Zoe Lena OLSEN

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she and her husband and daughter live in St. Paul in a house they own worth $5500. Gordon is a traveling salesman.

In the 1940 census, she and her husband and daughter live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in a rented house. Gordon is a wholesale feed salesman. Five years earlier the family lived in St. Paul. Gordon has has one year of college, Zoe is a high school graduate.

She and Gordon lived at 3043 Thirteenth Avenue S. in Minneapolis at the time they announced the engagement of their daughter to Bernard George Black in May of 1946.

She lived at 6870 7th St. NE, in Fridley, Minnesota, at the time of her death. Her daughter was Mrs. Bernard G. Black of Fridley, who had 5 children. Her sister was Mrs. H. P. Miller of Minneapolis. Her obit said that she had been a resident of Minneapolis for 50 years and was a graduate of South High.

An article in the Minneapolis Tribune, 31 Jul 1966, notes: “A modest collection of daylilies has been started in the {University of Minnesota} arboretum as a memorial to Zoe L. Fossum.

Birth:
Many sources say 1895.

Zoe married Gordon Marion FOSSUM on 17 Mar 1920 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Gordon was born in 1896 in Minnesota; died on 8 Feb 1950 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Ellen FOSSUM was born on 26 Aug 1925 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 30 May 2017 in Florida.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Nov 1864, Winneshiek County, Iowa

Notes:

He also had a home baptism at age of 8 days, performed by Ingeborg A. Lia.

The records for the Washington Prairie church in Decorah show Erik was baptized on All Saints’ Day which would have been November 1, 1864.

According to the history of the Glenwood Lutheran Church east of Decorah, the Little Iowa congregation was made up of five present-day congregations: Madison, Washington Prairie, Stavanger, Calmar, and Glendwood.

In the 1900 census, he is Erick Olson, b. July 1864 in Iowa, a hotel keeper living with his family in Signal in Charles Mix County, South Dakota. He and his wife Mary, married 13 years, have two children, Mabel, 9, and Loelena or Toelena, 5, b. Nov 1894. Both girls were born in South Dakota. The families immediately preceding Erick on the census sheet are Beebes, presumably his brothers-in-law.

In the 1910 census, he is Erick Olson, 45, married 22 years, He and his wife operate or own a “first class” hotel in Fairfax Precinct in Gregory County, South Dakota. Both girls are still at home.

In the 1920 census, he was a packer for a millinery. He and his wife and daughter Zoe lived on Colfax Avenue N. in Minneapolis in a house they owned, albeit with a mortgage. Zoe worked as a bookkeeper for a heating company.

In the 1936 Minneapolis city directory, as Erick Olson, he and Mary E live at 3555 Girard Ave N. He is a clerk for McKesson & Robbins Inc.

In the 1940 census, he and Mary still live in Minneapolis at 3555 Girard Avenue N.

Baptism:
Little Iowa congregation (Little Iowa Norsk-Evangelisk Lutherske Menighed)

Erik married Mary Ellen BEEBE in 1888. Mary was born on 5 Jul 1868 in Minnesota; died on 28 Jun 1961 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and Erick celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 26 May 1938. The article in the Star said that they had lived in Minneapolis for 30 years.

Her address was 3043 13th Ave. S. at the time of her death.

Notes:

Married:
or 1886

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Jan 1841, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

In the 1870 census, he was Peder Olson, a railroad worker living in Conover, Calmar Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa. His wife was Bertha and their children were Olina, Erik, and Lisa.

A different Peder Oleson Krogen (b. 1853 in Folldal), also with a daughter named Oline, lived in Prairie Farm Twp, Barron County, Wisconsin.

In a land office grant dated 23 Apr 1891, Peder Olson Krogen acquired the south half of the northeastern quarter of section 10 of the South Dakota township described at 113 North, 053 W, using the 5th prime meridian.

