Odin LARSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Day Laborer, RR Brakeman

Notes:

He is probably the child listed as August Larson who was born 6 Feb 1883 in Marathon County.

Single and living at home with his mother and siblings in the 1900 census.

In the 1905 state census, he and his family are living in the 9th ward of Wausau. The household consists of Odin, 22, Charlotte, 19, and John, 3 months. Living with them is Anna, 62, a widow born in Norway, shown as “mother.”

Shown as Odin Larsen in the 1910 census. At that time the family was living at 320 E. Washington Street in Wausau.

According to Roger, who has seen Odin’s death certificate, Odin died of pneumonia.

Birth:
Wisconsin Birth and Christenings

Died:
per Roger

Buried:
as Odin E

Odin married Charlotte L DIETL on 20 Dec 1904 in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Charlotte (daughter of August DIETL and Louise) was born in Jun 1886 in Wisconsin; died on 20 Aug 1918 in Wisconsin; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born Johan.

Shown as the adopted son of Fred and Anna Maney in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, he was John O Larson, 25 and single, lodging in Los Angeles. He was a clerk in a printing business.

Birth:
The birth date in the California Death Index is 21 Mar 1904. Wisconsin Births and Christenings shows 21 Mar 1905.

Notes:

Shown as “granddaughter” and living with her apparent grandmother, Louisa Dietl, in Wausau in the 1920 census.

Living with her aunt, Mary Dietl, her grandmother, Louise Dietl, and her brother, Edward E. Larson, at 326 East 52nd Street, Portland, Oregon, at the time of the 1930 census. Gretchen was a stenographer in the wholesale hardware industry and was the only person in the household who was employed.

She was Gretchen Atkinson when she married Lloyd M Janz.

She was Mrs. Gretchen L Atkinson in the 1955 Portland, Oregon, city directory.

Family/Spouse: ATKINSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gretchen married Lloyd M JANZ in Feb 1983 in Washington. Lloyd was born on 21 Feb 1904; died on 9 Sep 1983 in Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 561-66-9264, apparently issued in California according to the first three numbers
• Washington Death Certificate: 023584

Notes:

Living with the Adolph Herz Sr. family in the 1920 census and with the Adolph Herz Jr. (and her aunt Julia Dietl Herz) family in the 1930 census in Clackamas County, Oregon. Living with her sister Julia in both instances.

Her engagement to Frederick Kubler was announced at the same time as her sister Julia’s engagement to William Perkins in the 10 Jan 1940 edition of the Corvallis newspaper. Anne Louise attended Reed College and graduated from the Oregon College of Education at Monmouth.

Listed as Anna L Kubler in the Washington Death Index on Ancestry. Not listed in the SSDI. Not listed in the Washington State Digital Archives.

Anne married Frederick Byron KUBLER on 22 Jun 1940 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Frederick (son of Frederick W KUBLER and Tressie Lou GATES) was born on 23 May 1913 in Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado; died on 16 Feb 1982 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with the Adolph Herz Sr. family in the 1920 census and with the Adolph Herz Jr. (and her aunt Julia Dietl Herz) family in the 1930 census in Clackamas County, Oregon. Living with her sister Anne Louise in both instances.

The 1920 census shows her as 4 years and 5 months old which suggests she was born in or about July or August of 1915.

In the 1940 census, as Julia Larson, she was still living with the Herzes in the Cottrell Precinct of Clackamas County, Oregon. She is shown as 24 years old and the “adopted daughter” of Edward and Julia Herz.

Her engagement to William Perkins was announced at the same time as her sister Anna Louise’s engagement to Frederick Kubler in the 10 Jan 1940 edition of the Corvallis newspaper. Julia attended Oregon State was a graduate of the Oregon College of Education at Monmouth.

She was still married to Kenneth Tuttle at his death in 1988 and was referred to in his obit as Julia Larson Tuttle.

A Julia Ann Tuttle married a Daniel Lee Wisecarver in Washington in August or September of 1967. They divorced in June of 1977. She married James K Wilhelm in 1979.

Julia married William H PERKINS, Jr on 22 Jun 1940 in Multnomah County, Oregon, and was divorced in 1948 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia married Kenneth A TUTTLE on 19 Jun 1958 in Skamania County, Washington. Kenneth was born on 3 Apr 1904 in Washington; died on 29 Apr 1988 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as “grandson” and living with his apparent grandmother, Louisa Dietl, in Wausau in the 1920 census.

Living with his aunt, Mary Dietl, his grandmother, Louise Dietl, and his sister, Gretchen Larson, at 326 East 52nd Street, Portland, Oregon, at the time of the 1930 census.

In the 1940 census, he was Edward E Larson, 23, single, living in Portland at 1724 S E 52nd Avenue with his grandmother Louise Dietl and his aunt Mary Dietl. That is the same house at which they all lived in 1935. Edward is a cashier for a parcel delivery company. He was a high school graduate.

Because his gravestone is similar to that of Mary Dietl, we can reasonably infer that he is the Edward E Larson, 1916-1967, buried in Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland, Oregon. According to the Oregon Death Index, that Edward died on 14 Apr 1967 and his wife was Florence. According to the SSDI, that Edward was born on 29 Sep 1916.

Family/Spouse: Florence. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]