Harold Marchant ELLINGBOE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1911-08692
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1960-MN-012311

Notes:

Death certificate index shows his birth year as 1912 and his middle name as Marchian. He died from pulmonary edema brought on by bronchiecstasis.

Called Marchant in the 1930 census.

As 27 year-old Harold, he was still single and living with his parents in Crystal Falls at the time of the 1940 census. He worked in a greenhouse. He was a high school graduate.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 10 November 1942 in Marquette, Michigan. He lived in Iron County, Michigan. He had four years of high school and his civilian occupation was in the field of “semiskilled painters, construction, and maintenance.” He was married. His height was “64” and his weight was 117.

In the 1950 census, he and Flora and their two daughters lived in Crystal Falls. He was a mortician at a funeral parlor.

He was coroner for Iron County in the early 1950s.

Died:
cemetery records say 30 Jan

Harold married Flora MARTINSON on 17 Nov 1942 in Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan. Flora was born on 22 Jun 1913 in Michigan; died on 3 Oct 1998 in Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Nov 1886, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 19 May 1901, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

SSDI shows his birthdate as October 4, 1886. His draft card says 1884 as his birth year.

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is a clerk for H J Vollmer & Co. He boards at 614 St. Olaf Avenue.

The 1911 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, notes that William A Ellingboe had moved to Bryant, South Dakota.

Retired from Elthun and Ellingboe Bros. in 1915.

He left the Eltun & Ellingboe Brothers firm in February of 1915 as reported in the Northfield News.

The 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, includes William living at 107 S Division.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Rusk County, Wisconsin, where he lived in Ladysmith with his family. He was employed by the Ladysmith Chair Company. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair.

Carried on the newswires for the Thursday, April 30, 1925, editions was this article:

Ladysmith, Wis. -- Frantic with fright after she shot the man who attempted her honor, Mrs. Rollie Crandall, 35, escaped his bloody clutches, leaped into the family car, and sped 45 miles through the night at breakneck speed, collapsing in a restaurant at Cameron junction.

Details of the affair were learned today when Mrs. Crandall, identified in a hospital at Rice Lake, was brought back to her home here.

“Bill” Ellingboe, 25, an undertaker, was the victim of her defense. A bullet from a 38.55 calibre hunting rifle entered his jaw and came out at his temple. Physicians say he will recover.

Mrs. Crandall was lying on the bed crooning her two small children to sleep Tuesday night. Her husband, garage and livery owner, had driven to Courderoy Lake. The house was open.

At about 9 o’clock, according to police, Ellingboe, who is married and has two children, entered the bed chamber. He made advances and Mrs. Crandall grabbed her husband’s rifle. In the scuffle which followed, Ellingboe was shot. Mrs. Crandall fled downstairs, shouting that she was going for her husband. Ellingboe staggered after her. She leaped into the family sedan, hatless and coatless, and drove away. Ellingboe was found in the yard by Fred Crandall, brother-in-law of the woman. He took Ellingboe home.

Some time later, Mrs. Crandall staggered into a restaurant at Cameron Junction and collapsed. She was taken to a hospital at Rice Lake.

At the hospital she was hysterical and not until late yesterday was she identified. Her husband was notified and came for her.

Ellingboe was placed in the Sisters hospital here and will recover it was said today.

Both principals in the affair were respected citizens. Fred Crandall said Ellingboe was intoxicated.

County Attorney D. H. Huckhart was not decided whether charges will be brought against either.

A different article on the incident noted, “Ellingboe … was said to have admitted to Ladysmith authorities that he had persistently annoyed Mrs. Crandall for more than a year and that he last night entered her apartment and attempted assault.”

The Ellingboe and Crandall families had been friendly for a long time and much of Crandall’s auto livery business came through funeral work which he secured from Ellingboe.

Ellingboe claimed that he had called at the Crandall home and when no one answered the door he entered and was engaged in conversation with Mrs. Crandall when the shot was fired by her.

In the 1930 census he and his family lived in Crystal Falls, Michigan, where he was an undertaker at a furniture and undertaking store. Both boys were single and living at home.

In the 1940 census, he and Sadie and Harold lived in Crystal Falls where William worked for an “undertaking establishment.” They lived in a rental residence, the same house in which they had lived in 1935. William earned $1500 in 1939. He was a high-school graduate, Sadie had an eighth-grade education.

In his World War II draft registration, he gave as the person who would always know his address his son Lloyd. William’s employer was L. A. Henry of Crystal Falls.

In the 1950 census, he and his wife Ellen live in Crystal Falls. He is 63 and works as a mortician in a funeral parlor.

Birth:
some sources erroneously say 4 Oct 1884, it’s 1886 in his confirmation record

Baptism:
St. John’s

William married Sadie NELSON on 2 Jan 1907 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. Sadie was born in Jun 1882 in Minnesota; died on 13 Sep 1947 in Michigan; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or born 1886.

Daughter of John and Karen Nelson.

Find A Grave says that she is the daughter of Hans Nelson, that she was born in Northfield 28 Jun 1887 and that she died in Crystal Falls on 9 Sep 1947.

The Sadie Nelson in Northfield in the 1900 census was born May 1883. She is a 17 year-old servant so it’s unlikely she could have actually have been 12.

As Sarah Nelson, she was also recorded in the 1900 census as living with her parents, John and Carrie Nelson, in Greenvale in Dakota County. She was a servant and was born in Jun of 1882.

In the 1910 census, Sadie Ellingboe was born in 1885.

In the 1920 census, Sadie Ellingboe was 35, thus born in 1885.

In the 1930 census, Sadie Ellingboe was 42, thus born in or about 1888.

In the 1940 census, Sadie Ellingboe was 52.

The marriage record for William Alfred and Sadie Nelson has her as age 22 and him as age 21. If she would have turned 23 in 1907 then she was born in 1884. Actually, however, at the time of the marriage, William was 20 and Sadie was 24.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1922-MN-012095
• Occupation: Farmer, postal worker

Notes:

Jon married his first cousin.

From the emigration list - State Archives, Hamar, Norway: 9 March 1850 John Østensen Ellingbøe 36 Margretta Østensd. 31Ambjor 11Ingeborg 7 Ingerid 4* John 1/2 Most information from Vang A. Some information provided by John W. Ellingboe from the emigration list - State Archives, Hamar, Norway: 9 March 1850.

Gravestone says, quite incorrectly, that he died April 26th. Buried as John Johnson Ellingboe III.

Going by the name of J. J. Austinson and farming in Dane County at the time of the 1880 census. Sons John and Martin are shown as born in Wisconsin but son Ole is shown as born in Minnesota.

In the 1900 census, he is John J. Austinson (b. Oct 1850) with wife Emma (b. June 1855), son Martin (b. Mar 1878), daughter Bertha M. (b. Nov 1882), son William A. (b. Dec 1886), daughter Josephine O. (b. Feb 1889), Adolph A. (b. July 1892), and son Thomas A. (b. July 1894 or 1895). Ole and Bertha Strand live next door and son John M. Ellingboe lives on the other side of Ole and Bertha.

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he was a mail carrier on Route #2. He lived at 614 St. Olaf Avenue.

He is John Ellingboe in the 1905 state census. He and his family live at 614 St. Olaf Avenue in Northfield. John is a mail carrier.

Listed as J. J. Austinson in the 1910 census. He is 61, is living at 614 St. Olaf Avenue, and has been married to Emma for 33 years. Emma is 53 and is shown as having had 11 children, 9 still living. Adolph is 17, Thomas is 15, and Julius is 8. J. J.’s next door neighbor is Ole Rolvaag.

In the 1911 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is Jno J Ellingboe, driver for Eltun & Ellingboe Bros. He lives at 614 St. Olaf.

In the 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is Jno J Ellingboe, clerk for Eltun & Ellingboe Bros. He lives at 319 Plum.

He is John Ellingboe in the 1920 census, living with his wife Emma and sister-in-law Bertha Erickson, at 319 Plum Street in Northfield. John is a salesman in a clothing store. The 1921 city directory says he is a janitor with the Ellingboe Dry Goods Company.

From a 1981 book on Rice County Families, via the Dalby Database:

John J. and Emma Ellingboe.  John J. Ellingboe, III, married Ambjor “Emma” Strand about 1874.  John was the son of John O. Ellingboe, II, and Margrete Klokergaarden, natives of Norway who immigrated to near Stoughton, WI, about 1849.  Emma was the daughter of Ole and Berit Strand.  Ole and Berit immigrated from Vang, Norway, when Emma was 8 years old, about 1865, to near Stoughton, WI.  John J. and Emma farmed in Wisconsin about 10 years before moving to Northfield.  At Northfield, John J. was a farmer, in addition he was a postal carrier for 20 years and worked in his son’s clothing store.  John J. and Emma had a family of:  John Morris, married Elese Hendrickson and 2nd wife, Thea Berg; Ole married Esther Elton; Martin married Lillian Harmer; Bertha married Hans Gunderson; William married Sadie Nelson and 2nd wife, Nellie Ducette; Josie married Olavus Anfinson; Osten “Adolph” married Elizabeth Rech; Thomas married Grace Thorson; and Joel married Madge Hamblin.  John M. first went into business as partner in Elton-Ellingboe general store in McGloughery Block, 4th and Division Street, Northfield.  Later, John M. and Martin started a men’s clothing store, Ellingboe Clothing located at 19 Bridge Square, which they operated for 41 years with the help of Joel and Thomas, until they sold the business to Leutholds.  About the same time, 1911, Adolph managed a men’s clothing store at Cannon Falls, MN, for John M.  Ole and William worked at Lee Furniture, in Northfield, in the middle of the McGloughery block.  Ole later moved to Ladysmith, WI, where he had his furniture and funeral home.  William had a mortuary in Crystal Falls, MI.  Bertha married Hans Gunderson in 1904.  Hans was employed many years at the Northfield Independent.  Josie worked as a clerk in the general store, Elthon-Ellinboe.  Josie married Olavus Anfinson, of Northfield, on November 16, 1908.  Olavus was a barber in Northfield for over 50 years.  Josie and Olavus had 5 living children and lived in Northfield until he passed away in 1946, at which time she went to live with one of her children in Minneapolis.  Josie passed away October 9, 1972, at the Dilley Retirement Center of Northfield.  

Buried:
21 ND 32 G 24

John married Ambjørg (Emma) Olsdotter STRØND (STRAND) on 2 Mar 1874 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ambjørg (daughter of Ole Olsson STRØND and Berit Øysteinsdotter BÖE ELLINGBØE) was born on 24 May 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Jul 1942 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper
• Baptism: 22 Jun 1856, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Married her first cousin.

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

She is “Emma, widow of John J. Ellingboe” living at 319 South Plum in the 1926 and 1936 Northfield city directories.

In the 1929 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Emma Ellingboe, widow of John J, residing at 319 S Plum in Northfield.

In the 1930 census, she lives at 319 South Plum in Northfield. Living with her is her daughter Bertha Gunderson and Bertha’s two daughters.

In the 1939 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Emma Ellingboe, widow of John J, living at 319 S Plum in Northfield.

In the 1940 census, she lives in Northfield at 319 Plum, with her daughter and son-in-law, Hans and Bertha Gunderson.

Called Bertha Strand on her son Martin’s death certificate.

Birth:
Find A Grave says, erroneously, 1859. Her gravestone clearly says 1856.

Buried:
21 ND 32

Notes:

Married:
Holden

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Jon's family of 6 emigrated to Stoughton, WI, in the spring of 1850, then later moved to Northfield, Minnesota. Information found in the emigration list of 1850 (State Archives, Hamar, Norway): 9 March 1850... John Østeinsen Ellingbøe, 36, Margretta Øysteinsd., 31, Ambjor, 11, Ingeborg, 7, Ingerid, 4, and John, 1/2 .

According to Jim, Jon was from N. Bø; his mother was from Ellingbø (Bøkko). On 1 March 1830, when Jon was 15, his grandfather Andris (presumably, Jim means Jon’s grandfather Jon Andrisson) sold him Bøkko for 600 spd. with the provision that Andris could farm it as long as he was able. Andris died 16 days later. Jon's father farmed it for him for about 10 years until Jon took over and his father become a pensioner on the farm. Jon also gave a pension to Ivar Helgesson and his wife. See pp. 580-581 Ref. 1 for information to 1850. Some post-emigration information provided by John W. Ellingboe, Lloyd W. Ellingboe, William L. Ellingboe. Other information from census records, obituaries, etc. See photographs of cabinet painted with names of Jon and his wife. The cabinet was exhibited in the lobby of the Grindaheim Hotel by Marit and Helge Ellingboe. When the hotel was sold, the cabinet was moved to the nearby new house of Leif Solemsli, Jr.

In the 1870 census he and his family live in Stoughton, Dunkirk Twp, Dane County. The family consists of John Ostenson, 55, Margaret, 52, John, 20, Austin, 18, Andrew, 12, Thomas, 9, and Mathius, 8.

Living in Dunkirk, Dane County at the time of the 1880 census as John Austinson, 65. Living with his wife Margaret, 61, and sons Andrew, 22, and Matthew, 18.

In the 1900 census, he is an 85 year-old widower living as a boarder with the Andrew Morgan family in Pleasant Springs, Dane County, Wisconsin. He is still a farm laborer and is shown as having come to the U.S. in 1850.

An article in the Wisconsin State Journal, 6 Sep 1902, says that he came to the U.S. “over 50 years ago, settled two-and-a-half miles east of Stoughton, lived there 19 years, then went to Minnesota. He returned to Dane County 8 years ago last December and since that time has been living with a granddaughter, Mrs. Knud Soine, near McFarland.” … “He was the father of Mrs. J. O. Cold and Matt Ellingbo, of Stoughton. There are three other sons: John Ellingbo of Northfield, Minnesota, Andrew O. and Austin Ellingbo, of Milton, North Dakota, and four dead children (one son and three daughters), two of whom are buried here.”

The article goes on to say: “Mr. Ellingbo landed here following the period of hostilities between Black Hawk and the whites and years before the red men had wholly vanished. He was one of those brave farmers who transformed the woods and the prairies into beautiful homesteads, before the days of the telegraph and railroad.”

Died:
church book says 3 Sep, WHS Genealogy Index says 4 Sep, obit says 8 a.m. September 4th

Buried:
as John Ellingbo

John married Margrete Øysteinsdatter BØE on 30 Oct 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Margrete (daughter of Øystein Torsteinsson BØE and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter NEFSTAD) was born on 9 Apr 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Dec 1891 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is called Margaret Boe on Andreas’s death certificate. Other sources call her Margrethe Ostensdatter Boe. The Wisconsin Deaths and Burials database on FamilySearch calls her Margaret Soiney.

In her marriage record in the Vang church book, she is Margrethe Ostensdatter Söndre Böe. Her father was Osten Tostensen.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Artist
• Baptism: 10 Feb 1822, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

According to his marriage record, his father was Ole Knutson.

Called Ole Olsen Strand in Ambjor’s birth record in the parish records.

He and his wife lived next door to his grandson, John M., at the time of the 1900 census.

He is Ola Olsson Strønd, I636, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Jim says of him in his Ellingboe tree: The foremost rosemaalare in Vang. Sold farm to Andris A. Eltun in 1861. Took family to America in the spring of 1864. Bought farm in Goodhue County, Minnesota, where he painted mostly and was known as "Rosemaalaren"..

Jim, in his VS, mistakenly has Ola Olsen marrying Berit Bøyesdatter Bø. That Berit is his step-daughter, the daughter of his wife, Berit Øysteinsdatter.

He is Ola Olsen Strand, I6881, in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: De reiste til USA i 1864. Han var født på Viste i Vestre Slidre, og vokste opp på Sæbuøddin i Nord Aurdal. Faren hans Ola Knutsen Sæbuøddin eller "Aurdølingen", hadde kjøpte Strand av Ola Knutsen Søyne (Søynin) 1.3.1850. Gården ble siden delt mellom sønnen til Ola Sæbuøddin; Knut og Ola. Knut fikk sørre Strand 10/2, men solgte den siden og dro til USA i 1872.

Ola fikk skjøte av faren 15.4.1856 for 250 spd, men solgte den til Anders Eltun i 1861. Ola ville ikke være bonde. Det var maler han ville være, og er også regnet som den største rosemaleren i Vang. "Stranda-målaren" malte kister, skap og annet over hele Vang og i mange andre bygder, bl.a. i Sogn. Det er mange av hans ting som fortsatt henger rundt på gårdene. Inntil han reiste til USA med familien sin i 1864, bodde han på flere forskjellige steder i bygda, bl. på Myre og i nørre Bø, hos søstrene til kona. I USA dro han til Goodhue County i Minnesota, der dyrket han opp en farm, men drev mest med rosemaling og ble kalt "Rosemålaren", men Frøholm skriver at dette arbeidet kastet mindre av seg der over. Det er skrevet en lang artikkel om ham i Valdres Bygdebok bind 5 side 710-713.

Birth:
Viste (“Widste”)

Ole married Berit Øysteinsdotter BÖE ELLINGBØE on 20 Jan 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Øystein Aslaksson BØ and Ambjørg Jonsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 21 Aug 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Dec 1910 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-011549
• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

Emmigrated to Minnesota with family in 1864. First child, Berit, was illegitimate by Bøye Bø.

See pp. 200 & 479 Vang A.

Jim has her born in 1820.

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden