Marit Kristoffersdatter HEEN

Family/Spouse: Torstein Olsen SPARSTAD. Torstein (son of Ola Torsteinson KVÅLE and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter SPARSTAD) was born in 1796 in Norway; died in 1876 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Sparstad 61/1

Family/Spouse: Ole Jacobsen HAMRE. Ole (son of Jakob Olson HAMRE and Berit Aslaksdatter BØ) was born in 1811 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1893 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not included in Jim’s VS.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1934-MN-002376
• Baptism: 2 Apr 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Sparstad 61/1.

Came to this country in 1866 according to the entry for her in the 1900 census. That census also shows her as having had 9 children, 6 still living. At that time, she was a widow and she and her 6 children lived in Granite Falls Twp, Chippewa County.

In the 1910 census, she is Marry Ellingboe, living in Granite Falls Twp with her children Marry, Thea, Ivor, and Bertha. Also living with the family, and designated “son”, is 20 year-old Seiver Strand, born in Minnesota.

She is probably the “M. H. Ellingboe” shown as the owner of a 160 acre parcel of land in Granite Falls Twp in a 1914 land ownership atlas. The “M. H. Ellingboe” parcel is the northeast quarter-section of Section 12, near Maynard. This parcel is contiguous with a 60.6 acre parcel in Section 7 of Wang Twp, Renville County, owned by “M. Ellingboe.”

In the 1920 census, she is Mary Ellingboe, a 72 year-old widow living in the village of Maynard with her children Thomas, Maria, Thea, and Bertha, all unmarried.

Died as Merith Ellingboe. Her death certificate, for which her son Iver was the informant, shows her birth date as 1 Feb 1848. She died of stomach cancer. The physician who signed her death certificate was L. C. Lima of Montevideo (#8267).

The record of her will is in Chippewa County’s Will Records, Volume D, 1929-1938, for the will year 1934.

Birth:
her death certificate says 1 Feb 1848

Marit married Helge (Henry) Trondsen ELLINGBOE on 14 Oct 1870 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Helge (son of Trond Iversson ELLINGBØE (OPDAL, UVDAL) and Kjersti Helgesdotter KJERSTEIN) was born on 23 Sep 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Jun 1895 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-019312

Notes:

He and his family lived in Granite Falls. In the 1920 census, he is indicated as having emigrated in 1892 and was naturalized in 1914.

He married his first cousin.

Andrew married Christine ELLINGBOE on 5 Feb 1903 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Christine (daughter of Helge (Henry) Trondsen ELLINGBOE and Marit (Mary) Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD) was born on 4 Jul 1871 in Granite Falls, Minnesota; died on 9 Aug 1958 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried on 12 Aug 1958 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1958-MN-020151
• Confirmation: 11 Dec 1887, Granite Falls Lutheran Church, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she had had 2 children, both still living.

Christine died of hepatitis brought on by pernicious anemia. The informant for the information on her death certificate was Mrs. Herb Arneson of Granite Falls.

She married her first cousin.

Confirmation:
as Kirsti Ellingbö

Died:
died at Granite Falls Hospital

Christine married Andrew O HAMRE on 5 Feb 1903 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Andrew (son of Ole Jacobsen HAMRE and Ingeborg Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD) was born on 26 Apr 1868 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Apr 1956 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It’s speculative that the three-year-old Thosten Helgesen Ellingbö, of the Renville community, who died in 1876, is the son of Henry and Mary.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1978-MN-018259
• Social Security Number: 475-03-6099
• Baptism: 5 May 1882, Granite Falls, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 30 May 1897

Notes:

Zip Code of last known residence: 55057 {Northfield}

Shown as Thron in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census, as Thomas H. Ellingboe, he is a hired man on the Halverson farm in Eidsvold Twp, Bottineau County, North Dakota.

Shown as Thomas H. on his death certificate.

His mother’s maiden name is shown as Sparstad on his death certificate.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Montevideo as Thomas Henry Ellingboe, of Maynard, born March 27, 1882. He is employed as a carpenter by the Great Northern Railway. He lists his nearest relative as Marit Ellingboe of Maynard. He is tall, of medium build, with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census, Thomas is living with his mother and sisters in the village of Maynard. He is a laborer who works out.

In the 1930 census, Thomas Ellingboe, 48, single, Mary H. Ellingboe, 82, “mother”, and Mary Ellingboe, 44, single and “daughter”, are living in the village of Maynard in Chippewa County, Minnesota. The older Mary is a widow and was first married at age 24 and came to this country in 1866. The younger Mary has no occupation; Thomas is a truck driver for a gas company. Living with the family as a “lodger” is 23 year-old Charlotte Mostrom, a school teacher born in Iowa.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and daughter lived in Maynard with his sister Mary in the same house in which they all had lived in 1935. Thomas was a WPA laborer for a sewer disposal project. He had an eighth-grade education, Rose had a sixth-grade education.

The Dalby database incorrectly claims his spouse was Grace Thorson. (She is the wife of Thomas Oscar Ellingboe.)

His death certificate, for which Walter Ellingboe of Maynard was the informant, says, incorrectly, that Thomas never married. He died from a heart arhythmia and from gangrene of his extremities.

According to Joann, who remembers Thomas at the Odd Fellows Home, Thomas had been a “rubber man” in the circus. He had many tattoos, was very thin, and had few, if any, visitors.

His brief obit in the Northfield News, via the Dalby Database:

Ellingboe Thomas Jul/1978 Thomas Ellingboe, 96, died Sunday, July 16, at the Minnesota Odd Fellows Home in Northfield. Services will be held Tuesday, July 18 at 2 p.m. at the Bierman Funeral Home in Northfield. The Rev. S. L. Almlie will officiate. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, one hour prior to services. He is survived by two sisters, Thea Ellingboe of Northfield and Mary Ellingboe of Minneapolis.

Birth:
confirmation record says Renville County

Baptism:
Granite Falls Lutheran

Confirmation:
as Thrond Ellingbo

Died:
Minnesota Odd Fellows Home

Thomas married Rose B DOERHOEFER on 14 May 1935 in Milbank, Grant County, South Dakota, and was divorced. Rose was born on 24 Apr 1892 in Iowa; died on 24 Jun 1977 in Hot Springs National Park, Garland County, Arkansas; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Garland County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1982-MN-000754
• Baptism: 8 Feb 1885, Granite Falls, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 14 May 1899, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Notes:

Never married. Died as Mary H. Ellingboe at Luther Hall, 2636 Park Avenue, Minneapolis. The informant for her death certificate was Mrs. Helen Hanson, 255 11th Avenue, Granite Falls (perhaps #17378).

Mary had been a school teacher.

Mary died of heart failure brought about by pneumonia.

Living at home with her mother and siblings in the 1910 census and the 1920 census. She is a school teacher.

In the 1940 census, she was the head-of-household and living in Maynard in the same house that she had lived in in 1935. Also in the household were her brother Thomas and his wife and daughter. Mary had had one year of high school.

In the 1950 census, she may be the 66 year-old Mary Ellingboe, an unmarried woman living at 1400 5th Avenue S. in Minneapolis. The census taker notes that she was unable to contact Mary Ellingboe directly (a common problem in the 1950 census) and that the information shown for Mary was obtained from Mary’s landlord or the landlord’s agent.

Confirmation:
Granite Falls Lutheran as Marie Ellingbo, age 14½, daughter of “Elling” and Marit

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1979-MN-019591
• Baptism: 21 Aug 1887, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1920 census she is single and living at home with her mother and siblings in the village of Maynard. Thea is a servant in a private family.

Died as Thea H. Her death certificate indicates that her birth year was 1887.

Thea never married. She was a housekeeper in a private home. She died from heart disease.

The 1955 Northfield city directory has her as Mrs. Thea Ellingboe, 912 Winona.

The 1957 Northfield city directory drops the “Mrs.” and has her as Thea H Ellingboe, a housekeeper at the same addess.

It is probably her will recorded in the Rice County Will Records, Volume J, 1963-1980, for the will year 1976.

Birth:
church record for baptism and her death certificate say 1887

Died:
Minnesota Odd Fellows Home

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1973-MN-016106
• Baptism: 10 Mar 1889, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Notes:

The maiden name of his mother is shown as Sparstad on his death certificate.

He married a third cousin.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, at Granite Falls. He registered as Iver H. Ellingboe, Maynard, Minnesota, born January 28, 1889, in Granite Falls. He is a self-employed farmer in Maynard and he is married. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

Inthe 1940 census, he and Thea and Walter lived in Wang Twp in a house they owned that was worth $2000, the same house in which they had lived five years earlier. He had an 8th-grade education, Thea had had two years of high school. Also living with the family was Sigrid Soine, Thea’s mother.

From the Granite Falls Tribune, May 31, 1973 (note truncation):

Funeral services for Iver H. Ellingboe were held May 16 from the Wang Lutheran Church. He died May 13 in the Granite Falls Hospital.

Iver H. Ellingboe was born January 28, 1889, at Granite Falls to Marit and Henry Ellingboe. He was baptized by Pastor Lokensgaard and confirmed by Pastor T. J. Oppendahl. He was married to Thea Soine on January 5, 1916. One son, Walter, was born to this union. He lived in this community all his life, 29 years in Maynard.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters: Mrs. A. O. (Christine) Hamre and Mrs. John (Bertha) Kasa.

He is survived by his wife, Thea; son, Walter, and daughter-in-law, Elsie; granddaughters, Mrs. Jim (Kathleen) Renolds, Janette, and Barbara; one brother, Tom, of Northfield; two sisters, Thea of Northfield and

Iver married Thea (Theolina) Olsdatter SOINE on 5 Jan 1916 in Renville County, Minnesota. Thea (daughter of Ola Kristofferson SØYNE and Sigrid Gudbrandsdatter LO) was born on 19 Jul 1889 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 17 Apr 1985 in Clara City, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Apr 1985 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 19 Dec 1909, Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Age 15 and living at home with her mother and siblings in the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census she is single and living at home with her mother and siblings in the village of Maynard. Bertha is a servant in a private family.

Birth:
perhaps Aug 1895 if she was 14½ when she was confirmed in December of 1909

Confirmation:
another confirmation record says December 18, 1910

Berit/Bertha married John H KASA on 6 Jun 1928 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. John (son of Helge (Henry) Eiriksson KASA and Ingrid Ivarsdatter (Ida) ELLINGBØ) was born in Sep 1881 in Minnesota; died on 28 Apr 1969 in Mountrail County, North Dakota; was buried in Van Hook Cemetery, New Town, Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: DC-08271
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1996-MN-029907

Mabel married Herbert O ARNESON on 20 Feb 1928 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Herbert was born on 16 Dec 1896 in Minnesota; died on 30 Jul 1971 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2001-MN-531195

Notes:

The entry for Hazel in the database of Minnesota death certificates shows that her mother’s maiden name was Ellingboe.

She was survived by her son Odell (and Florence) of Anoka; daughter Carol (and Myron) Kuno of Montevideo; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one sister.

Birth:
from her obit; she is not shown in the MHS birth index

Died:
Granite Falls Manor

Hazel married Julius John OLSON on 14 Jun 1927 in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Julius was born on 13 Sep 1895 in Hanley Falls Village, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; died on 30 Dec 1965 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried on 2 Jan 1966 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, she and her father lived with her father’s sister in Chippewa County, Minnesota.

In the 1950 Mankato city directory, she may be the Mary Ellingboe, student, living at 417 S 4th Street.

According to the SS registration her name changed over the years: Ellingboe > Bernard > Nelson.

The BeelerBernardFamily tree in Ancestry says that she had two daughters and a son with Arthur James Bernard and two sons with Robert Allen Nelson.

Birth:
as “Mary Lue”

Buried:
as Mary Lou Nelson

Mary married A.J. BERNARD, Jr [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2003-MN-010078

Notes:

He lived at home in the 1940 census. He was a high school graduate.

In the 1950 census, he and Elsie and Kathleen live in Wang Twp, next door to Tom T Ellingboe and not far from Endre Ellingboe.

Died:
Granite Falls Manor

Walter married Elsie Deloris LINDQUIST on 26 Jan 1944 in Renville County, Minnesota. Elsie (daughter of Carl LINDQUIST and Tilda BERG) was born on 28 Aug 1922 in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; died on 27 Nov 2003 in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried on 1 Dec 2003 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John B Kasa, 82, Boston, MA and Sun City Center, FL, formerly of Van Hook, ND, died Sunday, May 18, 2014, in a Palm Harbor, FL hospice facility.  

John Burnett Kasa “Junior” was born March 23, 1932 to John H. and Bertha (Ellingboe) Kasa on the family farm near Van Hook.  He was raised and educated at Van Hook graduating from Van Hook High School.  John enlisted in the United States Navy and proudly served aboard the USS Tarawa CV-40 from 1951-55.  After his honorable discharge from the Navy, he began work at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston where he burned “worn out” money at night, and attended college by day. John was Chief Engineer at Beacon Management Co. for over 40 years.  He was very dedicated to his career and retired with many honors and memories in the Boston Area.  John was a huge New England Patriots fan, it was a top priority to watch every game. He wanted his grandson to play for this team, and wouldn’t you know, he will be playing against the Patriots this September.  John we know you will be watching with a Manhattan in hand, and a prime rib on your plate!   John is survived by his sister, Marion Evenson of Parshall, ND; sons, David and Neen Kasa of Colorado Springs, Co, Larry and Maureen Kasa of Dunedin, Fl, and Wayne and Cindy Kasa of Olive Branch, MS; wife, Dolores Kasa of Colorado Springs, Co; grandchildren, Hiedi Kasa of Colorado Springs, Co, Sean Kasa of Denver, Co and Nick Kasa of Denver, Co; great-grandchildren: Haily, Darci and Kayla Kasa of Colorado Springs, Co and several nieces and nephews of Parshall, ND; special Friends, Barbara Sellon of Boston, MA, Janie Sellon of Boston, MA, Joe and Alana White of Sun City Center, Fl,  Arthur Varloe of Surrey, ND, Frank Liz Ally and Julia Antonelli of Boston, MA, Linda Lailer of Woburn, MA, and Sandy Ruma of Boston, MA; and the many co-workers from Beacon Management Co of Boston.  He was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law Eddy Evenson.  Funeral:  Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in Bethel Lutheran Church, New Town  Visitation:  one hour prior to the service in the Church  Interment:  Van Hook Cemetery, rural New Town