lakeville.

The family is listed in the 1885 Minnesota state census as inhabitants of New Market in Scott County. The household consisted of Ole P Ellingbor, 45, Bary, 39, Meary, 11, Ole, 9, Dille, 7, Anna M, 4, Oscar, 2, and Albert, 0. Their neighbors, or at least the families on either side of them on the census form, were Anna Gilbertson (and Andrew, Zellant, and Meary) and the Thomas and Anna Thompson family.

In the 1895 state census, they’re still in New Market. The census-taker was now a Norwegian so the spelling of the names makes more sense: Ove Ellingboe, 55, Beret Ellingboe, 45, Ole Ellingboe, 19, Tillie Ellingboe, 17, Anna Ellingboe, 14, Oscar Ellingboe, 12, Albert Ellingboe, 10, Olga Ellingboe, 7, and Clara Ellingboe, 4 months.

Ove’s original farm was the 160 acres of the southeast quarter-section of Section 3 of New Market Twp, Scott County. Later, the farm was split between Ole and Albert, Ole getting the southern 80 acres and Albert the northern 80. Evey recalls that Albert’s farm was originally 60 acres and that he added 20 more in the 1940s.

Evey says that Ove built, or helped to build, the District 66 schoolhouse that she and her siblings and cousins attended.

Ove was frequently away from the farm, doing “carpentering,” leaving Betsy and the kids to manage it. Ole said that Ove started with oxen, then mules “from Mons Larson”, then young horses. Ove wasn’t a good horseman.

From the Minnesota Naturalization Records Index on Ancestry.com:

Ellingboe, Ove O.
  County: Dakota Reel: 2
  Code: 3 Volume: 3
  Page: 64 Operator: CONRA
  Date: 06 August 1996 Time: 14:11
  Document Type: Declaration Years: 1888 -1906
  Numbers: 1-451

Rose said that Ove died of liver cancer. The doctor said that it was found “too late” although the options available in 1899 would have been very limited in any case.

Buried at West Christiania cemetery at 245th Street and Pillsbury Avenue southwest of Lakeville in New Market Township. His gravestone says “O O E.”

Apparently has a gravestone at East Christiania too. At least his death is included in the records of the East Christiania church.

The will for Ove O Ellingboe is recorded in the Scott County Will Records, Volume C, 1919-1927, will year 1920.

Ove’s will, dated 13 Nov 1897, named his wife, Berit A Ellingboe as the executrix of his estate. The will was witnessed by E.H. Lee and Mary Lee, both then residing in Montevideo. Berit was bequeathed all of Ove’s real estate and person property. There were two exceptions, depending on whether Berit died before either Clara or Olga reached the age of 18. In such a case, Clara was to receive $300 over and above what each of his other children would be entitled by law and Olga was to receive $200 over and above what each of his other children would be entititled by law. Because Oskar and Albert will also under 18 years of age, and still living at home, the exceptions made for Olga and Clara were apparently made because they were daughters under 18 and may not be able to live on their own if Berit died. The thought must have been that Oskar and Albert, although under 18, were old enough to be on their own if Berit died. Ove may also have been explicitly preserving a dowry for his umarried daughters.

Birth:
Jim says that Ove was born in Søre Ellingbø, Uppigarden, Skøre, farm 34/1.

Died:
church record

Buried:
“with Albert & Anne” 225 NT 13

Ove married Berit Arnesdatter HELLE on 1 Jun 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Arne Hallvardsson HELLE and Thora Andersdatter BUNDE) was born on 20 Aug 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Mar 1926 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried on 30 Mar 1926 in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Sep 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Unmarried. Stayed at Haugen, Kvam. Unmarried and living with her parents at the time of the 1865 Norwegian census.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, she is unmarried and living with her mother on the Haugen farm in Vang.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, she is living on farm 51/1, Nerre Lajord, in Vang. This is apparently her brother’s farm but she is in a separate household. Living with her is Johannes G. Okshovd, b. 1840. Marit’s birth date is shown as 28 July 1842. Her occupation is “Lever av formue, har en kostgjænger,” (lives off wealth, has a boarder). His occupation is “offentlig fattigunderstøttelse” (public elderly support).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Watchmaker
• Baptism: 28 Dec 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

According the 1865 census, Marit and Aslak had two sons named Ole, one born in 1844, one born in 1855. The older one’s occupation, at the time of the 1865 census, was “er hjemme og er Uhrmager.”

Both Ole Aslaksons were baptismal sponsors for Marit Ovesdatter (#258).

From Ove Ovesen’s letter to his mother in January of 1896, it appears that this older of the two Oles had died in 1894 or 1895 and that he had married but had no children. It also can be inferred from Ove Ovesen’s letter that this older of the two Oles died in Minnesota because it seems as if Ove had visited his house.

The 1880-1881 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, watch mkr. for A Evanson & Co. boarding at the Victoria Hotel.

The 1881-1882 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, watchmkr. for W.C. Leber, boarding at 203 N. 2d Ave.

The 1882-1883 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, watchmaker for W.C. Leber, residing at 207 N 3rd Ave.

The 1883-1884 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, “with W C Leber,” residing at 913 North Washington Ave.

The 1885 and 1885-1886 Minneapolis city directories show an Ole A. Kvam, a watchmaker employed by W C Leber, residing at 112 S 3rd Ave.

The 1886-1887 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, jeweler for W.C. Leber, residing at 112 S 3rd Ave.

The 1888 Minneapolis city directory shows an Ole A. Kvam, watchmaker for W C Leber, residing at 111 Island Ave.

MOMS shows an Ole Kvan marrying a K Paulseth in Hennepin County on 25 Jan 1888. FS’s Minnesota County Marriages has no name for the woman but says she was 25 years old and that Ole A Kvam was 38.

An advertisement for W.C. Leber (”Dealer in Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry.”) in the 1888-1889 Minneapolis city directory includes the line “O.A. Kvam, Repairing of Fine Watches.” W.C. Leber was at “No. 208 Hennepin Avenue.”

That 1888-1889 directory shows Ole A. Kvam, watchmaker for W C Leber, residing at 111 Island Ave. Note that this is the same address for his first cousin, Jøger Ellingboe (#4056), who was a jeweler for Adolph Leber.

The 1890-1891 city directory also shows Ole A Kvam, watchmaker for W C Leber, residing at 111 Island Ave.

An article in the Saint Paul Globe, Tuesday, February 27, 1894:

O. A. Kvam, the jeweler, died at St. Mary’s Hospital Sunday from the effects of an operation to relieve an ulcer in his stomach. He was advised by Dr. Hoegh to have the operation performed two weeks ago but kept putting it off and it is thought that the delay proved fatal as the disease gained such headway that medical skill was unavailing.

Notes:

No baptism.

Notes:

No baptism.

Died:
14 days old

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Clockmaker and Farmer
• Baptism: 10 Jun 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He or his brother was one of the baptismal sponsors for Ole Ellingboe (#3235). He or his brother also, apparently, made the trip to Vestre Toten to be a sponsor for Thea (#269). Both Ole Aslaksons were baptismal sponsors for Marit Ovesdatter (#258).

Farmed Lajord 51/1 from 1890 to 1925. Built a new out building 1924.

According the 1865 census, Marit and Aslak had two sons named Ole, one born in 1844, one born in 1855. The older one’s occupation, at the time of the 1865 census, was “er hjemme og er Uhrmager.”

