Berit Arnesdotter HELLE

1846 - 1926  (79 years)

• Name	Berit Arnesdotter HELLE
  Birth	20 Aug 1846	Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	27 Sep 1846	Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway   [1]
  Death	26 Mar 1926	Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA   [3]
  Burial	29 Mar 1926	New Market Township, Scott County, Minnesota, USA   [3]
  Notes	"From Høre." Not listed as living with her parents at the time of the 1865 census. However, in that census, a Berith Arnesdatter, born 1847 in Vang, is living with the household of Torger Ejvindsen and Sigrid Torstensdatter (born 1822 and 1825, respectively, in østre Slidre Prgj.) on the farm of Holien in Vang. Berith is shown as unmarried, "hans Søsterdatter", and "bestyrer hans Husholdning." Listed just before Berith, and perhaps the reference of "his", is Ole Andersen, born 1787 in Vang, "deres Føderaadsmand." In the 1900 census, Betsy and family are living in New Market Township. The family consists of Betsy, 50 (born August 1849), Ole, 24 (born Sep 1875), Tillie, 21 (born June 1878), Oscar, 16 (born June 1883), Albert, 15 (born 1885), Olga, 12 (born Sep 1887), and Clara, 5 (born January 1895). For some reason, Anna Maria is not listed with the family and does not appear to have been included anywhere else in the census. Olga and Clara were born in Minnesota. Betsy is shown as having had 10 children, 8 still living. The family emigrated in 1887. Betsy owns the farm but it is still mortgaged. In the 1905 state census, Betsy Ellingbo lives in Scott County with her children Ole, Anna, Albert, and Clara. (Olga seems to have been missed.) In the 1910 census (May 10th), Betsy is 60 and four of her children are living with her: Anna, 29, Albert, 25, Olga, 22, and Clara, 15. Olga's occupation is clearly shown as servant; Albert's as a traveling something in the creamery industry. Two doors down from Betsy is her son Ole and his new wife Rosie. Evey says: "My father's parents were buried ... in an area outlined in cement. A spire-like gravestone was in the middle of the area with Grandpa's name on it and with 'born' and 'died' written in Norwegian with the dates. Grandma Ellingboe was also buried there." Shown as "Betsy" in the 1920 census. In that enumeration, she is shown as the head of household, owning her property free of any mortgage, and Albert, Clara, and Olga are shown as living with her. Also in that enumeration, Berit is shown as being unable to read or to write. The census enumerator apparently had some trouble determining whether or not Berit was able to speak English; he finally concluded that she was. Her death certificate, for which her daughter Thea was the informant, gives Berit's birth year as 1847. She lived at 306 Washington in Northfield where she had lived since the summer of 1924. She died of cardiorenal disease. Her obit was in the Northfield News, April 2, 1926 edition: Mrs. Betsy Ellingboe died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Alvin Liggett, Friday, March 26, 1926, at 12:15 following a lingering illness of several months. The funeral was held at the Liggett home at 12 o'clock Tuesday and at the Christiania Lutheran Church in the afternoon. Rev O. E. Skavlan officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Betsy Ellingboe was born in Valders, Norway on August 26, 1843. She was married to Ova Ellingboe in Norway and more than forty-five years ago immigrated to the United States. They made their home in Wisconsin for a short time and later came to Lakeville where they made their home until Mr. Ellingboe's death, 37 years ago. Mrs. Ellingboe made her home with her children, having lived in the Liggett home for a year. Mrs. Ellingboe is survived by eight children, Mrs. Mary Lee, Omak, Washington; Ole Ellingboe, Mrs George Tonsager and Albert Ellingboe, all of Lakeville; Oscar Ellingboe of Leavenworth, Kansas; Mrs John Selmo, Solway, Minnesota; Miss Olga Ellingboe and Mrs. Albert Liggett of Northfield. 08-26-1843/03-26-1926 She is probably the "Betsy, widow of Ole Ellingboe" living at 312 Washington in the 1926 Northfield city directory. Evey believes that Berit, and probably Olga and Clara, moved to Northfield after Albert and Annie were married and took over the Ellingboe farm in New Market. She doesn't seem to have an individual gravestone at the cemetery plot in the West Christiania Cemetery. [3]
  Person ID	I4453	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family ID

  F3200

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• Photos		Ove and Berit Ellingboe
  		Sunday at the Berit (Ove) Ellingboe farm about 1907 This is the original farmstead of Ove Ellingboe. After Berit moved to Northfield, Albert Ellingboe and his wife Anne lived there with their family. Their children still own the farm. Caption is below photo.

  
  

• Sources

  [S125] Vang Church Books, (Records found in original books at Hamar State Archives, LDS microfilm, or Digital Archives.), Oppland fylke, Vang, Ministerialbok nr. 6 (1846-1864), F?dte og d?pte 1846, side 4. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=8999&idx_id=8999&uid=ny&idx_side=-7. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20070207650607.jpg (Reliability: 3). [S128] Frøholm, Anders, Vang C, (Valdres Bygdeboks Forlag, 1991), p. 352 (Reliability: 3). [S250] Don Carlson's Website -- Geneastory, (http://geneastory.com/genealogy/).