Erik OLSON

1864 -

• Name	Erik OLSON
  Birth	15 Jul 1864	Winneshiek County, Iowa
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1 Nov 1864	Winneshiek County, Iowa
  	Little Iowa congregation (Little Iowa Norsk-Evangelisk Lutherske Menighed)
  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.
  Person ID	I31332	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Peder Olsen KROGEN,   b. 28 Dec 1840, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 6 Oct 1908, Hamlin County, South Dakota (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Berthe Andersdatter MAREIM,   b. 1 Aug 1825, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. United States
  Marriage	30 Aug 1861	Dane County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F3318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ellen BEEBE,   b. 5 Jul 1868, Minnesota d. 28 Jun 1961, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	1888
  	or 1886
  Children	1. Mabel Ethel OLSON,   b. 30 Oct 1891, South Dakota d. 29 Sep 1964, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 72 years)   2. Zoe Lena OLSEN,   b. 8 Nov 1894, South Dakota d. 1 Jan 1964, Anoka County, Minnesota (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F21697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 May 2023