Ola Johannessen BØE

Notes:

He is I5256 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han fikk skjøte av broren Asbjørn den 8.7.1894 for 349 rd. Asbjørn hadde selv gitt 259 rd for gården i 1791. Her var det altså ikke snakk om søsken rabatt, eller så var inflasjonen så sterk på den tiden.

Ola og Dorte har også barna: KNUT (1797-1868) gm Dorte Persdtr Flaten (1809-1843) de hadde barna: Dorte, Ola og Per som alle døde små eller i ungdomsårene. Knut ga gården videre til broren Torstein som hadde vært husmann på Kletto så lenge Knut drev gården. Ågot (1800-1801) Ågot (1801-1885) ugift, døde på Lajord JOHANNES (1804- ) han var innerst på Syndrol før han dro til USA med kona Marit Øysteindtr Myreeiga som han giftet seg med i 1857. de hadde barna OLA (1857- ) og Knut (1859- ) da de reiste. OLA (1810- 12.1.1831)

Ola var vanfør. En hest hadde slått istykker det ene benet hans da han var liten, så han måtte ligge i 7 år. Mens han lå spikket han skjeer, sleiver og leker til ungene, spesielt var han flink til å spikke hester med sleder. På Øylo hotell ble dis se sakene hans solgt til god pris. Han lagde også feler og spilte selv endel på fele, uten at han ble noen mesterspillemann.

Da han kom opp av senga lærte han seg skomakeryrket av Andris Olsen Bø i Budgomshaugen under Sørre Bø. (Andris var en meget kjent skomaker og emisær).

På Olas tid reiste skomakerne rundt på gårdene og satt der og sydde skoene. Arbeidstiden var fra 5 om morgenen til 9 om kvelden. Fra 1902 fikk han seg skomakermaskin med rullefot (ikke trykkfot), Ola lagde pinnesko, når han en sjelden gang lagde "springsko" kjøpte han ferdig ovenpålær. Han lagde en hel del sko av fettlær, som han selv smurte og beredde.

Han to 80 øre paret pluss "manns kost". Hvis han lagde skoene hjemme tok han 1 krone.

Birth:
Syndrol 48/1

Died:
Syndrol 48/1

Family/Spouse: Dorte Knutsdatter SYNDROL. Dorte (daughter of Knut Ivarson SÅRRBU and Ågot Torsteinsdatter SØYNE) was born in 1775 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Of Syndrol 48/1 according to Trudy.

In the 1865 Norwegian census he was Thorstajn Olsson, 51, living with his family on Søndrohl, mitre, in Vang. He had two sons named Ole.

Birth:
Syndrol 48/1

Died:
the date on his gravestone

Torstein married Ragndi Olsdotter ELLINGBØE on 25 Jun 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ragndi (daughter of Ola Torleivsson ELLINGBØE and Ågot Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 6 Jul 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Apr 1898 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Syndrol 48/1

Family/Spouse: Vilhelm Olsen LUND. Vilhelm (son of Ole Evensen and Randi Thronsdatter) was born about 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died after 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is probably Marit Olsdatter Syndrol, I17705 in Jim’s VS. That is assumed here and is consistent with the bygdebok (Vang A, p.828).

Eugene shows Knut as having three sisters: Dorthea, Marit, and ?. The 1865 Norwegian census, at which time Marit Olsdatter was a widow on Viland øvre in Vang, Knud and Dorthe (b. 1848) were the only two children living with Marit.

She was living wih Knut and Marit in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1875 census.

An 88 year-old Marit, born in Norway, is living with Knut and Julia in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1895 Minnesota state census.

Altarking’s Tarbox Family Tree incorrectly calls her Maren Evensdatter. (Maren E gave birth to an Ole on 22 Oct 1832. The father was Tosten Olsen Søndre-Bøe.)

Family/Spouse: Torstein Knudsen SØNDROL. Torstein (son of Knut Ivarsen TUNE and Anne Thomasdatter SYNDROL) was born in 1800 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [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:

• Baptism: 18 Jan 1826, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 28 Jun 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Still unmarried and living at home with his parents in the 1865 census.

Birth:
January 2nd in the 1910 Norwegian census

Ole married Ambjør Olsdatter BERGE in 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Nov 1827, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 30 Jul 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is Ola Vilhjølmson Lund, I8745, in Jim’s VS.

He was gaardbruger selveier on the Faarhaugene farm 26a in Vestre Slidre in the 1865 census.

Shown as of the Veblen farm in Vang when his daughter Randi was born.

There was also an Ole Vilhelmson Lund born 12 January, baptized 18 Jan 1826. His parents were Vilhelm Olsen and Anne Olsdatter. He was confirmed on 28 Jun 1840.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, Ole and Anne lived on the Ellestad 23/4 farm in Vestre Slidre with their son Jon Olssen Ellestad, b. 1870 in Vestre Slidre, and, apparently, their grandson Ole Knutssen Ellestad, b. 1881 in Vestre Slidre.

Family/Spouse: Anne Endrisdatter BAGGETHUN. Anne (daughter of Endre Johnson ELLINGBØ and Margrethe Thomasdatter) was born on 14 Apr 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jøger Jøgerson. Jøger (son of Jøger Jøgerson KVEBØKKO and Sigrid Helgesdatter NORDSVEEN) was born in 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1906 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Berit in some sources. Called Anne Wilhemsdatter Lund in Berith’s birth record. Called Anne in the bygdebok.

She must be a daughter of Vilhjølm Olsson Tune (#11827), However, the names and birth years of his daughters don’t line up with the information here.

Birth:
Lund 32/8

Family/Spouse: Andris Gunnarson LIEN. Andris (son of Gunnar Nilsson ØDEGÅRD and Berit Andrisdatter GIVRE) was born in Aug 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Oct 1873 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Nov 1832, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Richard Duhoux calls him Ole Torsteinsson Øvre Villand Bergen.

Carole Heimdahl’s write-up for nllha.org:

Ole Thostenson and Anna Lassesdatter, Charter members West Norway Lake Church
Ole Thostenson was born 26 October 1832 the oldest child of Torsten Knudsen Sondrohl and Marith Olsdatter Sondrohl [ 1807-1898] in Vang local parish, Valdres Parish, Oppland, Norway.
Ole left Vang local parish for Laerdal Parish, Sogn og Fjordane 10 March 1865. He signed out as Ole Tostenson Sondrolejet.
He married Anna Lassesdater 22 April 1865 in Laerdal Parish and they left for America 30 April 1865. Ole’s sister Marit Tostensdatter may have traveled with them. She signed out of Vang Parish for America 12 April 1865. Ole’s mother Marith, brother Knut and sister Dorthe followed in 1866.
Anna Lassesdatter was born 26 Oct 1842, the 8th child of Lasse Torrissen Laerdalsore [1792-1885] and Ragnild Olsdatter [1800-1894] in Laerdal Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.
The families first recorded residence is in Rice County. Their first child is born there and baptized at Holden Lutheran church on 6 Jan 1867.
1. Ragnhilda Marie: born 29 Oct 1866, died 12 Jan 1892, married Ole Ellingboe, 1 child
They moved to Swift County and settle in Kerkhoven Township. Ole homesteaded 160 acres as Ole Thompsen in sec 26 [NW1/4]. This adjoined the farm of his sister Marit and husband Tosten Quamme in section 26{NE 1/4]. He also purchased 40 acres in Sec 23 [SW1/4 of SE 1?4] as Ole T. Sondrol. He received the title to his homesteaded property 1 April 1876. Ole and Tosten were 2 of several families from Valdres Parish to move from Rice and Goodhue counties in the late 1860’s settle in Kerkhoven Township.
Ole and Anna have 5 more children in Kerkhoven Township
2 Tosten Edward: born 26 Mar 1870, died 20 Oct 1902, married Betsy Polson
3 Lewis/Louis: born Mar 1872, died 7 May 1921, married Carrie, 1 child , carpenter, poultry rancher
4 Regina: born 2 Sept 1876, died 5 Aug 1955, married Ole J Langaard
5 Dina: born 3 Dec 1881, died 12 April 1965, married Andrew Mitthun, 1 child
6 Edward: born 2 May 1884, died 11 Jan 1972, married Luella Matilda Halvorsen, 7 children, farmer, railroad
laborer
Ole passed away 26 May 1889 at age 56, and after services was buried in the West Norway Lake cemetery.
Anna remains on the farm and the land was still in her name on the 1907 plat map. She died 24 June 1916, age 73, at the home of her daughter Dina Mitthun in Fargo, North Dakota. She is buried 27 June in the West Norway Lake Cemetery according to church records.
Ole signed the 1875 charter using his birth name Ole Thostenson, but added Sondrol to his name in the 1876 baptismal record of his daughter Regina. By the 1880 census he is just Ole or Ole T. Sondrol.
Ole’s brother Knut Sondrol and wife Marit, sister Marit and husband Tosten Quamme and sister Dorthe and husband Ole H. Hande are also charter members of West Norway Lake Church and have their own biographies.

Family/Spouse: Anne Lassesdatter SINJARHEIM. Anne was born on 25 Oct 1842 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Sep 1837, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is Knut Torsteinsson Villand, I7029, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. That’s also what the bygdebok calls him (Vang A, p. 816).

He is I13908 in Jim’s VS, which shows him as born on Syndrol 48/1 Villand.

Knut and Marit were from different Søndrol farms and may be distant cousins. Jim calls him Knut Torsteinsson Villand.

The Norway Lake Lutheran church records have this entry for him: “Knut T. Sondrol, born in Balders. Came to the U.S. with his mother. Married Marit Tostenson, born in Balders. Came to Norway Lake 1872. Married second time with Julia Brandvold, born in Solor. Came to Norway Lake in 1883.”

In the 1875 Minnesota census, he (as Knut T Sonderal) and his family live in Kerkhoven Twp.

In the 1880 census, Knut and Marit lived with their family in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County. The household consists of Knut, 42, Marit, 33, Tosten, 7, Theodor, 4, Ole, 3, and Mina 5 months. Also living in the household is Marit Sundrol, 73, mother, and Ole Johnson, 21, servant.

In the 1885 state census, Knudt is apparently a widower. The family lives in Kerkoven Twp. Julia Brandval, 32, already is listed as part of his household.

In the 1900 census, Knudt and Julia and family (indexed as Sandral) live in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, Minnesota. Living with them are four of Knudt’s sons (Thosten, Theodore, Ole, and Martin) and Clara, his daughter with Julia.

Not listed in the MHS death index so he may have died before 1904.

