Øyen Olsdatter SNORTHEIM

Notes:

She is I637 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. His notes say that Øyen “knew witchcraft.”

In the 1801 census, she is probably the Øyend Olsdatter, b. 1778, who is tienestefolk on the Magistad Øvre farm in Vestre Slidre owned by the unmarried soldier Ole Olssen, b. 1780.

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsson SÆBUØDDIN. Ola was born in 1793 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

• 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

Ambjørg married John Jonsson ELLINGBØE on 2 Mar 1874 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. John (son of John Øysteinsen ELLINGBØE (BÖE) (BØKKO) and Margrete Øysteinsdatter BØE) was born on 30 Oct 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Apr 1922 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1946-MN-013634
• Baptism: 1 Apr 1861, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His death certificate reports that his usual residence was New Richmond, Wisconsin. He died of heart failure.

He was a farmer in Waterford Twp, Dakota County, in the 1900 census. Both he and his wife are shown as 38 years old and born in Norway in May of 1862.

He and Martha and John still lived in Waterford Twp in the 1910 census. He is shown as age 44, she as age 55. He came to the U.S. in 1854, she in 1867. They had been married for 26 years.

Birth:
the 1900 census says May 1862

Died:
Northfield City Hospital

Buried:
E 86

Ole married Martha TUFTE on 21 Jun 1883 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1958-MN-015117
• Occupation: Merchant
• Baptism: 3 Jan 1875, West Koshkonong Church, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin
• Confirmation: 16 Jun 1889, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is a clerk for C W Gress & Son.

In the 1905 Minnesota state census, he and his family live at 506 St. Olaf Ave. in Northfield.

In the Rice County census for 1910, he is listed as John M. Ellingboe.

The 1911 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, advertises the business he owns with Martin Ellingboe as Ellingboe Bros., Clothing, 19 Mill Square, Northfield. He and Martin were also partners with John T Eltun (#19519) in another business, at 401 S Division, called Eltun & Ellingboe Bros., Dry Goods, Cloaks, and Groceries.

The 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, advertises Ellingboe Bros. as Clothiers and Outfitters for Men and Boys. It’s still at 19 Mill Square but now has a telephone number, N W 142.

In those 1911 and 1915 directories, John is shown as living at 805 S Division.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Faribault as John Maurice Ellingboe, born November 30, 1874, and living at 805 Division, Northfield. He is a merchant, self-employed. His nearest relative is his wife, Lizzie Ellingboe, same address. He is of medium height and slender build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1929 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is John M Ellingboe, with a clothing business at 19 Mill Square, residing at 801 S Division.

In the 1936 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is John M Ellingboe, a clothing merchant with business at 19 Mill Square, residing with Lizzie at 811 S Division.

In the 1939 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, the information is the same as in 1936 but Lizzie is not mentioned.

In the 1945 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he and Thea live at 811 S Division. He had a men’s clothing business at 19 Mill Square in Northfield.

In the 1950 census, he and Thea live at 811 Division in Northfield. Neither has an occupation.

Date of death provided by Orville Anfinson is 10 Jan 1959. This is also the date on the gravestone (which is for John Morris) or cemetery records. However, his funeral was reported in the Northfield News in its January 13, 1958 edition.

His will is recorded in the Rice County Will Records, Volume H, 1954-1970, for the will year 1958.

Information provided by John W. Ellingboe.

John Maurice and his brother Martin were the partners in the Ellingboe Brothers businesses in Northfield in the early 1920s. The businesses were a dry goods store at 401 S. Division Street and a clothing store at 19 Mill Square. In the 1899 Northfield directory, Martin and John Maurice were both clerks for C. W. Gress & Son so that may be the predecessor business. A Northfield News headline referring to Martin was in the October 6, 1922 edition: “Sold Stores.” John Ellingboe’s occupation is listed as “clothing, 19 Mill Square” in the 1926 Northfield directory and there was also a clothing business called Steele & Ellingboe at 327 S. Division in that directory. According to a headline in the Northfield News, John sold the clothing store and business to Leonard Peterson in March of 1945.

From a St. Olaf history:

“St. Olaf's small ground space presented scant opportunity for participation in sports. The land south of Mr. John M. Ellingboe's present residence on Division Street south served as an improvised baseball diamond, rarely used....”

