Ingeborg Andrisdotter ELLINGBØE

1814 - 1905  (91 years)

• Name	Ingeborg Andrisdotter ELLINGBØE
  Birth	24 Apr 1814	Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway   [1, 2]
  	The birth date on her gravestone is incorrect. Birth and baptism dates are taken from the original church book record.
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	1 May 1814	Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway   [1]
  Burial	May 1905	Silver Lake, Worth County, Iowa, USA   [3]
  Death	17 May 1905	Hills, Rock County, Minnesota, USA   [3, 4]
  	She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nels Iversen.
  Notes	She had a son, Helge in 1835 (see Nørre Haugen), then married Ola Trondsson Tørstad and emigrated to Iowa. Helge wanted to stay in Vang. In a letter dated 16 Sep 1866, Ingebjørg sent greetings to her son Helge and her daughter Marit. Knut Lajord, who owned the letter, had it published (Samhold 10 May 1975). From Katherine Howard's Ancestry.com public tree "Howard/Messing" and Find a Grave listing maintained by Darrell Larson: "Engeborg was the youngest of eleven children. She was a strong willed person and probably instigated the family migration to America. She was a tall thin woman with auburn or reddish hair and blue eyes. Lee G. Larson (Lewis Larson's son) remembers that when she was over 90 years old, she smoked a pipe and wore a white cap. Lewis Larson (son-in-law) once commented that Engeborg was quite forceful and sometimes petulant in manner. Rachel Thompson married Nels Iverson and after Ole's death, Engeborg lived with the Iverson's near Hills, Minnesota, until her death. Engeborg and Andrew Thompson went to South Dakota, where they both took up claims near the village of Montrose. Here Engeborg married Lewis "Lars" Hanson Larson; and Andrew, after losing his wife and two young daughters (interred at Montrose cemetery) moved to Spokane, Washington, remarried and raised a new family. From the March 23, 1905 Hills Crescent Newspaper: Mrs. Ingeborg Thompson, mother of Mrs. Nels Iverson, died at the home of her daughter, southeast of town, Thursday, March 17, 1905, of old age. Mrs. Thompson was born in Norway April 22th, 1813 and was therefore nearly 93 years of age. She was not well known here outside the circle of her immediate relatives, having come here from Albert Lea only about two years ago. Mr. & Mrs. Iverson left Lester Saturday morning with the remains for Albert Lea where interment will take place. (buried Silver Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Worth Co., IA)" [2, 5]
  Person ID	I5825	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	23 May 2012

  
  

  Family ID

  F1978

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• Photos

  Ole Throndsen Tørstad Ellingbøe and Ingeborg Andresdotter Ellingbøe

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Ole Throndsen Tørstad Ellingbøe's Amerikabrev This letter was written in Iowa in 1866 and sent to families and friends in Vang i Valdres by Old Throndsen, his wife Ingeborg, and several other immigrants. Photographic copy of the original.
  		Ole Throndsen Tørstad Ellingbøe's letter from Iowa to Norway in 1866, English translation English translation with notes.
  		"Ole Throndsen Ellingbøe's 1866 Letter from Iowa" James Ellingboe, Budstikken, May 2011, pages 12-15. Many persons mentioned in this letter are described in footnotes and linked to this letter.

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone of Ingeborg Andersdatter Ellingboe (1813-1905)

  
  

• Sources

  [S125] Vang Church Books, (Records found in original books at Hamar State Archives, LDS microfilm, or Digital Archives.), Ministerialbok nr. 3 (1809-1831), F?dte og d?pte 1814-1821, p. 60. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20070621000334.jpg (Reliability: 3). [S2] Frøholm, Anders, Vang A, (Valdres Bygdeboks Forlag, 1985), p. 570 (Reliability: 3). [S70] Iowa Cemetery Records, (Ancestry.com. Iowa Cemetery Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d.), Tombstone Records of Worth County, p. 16. (Reliability: 3). [S149] Obituary, Hills Crescent, 23 Mar 1905. (Reliability: 3). [S2] Frøholm, Anders, Vang A, (Valdres Bygdeboks Forlag, 1985), p. 574 (Reliability: 3).