In the 1900 Norwegian census, Ole Aslaksson Kvam, a widower born 1855, was living on the Lajord nedre farm in Vang. His occupation was gaardbruger s uhrmager (farmer and watch-maker). Ole’s three children by his first wife, Aslak, Kristoffer, and Marit, were also living with him on the farm. Also living in the household were two servants and the føderaadsmand and føderaadskone, Endre Kristoffesson Lajord, b. 1828, and his wife Guri Torstensdatter, b. 1828. These were the people who had owned the farm previously and who still received a living and the right to live there.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, Ole Aslaksen Kvam still resides on Lajord 51/1 (Nerre-Lajord). The household also includes his 2nd wife, Marit Kristoffersdatter, as well as his five children: Aslak Olsen Lajord, Kristoffer Olsen Lajord, Marit Olsen Lajord, Ole Olsen Lajord, and Torstein Olsen Lajord. The two youngest children were by Marit. The household also includes Guri Torsteinsdatter Lajord, b. 1838.09.09, føderaadskone.

Died:
p. 892

Ole married Ingeborg Kristoffersdatter KVÅLE on 12 Jun 1889 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Kristoffer Torsteinson KVÅLE and Berit Torsteinsdatter LAJORD) was born in 1860; died on 29 Jun 1897 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 6 Jul 1897 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Marit Kristoffersdatter on 21 Jun 1903 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Kristoffer Olson) was born on 11 Aug 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Dec 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Dec 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
or 30 Dec 1846

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Jan 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In his parish birth record, his father is shown (apparently incorrectly) as Ole Tollevsen Ellingböe. His mother is shown, correctly, as Marith Jögersdatter.

He was one of the baptismal sponsors for Ole Ellingboe (#3235).

Ole married Ingeborg Bøyesdatter KATTEVØL SKEIE in 1876 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Bøye Trondsen KATTEVOLD and Ingeborg Bjornsdatter HAUGEN) was born on 21 Apr 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1914 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Oct 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1875 Norwegian census, he lived on Skøre with his parents and siblings.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, he is unmarried, occupation “Tjenestedreng, almindeligt gaardsarbeide” on Ellingbø søndre.

He arrived in New York on May 31, 1907, aboard the S.S. Oceanic which had departed Liverpool on May 22, 1907. He was a laborer destined for Minneapolis and his brother, J. T. Ellingbö. He was in good health, 5 feet 7 inches tall, with light complexion, blue eyes, and a bald head. He was travelling with his distant cousin, Berith Ellingbö (#9194), sister of Knute Ivarsen.

In the 1908 Minneapolis city directory, he is probably the Christopher Ellingboe, plumber, boarding at 2417 Butler Place, the same address used in 1907 and 1909 by his niece Marit.

He is likely the Christopher Ellingboe, age 58, living with the Scott County Ellingboes in the 1910 census. He had recently come to the U.S. (1908).

Jim has Christoffer dying in 1926 in Minnesota. That death date is also shown in the bygdebok.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Jun 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The 1875 Norwegian census includes her son but with no name.

A Berit T. Ellingbö was a baptismal sponsor for Berit Andersdatter Ellingbö, b. 22 Jan 1895.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, she was unmarried and living on her brother Ole’s Ellingbø farm.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, as Berit Torleivsdatter Skøre, she was unmarried and living on a portion of Skøre 34/1. Her occupation was “arbeiderske, kreaturstel for andre, væving og spindling.”

Family/Spouse: Christopher Christopherson LUND. Christopher (son of Kristoffer Eivindsson BØ and Anne Ivarsdatter LAJORD) was born in 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jim has Helge as #6825. According to Jim, Helge was a businessman in the U.S. and married a Marianne Hougen (b. 1859, d. 1956, m. 27 Jun 1888) and died 30 Dec 1942 in Manitowoc County or in Kaukauna.

In the 1930 census, he is Harry E. Thompson, 74, with wife Marianne, 71, who lived in Kaukauna. Living with them is their 31 year-old daughter, Marcella, who is a high school teacher. Harry is apparently retired because he has no occupation. In the 1920 census, he, Marion, and Marcella live in Kaukauna. Harry came to the U.S. in 1869. He is the proprietor of a shoe store. In the 1910 census we learn that they also have a son Oscar, 20, and that Oscar and Marcella are the only two children that “May” has had. Harry is a merchant with a shoe store and Oscar is an “apprentice merchant.” In the 1900 census we learn that Harry came to the U.S. in 1870.

In the 1940 census, Harry, Marianne, and Marcella live at 114 West 9th Street in Kaukauna. That is the same house that all three of them had lived in five years earlier. Harry, 84, has no occupation. Marcella, 42, is a school teacher.

In the 1880 census, he was 24 year-old Harry Thompson living with, and working in the shoe shop of, Knut K Strande and his family of Cato, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

In the 1910 Kaukauna city directory, Harry E Thompson’s occupation is “full line shoes” on 2nd. He and Marion reside on 9th.

In the 1936 Kaukauna city directory, Harry E Thompson and wife Marion reside at 114 W 9th.

There is a biographical sketch of Harry in the History of Outagamie County, p. 783, published in 1911:

HARRY E. THOMPSON, a well-known and successful shoe merchant of Kaukauna, Wisconsin, who is the proprietor of the oldest establishment in this line on the south side, has been intimately connected with civic affairs in Kaukauna during the past few years. Mr. Thompson was born in Norway, February 1, 1856, and came to the United States in 1871 with an uncle, on whose farm in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, he worked during the summer months, while attending school during the winter time. In 1873 he went to Cato, Wisconsin, to learn the trade of shoemaker, and later was located at Alexandria, Minnesota, and Bismarck, North Dakota. After one year at the latter place he returned to Cato, from whence after a short period he came to Kaukauna and opened a shoe store, in 1884, in the Mills Block. In 1897, his increased trade demanding more space, he came to his present location, where he has a modern establishment, equipped with every convenience and facility known to the shoe trade. Mr. Thompson is possessed of much business ability, and his business has demanded much of his attention, but he has still found time to devote to public matters, and has served very acceptably as alderman and poor commissioner, and is now acting in the capacities of water commissioner and school treasurer. His fraternal connections are with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Masons. Mr. Thompson was married June 27, 1888, to Marion Haugen, of Valders, Wisconsin, and two children have been born to this union: Oscar T., who is a student at the University of Wisconsin, at Madison; and Marcella, aged fourteen, attending the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Lutheran faith, but are attending the Congregational Church at Kaukauna.

Died:
His obit is in the Wisconsin Necrology files, vol. 48, p. 125. Date from Oak Hill on-line burial records.

Buried:
N EA 000 0 64 0 001

Helge married Marian HOUGEN on 27 Jun 1888. Marian (daughter of Torger Knutsen HOUGEN and Anna Olsdatter BERGE) was born in Jan 1859 in Wisconsin; died on 6 Jun 1956 in Wisconsin; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 748.

Born 34/1 Skøre, resided 43/2 Njuko.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, he and his family were living on the Søndrold (Nybygger) farm “uden jord Anders Ellingboe” in Vang. Daughter Mary was not listed with the family in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, as Anders Tollefsen Ellingbø, he and his wife and Ole, Berit, and Tollef owned an Øvrebø (Njuko) farm in Vang. Anders’s occupation is shown as “Gaardbr. selveier, veivogter ved offentlig vei.” (Road maintenance man.)

