I.M. OLSON

Notes:

His father was born in Wisconsin, his mother in Norway.

Otis married Myrtle WILLIAMSON about 1918. Myrtle (daughter of William Buck WILLIAMSON and Torborg ERICKSON) was born on 25 Apr 1891 in Wisconsin; died in Jan 1968 in Portage County, Wisconsin; was buried in 1968 in Nelsonville Lutheran Cemetery, Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census she and Otis live in Amherst Twp, Portage County, not far from her parents. In the 1930 census, she and Otis are not far from her brother Elmer who, by that time, appears to have taken over the Williamson farm.

Died:
SSDI last residence Amherst.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Oct 1861, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Called Billy.

William was a farmer in Amherst Twp, Portage County, Wisconsin, in the 1900 census.

He was still in Amherst Twp in the 1910 census. By then his son Boyd had left home.

By 1920, Myrtle has left home too.

In the 1930 census, William and Thora are living by themselves in a house they own on High Street in Nelsonville village, Amherst Twp, Portage County. They don’t have a radio.

His obit said that he had been a resident of Nelsonville for the past 12 years. He had suffered a stroke six years before his death and had been in poor health ever since. He had been confined to his bed for 13 months.

Birth:
his obit said 16 Jul 1861 in Amherst

Baptism:
As Wilhelm. His mother is Mathea Nilsdatter.

William married Torborg ERICKSON on 10 Nov 1888 in Portage County, Wisconsin. Torborg was born on 4 Aug 1861 in Norway; died on 5 Aug 1955 in Wisconsin; was buried on 8 Aug 1955 in Nelsonville Lutheran Cemetery, Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census she had had 6 children, all still living. She came to the U.S. in 1885.

She is called Tarborg in the 1910 census. By then she had had 9 children, all still living.

She is called Thora in the 1920 census.

Buried:
buried as Torborg

Notes:

Married:
or 9 Nov 1889

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Nov 1830, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born on Bagetun 35.

Emigrated to the U. S. 29 March 1852.

He was Buck Williamson, age 38, saloon keeper, living with his wife and daughter in Amherst Twp, Portage County, in the 1860 census.

He was Buck Williamson, age 35, saloon keeper, living in Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin, not far from William Williamson in the 1870 census.

Baptism:
Vang kirke

Died:
“at the age of 41 years, 4 months”

Bøye married Matthea Nielsdatter (Matilda). Matthea (daughter of Niels Olsen and Lisbeth Ingebretsdatter) was born on 12 Jun 1832 in Gausdal, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Feb 1901 in Portage County, Wisconsin; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jun 1832, Gausdal, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Called Martina in the 1860 census.

She and Nels were living in Portage County in the 1900 census. She had had 5 children, 3 still living.

She was a widow in the 1880 census. The family was living in the village of Amherst and going by the last name of Buck, at least according to the census entry. Billy, 19, Anna 15, and Nels E., 13, were all living at home with her. Billy was a farmer but none of the rest of them had occupations.

Some of the church records for the birth and baptism of her children call her Mathia or Mathea Nilsdatter.

An article in the Stevens Point Journal on her death said that she died from breast cancer and was survived by two sons and a daughter.

Birth:
father’s farm name illegible