Olaf CARLSON

1893 - 1960  (66 years)

• Name	Olaf CARLSON
  Birth	27 Sep 1893	Summit, Roberts County, South Dakota
  	SD Births
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jul 1960
  Notes	Olaf’s wife Betsy wrote this entry for Olaf’s and her family for “Lines of the Past”, the local history book put out by the Preeceville Historical Society in 1982. Olaf was born in Summit, South Dakota. He was about twelve years old when he came to Canada with his parents and settled on a farm in the Hassan area. Hi filed on a homestead in the Robinson Creek district in 1915. In 1918 he married Betsy, daughter of Charlie and Ida Johnson. Olaf sold his homestead in 1918 and bought land at Hassan, Sask. The family lived on the Hassan farm until about 1962. Olaf died from a heart attack in 1960. Betsy retired to Sturgis, Sask. Olaf and Betsy had seven boys and one girl. Chester, the oldest, served overseas in WW II. He married Irene Oftebro. They lived in Sturgis. Chester died in 1966. Stanley, the youngest of the boys, was killed in a car accident that same year, 1966. The only daughter of Olaf and Betsy, Ida (Mrs. Ralph Lee) died in 1980 from a long illness of cancer. Roy, a university graduate, works in Alberta. Virgil, Walter, Elmer, and Archie are farmers, truck drivers, and mechanics. Elmer married a Robinson Creek district girl, Loretta Rosenkerr. They reside in Sturgis.
  Person ID	I7234	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	31 May 2010

  
  

  Family	Betsy JOHNSON,   b. 1 Dec 1901, Barton, Pierce County, North Dakota d. 15 Apr 1995 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1918	Preeceville, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Children	1. Chester R CARLSON,   b. 5 May 1919   d. Dec 1966 (Age 47 years)   2. A.W. CARLSON   3. Virgil Glen CARLSON,   b. 9 Mar 1923   d. 17 Dec 1988 (Age 65 years)   4. Elmer Olaf CARLSON,   b. 18 Feb 1925   d. 1998, Sturgis, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 72 years)   5. Ida Mary CARLSON,   b. 13 Apr 1927   d. 1980 (Age 52 years)   6. Stanley Robert CARLSON,   b. 31 Aug 1939   d. 20 Jun 1966 (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F5528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2005