Died:
resided on Njuko

Anders married Ingeborg Olsdatter QVALE on 26 Jun 1883 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Ole Olsen KVÅLE and Inglev Larsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 15 Jan 1861 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Mar 1937 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Mar 1862, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Jim says that Marit emigrated to Manitowoc in 1881. The Vang migration records show that the unmarried Marit, with her unmarried brother Gulbrand, left Vang in May of 1881 for Amerika.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Nov 1864, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Jim says that Gudbrand emigrated to Manitowoc in 1881. The Vang migration records show that the unmarried Gulbrand, with his unmarried sister Marit, left Vang in May of 1881 for Amerika.

As Gilbert E Thompson, he married Emma Raduchel in Milwaukee County on 27 Mar 1899. Emma and Gilbert lived at the same address as her parents in the 1900 census (671 8th Street in Milwaukee). Same in the 1905 state census.

He is the Gilbert Thompson, 35, living in Milwaukee with his new wife Emma, 25, and infant son Gilbert in the 1900 census. The senior Gilbert had come to the U.S. in 1882 and was born in September of 1864. He was a baggage man with a railroad.

In the 1910 census, Gilbert and his family live in Milwaukee. Anna Radmichel, mother-in-law, lives with them.

The familiy was still in Milwaukee in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, he was a 67 year-old widower. He lived with his son Theodore in Milwaukee. His occupation was baggage man for the C M St. P Railroad.

In the 1940 census, he was a 75 year-old widower, still living with Theodore and family in Milwaukee. He had an eighth-grade education.

He was the last of his siblings. Jøger’s obit mentioned Gilbert as Jøger’s only surviving sibling.

Gudbrand married Emma RADUCHEL on 27 Mar 1899 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Emma was born in Nov 1874 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Jeweler
• Baptism: 15 Sep 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He first emigrated from Norway in June of 1885 according to the Vang out-migration record.

He advertised in the St. Paul Globe in May, 1889, as “a steady young man wants a position in a jewelry store.”

From the Emigrantar over Bergen frå Austlande, on August 26, 1898: three unmarried individuals who were born in Vang i Valdres but were returning to their home in Minneapolis after a visit departed on the Stjernelinjen line. The three were: Britha Larsen Kvale, 26, b. 1872 (#11616), occupation syerske (seamstress), Rangdi Tollefsen Ellingbø, 28, b. 1870, occupation syerske, and Jørgen Tollefsen Ellingbø, 31, b. 1867, occupation juveler.

In the 1900 U. S. census, Rangdi (b. June 1872) and Jorger Ellingbo (b. July 1867), brother and sister, are living with their newly-arrived niece, Mary Ellingboe (b. June 1883), at 1425 Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis. Rangdi is a seamstress, Jorger is a jeweler, and Mary has no occupation. Jorger originally came to the U. S. in 1885 and Rangdi in 1890.

He is the Joger Ellingbo, jeweler, single, living in Minneapolis at 1425 Franklin with his sister Rangdi and his niece Mary in the 1900 census. He came to the U.S. in 1885. The Vang parish emigration record shows his departure as 13 June 1885 to “Wisconsin.”

The 1900 Minneapolis city directory shows him as Joger T Ellingbo, a jeweler at 1411 Franklin, residing at 1425 Franklin. Also recorded at that address were his sister Rangdi and Thrond A Ellingbo, a student at U C Sem.

In the 1901 Minneapolis city directory, he is a jeweler at 1411 East Franklin, residing at 1425 East Franklin. Residing with him at 1425 E Franklin are Ole O, Marit A, and Rangdi T Ellingbo.

In the 1905 state census, he and Olina live at 1427 E Franklin in Minneapolis. He is a jeweler and has been in the state for 18 years and 10 months, 7 years in the current enumeration district. She has been in the state and area for 3 years. He was at that same address at the time of the birth of his daughter in July of 1906.

He is probably the Joger T. Ellingboe who attended the St. Olaf Academy 1888-1889.

He is not listed in the 1888-1889 Minneapolis city directory. In the 1890-1891 Minneapolis City directory, Jøger (as Joger T Ellingboe) resides at 111 Island Avenue and is a jeweler for Adolph Leber. Note that this is the same address as his first cousin, Ole A Kvam (#3068), who was a watchmaker for W C Leber.

In the 1892-1893 Minneapolis city directory, he is listed as Joger T. Ellingboe, jeweler for G S Greenleaf and he boards at 169 Nicollet.

The 1894-1895 Minneapolis city directory records two Ellingboes as follows:
Andrew Ellingboe (#11897, Jøger’s nephew), clerk for J T Ellingboe, rms at 45 Washington Ave. S.
Joger T Ellingboe, mnfg jeweler, 45 Wash’n Ave. S., rms same.
(There is also a Miranda Ellingboe, a tailoress for Altman and Co., boarding at 803 N. Bryant Ave.)

The 1895-1896 Minneapolis city directory shows three Ellingboes as follows:
Andrew Ellingboe (#11897), clerk J T Ellingboe, rms 45 Washington Ave. S.
Andrew Ellingboe (#6481), machinist, Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co., resides in Hopkins.
Joger T Ellingboe, mnfg jeweler 45 Washington Ave. S. rms same.
(There is also an Andrew Ellenboe, a painter boarding at 409 1st Ave. S.)

Jøger and his wife were guests at the Ellingboe farm in New Market, Scott County, in the 1906-1908 timeframe.

He is probably the “J T Ellingboe Minneapolis” listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books). His entry shows that he was a member of the Samband between 1902 and 1910 but he was involved with the Valdris community in the Twin Cities earlier than that. The Valdris Book also lists him as one of the three-person organizing committee of the first “Valdrisstevne” that took place at Minnehaha Falls on June 25, 1899.

In the 1908 Minneapolis city directory, he is a jeweler at 1411 Franklin, residing at 2313 14th Avenue S.

The 1909 Minneapolis city directory has Joger T Ellingbo boarding at 2428 Elliot Avenue.

Jøger apparently went back to Norway to marry his 2nd wife. The manifest of the Helling Olav, which sailed from Oslo on April 21, 1911, included Jøger, his daughter Mildred, and Bertha, “wife”, age 28. All three were shown as United States citizens. Perhaps Bertha became one by marrying Jøger. The Hellig Olav arrived in New York on May 3, 1911. Digitalarkivet does not contain the Vang marriage records for 1911.

By July of 1911, he was a jeweler at 446 Washington in Portland, Oregon.

In the 1913 Portland city directory, he is a jeweler at 620½ Alberta, residing at 1181 E 26th Ave N.

In the 1914 Portland city directory, he is still in business at 620½ Alberta. He and Bertha reside at 1181 E 26th N.

In the 1917 and 1918 and 1920 and 1921 and 1923 and 1924 Portland directories, his business is at 662 Alberta. He and Bertha reside at 1181 E 26th N.

In the 1920 census, he is “Goger” Ellingbo, a watchmaker/jeweler living in Portland, Oregon with his wife (Bertha, 36) and daughter (E Mildred, 13).

In the 1926 city directory, he is a jeweler at 741 Alberta. He and Bertha still live at 1181 E 26th N.

In the 1928 and 1930 city directory, he is a watchmaker at 46 23rd N. Residence still at 1181 E 26th N.

In the 1930 census, he is Joger T. He is a watchmaker with his own shop and he and Bertha live in Portland.

In the 1934 Portland city directory, he is a watchmaker. Bertha is not listed with him. His business is at 10 NW 23rd Avenue. His residence is at 5707 NE 36th Avenue.

In the 1940 census, he is living next door to his daughter, Mildred Kolmayer and her family. He is shown as age 72, a widower, and a retired jeweller. He was born in Norway and had been educated through the 8th grade.

Jim says that Jøger had one son and one daughter.

His obit was in the Saturday, April 24, 1943, edition of The Oregonian:

Funeral services for J.T. Ellingbo, 75, who died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Albert Kolmayer, route 2, box 197, will be held Monday at 11:30 a.m. at Holman & Lutz, interment at Rose City cemetery. He had been in failing health for some time.

Mr. Ellingbo was born in Valdres, Norway, June 22, 1867, coming to Wisconsin at the age of 14. Before moving to Portland in 1911, he was a manufacturing jeweler in Minneapolis. He was a jeweler and watchmaker in Portland until his retirement in 1934.

Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Kolmayer, a brother, Gilbert E. Thompson, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and three grandchildren: Walter E. Schroder, with the United States naval aviation technical training corps in Norman, Oklahoma, Dora-Jeanne Schroder, and Irene Louise Kolmayer, Portland.

Pallbearers will be S. P. Ness, O. W. Nelson, O. Lindhjem, Alex Rua, G. A. Seely, and Frank A. Hager.

Birth:
for some reason, his SS application said 22 Jul 1867

Buried:
according to his obit, not included in Find A Grave

Jøger married Olena (Lena) Sophie Olson SMØRHAVN on 24 Feb 1903 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Olena was born on 9 Jan 1867 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 11 Oct 1908 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Oct 1908 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jøger married Bertha on 16 Apr 1911 in Norway, and was divorced. Bertha was born on 27 Jul 1884 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-021741
• Baptism: 10 Jul 1870, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Rangdi first left Vang in July of 1892. She arrived in New York on the S.S. City of Paris on 27 July with her destination as Minnesota. On that same ship was her nephew Anders K. Ellingboe, age 17, destination St. Paul.

In the 1897 Minneapolis city directory, she was a tailoress for F G Raichle. She roomed at 818 19th Avenue S.

From the Emigrantar over Bergen frå Austlande, on August 26, 1898: three unmarried individuals who were born in Vang i Valdres but were returning to their home in Minneapolis after a visit departed on the Stjernelinjen line. The three were: Britha Larsen Kvale, 26, b. 1872 (#11616), occupation syerske (seamstress), Rangdi Tollefsen Ellingbø, 28, b. 1870, occupation syerske, and Jørgen Tollefsen Ellingbø, 31, b. 1867, occupation juveler.

Rangdi and Berith arrived in New York aboard the S.S. Majestic on September 8, 1898, after departing Liverpool on August 31st. Rangdi is shown as a U.S. citizen, Berith is a citizen of Norway.

In the 1900 U. S. census, Rangdi (b. June 1872) and Jorger Ellingbo (b. July 1867), brother and sister, are living with their newly-arrived niece, Mary Ellingboe (b. June 1883), at 1425 Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis. Rangdi is a seamstress, Jorger is a jeweler, and Mary has no occupation. Jorger originally came to the U. S. in 1885 and Rangdi in 1890.

The 1900 Minneapolis city directory records her as Rangdi Ellingbo, residing at 1425 E Franklin. She was a tailor at The Plymouth.

She is the Rangdi Ellingbo, seamstress, single, living in Minneapolis at 1425 Frankin with her brother Joger and his (and, presumably, her) niece Mary in the 1900 census. She came to this country in 1890 although she is not listed in the 1890 emigrants from Vang.

In the 1903 Minneapolis city directory, she is a tailor for The Plymouth and lives with Marit at 2121 13th Avenue S.

She is a seamstress living with her nephew Ole in Minneapolis in the 1905 state census.

She may be the Rande Ellingboe, sister of Ole Ellingboe, aunt of Oscar Ellingboe wife of Henry Hanson, mother of Mildred Hanson who was born in Minneapolis in 1908. That Rande came to the U.S. in 1899. She and Henry, Mildred, Oscar, and Ole lived at 4428 44th Avenue South in Minneapolis in the 1920 census.

There were two Randis born in Vang in the 1869-1870 period. One was this Randi, the legitimate daughter of Tollef Oleson Ellingbö and Marit Jøgersdatter. The other (#5753) was the illegitimate daughter of Iver Knutsson Ellingbö and Randi Olsdatter Ellingbö.

The informant for her death certificate was Mrs. R. J. Reardon of 5940 11th Avenue. Rangdi died from heart failure. Her residence was 4428 44th Avenue S. Since she was shown as “wife of” in her death certificate, her husband must have survived her.

Died:
Deaconess Hospital

Rangdi married Henry HANSON on 7 Oct 1905 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Henry was born on 19 Apr 1879 in Sogn, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 11 Dec 1957 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Dec 1957 in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Mar 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is Marit Torsteinsdatter Syndrol, I7028, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. She is I13907 in Jim’s VS.

Knut and Marit were from different Søndrol farms and may be distant cousins.

In the 1865 Norwegian census, she was 19 years old, still single, and living with her parents and siblings on Søndrohl, mitre in Vang.

Vang A, p. 816, says she came to the U.S. in 1865. Earl Knutson’s research of the West Norway Lake Lutheran Church says that Marit died in 1883.

According to a Norway Lake church record, she came to Norway Lake in 1872.

She is not listed in the 1885 state census.

Died:
Kevin Thompson’s Find A Grave entry for her says 1883.

Family/Spouse: Knut Torsteinsson SØNDROL. Knut (son of Torstein Knudsen SØNDROL and Marit Olsdatter SYNDROL) was born on 9 Aug 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1905 in Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Apr 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, she was an unmarried 15 year-old living with her parents and siblings on Søndrohl, mitre.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, she was probably the Anne Torsteinsdatter, b. 1851, who is living with her husband and two children on the Myre farm in Vang. Her husband is Ole Toressen, b. 1841, and the two children living with them are Knut Olssen, b. 1891 (”søn, søger smaaskolen”) and Gjertrud Olsdatter, b. 1893. Neither the marriage nor the birth of the two children is recorded in the Vang church books.

Family/Spouse: Ola Toreson BØ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1909-MN-015987
• Baptism: 8 Oct 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is Randi Torsteinsdatter Syndrol, I7080, in Jim’s VS.

Her family farm name was called Sönderold in her birth record.

In the 1865 Norwegian census, she is 12 years old and living with her parents and siblings on Søndrohl, mitre, in Vang.

This Randi is the Rangdi Søndvol to whom Ove Ovesen Ellingbø refers in his 1896 letter to his mother. According to Trudy: “She first married Torstein Flaten from Bøaflatadn in Vang. They lived in Minneapolis until Torstein died in 1895. She took the children back to Norway for a few months and then went back to Minnesota, settling in Sunburg where she married Torstein Hollen, born in Hoverstad 63 in Vang. He was a widower with children. They had 2 children. She died in Minneapolis in 1909 and he died in Sunburg in 1930. I don't know if they stayed married or not.”

