Elling Olsen was baptized (date of birth not given) on March 19, 1819, in Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, son of Aasa Bendiksdatter, age 29, and Ole Ellingsen, age 38. His brother Lars was born on September 4, 1821, in Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, when Elling was 2 years old. His father Ole passed away on June 14, 1823, in Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, at the age of 42. Elling was confirmed in 1834 at Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.
Elling's son Ole, whose unmarried mother is Martha Ingebrigtsdatter, was born on December 21, 1851, in Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Ole passed away on March 27, 1852, in Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, when he was less than a year old.
Elling's son Thor, whose unmarried mother is Brita Thorsen, was born on January 18, 1854, in Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Brita Thorsen was born on September 21, 1825, at Limmesand, Arnafjord i Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, to BRITA Sjursdatter, age 42, and THOR Nilsen, age 49. She was baptized there on 25 September.
Elling Olsen of Saebö born 19 mar 1819 (Vikören) emigrated in April of 1856 from Saebö, Vik, Sogn og Fjordarne, Norway (Church Records #73 ).
Elling Olsen married Ingeborg Marcusdatter at Holden Lutheran Church in Kenyon, Minnesota, on December 16, 1859, when he was 40 years old.
Elling Olsen lived in Wanamingo, Minnesota, in 1860, 1865, 1870 and 1885 (Wanamingo records). Elling Olsen lived in Wanamingo, Minnesota, in 1869 ("Andrew Houglum story")
"Elling Olson" (no age noted) "Engebor Olsen" no age (wife) - "Lars Marcuson" no age (brother in law) (Wanamingo, p. 11-12). [Elling Olson (FLADLAND) who dies 14 dec 1865 (Wanamingo, p. 3) with wife Cari and children Andrine and Nels, so a different Elling Olson] "Elling Olson" age 50 "Engebor Olson" age 38 (wife) "Lars Marcuson" age 47 (brother in law) none of them can write -///- at the bottom on same page + following is oldest brother Anfind with wife and 4 children (Wanamingo, p. 18). "Elling Olson" age 56 "Ingebor Olson" age 44 (wife) (Wanamingo, p. 19). "Elling O. Hangelum" age 61 cannot write, parents born in Norway "Ingeborg Hangelum" age 50, wife, cannot write, parents born in Norway (Wanamingo, p. 5 of 30). "Elling Olson" age 64 lived in Wanamingo, Minnesota, on May 1, 1885. (Wanamingo, 17 of 32)
Departure 3 Aug 1887 from Bergen, Norway: A visit in Norway - Elling Olsson Huglum, age 68 (married), born 1819 in Vik, living in America, American citizen Departure Aug 1887 • Copenhagen, Denmark Arrival 5 Sep 1887 at New York, USA, "Elling Alsen" age 68, Farmer in USA
Elling Olsen's brother Anfind Olsen died on January 29, 1897, in Lake Park, Minnesota, when Elling was 77 years old.
On 15 May 1897 Elling Olsen Hauglum age 79 (single), born 1818 in Vik, Farmer living in America, departed from Vik to Bergen, Norway. Departure on 20 May 1897 from Liverpool, England, and arrival as "Elling Olsen" age 79, Farmer in USA, on 29 May 1897 at New York, USA.
Elling Olsen's brother Bendik, born 1812, died in 1900 when Elling was 81 years old.
Elling Olsen's brother Lars, born 1821, died on March 8, 1905, in Lake Preston, South Dakota, when Elling was 85 years old.
Elling Olsen's probable death is after May 1897, perhaps a farm burial at Wanamingo, Goodhue County, MN, possibly a Norway voyage death.
Elling Olsen's son Thor passed away on March 14, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois, at the age of 84.
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