Ellen (SANDER) Bakke: Family Group Sheet

Together Ellen and Ole Bakke had nine children that lived into adulthood: Isabella Antoinette, Clara Gunhilde, Erick Arthur, Elmer Orlando Benjamin, Philip Henry, Ruth Elizabeth, Vernon Lorenzo, Esther Lillian, and Ole Ernest.


Family Group Sheet. Ellen (SANDER) Bakke (1857-1936). Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.

We know a little bit more about Ole Bakke from his biography in Past and Present of Winneshiek County, Iowa by Edwin C. Bailey.



"Ole E. Bakke." (Bailey 1913) Vol. 2, pp. 64-65. Images courtesy of Spelhaug.org.

1910 US Federal Census: Ellen (SANDER) Bakke Family

Detail of 1910 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Bakke, Ellen / Head / F / W / 52 / Wd / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Farmer
_____, Isabella / Daughter / F / W / 25 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa / None
_____, Clara / Daughter / F / W / 24 / S / / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa / Teacher
_____, Erick / Son / M / W / 20 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa / None
_____, Orlando / Son / M / W / 19 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa / None
_____, Philip / Son / M / W / 16 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa / Farm labor
_____, Ruth / Daughter / F / W / 14 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa / None
_____, Vernon S. / Son / M / W / 11 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa / None
_____, Esther L. / Daughter / F / W / 9 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa / None
_____, Ole E. / Son / M / W / 7 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa /None

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Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Frankville, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: T624_428; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0153; FHL microfilm: 1374441.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1920 US Federal Census: Ellen (SANDER) Bakke Family

By 1920 several of the older children have left the household and started families of their own.


Detail of 1920 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Bakke, Ellen M. / Head / F / W / 62 / Wd / Iowa / Norway / Norway
_____, Orlando / Son / M / W / 28 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
_____, Ruth E. / Daughter / F / W / 23 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
_____, Lillian E. / Daughter / F / W / 18 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
_____, Ole E/ Son / M / W / 17 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa

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Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Frankville, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 165; Image: 227.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1930 US Federal Census: Orlando Bakke Family

By 1930 Ellen was living with her son Orlando, his wife Emma, and her daughter, Lillian. Orlando presumably had taken over the operation of the family farm.


Detail of 1930 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Bakke, Orlando / Head / M / W / 37 / M / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa / Farmer
_____, Emma / Wife / F / W / 40 / M / Minnesota / Norway / Norway / None
_____, Lillian E. / Sister / F / W / 28 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa / Trained Nurse
_____, Ellen M. / Mother / F / W / 72 / Wd / Iowa / Norway / Norway / None

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Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Frankville, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: 688; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 794.0; FHL microfilm: 2340423. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

Esther Lillian Bakke

The portraits below are of cousins, Ella N. Peterson and Lillian Bakke. Lillian was born 22 Jan 1901. From the description of the reverse it is assumed that the girl on the left is Ella and the one on the right is Lillian. This is by no means certain.


Portraits. Ella N. Peterson and Lillian Bakke (c. 1910). Images courtesy of Verla Williams. The right image is a black and white copy of the original image on the left.