Ole Tomason ELLESTAD

1841 - 1928  (86 years)

• Name	Ole Tomason ELLESTAD
  Birth	Apr 1841	Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	Ellestad
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1928-MN-015666
  Death	8 Jan 1928	Swift County, Minnesota
  Burial	South Lake Johanna Cemetery, Pope County, Minnesota
  Notes	In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is probably the 25 year-old unmarried Ole Thomasson, a laborer on the Løken farm in Lomen, Vestre Slidre. The records for the Norway Lake Lutheran churches in Kandiyohi County show: “Ole Ellestad, born in Balders, married Sigrid Hollen, born in Balders. Came to Goodhue County in 1866.” In the 1875 Minnesota census, he and his wife and three daughters live in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County. In the 1880 census, O.T. (indexed as O.J. Ellestod), 39, and his wife Sigri, 31, were farming in Kerkhoven, Swift County. The children consisted of Betsy, 8, Anne, 6, Ida, 5, and Sophia, 1. The family had a servant, Chas. Johnson, 20, born in Sweden, living with them. In the 1885 Minnesota census, when the family lived in Kerkhoven Twp, the household consisted of Ole, 44, Sigrid, 36, Betsy, 13, Anna, 11, Julia, 9, Soffia, 6, Emma, 3, and Thomas, 3 months. Shown as Ole Ellestad in the 1900 census (census enumerator was Ole Ellingboe). (Ole T. was indexed incorrectly as Ole A., census form shows Ole T.) He and his wife and two sons were living in Kerkhoven, Swift County, which is just over the county line from Sunburg, Kandiyohi County. Ole was renting his farm. Sigri had had nine children, six still living. Lived in Sunburg, MN, near Kerkhoven. Later moved to North Dakota. Living in Kerkhoven Township, Swift County, MN, at the time of the 1900 census (June 1). The 1900 census shows him as having come to the U.S. in 1866. In the 1905 state census, Ole and Sigre live in Murdock, Kerkhoven Twp, next door to Rangdy Flattan (#12828) and family. In the 1910 census, Ole T. Elestad, 69, and Sigre, 62, were living in on a farm in Dunn County, North Dakota. Ole and Sigre had been married for 40 years. Sigre had had 9 children, 6 still living. Ole’s farm is shown as being in Section 22, Twp 145, Range 94. Ole came to this country in 1866 and was a citizen. Sigre came to this country in 1869. The farm adjacent to them, shown as Section 26, was Thomas Ellestad, 25, and his wife Hannah, 27. It was the first marriage for both and the had been married 0 years. Hannah had been born in South Dakota and her parents in Norway. An Ole T. Ellestad died in Swift County in 1928.
  Person ID	I1953	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD,   b. 1795, Tørstad, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. Aft 1865 (Age > 71 years)
  Mother	Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD,   b. 30 Jul 1796, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. Aft 1865 (Age > 70 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1819	Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F1270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sigrid HOLLEN,   b. 24 Aug 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 10 Feb 1918, Dunn County, North Dakota (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1869
  Children	1. Betsy Laura ELLESTAD,   b. 12 Mar 1872, Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota d. 6 Jan 1900, Minnesota (Age 27 years)   2. Anna Theoline ELLESTAD,   b. Dec 1873, Minnesota d. 9 Mar 1943, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 69 years)   3. Ida Julia ELLESTAD,   b. Abt May 1875, Minnesota d. 19 Jul 1907, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 32 years)   4. Thomas ELLESTAD,   b. 1 Apr 1877, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota d. 1 Nov 1879, Minnesota (Age 2 years)   5. Sophie Olea ELLESTAD,   b. 14 Apr 1879, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 30 Dec 1954, Skagit County, Washington (Age 75 years)   6. Emma Louise ELLESTAD,   b. 19 Jan 1882, Minnesota   7. Julia ELLESTAD   d. Unknown   8. Thomas A ELLESTAD,   b. 27 Feb 1885, Minnesota d. 29 Aug 1941, Skagit County, Washington (Age 56 years)   9. Victor Johannes ELLESTAD,   b. 15 Mar 1888, Swift County, Minnesota d. Jul 1963, Washington (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Berit Nilsdatter RØINE,   b. 28 Mar 1825, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 25 Jun 1882 (Age 57 years)
  Children	1. Marit Olsdatter ROINE,   b. 11 Oct 1860, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 8 Feb 1913, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (Age 52 years)   2. Berit Olsdatter RØINE,   b. 11 Oct 1860, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F26616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2023