Called “Maude” in the 1885 state census.

In the 1895 Minnesota census, she (Randa) and her family lived at 1604 E. Lake Street in Minneapolis. Tosten, 47, was a “dairyman.”

In the 1900 federal census, she and her second husband, Thosten Hollen, and her and their children lived in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County. Randi came to the U.S. in 1869 and Thosten in 1866. Randi had had 10 children, 9 still living. The children from her first marriage that were living with her were Baldor, 14 (b. Feb 1886), Nordal, 12 (b. Jan 1888), and Walter, 9 (b. July 1890).

In the 1905 state census, Tosten and his and her children still lived in Kerkhoven. Rangdy, however, along with four of her children from her first marriage were living separately on a farm in Murdock, Kerkhoven Twp. Rangdy and her children are listed with the last name Flattan. Those children are: Baldor, 19, Nordahl, 17, Valtor, 14, and Meble, 12. They live next door to Ole and Sigre Ellestad (#1953 and #1956).

She is Ronda Flaten on her death certificate. In that certificate, she is identified as a widow living at 2011 2-1/2 Street in Minneapolis. She married at 19 and had 10 children, 8 of whom were still alive at her death. No informant is named on her death certificate. She died of pulmonary tuberculosis which she had had for “8 or 10 years.” Her father was Thosten Sondrol and her mother was unknown. She was buried at “Layman’s.”

Birth:
9 July 1855 on her death certificate

Randi married Tosten N FLATEN on 25 Dec 1873 in Rice County, Minnesota. Tosten (son of Nils Kristoffersen BERGE and Berit Torsteinsdatter KVAM) was born in 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1895 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Randi married Thosten Evenson HOLLEN on 23 Jun 1897 in Swift County, Minnesota, and was divorced. 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]

Notes:

Of Sondrol 48/1 according to Trudy.

Apparently purchased his farm from the horse farmer Ivar I. Syndrol in 1900 and adopted the name.

Ole married Gjartrud Ivarsdotter ELLINGBØ in 1905. Gjartrud (daughter of Ivar Knutsson ELLINGBØ and Berit Olsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 15 Mar 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Jan 1949 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1922-MN-013347
• Baptism: 24 Apr 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Nels and his two sons are living with his parents and brothers in the 1895 state census in June. His wife must have died because there is no woman other than Sigri in the household.

Nels and his two sons are still living with his parents in the 1900 census but he is shown as a widower.

In the 1905 state census, Nils and his two sons are still on the Nelson farm in New Market with brothers Andrew and Ole and Ole’s new wife.

In the 1910 census, Nels and his son Henry are living with his brother Ole and family on the Nelson farm. Nels’s brother Andrew and son Ole are not listed.

His death certificate, for which Ole J Nelson of Lakeville was the informant, describes him as a widower farmer. His father was Ole O Nelson. He died from influenza, complicated by “chronic Bright’s disease.”

Birth:
as Nils; his death certificate shows his place of birth as New Market

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-013927

Notes:

Not living with his parents in the 1880 census. He was a 17 year-old farmhand on a farm in Eureka Twp.

According to Rose, it was this Ole Nelson (or possibly, his father) who encouraged Ove and family to come to the New Market area because you could see three church spires from there.

In the 1910 census (May 10th), he and his family live on a farm in New Market, Scott County, next door to the newly married Ole and Rose Ellingboe. He was 46 and had been married for 6 years to Selma, 37. It was the first marriage for both and Selma had had 2 children: Sofia, 4, and Oscar, 3. On the other side of them lived 50 year-old Nels Nelson, a widower, with his son Henry, 15.

In the 1930 census, he lives in New Market with his son Oscar. They are listed on the census form just after the Ole Ellingboe family. Ole is shown as a widower.

Died of valvular heart disease, chronic nephritis, and arteriosclerosis. Info on his death certificate was provided by Walter Hanson of Lakeville.

Ole married Selma NESS on 18 May 1904 in Scott County, Minnesota. Selma (daughter of Ole Olsson NÆS and Barbro Helgesdatter) was born in Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Dec 1920 in New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-013923
• Baptism: 25 Dec 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Living with her parents and brothers in the 1885 census.

In the 1900 census she had had 5 children, all 5 still living. She came to the U.S. in 1870. In the 1910 census those numbers are 7 and 7.

Berit married Ole BERGSTROM on 7 Jan 1886 in Dakota County, Minnesota. Ole (son of John Olsen BERGSTROM and Inger Olsen FLAEN) was born on 8 Jul 1860 in Eidsvold, Akershus, Viken County, Norway; died on 23 Oct 1930 in Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in Solor Lutheran Church Cemetery, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Apr 1871, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He appears to have been entered as a 6 year-old Ole in the 1880 census.

Last listed in the 1885 census, age 14.

Not included in the count of his mother’s living children in the 1900 census.

Notes:

Listed in his parents’ household in the 1900 census. Living with his brothers in the 1905 state census.

Notes:

Listed in the 1880 census, not listed in the 1885 census.

Notes:

He and/or Ida were living or would live at 2116 Cedar Avenue according to a notation in the ELCA record of their marriage.

In the 1895 census, he was a machinist living in West Minneapolis.

In the 1905 Minnesota census, he and Ida and Gladys and Elida M Boe, 24 (probably Ida’s sister), lived in Minneapolis. He was a railroad engineer.

In the 1910 census, he and Ida an their two daughters lived in Milbank, South Dakota. He was an engineer for a steam railroad.

In the 1920 census, it was the same. The family had added a lodger, a school teacher, named Barbara Elrod.

In the 1925 South Dakota census, he and Ida are shown as “Congreg” for religion. Andrew had been in the U.S. for 49 years and in the state of South Dakota for 18 years. He was a citizen.

Birth:
Grøv 35/2 under Baggetun; 1869 on his gravestone

Andris married Ida Antonetta BOE on 28 Dec 1901 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Even Simonson BOE and Marit Evensdatter MYRE) was born in 1874 in Minnesota; died on 3 Jun 1940 in Erie County, New York; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Apr 1870, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Find A Grave, and his gravestone, has his birth 29 Jan 1872.

Obit in Faribault Daily News, as cited by Dalby:

Funeral services for Ole A. Grove, 77, pressman at the Northfield News for 45 years, who passed away at the Northfield hospital on Sunday following a fall on the previous Friday in which he suffered a broken hip, were held on Tuesday, January 25. A brief service ws held at the Minnesota State Odd Fellows Home at 2 p. m. followed by services in the Northfield Congregational-Baptist church at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. Kenneth Martin, pastor of the church, officiated. Interment was made in the Northfield cemetery. During the service Mrs. J. Oliver Sletten and Mrs. S. E. Reed sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In The Garden," They were accompanied by Mrs. Etta Larkin. Pallbearers were F. E. Bates, Kenneth Hamann, C. E. Grimes, Herman Roe, Kenneth Johnson and Harold Ramsay. Ole A. Grove was born on January 29, 1872, at Vang, Valders, Norway, the son of Andrew Grove and Gertrude Kvale Grove. When seven years of age he came to the United States with his parents who located in Northfield. Here he learned the printers trade and continued with this profession at the Northfield News until his health failed and he retired. On October 12, 1896, he was married to Mae Cathrine Partlow and they made their home in Northfield their entire married life time. They were the parents of three daughters. Because of the frail health of both, Mr. and Mrs. Grove made their home at the Minnesota State Odd Fellows Home for the past year. Mrs. Grove preceded him in death on last December 9. Mr. Grove is survived by his three daughters, Mrs. Christ Christensen (Gertrude) of Northfield; Mrs. W. G. Rome (Dorothy) of Eden Valley; and Mrs. Laurence Gainhardt (Helen Mae) of Groton, Mass.; three grandchildren, Robert and Carol Rome of Eden valley and Mrs. Boyd Teague (Betty Christensen) of Frederickburg, Va., and one great grandchild, Linda-Jo Teague; two sisters, Mrs. John Hemsworth and Miss Minnie Grove of Minneapolis. There are also several nieces and nephews, one of whom is Mrs. Kenneth Hamann of Northfield. Four brothers and one sister, Tom, Andrew, Louis and John Grove, and Mrs. Russell Whitson (Susie Grove) preceded him in death.

