Randi Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Feb 1841, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Nørre Ellingbøhaugen 33 according to Trudy.

One of her baptism sponsors was Christopher Helgesson, probably her uncle Christopher Helgesson Ellingbö who was also a sponsor for (the also illegitimate) Ove Ellingboe (#3231).

She was an unmarried servant living with her daughters Ingeborg and Sigrid 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).”

Family/Spouse: Tollev Helgeson ELLINGBØE. Tollev (son of Helge Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Guri Torleivsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 22 Feb 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 May 1907 in Worth County, Iowa; was buried on 27 May 1907 in Deer Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Carpenter, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Åslak Amundsson BÖE. Åslak died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ivar Knutsson ELLINGBØ. Ivar (son of Knud Iversson ELTUN and Gjartrud Thomasdatter ELTUN) was born on 8 Jul 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 14 Mar 1921 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole K THUNE. Ole (son of Knud Johanesson THUNE and Ingeborg Ivarsdatter HÆNSEIGA) was born on 2 Nov 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 May 1904 in Griggs County, North Dakota. [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:

• Baptism: 14 May 1865, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She was her mother’s 2nd illegitimate daughter.

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

Her baptismal sponsors were Gunhilda Andersdatter Ellingböe, Ingrid Åslaksdatter Böe, Tollev Olsson Ellingböe, Anders Larsson Ellingböe, and Ole Olson Baggethun. Tollev Olsson Ellingböe is the responsible member of the parish standing up for the illegitimate child.

The 1900 census shows her emigrating to the U. S. in 1885. She had had 3 children, all 3 still living. The Vang church book shows her leaving Vang in June of 1885. She was referred to in the emigration record as Ingeborg Aslaksdatter Kattevold (Ellingbö).

A comment on one of the genealogy boards calls her Ingeborg Hanson of North Dakota.

Some sources erroneously ascribe her mother as a different woman, Randi Olsdatter Brækken.

There is another Ingeborg Ellingboe as #10723.

Died:
as Engeborg K Hanson, North Dakota Deaths index

Ingeborg married Ben E KNUTSON on 5 Feb 1887 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Ben (son of Even Knudsen HEEN and Gerhardine Bøyesdatter HEILE) was born in Mar 1852 in Iowa; died on 25 Dec 1902 in Iowa; was buried in Deer Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Carpenter, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ingeborg married Hans HANSON in Nov 1907 in Worth County, Iowa. Hans was born about 1867 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Jan 1870, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

There were two Randi Ellingbös born in Vang in the 1869-1870 period. One was the legitimate daughter (#4059) of Tollef Oleson Ellingbö and Marit Jøgersdatter. The other was this Randi, the illegitimate daughter of Iver Knutsson Ellingbö and Randi Olsdatter Ellingbö. Randi Iversdatter Ellingbö left Vang on 4 September 1889 for “St. Paul.” A Ragdi J. Ellingboe, spinster, age 19, arrived in New York on September 27, 1889, aboard the S.S. Britannic.

In the 1910 census, she and Thorsten and family were in Hickory Twp, Pennington County (formerly Red Lake County) in Minnesota. At that time, Rande had had 10 children, 8 still living, and 7 of whom (Thorsten A, Olaf, Maria, Hannah, Harald, Ruth, and Rudolph) were still living with her and Thorsten. Rande came to the U.S. in 1889.

A land ownership map from 1911 shows that the Kvale farm in Hickory Twp was 160 acres, the southeast quarter of Section 17.

They were still there in 1920. Rande came to the U.S. in 1889.

In the 1930 census, Randi and Thorsten Kvale were living in south Minneapolis (5344 30th Avenue South, near Lake Nokomis) with their daughters Ragna O, 18, and Agnes V., 16. Thorsten is a cabinet-maker with a sash and door firm.

In the 1940 census, Randi and Thorstein lived in Inglewood City, California, in a house that they owned. Thorstein had been a carpenter for a cabinet manufacturing company. At the time of the census, he was no longer employed and was considered retired. The couple had lived in Los Angeles in 1935. Each had a sixth-grade education.

She died in Paradise, California, where she had lived for 7 years. Her obit (Chico Enterprise-Record, 6 Apr 1956) mentioned a surviving brother Ole Ellingboe of Minnesota. She and her family may not have known that Ole had died many years earlier.

Died:
Paradise

Rande married Thorsten KVÅLE on 14 Mar 1891 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Thorsten (son of Tosten Helgesson QVALE and Berit Gulbrandsdatter ØYLO) was born on 11 Jan 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Jun 1946 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Jun 1873, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is her father’s 2nd illegitimate child and her mother’s 4th.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, as Gurid Olsdatter Ellingbø, she is living with Sigrid Torleivsdatter Ellingbø (#6239) on Thune under 36 under 2. Also in the household, and, apparently, Guri’s son, was Eilif Hermansen Ellingbø, b. 14 Feb 1908.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-010725

Notes:

He registered for the draft in Dickey County, North Dakota, on June 5, 1917. He was an unmarried, unemployed farm laborer living in Silver Leaf, North Dakota. Although he was registered as Knutson, he seemed to have signed his name Knutsen.

According to his death certificate, his wife was Hannah Dunbar. He died of brain cancer at Colonial Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, but he normally lived in Fullerton, North Dakota. He was a grain elevator buyer for Baldwin Elevator Company of Appleton, Wisconsin.

Family/Spouse: Hannah Pearl DUNBAR. Hannah (daughter of Thomas Jay DUNBAR and Harriet (Hattie) TAYLOR) was born on 9 Nov 1892 in Foster, Faribault County, Minnesota; died on 15 Jan 1982 in Faribault County, Minnesota; was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Wells, Faribault County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a single farmer in Valley County, Montana, when he registered for the draft on June 5, 1917.

In the 1930 census, he was a “hired man” on a farm in Phillips County, Montana.

In the 1940 census, he was a lodger with William Gust in Whitewater Twp, Phillips County, Montana.

Birth:
the birth date in SSDI

Died:
this is questionable: the Montana Death Index claims that this Melvin Knutson was 94 years old

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1965-MN-023316

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe.

According to his draft registration on June 5, 1917, in Brownsville, Minnesota, he was born in Carpenter, Iowa, and was a bookkeeper for the Citizens State Bank of Borwnsville. He was still single and was described as short, of medium build, with light-blue eyes and light-brown hair.

In the 1920 census, he was still single and living in Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota. He was a bookkeeper for what appears to be “investment house.”

In the 1930 census, he is still single and living in Hibbing as an insurance agent.

In the 1940 census, he and Lucy and Robert and Douglas lived in Sacred Heart, Minnesota. Five years earlier, the family lived in South Dakota. Anton was the manager of a grain elevator. Anton was a high school graduate. Lucy had had two years of college. He was the member of the household who met with the census enumerator. He incorrectly gave his place of birth as North Dakota.

He died of a heart attack. The informant for his death certificate was Douglas D. Knutson of Sacred Heart.

Anton married Lucy Irene MORRIS on 11 Jul 1931 in Douglas County, Minnesota. Lucy was born on 10 Apr 1900 in Douglas County, Minnesota; died on 24 Apr 1959 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Died:
last residence

Buried:
with Helen Fischbach Kvale, 1912-2004

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Died:
California deaths as Bertha King

Buried:
Find A Grave

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

Buried:
private grave

Notes:

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

Birth:
“age 15 mos.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1899, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

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

Called Edward in his mother’s obituary.

Baptism:
St. John’s in Northfield

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Feb 1901, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Died:
last residence

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

No name on birth certificate.

Listed in the 1910 census but no others.

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

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

Birth:
death certificate says his birth date is 7 February

Died:
at Physicians General Hospital

Buried:
near Trail, Minnesota

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe.

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

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

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

She died of pneumonia.

Died:
as Theresa Ruth Wilkinson

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Named after her dead sister.

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2004-MN-001860
• Baptism: 31 Jul 1924, North Dakota

Notes:

Baptized as Arlene Pearl. Her grandmother Ingeborg was her sponsor.

Later called Arlene Margaret. Changed her name in Social Security to Arlene M Johnson in October of 1952.

Birth:
Devils Lake

Family/Spouse: Donald George JOHNSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
last residence Wyoming

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1925-MN-009976

Notes:

He died of tetanus. He had been at the Mayo clinic for 10 hours.

Died:
Mayo clinic

P.A. married C.H. MAJOR [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her obit in the San Francisco Chronicle:

Beautiful Kay von Husen passed from our earth to God's kingdom on March 16, 2010, surrounded by her family, daughter Kavie, son Charles, sister Anne Major, nephew Jeff, niece Winnie and friends Dottie and Julie.

Katherine Louise was born in Joliet, Illinois, Oct. 19, 1928, to her parents T.A. and Bertha Kvale. She moved with her family to Ojai, California in 1936. Kay married John von Husen in 1957 and raised her two children in Marin County. Her dogs were with her always, enjoying the spoils of living with a true animal lover. She had many friends, always opening her doors to neighbors and family. She was a caregiver to all who entered her life, lavishing them with good conversation, laughter and meals. Kay's dream of living in Incline came in 1989. She rarely left her beloved Tahoe, for this was her home in her soul. Kay is survived by her two children, 4 grandchildren, her sister, her dog Bear, numerous nieces and nephews, as well many wonderful friends. She will be missed more than she could ever imagine. Donations can be made to the Pet Network in North Tahoe.

Katherine married J.H. VON HUSEN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Presumably, she is the Betty Sybilrud who was a student at USC in Los Angeles in 1940.

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

S. married H.M. STANTON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

S. married R.O. SMITH [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lawrence married Carol A MATTHIASON on 22 Jun 1956 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lawrence married Lila Ann BRANDOS in 1949 in Los Angeles County, California, and was divorced. Lila was born in 1933 in Allamakee County, Iowa; died in 2020 in Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Became an engineer.