From the Northfield 1948 city directory, John and Thea lived at 811 South Division Street.

The Valdris Book shows he was a member of the Valdris Samband in 1902.

From a biography in Rice County Families published in 1981, via the Dalby Database:

John M. Ellingboe was born November 30, 1874, near Stoughton, Wisconsin.  His parents, John J. and Ambjor (Strand) Ellingboe, moved the family to a farm located 3 miles east of Northfield on the Wall Street road in 1882.  John attended a small rural school, Northfield High School for one year and then went back to help on the farm until 1882 when the family moved to town.  It was then that John Ellinboe began his long and successful career in local sales.  His first job placed him behind the counter of the Skinner and Drew general merchandise store (located where the Northfield Variety Store is now).  During this time he was able to raise the money necessary to support a wife and married Elise Hendrickson June 25, 1893.  Elise was born April 2, 1872, in Solor, Norway.  She came to America at the age of 12 when her parents, John and Karen Hendrickson, immigrated and settled in the Christiana neighborhood north of Northfield.  John and Elise eventually moved into a large house at 811 Division Street where they raised a family which included Alice (Mrs. Oscar Simonson) who died in 1922, Louelle (Mrs. Herschel Reich), Mildred (Mrs. Elmer S. Hjortland) and John L.  All the children graduated from St. Olaf College.  John Ellingboe had hoped his son, John, would follow him in the retail business, but instead he became a noted artist of the southwest.  Elise died of a stroke January 13, 1937.  He married Thea Berg July 16, 1940.  In 1897 John left his job at the general store for a step up as clerk in the first “exclusive” store in Northfield, the C. W. Gress clothing store (located where the Mitchell Store is now).  His brother, Martin, was also employed there, and the two began to plan for a store of their own, “Ellingboe’s” men’s clothing store at 19 Bridge Square (now an office section of the First Bank of Northfield) opened in 1903.  John Ellingboe continued that business for the next 42 years.  In 1907 John and Martin Ellingboe formed a partnership with john Eltun and bought the Skinner and Drew general store which had by this time been moved to the building at the southeast corner of E. 4th and Division Street.  For 17 years John worked at both stores.  In 1922 John purchased his brother Martin’s interest in both the Northfield stores.  The following year he sold the general store but continued to operate the “Ellingboe’s” men’s store.  In 1945 John sold his store and retired after 51 years of serving the citizens of Northfield from behind the counter.  An interesting fact is that the sale of the store was made without the usual requirement of an inventory of wares; for the buyer knew Mr. Ellingboe’s reputation for honesty and accepted his word for the value of the stock.  The store retained the name of “Ellingboe’s” for several years thereafter.  John enjoyed an active retirement until his death in 1958, at age 83.  In 1973 a granddaughter of John’s, Elaine Hjortland Feroe and her family moved to Northfield where she is on the staff of St. John’s Lutheran Church.  This church is the one John Ellinboe joined in 1883.

Baptism:
as John Moritz

Confirmation:
probably Northfield

Died:
the 10th according to death certificate

Buried:
21 ND 32 G 23 2

John married Elise (Lizzie) HENDRICKSON about 1895. Elise (daughter of John HENDRICKSON and Karen SAMUELSON) was born on 12 Apr 1872 in Norway; died on 13 Jan 1938 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried on 17 Jan 1938 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Thea Adene BERG on 16 Jul 1940 in Rice County, Minnesota. Thea (daughter of Ole BERG and Hannah MELLUM) was born on 21 Feb 1894 in Minnesota; died on 3 Jul 1988 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1876, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 7 Jun 1891, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

May be the Ole B Ellingboe, cabinetmaker for Ferguson & Richardson in Northfield, living at 429 Division, in the 1899 Northfield city directory.

Probably is the Ole B Ellingboe, wife Minie, salesman, living next door to Annie Ellingboe and Mabel in the 1900 census. Ole’s birthdate is November of 1877 and Minie’s is October of 1870. They had been married for four years with no children.

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is a cabinetmaker for Lee Furniture Co. He resides at 710 E Water.

His occupation was shown as “Clerk” on Cloyde’s birth certificate.

Ole has a furniture store in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, in the 1910 census.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Rusk County where he was the proprietor of a furniture and undertaking business in Ladysmith. His address as well as that of his business was 710 Lake Ave., Ladysmith. He was described as of medium height with stout build, blue eyes and light hair.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as “Ole Bernhard Ellingboe Northfield Minn.” His entry shows he was a member of the Samband between 1902 and 1910.

He has a furniture store in Ladysmith in the 1920 census.

He was county coronor in the 1920s.

In the 1940 census, he and Esther live in Ladysmith in the same house in which they had lived in 1935. He is the owner and operator of a furniture store. He had an eighth-grade education, she had had one year of college.

He is listed, perhaps with a biography, in a history of Rusk County, Wisconsin, cited by the Wisconsin Genealogy Index.

Birth:
30 May 1876 in some records

Ole married Esther Gemine ELTHON on 30 Nov 1896 in Rice County, Minnesota. Esther (daughter of Hans ELTHON and Kari CLEMENTSON) was born about 1871 in Minnesota; died on 10 Nov 1957; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1953-MN-029086
• Baptism: 27 Apr 1879, DeForest, Dane County, Wisconsin
• Confirmation: 3 Jun 1894, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he is a clerk for C W Gress & Son. He boards at 614 St. Olaf Avenue.

The 1911 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, advertises the business he owns with Martin Ellingboe as Ellingboe Bros., Clothing, 19 Mill Square, Northfield. He and John were also partners with John T Eltun (#19519) in another business, at 401 S Division, called Eltun & Ellingboe Bros., Dry Goods, Cloaks, and Groceries.

In that 1911 directory, Martin is shown as living at 319 S Plum in Northfield.

In the 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, Martin resides at 304 E 5th.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Faribault as Martin Ellingboe, born March 19, 1880. He is a merchant with Ellingboe Brothers on (something) Square, Northfield. He lives at 304 5th Street in Northfield with his wife, Ada Lillian Ellingboe who is listed as his nearest relative. He is of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1920 census, he and Lillian are living in Northfield. They have no children. Martin is 37 and Lillian is 33.

In the 1923 St. Paul city directory, he has a large and bold print ad for Martin Ellingboe, president, Globe Apparel Shop, Inc. He lives at 204 Park Court Apartments.

In the 1924 Minneapolis city directory, he is Martin Ellingboe, president of Globe Apparel Shop, Inc. He lives in St. Paul.

In the 1924 St. Paul directory, he has a large print, bold print ad for himself as Martin Ellingboe, president of Globe Apparel Shop, Inc. He lives at 194 Summit Avenue.

In the 1925 St. Paul directory, his ad is in bold print. His wife Lillian is a buyer for Globe and his brother Joel is a “colr” for Globe.

Martin and his brother John Maurice were the partners in the Ellingboe Brothers businesses in Northfield in the early 1920s. The businesses were a dry goods store at 401 S. Division Street and a clothing store at 19 Mill Square. In the 1899 Northfield directory, Martin and John Maurice were both clerks for C. W. Gress & Son so that may be the predecessor business. A Northfield News headline referring to Martin was in the October 6, 1922 edition: “Sold Stores.” John Ellingboe’s occupation is listed as “clothing, 19 Mill Square” in the 1926 Northfield directory and there was also a clothing business called Steele & Ellingboe at 327 S. Division in that directory.

In the 1929 St. Paul directory, his entry is in bold print. He and Lillian live at The Marlborough, 148 Summit Avenue, apartment 501. He is president of Globe Apparel Shop at 20 E 6th.

Couldn’t find him in the 1930 census.

In the 1931 St. Paul city directory, he is still president of Globe Apparel. He and Lillian live at 148 Summit Avenue, apartment 602.

In the 1933 St. Paul city directory, he still has a bold-print ad for himself but it is no longer for him being involved with Globe. In this directory, he works in collections at 502 Commerce Building and he and Lillian live at 153 N Western Avenue, apartment 9.

In the 1935 directory, he has no special entry for himself. He is simply a “collr” and lives with Lillian J at 153 North Western Ave, apartment 9.

In the 1937 St. Paul city directory, he is a salesman for Rothschild’s. He and Ada L live in Newport.

In the 1940 census, he and Ada live in Newport in Washington County in a house they own worth $7500. In 1935, Martin had lived in Cook County, Wisconsin (there is no such county in Wisconsin), and Ada had lived in LeSueur County, Minnesota. Martin was a clothing salesman. Ada was a saleslady of furs. Martin had made $1489 in 1939, Ada had made $1380.

In the 1941 St. Paul city directory, he is a salesman for Rothschild’s. He lives in Newport.

In the 1952 St. Paul city directory, his was the only entry for an Ellingboe. He lived on 2nd Avenue in Newport.

His obituary was in the November 12, 1953 edition of the Faribault Daily News: “Martin Ellingboe, 75, former Northfield businessman, passed away Sunday in St. Paul after a brief illness. He had his home there since 1920. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Wilberscheid Funeral Parlors in St. Paul. Mr. Ellingboe is survived by his widow of St. Paul and by six brothers and two sisters.”

He died of coronary thrombosis.

Birth:
some sources say, erroneously, 1880

Baptism:
Norway Grove

Confirmation:
St. John’s

Buried:
buried section Beech 18 5 1

Martin married Ada Lillian HARMER in Jun 1904 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. Ada was born on 21 Jun 1881 in Minnesota; died on 19 Dec 1978 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 21 Dec 1978 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It’s somewhat speculative that this Bethea Mathidla Ellingbö is John’s daughter. The death and burial record makes no indication of age or parentage.

Buried:
Mcfarland

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Dec 1882, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 23 May 1897, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Berthea Mathilde in her birth/baptism record in the church book.

Probably the Bertha M. Ellingboe, clerk for Henry Allin, and living at 614 St. Olaf Avenue in the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, and the 1903 Northfield city directory.

The 1925 Iowa state census shows that Bertha went to school through the 8th grade.

Living with her mother and two younger daughters in Northfield in the 1930 census. She is shown as still married.

An article on her death in the Knoxville News-Sentinel said that she died of a stroke at Presbyterian Hospital. She had been living with her daughter, Mrs. W. P. Ranney of Gleason Road. The article said that her husband, a retired printer, died five years earlier. Bertha had been born and raised in Northfield and met her husband at St. Olaf College.

Confirmation:
St. John’s

Bertha married Hans A GUNDERSON on 25 May 1904 in Rice County, Minnesota. Hans was born about 1877 in Iowa; died in 1963; was buried in Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Feb 1885, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the church records as Jusa Oline.

Died in infancy.

Baptism:
St. John’s

Died:
Died in infancy.

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]

William married Nellie DOUCETTE on 18 Apr 1949 in Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan. Nellie (daughter of Thomas DOUCETTE and Mary) was born about 1890 in Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan; died on 11 Aug 1956 in Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan; was buried in Stambaugh Cemetery, Iron River, Iron County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1972-MN-027247
• Baptism: 29 Sep 1889, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 29 May 1904, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Death certificate as well as burial record or gravestone says born 23 August so that’s what’s shown here. Other sources have said August 28.

According to the history of her parents, Josie lived in Northfield until Olavus 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 Northfield Hospital.    

Mrs Josie O Anfinson, 83 of St. Louis Park, formerly of Northfield, died on Monday October 9, 1972 at Northfield Hospital. She had spent about a month in the Dilley Convalescent unit before being transferred to the hospital last Saturday.

The funeral service was held on Wednesday, October 11, at 11:00am at the Benson-Anderson Funeral Home. Mrs Donald Klinfelter was the organist and Sigurd Fredrickson the vocal soloist.

Interment was in Northfield Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Page and LeRoy Page of Northfield, Percy Page of Castle Rock, Dale Crosby of River Falls, WI, Edwin Hed of St Louis Park and Roger Page of Lakeville.

Mrs. Anfinson, nee Josie Ellingboe, was born on August 23, 1889 in Northfield, the daughter of John and Emma (Strand) Ellingboe. She attended public schools in Northfield and in 1908 was married to Olavus Anfinson. She lived most of her married life in Northfield where her late husband operated a barber shop. After his death in 1946, she made her home much of the time with her children in St. Louis Park. She was a member of St Johns Lutheran church here.

Survivors include two sons, Maurice of St Louis Park and Orville of Bellevue, WA, three daughters, Mrs Eleanor Page of Northfield, Mrs Norman Eide, (Esther) of Redding, CA, Mrs Edwin Hed (Bertha) of St Louis Park, and two brothers, Thomas Ellingboe of St Paul, and Joel Ellingboe of Calif.

She was preceeded in death by her parents, husband, three children, nine brothers and sisters.

Baptism:
St. John’s

Buried:
19 ND 6 E 57

Josie married Olavus ANFINSON on 16 Nov 1908 in Rice County, Minnesota. Olavus (son of Anfin THUE and Anna FLESJE) was born on 1 Aug 1869 in Minnesota; died on 17 Jan 1946 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1963-MN-029847
• Social Security Number: 477-01-0923
• Baptism: 11 Sep 1892, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 2 Jun 1907, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Shown as “Austin” Adolph Ellingboe on his death certificate. On that certificate his birth date was shown as July 29, 1892.

Shown as Adolph A. Austinson, b. July 1892, son of J. J. Austinson, in the 1900 census.

In the 1911 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, Adolph is a clerk for Ellingboe Brothers and boards at 614 St. Olaf Avenue.

In the 1913 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, Adolph is a clerk for Elllingboe Bros. He lived at 504 S Division.

In the 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, Adolph is a clerk for Eltun & Ellingboe Bros. He lives at 115 E 6th.

Registered for the draft as Adolph Ellingboe in Northfield on June 5th. He shows his birthdate as July 30, 1892, and his birthplace as Northfield. He is married with a family and lives at 319 North 3rd in Northfield. His occupation is mechanic with W.R. Collins of Northfield. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair.

He is Adolph Ellingboe, 27, in the 1920 census. The family was living in St. Paul where Adolph is a manager in a garage. The household consists of Elizabeth, 27, Mercedes, 7, Marie, 6, Marjory, 4 and some months, and Elizabeth’s brother, Max Rech, 25, who is also a manager in a garage.

In the 1920 St. Paul city directory, he is Adolph Elingboe, mechanic at the Como & Dale Garage. He lives at 616 Como Avenue.

The 1921 Rice County directory has an entry for Adolph: “moved to St. Paul.”

In the 1922 St. Paul city directory, he is a mechanic living at 612 Canada.

In the 1923 St. Paul city directory, he is a clerk for Lindeke Warner & Sons. He lives at 260 E 6th.

In the 1924 St. Paul directory, he is still a clerk for Lindeke Warner & Sons but his address is now 258 E 6th.

In the 1925 St. Paul directory, he is a clerk living at 49 W Exchange.

In the 1926 St. Paul directory, he is a clerk for his brother Martin’s Globe Apparel Shop. His wife is a clerk there as well. However, Mrs. Elizabeth Ellingboe is shown as living at 49 W Exchange and Adolph is shown as living at 1484 Breda.

In the 1927 St. Paul directory, he is a clerk for Globe and his wife is a seamstress for Globe. Both live at 1484 Breda.

In the 1929 St. Paul directory, he is a salesman for Globe and his wife does alterations. He and Liz live at 1186 Seminary.

In the 1930 census, Adolph and his family are still in St. Paul but he is now a salesman of retail clothing (as is his wife). He is probably in business with his brothers Tom and Joel.

In the 1931 St. Paul city directory, Adolph and Elizabeth live at 1186 Seminary. Adolph is a salesman.

In the 1933 St. Paul city directory, Adolph is a salesman. He and Liz live at 1503 Roblyn Avenue.

In the 1935 St. Paul city directory, Adolph is a salesman. He and Liz live at 1503 Roblyn Ave.

In the 1937 St. Paul city directory, Adolph is a salesman. He and Liz live at 1439 Grand Avenue, apartment 6.

In the 1941 St. Paul city directory, Adolph and Eliz H live at 535 Marshall Avenue, apartment C. He has no occupation listed. Liz works for Gately Clothing.

In the 1948 St. Paul city directory, Adolph is a wrapper for Brown & Bigelow. He and Eliz live at 535 Marshall Avenue, apartment 201.

Confirmation:
probably St. John’s

Osten married Elizabeth H RECH on 25 Mar 1912. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas RECH and Mary SIMMER) was born on 12 Aug 1892 in Minnesota; died on 1 Jul 1948 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1981-MN-012696
• Baptism: 9 Sep 1894, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 23 May 1909, Minnesota

Notes:

May be buried in Forest Lawn, St. Paul.

He is Thomas A. Austinson, b. July 1893, son of J. J. Austinson, in the 1900 census.

In the 1913 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he was a clerk for Ellingboe Bros. He lives at 319 S Plum.

In the 1911 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, he was a student living at 614 St. Olaf Avenue.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Northfield as Thomas Oscar Ellingboe, born July 31, 1893. He resides in Northfield (109 6th Street) where he is employed as a clothing salesman by Ellingboe Brothers. He has a wife and child. He is short and of medium build with dark blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census, he is 25 and a salesman in a clothing store.

In the 1921 Northfield directory, his address is 109 S. Division and he is a clerk with Ellingboe Bros.

In the 1927 St. Paul city directory, he is a salesman for Maurice L Rothschild & Co. He lives at 183 S Chatsworth.

In the 1929 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, the notation for him in the Northfield section is Ellingboe, Thos O, moved to St. Paul.

In the 1929 St. Paul city directory, he is a salesman for Maurice L Rothschild & Co. He lives at 995 Linwood Place.

In the 1930 census, Thomas and his family live in St. Paul. He is 35 and a salesman in a clothing store.

The 1930 city directory for St. Paul indicates that Thomas Ellingboe, a salesman for Maurice L. Rothschild & Company, and his wife, Grace Ellingboe, resided at 995 West Linwood Avenue. That house was built in 1892. The building is a 1 3/4 story, three bedroom, one bathroom, one half-bathroom, 1449 square foot, frame house, with a detached garage.

In the 1931 St. Paul city directory, he is still with Rothschild. He and Grace live at 34 S Lexington Parkway.

In the 1935 St. Paul city directory, he is still with Rothschild. He and Grace live at 955 Lombard.

In the 1937 St. Paul city directory, he is still with Rothschild. He lives at 1049 Goodrich, apartment C. Grace isn’t included in his listing.

In the 1940 census, he and Grace and Wenonah live in St. Paul at 1838 Laurel, a rented residence. Thomas and Grace each had two years of high school. He was a salesman in a retail clothing store and had earned $1920 in 1939. Living with them was their daughter Marilyn and her husband and daughter.

In the 1941 St. Paul city directory, he is still with Rothschild. He lives on a rural postal delivery route.

Their rural Ramsey County home, described as “at Labore Road and Edgerton Street” had a fire in April of 1945. The 3:30 a.m. fire had been discovered by Grace’s brother Lawrence who was staying with the Ellingboes while serving on a jury in St. Paul.

In the 1948 and 1950 St. Paul city directories, he is still a salesman with Rothschild. He and Grace live on rural delivery route 7.

In the 1950 census, he and Grace live in something Canada in Ramsey County. He is a salesman in a retail clothing store.

In the 1956 and 1959 directories of the St. Paul suburbs, he is still a salesman for Rothschild. He and Grace live at 2827 Edgerton in Little Canada.

The birth year on his draft registration was 1893. His birth date on his death certificate is July 30, 1894, which is consistent with the ages shown for him in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

SSDI shows 29 Jul 1894.

Baptism:
as Thomas Oscar Ellingboe

Confirmation:
as Thomas Oscar Ellingboe

Thomas married Grace Sylvina THORSON on 11 Nov 1915 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. Grace (daughter of Anton THORSON and Mary OLSON) was born on 1 Dec 1896 in Minnesota; died on 7 Mar 1973 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 477-03-2724
• Baptism: 26 Oct 1901, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Julius Austinson in the 1910 census.

Not listed in the index of Minnesota birth certificates.

He was said to have compiled a fairly complete family tree.

In the 1921 city directory, he lived at 106 East 6th Street in Northfield and was employed as a clerk at the Ellingboe Brothers (John M. and Martin) business in Northfield. The 1926 city directory entry for him is “moved to St. Paul, MN.”

In the 1925 St. Paul directory, he is a “colr” for Globe Apparel Shop, his brother Martin’s business. Joel lives at 369 Laurel.

In the 1926 and 1927 and 1929 St. Paul directories, he is a credit manager for Globe Apparel. He lives at 1091 Goodrich Avenue.

In the 1930 census, he, Madge, and J. Roger live in St. Paul where the senior Joel is a credit manager at a retail clothing store (probably his brother Martin’s).

In the 1931 St. Paul city directory, he is still credit manager at Globe. He and Madge now live at 2008 Grand Avenue, apartment 104.

In the 1933 St. Paul city directory, he is in collections at 502 Commerce Building. He and Madge live at 2008 Grand Avenue, apartment 203.

In the 1935 and 1937 and 1941 St. Paul city directories, he is a credit manager for Gately Clothinging Co. He and Madge live at 2008 Grand Avenue, apartment 203.

In the 1940 census, he and Madge live at 2008 Grand Avenue in a rented residence, the same residence in which they had lived in 1935. Joel and Madge had had three years of high school. He was a credit manager in a clothing store, she was not employed. He earned $1935 in 1939.

In the 1948 and 1950 St. Paul city directories, he has a bold-lettered entry. He and Madge live at 2008 Grand Avenue, apartment 203. Their telephone number is Emerson 9300. Joel is manager of Gately Clothing Co. at 370 Wabasha.

In the 1950 census, he and Madge live in St. Paul. He is the manaager of a wholesale clothing store.

Northfield News:

Ellingboe Joel Northfield News Apr/1981 Brothers who once lived in Northfield died within a day of each other. They were Joel Ellingboe, 79, who died in Mountain View, Calif., on April 28, 1981, and Thomas O. Ellingboe,? 86, who died in St. Paul on April 29. Both had worked in the Ellingboe Clothing store in Northfield, (in the building now occupied by Northfield Insurance on Bridge Square) when it was owned by their late brothers, John and Martin Ellingboe. Joel is survived by his wife, Madge of Cupertino, Calif., but she was taken seriously ill just a couple of days after his death. Their only child, Roger Ellingboe, died two or three years ago. Two grandchildren survive, Richard Ellingboe of Cupertino and Stephen Ellingboe of Renton, Wash., also eight great-grandchildren.

Ellingboe was born in Northfield on Sept. 24, 1901. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Union Presbyterian Church of Los Altos, of Masonic orders including the Osman Temple Shrine in St. Paul. The Ellingboes had lived in the Twin Cities from the time they left Northfield until they retired to California. The memorial service was held Monday evening, May 4, at the Union Presbyterian Church in Los Altos, the Rev. Kent Meads officiating.

Tom Ellingboe had always lived in St. Paul since leaving Northfield. He is survived by three daughters, Betty Peters (Mrs. Wallace) of St. Paul, Marilyn Paynter (Mrs, Howard) of Shreveport, La, Nona Hoffman (Mrs. Robert) of Liberty, Mo.; also six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Private interment was held in Forest Lawn Cemetery, St. Paul. There was no visitation. The arrangements were made by the Willwerscheid & Peters Mortuary.

John M. Ellingboe, who continued the clothing business here after other members of the family had moved away, died on Jan.10, 1958. He was then 83 and had been retired since 1945. He had been in business in Northfield for 42 years since 1903. Martin Ellingboe had already died at the time of Johns death. The brothers were sons of John J. and Ambjor (Strand) Ellingboe. The older members of the family were born in Stoughton, Wis., and the family moved to Northfield in 1882. They settled on the Wall Street road on the farm that has for many years now been in the Miller family.

Died:
died in Los Altos?

Joel married Madge Y HAMBLIN on 9 Jul 1919 in Rice County, Minnesota. Madge (daughter of Fred HAMBLIN and Estelle DENNY) was born on 6 Jul 1901 in Minnesota; died on 16 Jun 1981 in Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died in infancy.

Died:
Died in infancy.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-011359

Notes:

He died of tuberculosis at the Faribault State School for the Feeble Minded where he had been for a year and 10 months. In the 1900 census he is shown as 16 years old yet not being able to read, write, or speak.

His death certificate shows his birthdate as 14 Jan 1886.

Birth:
date per 1900 census

Died:
at the School for Feeble Minded

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 21 May 1905, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

When he registered for the draft in June of 1917, he as married, living in Dennison, and working as a self-employed automobile mechanic.

In the 1940 census, as Austin O Strand, he and Ida and Doris lived in Dennison in Goodhue County. Austin was the proprietor of a garage. They had lived in the same house in 1935.

When he registered for the WWII draft in 1942, he lived at 910 S Water Street in Northfield. He was self-employed. His wife was Ida.

Birth:
the date on his draft registration; the 1900 census says Jan 1892

Confirmation:
St. John’s Lutheran

Austin married Ida Johanna STRAND on 11 Jul 1921 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Christopher STRAND and Anna SVIEN) was born on 22 Nov 1897 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 29 Dec 1986; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Josephine. Josephine was born on 8 May 1890 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 12 Nov 1959 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]