Odin Bernhard OLSON

1895 - 1977  (82 years)

• Name	Odin Bernhard OLSON
  Birth	9 Feb 1895	Crawford County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  Social Security Number	399-09-9188 issued in Wisconsin before 1951
  Death	15 Dec 1977	Marshall, Richland County, Wisconsin
  Burial	19 Dec 1977	North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	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 the 1950 census, he was a farmer in Soldiers Grove in Crawford County. Ervin, Robert, and Clifford were still 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	15 Jul 2024

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Clara Louise NUNDAHL,   b. 23 Jul 1898, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 18 Oct 1956, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1920	Crawford County, Wisconsin
  	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 d. 23 Apr 2002, Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin (Age 81 years)   2. Orland Clarence OLSON,   b. 4 Aug 1922, Wisconsin d. 24 Mar 2017, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 94 years)   3. Mildred OLSON,   b. 6 Oct 1923, Wisconsin d. 5 Oct 2015, Columbia County, Wisconsin (Age 91 years)   4. Selma Bernice (Sally) OLSON,   b. 21 Mar 1925, Wisconsin d. 6 Mar 1992, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Age 66 years)   5. Helen Marie OLSON,   b. 8 Dec 1926, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 30 Dec 1978, Near Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin (Age 52 years)   6. Agnes OLSON,   b. 7 Dec 1928, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 8 Dec 2013, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 85 years)   7. Clifford Milford OLSON,   b. 3 Jan 1930, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 23 Dec 1934, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 4 years)   8. Anna Tolene OLSON,   b. 19 Jan 1931, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 22 Sep 1999, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama (Age 68 years)   9. Ervan Tollef OLSON,   b. 2 Sep 1932, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 3 Mar 2016, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 83 years)   10. Robert James OLSON,   b. 15 Aug 1933, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 29 Apr 2001, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 67 years)   11. Clifford M OLSON,   b. 10 Oct 1936, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 26 Dec 2023, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2022

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Odin Olson and Carl Nundahl From 1920 or 1921. Probably taken in front of Bertha and Sever's house.
  		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 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. From the 19-teens. Odin is about 23, Clara 20, and Rhoda 22. Taken in front of the Nundahl house.
  		Odin Olson