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Erik OLSON

Male 1864 -


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  • Name Erik OLSON 
    Birth 15 Jul 1864  Winneshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 1 Nov 1864  Winneshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1908, Hamlin County, South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Berthe Andersdatter MAREIM,   b. 1 Aug 1825, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 30 Aug 1861  Dane County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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