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Odin Bernhard OLSON

Odin Bernhard OLSON

Male 1895 - 1977  (82 years)

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  • Name Odin Bernhard OLSON 
    Birth 9 Feb 1895  Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Farmer 
    Social Security Number 399-09-9188 issued in Wisconsin before 1951 
    Death 15 Dec 1977  Marshall, Richland County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 19 Dec 1977  North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • funeral Kickapoo United Lutheran Church
    Notes 
    • Middle name from Ervan’s obit.



      Odin was a veteran of the World War.

      The history of the Kickapoo United Lutheran Church in Soldiers Grove records the death of an Odin Olson in 1977.

      Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917. Shown as single, living in Soldiers Grove. Claimed to have been born in Clayton, Wisconsin. His occupation is carpenter for “Coney Turbine” of Soldiers Grove. (That’s probably Cornelius Turbin, a neighbor of Odin’s father in 1900 census.) He is described as short, slender, blue eyes, light brown hair.

      Listed in the 1920 census as age 24, living in Soldiers Grove in Crawford County. He is shown as single, occupation carpenter, age 24, “stepson” living with Martin and Christiana Helgerson.

      In the 1910 census, Odin is 15 and living with Martin and Christina Helgerson in Soldiers Grove. Martin and Christina had been married for two years and she had had one child, still living (who apparently was Odin). It is his second marriage but her first so she probably was not married to Odin’s purported father, Robert James Olson.

      In the 1900 census, he is Odin B Olson, living with his mother Christina in Clayton Twp. He is the only child Christina has had.

      In the 1940 census, Odin and his family lived on a rented farm in Franklin Twp on the Viroqua to Black Bottom Road, a few farms away from the Carl Nundahls. Neither Mildred nor Benetta were living at home.

      In that census, Christina Olson, and her son Odin B. are living on a farm in Crawford County. Christina is 40 (born Feb 1860 in Norway) and is single and has had one child which is still living. Her son Odin B. is 5 and was born Feb 1895 in Wisconsin. Odin’s father was born in Wisconsin. The farm next door is that of Ingeborg Olson, 69, who may be Christina’s mother.

      According to the SSDI:

      Residence: Marshall in Dane County
      Last Benefit: Readstown in Vernon County

      His obit noted that he was preceded in death by one son, one grandson, and one great-grandson. Odin’s obit had him and Clara marrying on February 5, 1918. But that is clearly incorrect because Odin and Clara are living at home and both single at the time of the 1920 census in January of 1920.

      In a note that Dorothy McKittrick included in her 1977 Christmas card to Cora, she said, “Odin Olson died - his funeral is Monday. I talked to Benetta last night and she said he was only sick for a day and a half.”
    Person ID I532  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2016 

    Father Andrew OLSON,   b. 23 Oct 1871, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1926, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Christina OLSON,   b. 13 Feb 1860, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1942, Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F3296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Louise NUNDAHL,   b. 23 Jul 1898, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1956, Rock County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 5 Feb 1920  Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • At the Folsom parsonage by Rev. M. Finstad. Odin’s obit says, incorrectly, that they were married 5 February 1918.
    Children 
     1. Benetta Celia OLSON,   b. 27 Oct 1920, Clayton Township, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 2002, Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. Orland Clarence OLSON,   b. 4 Aug 1922, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 2017, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     3. Mildred OLSON,   b. 6 Oct 1923, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 2015, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     4. Selma Bernice (Sally) OLSON,   b. 21 Mar 1925, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1992, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     5. Helen Marie OLSON,   b. 8 Dec 1926, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1978, Near Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     6. Agnes OLSON,   b. 7 Dec 1928, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 2013, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     7. Clifford Milford OLSON,   b. 3 Jan 1930, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1934, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
     8. Anna Tolene OLSON,   b. 19 Jan 1931, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1999, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     9. Ervan Tollef OLSON,   b. 2 Sep 1932, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 2016, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     10. Robert James OLSON,   b. 15 Aug 1933, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 2001, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2022 

  • Photos
    Odin Olson and Carl Nundahl
    Odin Olson and Carl Nundahl
    From 1920 or 1921. Probably taken in front of Bertha and Sever's house.
    Odin Olson
    Odin Olson
    The original is a postcard with this oval image taking up only half of the front of the card.
    Clara and Odin Olson, wedding
    Clara and Odin Olson, wedding
    Taken in 1920. The original picture is in a brown paper mounting with an oval opening. The studio was Jasperson of Viroqua, Wis. On the back, Cora wrote "My Cousin Clara & Odin Olson."
    Odin and Clara with Rhoda Ekum.
    Odin and Clara with Rhoda Ekum.
    From the 19-teens. Odin is about 23, Clara 20, and Rhoda 22. Taken in front of the Nundahl house.
    Odin Olson
    Odin Olson