Rangdi Olsdatter ELLINGBOE

1850 - 1929  (79 years)

• Name	Rangdi Olsdatter ELLINGBOE
  Birth	25 Sep 1850	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	Her death certificate gives her birth date as 4 November 1848. This is also the birthdate shown in her entry in the Minnesota Deaths and Burials database on FamilySearch.
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	5 Jan 1851	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1929-MN-013374
  Death	27 Nov 1929	Martin Twp, Rock County, Minnesota
  Burial	30 Nov 1929	Synod Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota
  Notes	Her baptismal sponsors were Endre Anderson, Helge Olsen, Marta Jörgersdatter, Marthe Helgesdatter, all of Ellingboe, and Sigrid Erichsdatter Grov. In the 1900 census, she had had 12 children, 8 still living. She died as Rangdi Ellingboe Iverson. From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine: November 7, 1929 All of Grandma Nels Iverson’s children, except Mrs. John Larson of Westport Minnesota, were present last Sunday to help her celebrate her eighty-second birthday. Those present were Mr. & Mrs. Iver Wangsness, Mr. & Mrs Pete Severtson of Sioux Falls, Iver Iverson of Montrose, SD, and Ole N. and Rudolph Iverson of Hills. The visitors brought lunch and it was indeed a happy day for Grandma to have her children and grandchildren with her on this day. We all hope she will live to enjoy many more such joyfull occasion. November 28, 1929 Two Pioneer Settlers Called by Death – Grandma Nels Iverson died at her home Wednesday morning…Obit. Next week. December 5, 1929 GRANDMA IVER LAID AT REST NOVEMBER 30: Hills and community are again called upon to mourn the death of a pioneer mother, Mrs. Nels Iverson, who passed away at her home on November 27, 1929, at the age of 81 years and 23 days. Grandma was born in Vang, Valders, Norway on November 4, 1848, and at the age of eight came to his country. Mrs. Iverson, whose maiden name was Rangdi Olson-Ellingboe, was united in marriage to Mr. Nels Iverson, at St. Ansgar, Iowa, on July 16, 1868. From this time until 1871 the family lived in Winnesbeik County, Iowa, when her husband made the long journey to Martin township and took up a homestead one mile southeast of Hills in 1871, then returned east and brought his family here the next year - 1872. Truly, the title "Grandma" belongs rightly to Mrs. Iverson as they were the first family to settle in this vicinity, and were charter members of the former Synod Church in Hills. Her husband died on Christmas Eve, 1926, and she is survived by the following children - Mrs. Anna Jensen, Hills; Iver, of Montrose, S.D., Ole N., of Hills; Mrs. John Larson, of Westport, Minn; Rudolph, of Hills; Mrs. P. Severtson, and Mrs. Iver Wangsness of Sioux Falls. All the children were present at the funeral. Grandma, up until three days before her death, was able to attend to household duties when she was stricken with heart trouble that was the cause of her passing away. Rev. Theo. Rodsater conducted services in the home at 1:30 pm., on November 30, and at 2:00 pm services were held at Bethlehem Church, when Rev. Rodsater spoke in English and Norwegian. The Hills Glee club was also present at the Church and rendered two songs appropriate for the occasion. The remains were carried to their final resting place in Bethlehem Cemetery by six grandsons, namely Nathan, Earnest and Lawrence Iverson of Montrose, S. Dak., Kenneth and Eugene Iverson, and Nels Jensen, of Hills. Relatives from a distance at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. John Larson, of Westport, Minn., Mrs. L. H. Larson, of Colton, S. Dak., Mr. and Mrs. Iver Iverson, of Montrose, S. Dak, Mrs. Earl Charles of Omaha. It is impossible for the younger generation to realize the hardships these pioneers had to endure. The telephone, radio, auto, electric lights and hundreds of other conveniences we enjoy today were then unknown. Much of their trading was done at Sibley, Iowa, and today we think it quite a little journey in a swift moving auto, then to look back at the time when the Iverson’s and other early settlers had to make the journey during the winter months either with horses or ox team to Sibley for the necessities of life. As we have said before, and in time it will surely come to pass, that monuments will be erected in honor of the early pioneers. This is not much, but it's the only method whereby we can, in a small way, show our respect and esteem to the early settlers who came here and opened the country that we might live in ease and comfort. Long live the memory of Grandma Iverson Rangdi’s death certificate shows that she had been in the U.S. for 74 years and had been in Martin Twp for 15 years. The informant for her death certificate was “Dorra Iverson.” Rangdi died of a coronary.
  Person ID	I11529	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2011

  
  

  Father	Ole Thronsen TØRSTAD,   b. 1806, Norway d. 8 Oct 1886, Iowa (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Ingeborg Andersdatter ELLINGBOE,   b. 24 Apr 1814, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 17 Mar 1905, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1838	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F8977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nels Iverson SONDROL,   b. 28 Apr 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 24 Dec 1926, Rock County, Minnesota (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	16 Jul 1868	St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa
  Children	1. Ingeborg IVERSON,   b. 23 May 1870, Worth County, Iowa d. 27 Jul 1909, Rock County, Minnesota (Age 39 years)   2. Anna IVERSON,   b. 26 Jun 1872, Martin Twp, Rock County, Minnesota d. Aft 1929 (Age > 58 years)   3. Ida M IVERSON,   b. 10 Dec 1874, Rock County, Minnesota d. 9 Aug 1899, Minnesota (Age 24 years)   4. Iver W IVERSON,   b. 19 Nov 1878, Rock County, Minnesota d. 1953, Montrose, McCook County, South Dakota (Age 74 years)   5. Ole Nels IVERSON,   b. 15 Jan 1881, Rock County, Minnesota d. 26 Nov 1956, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 75 years)   6. Dora IVERSON,   b. 9 Oct 1882, Rock County, Minnesota d. 7 Sep 1896, Rock County, Minnesota (Age 13 years)   7. Bertha IVERSON,   b. 27 Apr 1885, Minnesota d. 18 Jul 1969, Pope County, Minnesota (Age 84 years)   8. Rangdi Nelea IVERSON,   b. 17 Apr 1887   d. 15 Sep 1888 (Age 1 year)   9. Nels Rudolph IVERSON,   b. 17 Apr 1887, Rock County, Minnesota d. 8 Oct 1956, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota (Age 69 years)   10. Andrew T IVERSON,   b. 15 Jul 1889   d. 7 Sep 1889 (Age 0 years)   11. Nelia Rachel IVERSON,   b. 15 Jul 1889, Minnesota d. 18 Jul 1969, Rock County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)   12. Amanda Theodora IVERSON,   b. 8 Jul 1893, Minnesota d. Nov 1976, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F8659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2007