[#69318] Martin Conrad Ellingson

[Gjest Dorothy Knutson]

I need help in finding Martin Conrad Ellingson. He was born in Vollesnes, Norway on March 16, 1891. In 1917 he lived in Lincoln County, South Dakota. He enlisted in the army and died in Europe in 1918. I am trying to find the family he came from. An aunt of mine had a photo of him in uniform with a poem about him dying in WWI. Thank you for your help.

[Gjest Kjellaug R. Petit]

His parents seem to be Andreas Ellingsen and Lovise Johnsen. He was born on March 16-1891 and baptized on July 5-1891 in Nordland.I find this on the beta webside here: Lenke Conrad;birthYear=1891;birthPlace=Norway;searchId=31248504826822430000;searchType=standard

[Gjest Kjellaug R. Petit]

Here's the family in Hadsel, Nordland in 1900: Lenke

[Gjest Kjellaug R. Petit]

The link in 2 doesn't show Martin Konrad's birth, you have to write it over again.

[Gjest Kjellaug R. Petit]

I can't find him born in Hadsel and unfortunately the beta database doesn't say where in Nordland he was born.Maybe they didn't belong to the state church? Or he could have been baptized elsewhere. There are two on-year-old boys in Hadsel i 1865 that could be candidates for his father.I can't find Vollesnes either, maybe someone can tell you where it is.

[Gjest Kjellaug R. Petit]

They live on the farm Kjørstad so it's rather obvious that this must be his father in 1865: Lenke

[Gjest Kjellaug R. Petit]

Here in 1875: [url="http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=26&filnamn=f71866&gardpostnr=562&personpostnr=4284#nedre>LenkeAnd here is Lovise Johnsen i 1875: LenkeSince they both are from Hadsel, it's obvious that they must have got married there and that their kids were born there too.They got married in 1888: Kildeinformasjon: Nordland fylke, Hadsel, Ministerialbok nr. 888A10 (1880-1890), Ekteviede 1888, side 305. Permanent sidelenke: Lenke Permanent bildelenke: Lenke But it seems that it must have been in Eidesfjord, n° 5 here: Kildeinformasjon: Nordland fylke, Eidsfjord, Klokkerbok nr. 890C01 (1882-1911), Ekteviede 1888-1889, side 134. Permanent sidelenke: Lenke Permanent bildelenke: Lenke Martin Konrad was baptized there too (n° 9) Kildeinformasjon: Nordland fylke, Eidsfjord, Klokkerbok nr. 890C01 (1882-1911), Fødte og døpte 1891, side 32. Permanent sidelenke: Lenke Permanent bildelenke: