Oscar Emmanuel OLSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-017999
• Baptism: 20 May 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Erick lived at 1911 13th Avenue S. in Minneapolis. At his death he had been retired for 11 years. He had been a real estate salesman.

The informant for the information on his death certificate was provided by Oscar E. Olson.

Erick died of flu and otitis midra purulant with pneumonia and meningitis as contributing factors.

In the 1880 census, Erick (as Erick B. Olson) is a 31 year-old saloon keeper. He and his 24 year-old wife Lena and his 1 month-old unnamed child live in Northfield. Living with them as a boarder is a 35 year-old single man born in Norway named Gilbert Gilbertson, a laborer.

Erick and his family lived in Minneapolis is the 1885 census.

In the 1895 census he is a widower living with his four children at 2626 17th Avenue South in Minneapolis. He and his family live on the first floor, another family lives on the second floor. Living with the family is 27 year-old Carrie Anderson, a “domestic”, who was born in Sweden. She may be Lena’s sister. Erick was a 43 year-old real estate dealer who had been in Minnesota for 16 years and in the current enumeration district for 4 months.

Birth:
his death certificate gave his date of birth as April 11th

Erick married Lena ANDERSON. Lena was born about 1856 in Norway; died before 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lena is shown as Erick Olson’s 33 year-old wife in the 1885 census. She is shown as born in Norway but then so were the three children.

She is Erick’s 24 year-old wife in the 1880 census.

Notes:

He is I2599 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Bø 23/2 Nørre

Died:
Bø 23/2 Nørre

Ove married Berith Stephansdatter BREKKEN on 3 Oct 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berith (daughter of Steffan Gudmundson BREKKEN and Ambjørg Eivindsdatter HØYME) was born on 12 Dec 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Jun 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A Berith Stephansdatter was born in Vang on 6 Jan 1822. Her father was Stephan Gudmundssen and her mother was Anbior Evensdatter.

A Berith Stephansdatter, 23, married Ove Olsen, 29, in Vang on 3 Oct 1844. Her father was Stephan Gudmundssen, his was Ole Olsen. Ove’s farm was Böe in Vang.

In the 1865 Norwegian census, there was a Sigri Steffensdatter, a 42 year-old widow, living on Bøe nordre in Vang. Living with her were Rangdi Ovesdatter, her daughter, age 10, and Ove Ovessen, her son, age 8. Also living with them was Erik Ovessen, tjenestedreng, age 18. An Ambjør Ovesdatter, age 20, was a tjenestepige on the Grov farm in Vang.

Birth:
Brekken 91/ Høre

Died:
Bø 23/2 Nørre

Notes:

Vang A, p. 467.

He is I2598 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han var også klokker fra 1808 i Vang, og i hele Vang fra 1817-1860, han var hjelpevaksinatør 1824-63, medlem i bankstyret, og han var en meget brukt kjøgemeister. Gjartrud og Ola hadde også sønnen Ola (1818- ) han var lærer, ugift og bodde hjemme . Den 17.10.1874 ble han borte i Kvamskleivene, han kan ha fallt utfor, men ryktet sier at han ble myrdet og kastet utfor. Morderen ble aldri funnet. Om de andre abrna, se kona hans Gjartrud E Bø.

Birth:
Tune 36/1 Midtre

Ola married Gjartrud Eiriksdatter BØ. Gjartrud (daughter of Eirik Håvardson BØ and Ambjørg Ovesdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born in 1791 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She inherited her father’s farm.

Birth:
Bø 23/2-3 Nørre

Notes:

Vang C, p. 49.

Birth:
Brekken 91/ Høre

Steffan married Ambjørg Eivindsdatter HØYME. Ambjørg (daughter of Eivind Knutsen FYLKEN and Sigrid Knutsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1800 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Vik, Nedre, 55/1