Birth:
Grøv 35/2 under Baggetun; his obit is off by two years

Ola married Mae Catherine PARTLOW on 12 Oct 1896 in Rice County, Minnesota. Mae was born in 1876 in Minnesota; died on 10 Dec 1948 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Oct 1871, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

A Thomas Grove married Flora Belle Chamberlain in Rice County on 24 Aug 1901.

His obit in the Northfield News, as cited by Dalby:

Thomas A. Grove, a well known resident of Northfield, died at noon Friday, July 19, after a long illness. Mr. Grove had been in poor health ever since the death of his oldest son, Walter Andrew, three years ago, when he had an attack of scarlet fever. Last February he was taken seriously ill, but recovered sufficiently to return to work again for a few weeks. In May, however, his illness took a turn for the worse, ending in his death last Friday. The funeral exercises were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the home at 706 Union street and at 3 oclock at the Congregational church chapel, Rev. E. B. Dean officiated. Miss Edna Mabon and Tom Mabon sang two songs, “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” and “Sometime Well Understand,” the same songs that were sung at the funeral of his son three years ago. The interment was made at Oaklawn cemetery, where the burial services were conducted by the Workman lodge, of which the deceased was a member. The profusion of flowers and the large crowd at the funeral testified to the esteem in which the deceased was held. The pallbearers at the funeral were L. R. Williamson, D. D. Springsted, C. A. Schleif, Jos. Drake, Ben Odegaard, and Knute Johnson. Visitors from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wohlers of Faribault, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hensworth, Nels Kvale, Fred Loe, Ingebret Kvale, Miss Ingelev Kvale, and Miss Holden, all of Minneapolis. Mr. Grove was born in Vang, Valders, Norway, on Sept. 5, 1873, and came to America with his parents in 1876. The family settled in Goodhue county and later removed to this vicinity, where they made their home on a farm on the Brush Prairie road. On Aug. 24, 1901, Mr. Grove was married to Miss Florabelle Chamberlain of Northfield, and the couple went to live on the present Spring Brook farm, where they remained two years. Then they moved to Northfield and with the exception of a year spent in Wichita, Kans., they made this their home since. Mr. Grove was employed as a clerk in grocery stores and was known as one of the best and most efficient clerks in the trade. Most recently he was employed at the L. R. Williamson store. Mr. Grove is survived by his wife and three children, Lyle John, Edgar Thomas and Byer Andrew. He leaves also his aged father, Andrew A. Grove, Sr., of this city, two brothers, Ole Grove of Northfield and Andrew A. Grove of Milbank, S. D., and three sisters, Misses Emma and Minnie Grove and Mrs. R. A. Whitson of Northfield.

Birth:
Grøv 35/2 under Baggetun

Tollef married Flora Belle CHAMBERLAIN on 24 Aug 1901 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. Flora was born about 1882 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Mar 1874, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
Grøv 35/2 under Baggetun

Sigrid married Russell A WHITSON on 10 Jan 1906 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. Russell was born about 1875 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Emily in the 1880 census, Emma in the 1900 census.

Find A Grave calls her Emma Grove Hemsworth, 14 Jun 1858 to 1 Jan 1955, wife of John Hemsworth 1863-1948. Her brother Thomas’s obit refers to a Mrs. J. E. Hemsworth so that name is probably correct, even if the date is not.

Birth:
Grøv 35/2 under Baggetun

Ingeleiv married John E HEMSWORTH on 20 Jan 1931 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Mary in the 1880 census.

The 1900 census shows her as 21 years old, born in September of 1878. She is in the 1880 census as one year-old Mary. It’s hard to understand why the obvious error of the 1881 birth date is repeated so many times in the records, including her gravestone and her obit.

In the 1930 census, she is Minnie Grove, age 39, living in a rooming house in Fargo, North Dakota. She is a corset clerk in a department store.

Minnie’s obit in the Faribault Daily News, cited by Dalby:

Funeral services for Miss Minnie Grove, 73, who passed away at the Northfield Hospital Tuesday evening, Dec. 28, after a short illness, were held this afternoon at the Anderson Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Ivar Ramseth officiated at 1:30 p.m. Burial was made in the family lot in the Northfield Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Elling, Roland Hoover, John Ellingboe, Clarence Kolstad, Algot Pearson and Forest Drake. Miss Minnie Grove was born in Northfield on Sept. 6, 1881. She made her home in Northfield where she attended the local schools and was employed for several years as saleslady in the Alex Marshall Company. In 1924 she left to make her home in Fargo, N. D., where she remained until 1938. Since that time she has resided in Northfield and Minneapolis making her home with her sister, Mrs. Emma Hemsworth. For the past several years they have spent the winters in an apartment in the Elling house and their summers in Mrs. Hemsworth's home in Minneapolis. Besides her sister, Miss Grove, is survived by several nieces and nephews including Mrs. Chris Christensen of Northfield.

Birth:
Find A Grave and her gravestone says 6 Sep 1881

Died:
as Maren Grove

Notes:

His obit from the Northfield News, as cited by Dalby:

Louis Grove Jul/1909 LAID TO REST---REMAINS OF LOUIS GROVE RECEIVED AND CONSIGNED TO GRAVE. Remains of Louis Grove, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Grove, who was accidentally killed July 29 at Seattle, Wash. was received in Northfield Wednesday morning. A letter accompany the remains stated that death resulted from a fall under a loaded wagon which he was driving. The wagon passed over his head and chest, injuring them so badly that death came in a very short time. Funeral services were held Wednesday evening at 5 oclock. Prof. O. Lee conducted the service. John Eltun sang which added to the impressive service. The presence of many friends and the numerous offerings evidenced the high regard with which the deceased was held in Northfield. People from out of the city who attended the last sad rites were: Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Grove, Jr., of Milbank, S. D. ; Mr. and Mrs. Sever Loe, Miss Kvale, Miss Louise Fendrom, Miss Mary Ellingboe, and Walter Chamberlain of Minneapolis.

Birth:
gravestone says 29 Dec 1881

Notes:

Birth:
his gravestone says 23 Jan 1882.

Buried:
shares a gravestone with his mother and brother Louis

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 33/1.

Unmarried and living with her parents in the 1865 census.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, she is a widow living on Ellingbø under 33, under 1. The five-person household includes her daughter, Ingrid Tomasdatter Ellingbø, b. 1874.09.29.

