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Anders (Andrew) Tomasson ELLESTAD

Male 1830 - 1911  (81 years)


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  • Name Anders (Andrew) Tomasson ELLESTAD 
    Birth 29 Sep 1830  Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • birth date in his confirmation entry in parish record; Jim says born on Høyne 26/1
    Gender Male 
    Confirmation 27 Jul 1845  Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1911-MN-012785 
    Occupation Gaardbr og Selveier 
    Burial 1911  East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 230 EA 32
    Death 19 Nov 1911  New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • “sleuosis of cardia old age”
    Notes 
    • He is Andris Thomassen Høyne, I33654, in Jim’s VS.

      Buried as Andrew Thompson. Shown as Anders Thomasson Ellestad, age 26, in the Vestre Slidre parish record for his marriage to Randi Eriksdatter, age 22.

      Referred to by Alison as Anders Tomason Ellestad. Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as Anders Thomasen, living on the domicile of Høine in Vestre Slidre. Anders is the Gaardr og Selveier and he has 1 horse, 6 cattle, 8 sheep, 1 pig, 2 barley, and 4 potatoes. Living with him and Rangdi are their children Berit, Thomas, Erik, and Knud, as well as Anders’s parents Thomas and Berit and Anders’s sister Anne, age 22.

      The FamilySearch entry is for Andris Tomasson, born in 1830 in Hoine III, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway.

      Rose confirmed that Anders got the family farm in Norway, apparently because Knut had left Norway earlier. Nevertheless, Andrew eventually decided that owning that farm in Norway was less attractive than owning a farm in Minnesota, especially with the letters he must have been getting from Knut and Peter. Peter paid for Anders and his family to come to the U.S.

      Linda says Andrew and Randi lived in Webster, the township in Rice County next to New Market.

      According to Alison, Andrew and his wife and family emigrated to the U.S. in 1877. According to Rose, they took the train to Farmington. Someone was not there to meet them so they had to sleep in a horse barn.

      Alison, citing the Scott County deed, describes their farm as the north half of the southeast quarter of section 34, New Market Township, as of 1 Mar 1878. The family is recorded as landing in New York, aboard the Brittanic (from Liverpool via Queenstown), on June 11, 1877: Anders Ellestad, 46, Rangdi Ellestad, 43, Berit Ellestad, 18, Tomas Ellestad, 16, Erick Ellestad, 13, Knut Ellestad, 11, Marit Ellestad, 9, John Ellestad, 7, Iver Ellestad, 4, Olga Ellestad, 3, and Ingeborg Ellestad, 1. Everyone in the family is shown as being from Germany.

      According to Evey: “My great-grandfather Thompson settled in the Webster, Minnesota area which is quite close to the New Market/Lakeville area where the Ellingboes still have their homestead.”

      Census taker Peter J. Baetes or Baeten visited the “Andrew Thomson” farm in New Market township, Scott County, on June 22, 1880. The record is shown as image 17 of 20, page 160A. Andrew is shown in the 1880 census as “Andrew Thomson,” age 50, a farmer. His wife is shown as 47 year-old Randy. Children at home are 21 year-old Thom Thomson, 19 year-old Erick Thomson, 17 year-old Knut Thomson, 14 year-old Mary Thomson, 12 year-old John Thomson, 5 year-old “Ingebor” Thomson (female), and 2 year-old Johanna Thomson (female).

      The listing of the youngest child as a female appears to have been in error.

      In the 1900 census (June 17th), Andrew Thompson and family were living in New Market Township. The household consisted of Andrew, 69 (born Sept 1830), Randie, 66 (born April 1834), Knut A., 34 (born May 1866), Belle, 25 (born May 1875), William Carel, grandson, 10 (born Feb 1890), and George, grandson, 11 (born Aug 1888). The two boys are shown as “at school.” The boys were born in Minnesota; their father was born in Sweden. Knut A. is shown as married, Belle is single. The four oldest are shown as coming to this country from Norway in 1877. Randie and Andrew had been married 42 years. Randie had had 10 children, 8 still living. Andrew owned his farm with a mortgage. Knut was shown as a naturalized citizen, Andrew was still an alien. Andrew cannot speak English. The children were apparently Mary’s and apparently visiting because they seem to have been recorded earlier at their parents’ home in Minneapolis.

      Both Andrew and Randy were still on the farm at the time of the 1910 census, living with their single son Knut who is shown as head of the household.

      Minnesota Death CertID# 1911-MN-012785 as Andrew E.
    Person ID I221  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2024 

    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 Rangdi Eriksdatter KVÅLE,   b. 23 Apr 1834, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1925, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jun 1857  Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Berit (Betsy) THOMPSON,   b. 2 Aug 1857, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1945, Polk County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     2. Thomas Anderson THOMPSON,   b. 24 Nov 1858, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1941, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     3. Erik (Erick) Andrew THOMPSON,   b. 6 May 1861, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1948, Sanford Hospital, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     4. Knud Anderson THOMPSON,   b. 11 May 1863, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1921, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     5. Mary THOMPSON,   b. 16 Feb 1866, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1937, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     6. Jon Anderson THOMPSON,   b. 12 Aug 1868, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1949, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     7. Iver Anderson ELLESTAD,   b. 31 Mar 1871, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1879, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
     8. Ole Anderson ELLESTAD,   b. 13 Apr 1873, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1879, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 6 years)
     9. Ingeborg (Belle) Andersdatter ELLESTAD,   b. 14 May 1875, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1966, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     10. Johannes Anderson THOMPSON,   b. 2 Jun 1878, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1964, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2006