Marit Olsdatter ELLINGBØE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 May 1835, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is Marit Olsdatter Lajord (#I22262) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree. In that tree, her parents are Ola Christopherson Kvåle (1809-1903) and Berit Torsteinsdatter Kattevold (1821-1885).

She is Marit Olsdatter Qvale, #I8255, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. In that tree, her parents are Ole Christopherson Qvale (1809-1903) and Kjersti Simonsdatter Søyne (1812-1864).

The Ellingboe tree record is the more recently modified, suggesting that it is more authoritative. The Vang birth record confirms that Marith was the daughter of the unmarried couple Ole Christopherson Qvale and Kirsti Simonsdatter Lajord.

Jim’s notes for Marit in his Ellingboe tree:

Marit was the illegitimate daughter of Ole Christopherson Kvåle and Kirsti Simonsdatter Lajord (or Søyne), according to the Vang church books, but I could not find anything about this in Anders Frøholm's Vang A.

The emigration records for Vang show that on 22 Mar 1862, Marith Olsdotter Ellingböe, widow, age 27, intended to travel to America with her two sons, Ole Olson (age 6) and Jörgen Olson (age 4). Marit was married in 1857 to Ola Jørnsson (born 1831, died between 1859 and 1862), who farmed a piece of land called "Plassen, Nørre Plassen or Jørnplassen, under Ellingbø, Nigarden, no. 33/1.”

According to the 1885 Minnesota census, her son Andrew was born in Ontario, although Arta Juneau believes that he was born soon after Marit's arrival in Northfield, Minnesota, where her brother Tosten Quamme was already living. Apparently she never remarried and had a difficult life, dying in her sixties.

Marith, 27 a widow, Ole, 6, and Jørgen, 4, left Vang for Amerika on March 22, 1862, through Bergen. This was the same day that Thrond Iverson Ellingboe (#3164) left Vang for America with his family. In Marit’s emigration record there is no mention of Andrew. In a Norway Lake church record, Marit, as Ole’s mother, is reported to have come to Goodhue County in 1862 and to Norway Lake in 1868.

Could not find an entry for Andrew’s birth in the Vang parish record.

In the 1870 census, Mary and her three boys are living on the Cal Johnson farm in Benson Twp, Chippewa County, Minnesota.

In the 1875 Minnesota census, she is Mary Olsen, 29, living with her three boys in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

In the 1880 census, Marit and her three boys are living on the V. J. Finstad farm in Kerkhoven Twp. George, 21, is “teaching.” Also living on that farm were Marit Ellingboe, a 46 year-old widow, “housekeeper”, and Marit’s two sons, Ole, 23, and Andew, 18. All four of these Ellingboes were born in Norway.

In the 1885 census she is living in Kerkhoven Twp with her sons Ole, 28, and Anders, 22, as well as Erland Johnson, 21, of Norway. Anders is shown as born in Ontario.

There is a gravestone for Marith O. Ellingboe in the Sunburg cemetery that provides the 1885 death date.

She was a charter member of West Norway Lake Lutheran Church.

Buried:
Norway Lake

Marit married Ola Jørgensson ELLINGBØ on 20 Oct 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ola (son of Jørgen Evensson ELLINGBÖ and Anne Thomasdatter HAGASTRØND) was born in 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died before 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ole O ELLINGBOE was born on 8 Sep 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Sep 1929 in Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in Monson Lake Cemetery, Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
2. Jørgen (George) O ELLINGBØ was born on 31 Jan 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Aug 1926 in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.

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

1. Andrew O ELLINGBØ was born on 24 Jun 1862 in Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Jul 1947 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

Notes:

Vang A, p. 671. This citation only mentions his later marriage to Berit Torsteinsdatter Kattevøl.

Ole married Kirsti Simonsdatter LAJORD. Kirsti (daughter of Simon Knutsson BAGETUN (SØYNE) and Anne Torsteinsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Søyne.

Vang A, p. 852, only mentions her marriage to Per Toresson in 1858.

She is I17762 in Jim’s VS. He shows her as marrying Per Toresen Tynjum of Lærdal.

She is I8260 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. Jim’s notes there: She had at least two illegitimate children with Ola Christopherson Kvåle (Marit and Tosten) before she married farm laborer Per Toresson Tynjadn from Lærdal.

Birth:
Søyne 50/

Notes:

Vang A, p. 690.

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Kristoffer married Berit Knutsdatter BØE. Berit (daughter of Knut Håkonsen BØE and Sigrid Håvardsdatter KASA) was born in 1767 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre

Notes:

Vang A, p. 852.

He is I6163 in Jim’s VS, no parents shown.

Jim’s notes: Han var antakelig gårdsgutt på Baggetun da han traff kona si. Han kjøpte Søyne 8.7.1783. Simen var gift tre ganger og hadde tilsammen 17 barn, bare noen ganske få av dem levde opp og fikk etterkommere. Da andre kona, Kjersti Uvdal døde i 1803, giftet han seg for tredje gang med den 33 år yngre Anne Tortseinsdatter Ellingbøiga (1780-1841) Hun døde på Lajord. De hadde barna: Torstein (1805- ), Simon (1807-08), Ingebjørg (1809-09), Ivar (1810-1812) og Kjersti (1812-1864) gift i 1858 med Per Torson Tynjadn (Tynjum) fra Lærdal. De bodde på Søyne. Simen (1815- ) reitse til Kristiania i 1834, der kom han på tukthuset og slaveriet på Akershus fra 1837-1841. Da han slapp fri reiste han tilbake til Vang og ble husmann under nordre Bø fra 1845. Jeg vet ikke hvilken forbrytelse han hadde begått. Marit(1817-18) og Marte (1822-).

In his Ellingboe tree, Jim notes that Simen (I8287) was not born in Vang. He had three wives and many children, several of which died young. Simen was a wheelwright, a person who makes and repairs wooden wheels.

Died:
Søyne 50/

Simon married Anne Torsteinsdatter ELLINGBØ. Anne was born in 1780 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1841 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Died:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Torstein married Anne Kristoffersdatter BERGE. Anne (daughter of Kristoffer Olsen BERGE and Gunhild Amundsdatter BØ) was born in 1746 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Berge 22/3 Slettadn

Died:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Notes:

Birth:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre

Died:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre

Knut married Sigrid Håvardsdatter KASA. Sigrid (daughter of Håvard Knutsen KASA and Anne Gudbrandsdatter SKOGSTAD) was born in 1723 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1809 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kasa 9/1 Øye

Died:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre