Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 May 1835, Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway
• Emigration: 1862, Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway
• Residence: 1880, Kerkhoven Township, Swift County, Minnesota, USA

Notes:

Marit was the illegitimate daughter of Ole Christopherson Kvåle and Kirsti Simonsdatter Lajord (or Søyne), according to the Vang church books, but I could not find anything about this in Anders Frøholm's Vang A.

The emigration records for Vang show that on 22 Mar 1862, Marith Olsdotter Ellingböe, widow, age 27, intended to travel to America with her two sons, Ole Olson (age 6) and Jörgen Olson (age 4). Marit was married in 1857 to Ola Jørnsson (born 1831, died between 1859 and 1862), who farmed a piece of land called "Plassen, Nørre Plassen or Jørnplassen, under Ellingbø, Nigarden, no. 33/1.

According to the 1885 Minnesota census, her son Andrew was born in Ontario, although Arta Juneau believes that he was born soon after Marit's arrival in Northfield, Minnesota, where her brother Tosten Quamme was already living. Apparently she never remarried and had a difficult life, dying in her sixties.

Emigration:
Her name is entered in the Vang church book (#14) on 22 Mar 1862 as intending to emigrate to America with her children Ole age 6 and Jørgen age 4. Her age is given as 27.

Residence:
She was listed as Merit Ellingbo (age 46) with sons Ole (age 23) amd Andrew (age 18). Above her name, without listing him as her son was George Ellingbo (age 21) with occupation given as teaching.