Julian Arthur ELLINGBOE

1892 - 1948  (56 years)

• Name	Julian Arthur ELLINGBOE
  Birth	8 Mar 1892	Crookston, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Race Car Driver
  Oregon Death Certificate	4471
  Death	23 Apr 1948	Creswell, Lane County, Oregon
  	pneumonia
  Burial	Log Town Cemetery, Ruch, Jackson County, Oregon
  	Sec A, Block 4, Lot 5 (Cemetery is 6 miles southwest of Jacksonville, Oregon)
  Notes	He registered for the draft on May 28, 1917 in Crookston. He was an automobile mechanic for J. A. Sloan of Chicago, Illinois. He was still single and claimed exemption on the grounds that he was supporting his mother and father. He is described as of medium height and build wth blue eyes and light hair. Still living with his parents in Crookston in the 1920 census. Couldn’t find him after that. According to the OldRacingCars website, Jules Elllingboe was dirt track champion of Canada in 1918. “He often took part in events at fairgrounds and special occasions.” In the 1918 city directory for Joliet, Illinois, Jules Ellingboe, machinist, rooms at 205 Cagwin Avenue. In the 1920 city directory for Memphis, Tennessee, he is Jules Ellingboe, engineer for Ellingboe Motor Corp. He rooms at 897 Nellie Bly. A headline for the account of a June, 1921, race in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, is “Ellingboe is Probably Fatally Hurt When Machine Overturns at Uniontown.” The article describes how, in an accident in which his car was “thrown up over the track,” Ellingboe’s body was “catapulted out of the car upon the track and rolled down in front of other cars.” Jules had “internal hemorrhages” and “is said to be dying.” In the 1924 Memphis city directory, he was Jules Ellingboe, representative for Mem Motor Car Co. He lived at 2271 Union Ave. As Jules Ellingboe, he raced in the Indianapolis 500 six times in the 1920s (’21, ‘22, ‘24, ‘25, ‘26, and ‘27). He finished all 200 laps only once when, in the 1924 race, he finished 11th and won $1,049. In all he raced 362 laps at Indianapolis. He was usually a reserve driver. He was seriously injured in the 1927 Indianapolis 500 race. He sustained a crushed chest and internal injuries, and, according to some reports, two broken legs. He was injured when his car, the front-wheel drive Cooper Special No. 18, bit the inside of the south turn early in the race, on his 60th mile, and he lost control of his car which pinned him down. Other reports say that he hit the northwest turn wall and overturned. In the 1928 Memphis directory, he was Jules Ellingboe, auto mechanic, living at 175 Granville Place, apartment 409. In the 1936 Minneapolis city directory, he was Jules Ellingboe, district representative for Kimball Motor Co. He lives at 32 N 12th. In the 1937 St. Paul city directory, he was Jules A Ellingboe, salesman, residing at 145 South Chatsworth, apartment 104. AT the time of his World War II draft registration, he was Jules Arthur Ellingboe of 3522 E Slauson Ave, Maywood, Los Angeles, California. He was employed by Consolidated Steel Corp. The person who would always know his address was H. B. Hoffman, 676 S. Rampart St., Los Angeles.
  Person ID	I3277	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Andreas (Andrew) J ELLINGBOE,   b. 5 Oct 1857, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin d. 18 Mar 1933, Ten Lakes Twp, Beltrami County, Minnesota (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Emilie BOE,   b. 1 Jun 1860, Norway d. 3 Oct 1936, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F1882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ruth BEAMISH
  Marriage	12 Sep 1931	Cook County, Illinois
  Family ID	F2886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Adeleen Bonita THORSON,   b. 28 Sep 1908, Scott County, Minnesota d. 31 May 1985, Los Angeles County, California (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F14156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2012