Earl Knutson’s write-up for nllha.org:

Knut and Marit Sondrol, Charter Members of West Norway Lake Lutheran Church
Baptism records show that Knut Tostenson Sondrol was born 9 August 1837 in Vang, Oppland, Norway. The parents are Tosten Knudsen Sondrahle-Eie and Marith Olsdatter.
Knut “Thorstajnson” appears in the 1865 census from Vang. The listed residence is the farm called Viland Øvre and his housemates are his widowed mother Marit Olsdatter and his sister Dorthe Thorstajnsdatter. Their birth years are 1806 and 1848, respectively.
Knut Tostenson, along with his mother Marit Olsdatter and sister Dorthe Tostensdatter are in the passenger list of the ship Fredrick Peterson that sailed from Bergen, Norway on May 1, 1866 and arrived in Quebec on June 2, 1866. All three have the last name Sønderol and hail from Vang Valdres. Their ages are 30, 59 and 16, respectively. (Dorthe’s age mismatches that from the census by 3 years.) It is surprising that they left from Bergen, as that is a long way, across mountains, from Vang.
The name Knut T. Søndreol appears thrice as a parent in baptism records from the Norway lake Congregation. The children are Tosten (born 14 Nov 1872), Theodor (born 4 August 1875), and Martin (born 16 September 1881) The mother of all three is Mari (or Marit) Thostensdatter.
Regarding Marit, her birth and emigration information are uncertain. Census records, below, state that she was born in Norway. There are two possibilities from Vang Parish. She could be from other areas of Norway as well.
The 1875 census of Swift County has Knut T. “Sonderal,” age 38, and Marit, age 28. With them are Tosten, age 2, and Marit Olson, age 69. (By coincidence, both the mother and the wife are named Marit.)
The 1880 census of Kerkhoven Township, Swift County has Knut Sundrol (age 42, born Norway) and Marit (33, born Norway). Others: “Fosten” (7), Theodor (4), Ole (3), Mina (5 months) and Marit Sundrol (mother, 73).
Knut’s wife Marit passed in 1883. This is indicated by a grave marker at the West Norway Lutheran Church, which reads Marit Sondrol, 1847-1883.
Knut (here spelled Knudt, age 47) is also in the 1885 census, same township. The children in the household are: Tosten, 12; Theodor, 9; Ole, 6; and Martin, 3. Others in the household are: Julia Brandvol, age 32, and Ole Bjornson, 22. Knut’s mother Marit Olsdatter, age 78, is listed in the neighboring house. Very likely, Julia was hired to keep house and raise the children after Marit’s death. Eventually, Knut and Julia married.
In the 1895 census of Kerkhoven Township, Swift County, we find Knut T. Sondrol (age 57, born in Norway, in MN 29 years, in enumeration district 26 years) and Julia Sondrol (age 48?, born in Norway, in MN and the enumeration district 22 years). There are 5 children, aged 2 to 22, all born in Minnesota, and an adult, Marit Sondrol, age 88, born in Norway.
The 1900 census of Kerkhoven Township, Swift County has Knudt T. Sandrol (born August 1837 in Norway, immigrated 1866) and Julie Sandrol (born April 1852 in Norway, immigrated 1882). Also in the house are 4 sons and a daughter, all born in Minnesota.
In the 1905 census of Kerkhoven Township, Swift County, MN we find Knut T. Sondrol (age 67), born in Norway, a state resident for 39 years, and a resident of the enumeration district for 36 years. Also in the household are Julia (53), born in Norway, an enumeration district resident for 22 years and 10 others, ages 32 to 5 months, all born in Minnesota. Included are a daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren.
The above census record shows that Knut arrived in Swift County in 1869, having lived the prior three years at another Minnesota location. That location is not known.
Among the many Sondrol grave markers at the West Norway Lake Lutheran Church are these:
Knut T. Sondrol, 1837-1905
Marit Sondrol, 1847-1883.
Julie K. Sondrol, 1852-1932.

Knut’s mother Marit Olsdatter deserves special mention. A widow, she emigrated at age 59. In a more gender-equal world, she would surely have been listed as a charter member of the West Norway Lake Church. Records at the Swift County Historical Society state that she died 23 March1898. Her place of interment is not recorded.

Birth:
Eugene has this date as 8 Aug 1837 and place of birth as Vestre Slidre in Valdres.

Died:
Eugene has Knut’s death as 9 Jun 1905. Knut is listed in the 1905 Minnesota state census. Find A Grave says 1906.

Family/Spouse: Marit Torsteinsdotter SØNDROL. Marit (daughter of Torstein Olsson SÖNDROL and Ragndi Olsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 3 Mar 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died before 1885 in Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knut married Julie Johannesdatter (Julia K) BRANDVOLD about 1888. Julie was born in Apr 1852 in Brandval, Hedmark, Norway; died on 22 Sep 1932 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 May 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The bygdebok, Vang A, p. 829, has her having a son Knut in 1869 with Knut Guttormsson Oldre. The Vang church records confirm this. The unmarried Marit Tostensdatter Söndrol, b. 1845, and the unmarried Knud Guttormsen Oldre, b. 1848, were the parents of Knud Knudsen who was born 2 Dec 1869 and was baptized 13 March 1870. It was the first instance or leirmaal for the pair.

The baptismal sponsors for the child were Ole Nielsen Kattevold, Iver Olsen Söndrol-eie, Einar Iversen Söndrol, Sigrid Olsdatter Kattevold, and Randi Tostensdatter Söndrol.

Carole H’s write-up for the Norway Lake church indicates that the Marit who married Tosten Olson Quamme came to the U.S. in 1865 and married him in 1867. But that doesn’t work for this Marit. So we don’t know who the Marit was who married Tosten Olson Quamme in Minnesota.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-006378
• Baptism: 25 Dec 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Called Dorthe Thorstajnsdatter in the 1865 Norwegian census.

In the 1875 Minnesota census, she seems to have been called Berthe. She and her husband Ole H. and their family live in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County. Next on the census form listing is her brother Knut and his family (and whose household contains their mother.)

Eugene has her marrying Ole H. Hande. That Ole H Hande was living in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1885 Minnesota census.

Dorothy was the widow of Ole. She had been in Sunburg for 12 years and 66 years in the U.S. She died from bronchitis and influenza complicated by senility. The informant for her death certificate was John Hystad of Sunburg.

Family/Spouse: Ole H HANDE. Ole (son of Halvor Pedersen HANDE and Barbro Nielsdatter HØYNE) was born on 3 May 1845 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Nov 1925 in Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1940-MN-016009

Notes:

A Thorsten Sondrol married a Betsey Polsen in Swift County on 8 Dec 1890.

In the 1900 census, he is listed as single and living with his parents and siblings in Kerkhoven Twp.

He registered for the draft as Tosten K. Sondrol on September 12, 1918, in Benson. He gave his age as 45 and his birth date as 14 Nov 1872. He was a farmer and his nearest relative was Mrs. Julia Sondrol of Kerkhoven Twp. He was of medium height and build with dark eyes and a bald head.

In the 1920 census, he is single and living near Theodor, Ole, and Julia in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

In the 1930 census, he is still single and farming in Kerkhoven Twp.

The Dalby Database, regarding burials in the West Norway Lake cemetery, has his name spelled Thosten K. Sondrol.

Died:
indexed as Thosten K Sandral

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1949-MN-007112

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he is living near the rest of the Sondrols in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

In the 1930 census he is a widower living with his sons and daughter in Kerkhoven Twp very near to the farm of his brother Ole.

Birth:
4 Aug 1875 according to Eugene

Theodore married Tone Bertine LANSVERK on 23 Nov 1902 in Swift County, Minnesota. Tone (daughter of Bjorn Endresen LANSVERK and Engeborg Dorthea SVALSTAD) was born on 30 Nov 1884 in Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; died on 27 Apr 1921 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried on 4 May 1921 in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1952-MN-016343

Notes:

He was still single and the head of household in the 1910 census when the family lived in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, near the Ole O. Ellingboes (#5122 ). The household consisted of Ole, his brother Martin, his sister Clara, and their mother, Julia.

An article in the Willmar Tribune mentioning his marriage called him a well-to-do Swift County farmer.

He registered for the draft in Benson on September 12, 1918. He gave his age as 40 and his birthdate as September 24, 1877. He was a farmer at Route #2, Kerkhoven. He gave as his nearest relative his wife, Mrs. Alma Sondrol. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1930 census, he and his wife and five children are living on a farm in Kerkhoven Twp near his brother Theodore.

Birth:
the date on his draft registration card

Ole married Alma Louise LANDSVERK on 16 Apr 1914 in Swift County, Minnesota. Alma (daughter of Bjorn Endresen LANSVERK and Engeborg Dorthea SVALSTAD) was born on 4 Jul 1892 in Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; died on 27 Aug 1994 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed with the family in the 1885 Minnesota census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1954-MN-016366

Notes:

Living with Ole, Clara, and his step-mother in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1910 census.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Benson as Martin Sondrol. He was 36 years old and gave his birth date as September 16th. The year is not shown on the copy but presumably it’s 1881 or 1882. He gave his address as Murdock 3, Kerkhoven Twp, and his nearest relative as Mrs. Martin Sondrol of that same address. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and dark hair.

In the 1930 census, he and his wife and three children lived in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County. Their farm is listed on the same census page as Selmer Framstad (#15995).

Birth:
16 Sep 1888 according to Eugene but that would seem to be after Marit died

Martin married Anna Mary SWENSON on 30 Nov 1917 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of STENSRUD) was born on 11 May 1894 in Minnesota; died on 2 Feb 1977 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 103/3 Høre

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1905-41-2553

Notes:

Living at home with her parents and siblings in Minneapolis in the 1885 state census. In the column for “Condition”, there is no indication that she was “deaf, dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic.”

She is still living with her parents in Minneapolis in the 1895 census.

In the 1900 census, she, as 25 year-old Bertha Flatten, is an inmate at the School for Feeble Minded in Faribault.

She died of feeble mindedness, epilepsy, and mitral stenosis.

Birth:
30-6-19 on her death certificate means years-months-days

Died:
died at the Faribault School for Defectives

Notes:

Called Dorothea in the 1885 state census.

In the 1900 census, she had been married for three years and had had no children.

Margarite married Frederick WILLIAMSON on 19 Sep 1897 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Frederick was born in Sep 1870 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Annie in the 1880 census.

In the 1940 census, she is the 60 year-old widow Nellie T Pederson and lives with her daughter and son-in-law in Vancouver, Washington. Five years earlier, she had lived in Minneapolis.

A Trønderlag source says that she died 24 March 1961.

Nellie married Christoffer PEDERSON on 7 Jul 1898 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Christoffer was born on 17 Nov 1872 in Norway; died on 14 Jul 1936 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed in the 1885 state census. Not listed later.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1941-MN-006713

Notes:

Living with his mother in the 1905 state census.

In the 1910 census he and his brother Walter are roomers in Minneapolis at 320 Cedar Avenue. Both men are laborers.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Willmar. He was a farmer in Gennessee Twp. His nearest relative was Alta Dorothy Flaten of 1 Gennessee. He was of medium height and build. No information was taken for his eye or hair color.

In the 1920 census, he is 33 year-old Balder Flaten, a farmer in Gennessee Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. The household consists of himself, Alta, 26, Wiliam, 3 months, Charles, apparently also 3 months, and Walter, Balder’s brother.

In the 1930 census, Balder is a boilermaker for a steam railroad shop and he and his family live in Willmar in a house on Litchfield Avenue that he is renting. The family consists of Balder, 44, Alta, 36, William B, 13, Charles B, 10, Leo G, 9, Anna M, 7, Calvin C, 5, Helen M, 3, Elroy J, 1, and Raymond H, 4 months.

In the 1940 census, he was a WPA laborer living on a farm in Gennessee Twp, Kandiyohi County.

According to his death certificate, for which his wife Alta was the informant, Balder was a WPA worker. He died of myocarditis brought on by the flu. He died in Fahlun Twp but he was a resident of Gennessee Twp.

Family/Spouse: Alta Dorothy PETERSON. Alta (daughter of Charles PETERSON and Anna ANDERSON) was born on 3 Aug 1893 in Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; died on 15 Nov 1968 in Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried on 18 Nov 1968 in Atwater Union Cemetery, Atwater, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1960-MN-025633

Notes:

Living with his mother in the 1905 state census.

In the 1910 census he is living in Minneapolis with his sister Nellie Pedersen and her family. He is a clerk in a butcher shop.

He registered for the draft in Minneapolis on June 5, 1917. At that time he lived at 2411 11th Avenue South in Minneapolis. He was self-employed with a grocery business at 910 East 24th Street. He was married with a wife and child and claimed their dependancy as grounds for exemption from the draft. He was tall and slender with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1930 census, he and his family live at 4101 41st Avenue South in Minneapolis. He has a grocery store.

In 1937, he was licensed to sell “lunch, groceries, soft drinks and confectionery” at 2507 East 38th Street in Minneapolis.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and four children still lived at 4101 41st Avenue in south Minneapolis. He was a the manager of a confectionery.

He was the informant for his brother Walter’s death certificate. At that time, Nordahl lived at 4101 41st Avenue S.

According to Mark, Nordahl owned the building his store was in and rented out several stores in the building to others.

Birth:
birth location according to his draft registration

Nordahl married Almida Caroline RENNING on 8 Sep 1914 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Almida (daughter of Conrad RENNING and Marie PETERSON) was born on 25 Mar 1896 in Minnesota; died on 11 Jan 1980 in Scott County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Jan 1980 in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-023791

Notes:

Living with his mother, as Valtor, in the 1905 state census.

In the 1910 census he and his brother Baldur are roomers in Minneapolis at 320 Cedar Avenue. Both men are laborers.

In the 1920 census, he is a farm laborer on his brother Balder’s farm in Kandiyohi County.

In the 1930 census, Walter was a lodger with a family in south Minneapolis. He was a salesman in the groceries business.

Walter died of tuberculosis. At his death he was a single man who was a clerk in a grocery store. He lived at 736 East Franklin and had lived in Minneapolis all of his life. His brother Nordahl was the informant for his death certificate.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-019370

Notes:

Not listed in the 1900 census. Living with her mother, as a 12 year-old, in the 1905 state census.

In the 1910 census, she (as Mabel Flaten) and her brother Nordahl Flaten are living with their sister Nellie Pedersen (husband Christopher b. ca 1873) and her family in Minneapolis. Mabel is shown as 22 years old and is a cutter in a knitting works.

Mabel died from typhoid fever which had produced internal hemorrhaging as well as pneumonia. She lived at 2311 E 32nd Street in Minneapolis and was employed as a “cutter.”

A different Mabel Flaten, a few years older and perhaps a cousin, married a Walter G Lee in Renville County on 11 Sept 1912.

Birth:
The child shown in the Minnesota Births and Christenings database on FS as born on this date to these parents was named Emily Ruth.

Died:
at Norwegian Deaconess Hospital in Minneapolis

Buried:
This is the cemetery on the northeast corner of Lake Street and Cedar Avenue. It is the oldest cemetery in Minneapolis and is now called the Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery. Minneapolis’s poorest citzens were buried in unmarked mass graves in Section H.

Notes:

Probably is the 7 year-old Teoline living with her father in the 1905 state census.

As Ruby T., 12, she is living with her father and siblings in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census, as Ruby Shelstad, married but with no husband listed, she is living with her father and two half-brothers, as well as her son, in Kerkhoven Twp.

Died:
as Mrs. Ruby Theoline Sjelstad

Ruby married Oscar Iver SJELSTAD on 14 Nov 1917 in Swift County, Minnesota. Oscar was born on 30 Dec 1893 in Minnesota; died on 26 May 1977 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-014265

Notes:

As five year-old Olai, living with his father in the 1905 state census.

Young Olie died from TB. His father was the informant for his death certificate. His surname was called “Holden” on the death certificate.

Notes:

Born in Bygnaden 43/3. Emigrated to the U.S.

Olof applied for a passport in December of 1920. He needed it for a planned trip to Norway to see his parents on December 30th. At that time, he was an S C 1 C in the U.S. Navy, stationed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Massachusetts. He wanted his new passport to be sent to him, special delivery, at the U.S.S. Luce, #99, at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Olof claims that he emigrated to the U.S. on August 7, 1914, departing from Christiania, and spent 6 uninterrupted years in Minneapolis and in the U.S. Navy. He became a naturalized citizen in Boston on December 6, 1920.

In the 1924 Boston, Massachusetts, city directory, he was Olaf O Sondrol, U.S. Navy, residing at 2½ Mt Vernon Chsn.

In the 1925 Boston directory, he was a fish cutter living at 26A Concord Chsn.

In the 1926 and 1927 Boston directories, he was a carpenter living at 26A Concord Chsn.

The 1928 Boston directory says that he has “removed to Somv.”

In the 1929 Somerville, Massachusetts, city directory, he was a cook. He and Ruth live at 8 Hancock.

May be the Olaf O. Sondrol who was a cook on a U.S. Coast Guard vessel at the time of the 1930 census. He was married. In the census, he is stationed at Boston.

In the 1933 Somerville city directory, the entry for Olaf is “rem to Winthrop.”

In the 1935 Gloucester, Massachusetts, city directory, he was with the U S Coast Guard. He and Ruth lived at 9 Highland Place.

In the 1936 Mobile, Alabama, city directory, Olaf and Ruth live at 300 Conti, apartment 4. Olaf is a “chf guard.”

In the 1936 Gulfport, Mississippi, he and Ruth lived at 1612 19th Avenue. He was with the U S Coast Guard.

In the 1956 and 1958 and 1960 Lawrence, Massachusetts, city directories, Olof and Ruth live at 224 Hampshire.

Family/Spouse: Ruth. Ruth died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theodor married Kari Kristiansdatter TALLE in 1936. Kari was born on 6 Jan 1916 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1994 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The third of 8 children (6 boys, 2 girls).

In the 1928 Minneapolis city directory, he was a clerk for N T Flaten. He lived with his brother at 3936 25th Avenue S.

In the 1929 and 1930 city directories, he was a clerk for Janney, Semple, Hill & Co. He and his brother lived at 3936 25th Avenue S.

Probably the Iver Sondrol, roomer, living in Minneapolis in the 1930 census. He was 21 years old and working as a salesman for a hardware company. He had come to the U. S. in 1926. Living with him, also a roomer, was 20 year-old Knute Sondrol who had come to the U. S. in 1924. Knute was a shipping clerk for a mail order company. Together, the two young men lived at the house of the spinster sisters Mildred and Lillian Skattos at 3936 25th Avenue South.

In the 1934 Minneapolis city directory, Iver and Evelyn live at 639 E 17th, apartment 4. Iver is still a clerk with Janney Sample Hill.

In the 1939 and 1941 and 1942 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, city directories, Iver and Evelyn live at 2012 Bever Ave SE. Iver is a salesman.

In the 1950 and 1951 Cedar Rapids directories, Iver is a salesman. He and Evelyn live at 2056 Eastern Boulevard SE.

In the 1954 and 1956 and 1957 and 1958 Cedar Rapids directories, he and Evelyn still live at 2056 Eastern Boulevard SE. He owns Sondrol’s Variety and Hardware at 1507 1st Avenue E.



His obit:

Iver O. Sondrol, 94, of 322 Liberty Drive SE, Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003, at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness.

Services are 3 p.m. today at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Burial will be at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, is handling the arrangements.

Mr. Sondrol was born July 4, 1908, in Vang, Valdres, Norway, the son of Ole and Gertrude Sondrol. He married Evelyn June 30, 1934, in Minneapolis.

He attended high school in Norway and at age 17 immigrated to the United States, arriving at Milaca, Minn., in March 1926. As a young man he worked on farms and in small businesses in Minnesota before moving to Minneapolis in 1927, where he met his wife. In 1933, he returned to Norway to visit his brothers and sisters, his mother and his ailing father.

In working to attain U.S. citizenship, he took night classes at the University of Minnesota. He began his career working for Janney-Semple-Hill, a hardware wholesale business, and continued that career as a hardware salesman on the road until 1952.

For 22 years, he and his wife owned and operated Sondrol's Variety & Hardware, Cedar Rapids. During that time, he was active in his church, community and in organizations such as the Sons of Norway.

Survivors include his wife; his children, Trudy Wasson of Eden Prairie, Minn., Hal Sondrol of Cedar Rapids and Iver Sondrol Jr. of Muscatine; six grandchildren, one of whom preceded him in death; and four great-grandchildren.

Iver married Evelyn Margrethe OAS on 30 Jun 1934 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Evelyn (daughter of Oscar Michelsen OAS and Emma BAKKE) was born on 14 Dec 1910 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 5 Sep 2007 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1928 and 1929 Minneapolis city directories, he was a messenger for Sears Roebuck & Co. He lived with his brother at 3926 25th Avenue S.

In the 1930 city directory, he was a stockman for Sears. He and Iver still lived at 3936 25th Avenue S.

In the 1943 La Crosse city directory, he and Pearle lived at 111 S 9th, apartment 101. Knute was a salesman, Pearle was a clerk for the National Youth Administration.

In the 1945 and 1950 La Crosse directories, he was a salesman. He and Pearle lived at 1139 Main.

In the 1953, 1955, and 1956 La Crosse directories, he was a salesman for Janney Semple Hill. He lived at 2617½ Main.

In the 1959 La Crosse city directory, Knute and Florence live at 2116 Redfield. Knute is a salesman.

His obit says that he came to the U. S. in 1924. He and his (second) wife lived in La Crosse before moving to Oelwein. “Survivors are his wife; three sons, Kenneth of Lake Jackson, Texas, John of Wichita, Kansas, and David of Oelwein; five grandchildren; two brothers, Iver of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Bjarne of Vang, Valdres, Norway; two sisters, Ragna Midtsveen of Oslo, Norway, and Birit Laklien of Deset, Norway. He was preceded in death by three brothers.”

Died:
Mercy Hospital

Knute married Pearl Minnie QUAM in 1939. Pearl was born on 15 Sep 1917 in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota; died on 14 Oct 1952 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin; was buried on 17 Oct 1952 in Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knute married F. FINSTAD [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

De bodde i første huset i Bølandsgøta.

Family/Spouse: Mari Andersdatter VEE. Mari (daughter of Anders Olsen MIDTUN and Oline Hermundsdatter MIDTUN) was born in 1915 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 2002 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

De har bygd hus på gården på oversiden av Europaveien. Han er gift med Ragna Marie Gilen (datter av Emma Ellingsdotter Buajordet fra VS og Gullik Kirkvoll fra VS) oppvokst i Gilen hos moren og stefaren. De har to døtre, den ene heter Gerd. Begg e bor i Oslo, en av dem er fly- vertinne i SAS. Bjarne var en meget brukt hyttebygger, og har bl.a. bygd Briskebu og påbygget på Tangebu.

Bjarne married R.M. GILEN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Resided in Gudbrandsdalen.

Hun hadde før hun giftet seg sønnen Dagfinn med Johannes O Syndrol. Av en eller annen grunn har ikke Frøholm dette med i sin bygdebok!!??

Family/Spouse: Johannes Olsen SYNDROL. Johannes was born on 22 Jan 1900 in Norway; died on 4 Jan 1980 in Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Svein LØKLIEN. Svein died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Karstein Eiliff MIDTSVEEN. Karstein was born on 17 Oct 1920; died on 28 Apr 1998 in Oslo, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His birthday seems to 13 April but his baptism date seems to be 8 April.

According to Vickie, Ole married, had children, and moved to Torke in Vardal.

May be Ole Olssen Weflen (b. 13 April 1853) who moved to Vestre Slidre on 9 March 1881 to get married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Apr 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She was born before her parents married. Her parents were Ole Vilhelmson Lund and Anne Endresdatter Baggethun. Anders Tollefson Baggethun was the responsible person of the parish for the illegitimate Anne.

The Vang migration records show that she left Vang for Voss in January of 1881 to get married.

Yvonne and her sources believe that Anna died after she and her children arrived in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on May 12, 1890. Peter arrived in Quebec on Aug 10, 1889. Peter (and maybe Anna and the kids) went on to Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Called Anna Olson in her son Anton’s death certificate, the informant for which was her husband, and Anton’s father, Peter Hultgren of Clarissa.

Anne married Per August (Peter) Pettersen HULTGREN on 12 Apr 1881 in Voss, Hordaland, Norway. Per was born on 2 Jun 1853 in Sweden; died on 26 May 1944 in Todd County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as a foster daughter of her grandparents Endre and Margrete in the 1865 census.

The record of her birth doesn’t suggest anything unusual but the bygdebok describes her as the reputed daughter of Ole and Anne.

Notes:

Shown as age 5 in the 1865 census. Endre is incorrectly shown as age 8. Perhaps Vilhelm was the one who was 8.

May have emigrated and lived in the U.S. as William.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1931-MN-015166
• Occupation: Farmer, Carpenter
• Baptism: 28 Jul 1861, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 18 Jun 1876, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is the “Andrew Ellestad” who Rose refers to in her interview with Evey in the early 1970s. Andrew went to South Dakota with Erick Thompson and Tom Thompson in the mid 1880s. Later Andrew went to Clarissa and was probably the reason that Erick Thompson and family moved to Clarissa.

Rose maintained that her uncle Tom Thompson and Tom’s wife Rangdi Ellestad (Andrew Ellestad’s sister) were 2nd cousins. _That_ implies that either Anne Endrisdatter Baggethun or Ole Vilhelmsen Ellestad were first cousins of Andrew Thompson or Rangdi Kvale. None of that is true.

He is the 69 year-old Endrew Ellestad, husband of Sigrid, father of Evelyn and Clara, living in Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota, in the 1930 census. He was born in Norway and came to the U.S. in 1882. Endrew was a dairy farmer.

He is the 58 year-old E. O. Ellestad, a carpenter in the village of Clarissa in the 1920 census. He came to the U.S. in 1885.

In the 1910 census, he is a widower in Todd County. His three children are liing with him.

In the 1900 census, he is probably Andrew Ellested living in Ward Twp, Todd County, born Mar 1861 in Norway. He is the husband of Ingebor and the father of Stella, John, and Cora. He came to the U.S. in 1883.

In the 1895 state census, he is living in Eureka Twp, Dakota County. The household consists of Andrew, 33, Ingebor M., 25, Estella, 4, John O., 2, and Cora, 6 months.

The informant for his death certificate was William Duda of Clarissa. (The Dudas lived one farm away from Endre and Ole in the 1910 census. William was 14 years old.) Endre had been in the U.S. for 38 years.

Endre died of stomach cancer.

Endre Olsen was confirmed in Vestre Slidre on 18 Jun 1876. The entry in church book says he was born on 14 Mar 1861, baptized on 28 Jul and there are some other notations that I don’t understand. His farm name is Bagetun Vang Ellestad and his parents were Ole Vilhelmson and Anne Endresdatter.

Sponsors for his baptism were Randi Wilhelmsdatter Lund, Gunhild Andersdatter Ellingboe, Sigrid Jørgensdatter Ellingboe, Endre Johnson Bagethun, and John Endressen Bagethun.

The 42 year-old widower Endre Olsen Ellestad of Clarissa, Minnesota, entered the U.S. at New York aboard the S.S. Celtic on 25 April 1903 following a ten-day voyage from Liverpool. He was still a citizen of Norway. Traveling with him was his brother Ole and their nephew, 22 year-old Ole Knudsen Ellestad of Vestre Slidre.

Endre married Ingeborg Marie MOSCOWS about 1890. Ingeborg was born on 21 Aug 1870 in Minnesota; died on 23 Nov 1900; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Browerville, Todd County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Endre married Sigrid Neilsdatter HELLE on 27 Dec 1911 in Todd County, Minnesota. Sigrid (daughter of Nils Nilson HELLE and Sigrid Olsdatter HELLE) was born on 18 Apr 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Dec 1958 in Todd County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-015661
• Baptism: 5 May 1864, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He lived next door to Endre in the censuses.

Single and living in Ward Twp, Todd County, in the 1900 census. He was born in January of 1864.

The 39 year-old single farmer Ole Olsen Ellestad, a U.S. citizen of Clarissa, Minnesota, entered the U.S. at New York aboard the S.S. Celtic on April 25, 1903, following a 10-day voyage from Liverpool. Traveling with him was his brother Endre and their nephew, 22 year-old Ole Knudsen Ellestad of Vestre Slidre.

Married to Guro and living in Todd County in the 1910 census. He is 44 in that census.

In the Valdris book, the 1920 history and “manual” of the Valdris samband, Ole Ellestad of Browerville is listed as a then-current member and had been a member since 1916.

In the 1920 census, he, 55, and Guro, 46, live in a rented apartment at 419 Bancroft Avenue in Fergus Falls. Ole is a carpenter for a contractor.

Guro was the informant for his death certificate. His residence when he died was Clarissa. He died from heart disease. His parents were Anders Ellestad and Anna Baggethun.

According to the Vestre Slidre church book, he was the son of Ole Vilhelmson and Anne Eivindsdatter (her last name is very hard to read). That Ole seems to have been born on the 20th of January and baptized on the 5th of May.

Died:
Thiel Hospital

Family/Spouse: Guro. Guro was born in 1872 in Norway; died on 2 Apr 1947 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Browerville, Todd County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1944-MN-013094
• Baptism: 1 Jan 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Neither Alison nor Dustin Marson have information on her parents.

Buried as Randi Thompson.

Her birth record in the Vang church book shows her parents as Ole Wilhelmson Veblen and Anne Endrisdatter. Her baptism sponsors were Marthe Evensdatter Weblen, Anne Andersdatter Törstad, Ingrid Somebody’s datter Qvale, Knud Somebody’s son Veblen, and Thron Törstad.

Came to this country in 1884. Came to this country in 1887 according to the 1900 census.

Her 1888 marriage to Thomas A Thompson was witnessed by E.O. Ellestad (the bride’s brother) and Miss Karoline Martinson of the village of Frederick in Brown County.

In the 1900 census, she had had 8 children, 5 still living. In the 1910 census, she is shown as having had 10 children, 7 still living.

Place of birth, date of birth, and mother’s maiden name were not included in her death certificate.

Burial record or gravestone shows 1868 as the year of birth.

The informant for her death certificate was Ingmur Thompson of Farmington. Randi’s residence was Webster. No parents’ names on her death certificate.

Evey believed that Randi and Thomas were first cousins. Rose claimed that the pair were 2nd cousins and that Rangdi was “Andrew Ellestad’s sister.” This genealogy shows they were 5th cousins so there is a disagreement here.

dwfrench1 agrees with the lineage shown here.

Birth:
death certificate shows birth year as 1868

Baptism:
Hurum

Died:
Northfield City Hospital

Rangdi married Thomas Anderson THOMPSON on 15 Jun 1888 in Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota. Thomas (son of Anders (Andrew) Tomasson ELLESTAD and Rangdi Eriksdatter KVÅLE) was born on 24 Nov 1858 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 May 1941 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried on 24 May 1941 in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Jan 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
perhaps a home baptism

Family/Spouse: Luella HALVORSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Olav Skagen

Lewis married Karn Knutson WILLIAMSEN on 6 May 1897 in Swift County, Minnesota. Karn was born on 1 Aug 1874 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1991-MN-023975

Clara married Alfred A ELLINGBOE on 20 Oct 1923 in Swift County, Minnesota. Alfred (son of Andrew J ELLINGBOE and Sigrid LIEN) was born on 31 May 1894 in Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; died on 10 Jul 1953 in Stearns County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]