In the 1900 census, Petter O Krogen, age 61, and his wife Anne, age 71, lived on a farm they owned in Norden Twp, Hamlin County, South Dakota. The census form shows that both came to the U.S. in 1861 and that they had been married for 39 years. Anne is shown has having had 3 children, 1 still living. There are no children living with them. The only other member of the household is a farm laborer named Rudolph Lee who may be Anna’s grandson.

In the 1905 state census, he is Peter O Krogen, age 67, married, living in South Dakota. He had come to the U.S. in 1861 and to South Dakota in 1881.

He is shown in the Hayti Lutheran Church death record as Peter Arneson Krogen, age 61.

Birth:
Bakken under Kroken according to Arne; December of 1838 according to the 1900 census

Baptism:
Asbjørn Sörensen Krogen of yttre Krogen assumed responsibility for the illegitimate child

Buried:
not in Find A Grave

Peder married Berthe Andersdatter MAREIM on 30 Aug 1861 in Dane County, Wisconsin. Berthe (daughter of Anders Andersen MAREIM and Anna Eriksdatter OPHEIM) was born on 1 Aug 1825 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; was christened on 14 Aug 1825 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Aug 1825, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Shown in birth record as illegitimate.

Does not seem to be listed in the 1865 census.

According to Arne, citing Øyane in the bygdebøk, Bertha emigrated to America in 1861 and there married the Norwegian husmannssonen Peder Olson frå Bakken under Kroken i Luster in 1840. According to Øyane, Berta died in 1868 and Peder in 1908, likely in America.

The Hafslo emigration record shows the unmarried Britha Andersdatter Marheim, age 31, leaving on April 18, 1861.

In his further research, Arne found:

“Bertha and Peder married in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin 30 August 1861. They had one daughter there, Oline, born 23 March and baptized 10 October 1862. Later on, it seems they moved to Winneshiek, Iowa, and had two children: Erik, born 15 July and baptized 19 October 1864, and Elise, born 25 February 1866. It seems to me, they were still living in Winneshiek, according to the 1870-census, even if the age is wrong for Peder, Oline, Erik and Elisa.

“I have not found them in later censuses, or death records. It seems obvious, however, that Bertha did NOT die in 1868, and we do not know for sure if Peder died in 1908 as stated by Øyane.”

Notes:

Married:
Peder Olsen Kroken and Birtha Andersdtr; he was 21, she was 34; Koshkonong Lutheran in Stoughton

Notes:

As Ole A Krogen Urness, he is buried in Iowa at Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah.

Ole married Elisabet Iversdatter KROGEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Husmaand
• Baptism: 8 Feb 1784, Marem, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Age 44 and of Marem according to marriage record.

Anders and his family are included in the bygdebok for Marheim on pp. 383-386. Arne Fastebust’s family says Anders was a “husman på Kåstoveplassen under Marheim.”

Died:
“74 aar”

Anders married Anna Eriksdatter OPHEIM on 28 Nov 1827 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Anna (daughter of Erik Jenssen OPHEIM and Benthe Jørgensdatter JORANGER) was born in 1802 in Opheim, Jordanger, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; was christened on 12 Sep 1802 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 3 Jan 1849 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Sep 1802, Opheim, Jordanger, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Of Opheim farm according to Berthe’s baptism records and confirmed in marriage records.

She was 26 when she married Anders.

She does not seem to be listed in the 1865 Norwegian census.

We do not know the dates and circumstances for Anna’s death. The best guess, endorsed by Arne, is described in Lars E Øyane’s bygdebøk: Gards- og ættesoge for Luster kommune Band VI (1986). On page 383-85, Øyane claims that Anna Eriksdotter “probably died from cholera in Bergen 3 January 1849.” Arne concedes that Anna ending up in Bergen, rather far from Sogn, is problematic.

Arne’s summary: As to Anders’s and Anna’s seven children, all born in Marheim, three of them (Berthe, Kari and Anders) emigrated to America, one (Erik) lived in Bergen, Norway, two died early (the first Anders and his sister Anna), and only one (Brithe) stayed in Hafslo.

Died:
see notes