Cause of Death:<CAUS> Old age
REFN: 308
Ellen Martinson was born on September 19, 1864, in Stavangar, Norway, and
came to America with her brothers, Lars and Tobias, in 1872. Their
parents, Berta & Elling Larson, and another sister, Aletta, remained in
Norway. Ellen first made her home with her uncle, Thosten Thostenson,
who lived near Conroy, Iowa. After leaving Ellen with their uncle, Lars
& Tobias continued traveling Northwest and settled in South Dakota.
Knud and Ellen were the parents of 9 children. Their son, Edwin, died
before reaching his 13th birthday, and is buried beside them in First
Lutheran Cemetery, Hilton Twp., Iowa County, Iowa.
After a year of being confined to her bed due to a series of paralytic
strokes and other complications, Ellen died on January 17, 1934, at the
home of her daughter, Edvena, in rural Iowa County, Iowa. Edvena had
taken care of her mother in her declining health.