Jim said that she became the second wife of Tomas Tomassen of Haugen on Nedre Kvåle (1835-1886). She married just one year after Ole Throndsen Ellingboe’s letter. Otherwise she would have inherited her father’s farm. Instead, her younger sister, Sigrid, inherited the farm.

Guri married Thomas Thomasen Dy HAUGEN in 1867. Thomas (son of Thomas Thomassen HAUGEN and Ingrid Thomasdatter NETRØST) was born in 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was engaged to Ola Andrisson. She inherited the farm (33/1 Nigarden Ellingbø).

In the 1910 Norwegian census, she is a widow and the owner of Ellingbø 33/1. Living with her on 33/1 is her mother Marit, her son Endre, and her daughter Helga.

Birth:
the 1910 Norwegian census says 15 August

Family/Spouse: Ole Andrisson KVÅLE. Ole (son of Andris Tørrisen LEINE and Jørand Andrisdatter KVÅLE) was born on 14 Nov 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Nov 1871 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sigrid married Knud Knudsen SYLTEVIK on 4 Jun 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Knud was born in 1848; died in 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 33/5.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, he was living on Ellingbø 33/5 as its owner. He was unmarried. Living with him was Berit Olsdatter Norsvin, a servant, and his mother.

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 33/5.

She was one of the baptismal sponsors for Marit Ovesdatter (#258).

She and Bøie were living on the Baggethun søndre farm in the 1900 Norwegian census.

Family/Spouse: Bøie Trondsson BAGGETHUN. Bøie (son of Trond Bøyesson STELE and Ingrid Andrisdatter TUNE) was born about 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Shopkeeper and hotel owner

Notes:

See VBIA, p. 586.

According to Jim, Torstein built the Fagerli hotel in 1885-1886. He also had a country store and a taxidermist shop.

He seems to have been one of the baptismal sponsors for Ole Ellingboe (#3235).

In the 1910 Norwegian census, he is Thorstein Helgesen Ellingbø, a storekeeper, hotel owner and farmer on the Fagerlid 33/4 farm in Vang.

Birth:
Ellingbø, Nordigarden

Died:
Nov 1831 according to Find A Grave

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Endresdatter HOLIEN. Sigrid (daughter of Endre Knutsen HOLIEN and Ragnhild Gudbrandsdatter BØ) was born on 16 Feb 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1944 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher in Røyken, Moss, Vestby and Aker (Ljan).

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Mar 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 11 Jun 1865, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Endre Ellingboe was responsible for her.

Her marriage record says that she was born on Flaten and lived on Tvedt at the time of her marriage.

Vang C, p. 39 calls her Ragndi Jøgersdatter Tveit el. Flaten and says that she died in 1936.

Confirmation:
Hurum, date from her marriage record

Randi married Lars Knudsen TVEIT on 22 Nov 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Lars (son of Knud Iversen LAJORD and Randi Larsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 16 Nov 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Nov 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is illegitimate. His father was Ole Endressen Ellingbö. He is the second demonstration of his father’s lejermål (fornication).

May be the Ole Olson, 12, “foster son”, living on Ellingbø nordre in the 1865 census.

Jim Ellingboe has a Randi Ellingboe, b. 1850 in Valdres (my #3588), as this Ole’s full sister.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Nov 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Still unmarried and living next door to Ole in Deer Creek Twp, Worth County, Iowa, in the 1920 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Oct 1861, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is Ola Olsen Moen, I10309 in Jim’s VS. No spouse or children shown.

In the 1895 Iowa state census, they were living in Deer Creek Twp, Worth County. Also living with the family was Mrs. Rose H. Moen, widow, age 63, born in Norway.

According to the 1900 census, Ole and his wife came to the U.S. in 1883, the same year that they were married. The Vang parish record does not show either the marriage or the emigration so they must have been in another parish by that time.

Living next door to him and Randi in the 1900 and 1910 censuses was Helge Moen, four years older than Ole. Ole’s and Helge’s mother Randi was living with Helge in the 1910 census. (She’s not listed with either of them in the 1900 census.)

They are Ole and Rosie Moen in the 1920 census. They’re still in Deer Creek Twp.

In the 1930 census, Ole and Rosie have moved into town in Northwood, still in Worth County. Their son Lloyd lives with them.

Ole married Randi Knutsdatter (Rosie) in 1883. Randi (daughter of Knud Iversen LAJORD and Randi Larsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 16 Nov 1863 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1944; was buried in Deer Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Carpenter, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Apr 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She represents the first instance of demonstrable lejermål by both of her parents.

Her baptismal sponsors were Gunhild Anderdatter Ellingbö, Ingeborg Tosten Thune, Knud Iversson Ellingbö, Ole Evensson Ellingbö, and Iver Tostenson Ellingbö.

Living with her unmarried mother and half-sister Ingeborg with Anders Larsson and his wife Gunhild Andersdatter on the Hougen farm in Vang in the 1865 census.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, Randi and Sigri, both unmarried, were living together on a farm referred to as “uden navn Plads uden jord under gaarden Thune nordre.” The two of them were referred to as “aannearbeide, dagarbeider (egne midler).”

In the 1910 Norwegian census, she is living on Thune under 36 under 2 with her half-sister, Gurid Olsdatter Ellingbø (#6216) and Gurid’s son, Eilif Hermansen Ellingbø. Her occupation is “Arbeiderske (hus uten jord) dagarb. med kreaturstel. spinding, husstel.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 8 Apr 1894, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

She is shown as born in Illinois in the 1920 census.

In the 1925 Iowa state census, she is shown as having gone to school through the 8th grade.

In the 1930 census, she and Sam are still in Barton Twp, Worth County and she is still shown as born in Illinois. Roy is still single and living at home. Also living with them is Sarah’s mother.

In the 1940 census, she and Sam and Donald still live in Barton Twp, Worth County, Iowa, in the same house in which they had lived in 1935. Sam is a farmer, Donald is a seed corn salesman.

She survived her brother Henry. He died in September of 1953.

Her obit called her a life-long resident of Worth County and that she had been living with her son Roy in St. Ansgar at the time of her death.

Birth:
Sam’s biography claims that she was born in Wisconsin.

Confirmation:
with her sister Gurine

Died:
her obit said April 1

Sarah married Sam SEVERSON on 17 Jun 1898 in Worth County, Iowa. Sam (son of Ole SEVERSON and Julia) was born on 29 Apr 1877 in Worth County, Iowa; died on 25 Jul 1959 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Mar 1880, Worth County, Iowa
• Confirmation: 8 Apr 1894, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she may be the Gurena Ellingboe, laundress for Davison & Lyman, who rooms at 111 E 4th.

In the 1910 census, she is Gurena Elingboe (one L), age 30 and single, a nurse, living in the Glendora precinct of Los Angeles County, California. She is living with three other nurses (called her “partners”) from various states, all but one of whom, with Gurena, are working for a private family.

She is Gerena Ellingboe, nurse, in the 1913 and 1915 directories for Visalia City and Tulare County, California.

In the 1920 census she was Gurena May Preston, living with her 27 year-old husband Charles, and her son Claude, in Lindsey, Tulare County, California.

She died as Gurena May Preston and is so listed in the California Death Index.

Baptism:
First Lutheran Church, Northwood

Confirmation:
with her sister Sigrid

Family/Spouse: James STANLEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gurena married Charles Carson PRESTON on 10 May 1915 in Los Angeles County, California. Charles was born on 9 Nov 1892 in California; died on 9 Sep 1957 in Santa Clara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Mar 1883, Worth County, Iowa
• Confirmation: 6 Nov 1898, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

In the 1910 census, Henry is married and has his own farm in Barton Twp, Worth County, Iowa.

In a 1913 listing of Worth County farmers, Henry is of Northwood, apparently renting a farm in Barton Twp.

In the 1915 Iowa state census, he is Henry L. Ellingbo, age 32, of Barton Twp. His church affiliation is United Lutheran. He does not own his own farm. He made $300 from farming in 1914.

Henry registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Northwood, Worth County, Iowa. He and his wife Jessie Ada were living at Route 1, Carpenter, Mitchell County, Iowa. He was a self-employed farmer. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census, Henry has moved to Marshan Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota.

In the 1930 census, Henry is an assistant shipping clerk in an implement factory and the family has moved to Hastings.

Death date and burial information from the cemetery inscription index. No corresponding death certificate in the Minnesota death index.

According to his obit, he was born on a farm west of Carpenter, Iowa, and lived “near Carpenter before going to Hastings 30 years ago.”

Neither he nor his wife are listed in the 1940 census.

In the 1950 census, he and his wife and youngest daughter live in Hastings. He has no occupation. His household includes three lodgers.

Birth:
this date from church book, some sources erroneously say 28 Nov

Baptism:
“First Lutheran, Northwood, Iowa”

Confirmation:
Northwood

Died:
Location according to obit in the Mason City newspaper. Not in the MHS death index.

Helge married Jessie Ada PERKINS on 29 Jun 1908 in Worth County, Iowa. Jessie (daughter of Myron PERKINS and Clarissa TOWN) was born on 15 Aug 1886 in Iowa; died on 29 Aug 1973 in Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Jun 1885, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

Inferred from cemetery record.

Baptism:
Northwood

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Feb 1888, Worth County, Iowa
• Confirmation: 25 Oct 1903, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

Living at home, no occupation, in the 1910 census. In the 1915 Iowa state census, she is Ida Ellingboe, age 26, of Deer Creek Twp, Worth County. She is a millener, an occupation from which she earned nothing in 1914.

In the 1918 Williston, North Dakota, city directory, she may be the Ida M Ellingboe, milliner for E E Freehauf, residing at 3 La Due Court.

Couldn’t find her in the 1920 census.

In the 1922 Minneapolis city directory, she may be the Ida M Ellingboe, milliner, who lives at 13 S Broadway.

In the 1925 Duluth city directory, she may be the Ida M Ellingboe, buyer in the Glass Block. She lives at the Hotel Lenox.

In the 1926 Duluth city directory, she may be the Ida M Ellingboe, manager for Stronge & Warner Co. and residing at the Spalding Hotel.

In the 1926 St. Paul city directory, she may be the Ida M Ellingboe, buyer for Macey’s, living at 613 Wabasha.

In the 1927 Minneapolis city directory, she may be the Ida M Ellingboe, manager of the Nicolett Avenue Hat Shop, residing at the Curtis Hotel.

In the 1928 Duluth city directory, she may be the I Ellingboe, department manager for Freimuth Department Store, residing at the Hotel Duluth.

She was Mrs. Ida Peterson of Minneapolis at the time of her sister Sarah’s death in 1961. Ida would have been the last surviving member of her siblings.

Baptism:
Northwood

Confirmation:
Northwood

Ida married Harry PETERSON about 1930. Harry was born on 13 May 1883 in Wisconsin; died on 15 Dec 1952 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Acacia Park Cemetery, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Jan 1892, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

She is a school teacher, living at home, in the 1910 census.

She may be the Anna Ellingboe, nurse, listed in the 1915 Minneapolis city directory. That Anna lived at 223 West 15th and was a nurse at Eitel Hospital. That city directory lists a Marie Ellingbo right above her. Marie is a helper at the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Hospital but with no address. It’s possible that the Marie Ellingbo and Anna Ellingboe are the same person and that Anna Maria also helped out at Deaconess.

She was Anna M Ellingboe of Lindsay, California, when she married Lyon.

An article from the San Francisco Examiner, 12 Jun 1922 edition:

“The romance dates back to the days of the war when a young ambulance driver, wounded in France, was carried into U.S. Evacuation Hospital No. 18 and placed in the ward of a pretty California nurse.

“The driver was Wilfred O. Lyon. The nurse was Miss Ellingboe.

“Then the scene shifted to 1922. El Zeribah Temple, in gorgeous array, was traveling through the town of Lindsay, California, bound for the oasis of San Francisco. An ex-serviceman in the garb of a noble leaned out of a car window and gazed into the eyes of the girl who had nursed him back to health in France four years before. Again fate had brought together Wilfred O. Lyon and Miss Anna M. Ellingboe.

“The pilgrimage ended for them at the license bureau at the City Hall, and they were married shortly afterward … at the St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 433 Dolores Street.”

She was living as Anna Ellingboe Lyon as of November of 1936.

Baptism:
Northwood

Anna married Wilfred Otis LYON on 11 Jun 1922 in San Francisco County, California. Wilfred was born on 2 Jan 1898 in Connecticut; died on 20 Oct 1925 in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 Norwegian census she is living with her parents on Haugene 31/1 in Vang. Her occupation is “væsentlig syarbeide damesøm” (seamstress and needlework).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Oct 1877, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 15 Jul 1892, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Emigrated to Oslo in 1899.

Marit married Einar T ROSENVOLD about 1900. Einar was born in 1872 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1963 in Oslo, Norway. [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: 20 Jun 1880, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He was conceived a month or so before his father’s death.

He had a twin sister Marit.

His entry in Wikipedia:

Nils Nilsen Thune (27 May 1880 – 28 May 1950) was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.
He was born in Vang, Oppland, and was a son of Nils Trondsen Thune. He graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1902. He was hired in the Trondhjem police in 1911, and became police inspector in the city in 1916 and an assessor in 1920. In 1924 he was appointed as the district stipendiary magistrate in Inderøy. During these years he was a member of the city councils of both Trondhjem and Steinkjer. In 1933 he became district stipendiary magistrate of Eiker, Modum and Sigdal, and in 1945 he became acting County Governor of Buskerud, and he got the position on a permanent basis in 1946.
In 1945 he was also named as a member of the commission Undersøkelseskommisjonen av 1945 that scrutinized the actions of the Norwegian government in 1940. The other commission members were Gustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg, Arnold Holmboe, Ole Hallesby, Ernst Fredrik Eckhoff, Arne Bergsgård and Sverre Steen, and the secretary was Helge Sivertsen. The background for the commission was the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, and the question was raised whether Norway could have avoided it through a different foreign and security policy. Second, the actions of Norwegian authorities between 9 April and 25 September 1940 were investigated, both regarding the three branches of government (Parliament, Government, Supreme Court) that eventually laid down their offices, but also the transition authority (the Administrative Council) as well as other relevant civil and military bodies.
In April 1950 it was decided that he retire from his position on 1 October the same year. However, he died on Drammen Hospital on 28 May 1950, having suffered a heart problem during the funeral of his brother Helge Nilsen Thune three days before.