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Ole Tomason ELLESTAD

Male 1841 - 1928  (86 years)


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  • Name Ole Tomason ELLESTAD 
    Birth Apr 1841  Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ellestad
    Gender Male 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1928-MN-015666 
    Death 8 Jan 1928  Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial South Lake Johanna Cemetery, Pope County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1865 (Age > 71 years) 
    Mother Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD,   b. 30 Jul 1796, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1865 (Age > 70 years) 
    Marriage 1 Aug 1819  Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sigrid HOLLEN,   b. 24 Aug 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1918, Dunn County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1869 
    Children 
     1. Betsy Laura ELLESTAD,   b. 12 Mar 1872, Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1900, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     2. Anna Theoline ELLESTAD,   b. Dec 1873, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1943, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     3. Ida Julia ELLESTAD,   b. Abt May 1875, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1907, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     4. Thomas ELLESTAD,   b. 1 Apr 1877, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1879, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     5. Sophie Olea ELLESTAD,   b. 14 Apr 1879, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1954, Skagit County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     6. Emma Louise ELLESTAD,   b. 19 Jan 1882, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Julia ELLESTAD   d. Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Thomas Albert ELLESTAD,   b. 27 Feb 1885, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1941, Skagit County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     9. Victor Johannes ELLESTAD,   b. 15 Mar 1888, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1963, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1882 (Age 57 years) 
    Children 
     1. Marit Olsdatter ROINE,   b. 11 Oct 1860, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1913, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     2. Berit Olsdatter RØINE,   b. 11 Oct 1860, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F26616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2023