Knud Anderson THOMPSON

1863 - 1921  (58 years)

• Name	Knud Anderson THOMPSON
  Birth	11 May 1863	Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	May 10th according to his death certificate
  Gender	Male
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1921-MN-019117
  Death	8 Aug 1921	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	died of stomach cancer and “obstruction of the pyloris.”
  Burial	11 Aug 1921	East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota
  	230 EA 32
  Notes	Also referred to Knute or Knut Thompson. Shown in the 1865 census as Knud Andersen. Buried as Knute A. Thompson. Shown in Minnesota Death records as Knute A. Thompson. Buried as Knute A Thompson. By 1907, Knut was helping his parents on their farm. Rose, and later Ann, was sent to help. Shown as Knut A. Thompson in the 1910 census. Living in New Market township. The household consisted of Knut, 46 and single, Andrew, 79, Randy, 77, and Minnie, niece (? not clear), 15 (? not clear). Andrew and Randy had been married 51 or 57 years. Randy had had 10 children, 8 still living. Minnie was apparently born in Minnesota (not clear), the other three in Norway and having emigrated in 1877. Minnie is apparently a servant. Knute seems to be a “lodger” in Duluth at the time of the 1920 census. He is shown as 56 with no occupation. His death certificate shows him as a single farmer of “Elkoe.” He died of stomach cancer. His sister Mary Willson was the informant. He had lived with her at 3338 Oakland for a month and a half before he died. It would have been shortly after Knut died that the Willsons to in Rangdi.
  Person ID	I1687	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Anders (Andrew) Tomasson ELLESTAD,   b. 29 Sep 1830, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 19 Nov 1911, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Rangdi Eriksdatter KVÅLE,   b. 23 Apr 1834, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 25 Jan 1925, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1857	Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart