Eleanor ELLINGBOE

1895 - 1996  (100 years)

• Name	Eleanor ELLINGBOE
  Birth	19 Dec 1895	Gibson, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	2 Feb 1896	Gibson, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA   [2]
  Confirmation	6 Dec 1908	Gibson, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA   [2]
  Death	18 Aug 1996	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA   [3]
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  Burial	21 Aug 1996	Valhalla Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Notes	In 1930, she was living with her widowed brother Walter, his son Robert, and her niece Clara, in Milwaukee. Never married, no children. Newspaper article on celebration of her hundreth birthday: Happy birthday Eleanor! Ellingboe marks 100 years by Fred H. Keller On the first day of winter, Dec. 21 [sic], 1895, the darkest day of the year, Eleanor Ellingboe was born on a farm, near Gibson in Manitowoc County. This past week she celebrated her 100th birthday with nephews and mieces at Sussex's WovenHearts. Ellingboe's parents were Ingeborg and Helge Ellingboe, who had come to the United States from Norway as youngsters, married and had 13 children, 10 boys and three girls. Eleanor was the 13th and is the only one left of her generation. Ellingboe attended a little country school at Zander, Wis., and on gaining maturity she came to Milwaukee and held a variety of jobs. The job she held the longest was at Milsco Leather Company in Milwaukee, a company that made the saddles and other leather parts for the Harley-Davidson motorcycle company. She operated a sewing machine, making leather products such as straps, seats and post office delivery mail bags. She retired in 1960 at age 65 and has collected Social Security for 35 years. Her one great passion was going to Borchert Field to see the old Brewers baseball team play in the Triiple A level of professional baseball. She transferred her love of baseball to the Braves when they came to town, becoming an avid radio "watcher" of baseball. She is a lifelong blood donor and belongs to the 5,000-member Milwaukee WTMJ and WTMJ-TV donor group. She has a certificate signed by Milwaukee Mayor Frank Siedler and other dignitaries. She has also been an avid lifelong reader. She said she attributed her long life to "don't eat onions," and added, ":You just live and I didn't ever eat onions. I didn't like them." Ellingboe never married, but she has a rich collection of nephews and nieces and their offspring to call family. [4]
  Person ID	I65	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2010

  
  

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• Photos » Slide Show		Helge Ellingboe family and farm house
  		Nona Ellingboe
  		Ellingboe farm in Mishicot (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Wisconsin Vital Records, Reel 0119, Record 002806 (Reliability: 3). [S129] Parish Register of Gibson Norwegian Lutheran Parish "Jambo Creek". [S257] Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997, (Ancestry.com. Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Wisconsin Vital Records Office. Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-67, 1969-97. Madison, Wisconsin, USA: Wisconsin Department of Health.), Certificate: 203960 (Reliability: 3). [S150] U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (Reliability: 3).