Person:Martin Olson (2)

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Martin K Olson
b.4 Jul 1879 Stony Brook, Grant, Minnesota, USA
d.17 Oct 1945
Parents and Siblings
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m. 27 May 1872
  1. Ole K Olson1872 - 1945
  2. Anna Olson1874 - 1947
  3. Edward K Olson1876 - 1915
  4. Christian K Olson1877 - 1922
  5. Martin K Olson1879 - 1945
  6. Severin Olson1881 - 1942
  7. Gena Olson1883 - 1965
  8. Nels Olson1884 - 1961
  9. Sophia Olson1886 - 1976
  10. Olaus K. Olson1888 - 1971
  11. Helmer K Olson1890 - 1966
  12. Carl K Olson1892 - 1918
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m. 5 Dec 1907
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Martin K Olson
Alt Name[2] Martin OLSON
Alt Name[1] Martin K. Olson
Alt Name[3] Martin Olson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 4 Jul 1879 Stony Brook, Grant, Minnesota, USA
Alt Birth[3] Jul 1879 Minnesota, USA
Alt Birth? 4 Jul 1879 Minnesota, USA
Alt Birth[1] Jul 1880 Stony Brook, Grant, Minnesota, USA
Confirmation[1] 9 Dec 1894 Wendell, Grant, Minnesota, USATrinity Lutheran
Residence[3] 1900 Stony Brook, Grant, Minnesota, USA
Marriage 5 Dec 1907 to Otila Simonsen
Residence[1] 1920 Elbow Lake, Grant, Minnesota, USA
Death? 17 Oct 1945

BIOGRAPHY: Martin Olson was the fifth child born to Kittel and GunhildOlson. He was born July 4th 1879 and baptized at West Elbow Lake LutheranChurch on August 24th 1879.Martin grew up on the Olson homestead near thetown of Wendell, Minnesota. He lost his mother Gunhild at the age ofsixteen. Martin worked on his father's farm and met his future wife whenhis father Kittel returned home from Sigdal, Norway with two youngladies. Ottila Simonson and Martin Olson married in Elbow Lake onDecember 5th 1907 with Sophia Olson and Elmer Samuelson as theirwitnesses. Martin and Ottila lived on a farm three miles south of Wendellin Hereford. Their first born was a son Russell Morris born June 6th1908, then a daughter Pearl Mildred born November 16, 1909.In the Wendellnews of 1919 it tells that Martin's brother Severin and wife Annette wereliving with the Martin Olsons up to the birth of their daughter Arlene.In October of 1919 they rented the HC Kersten Farm. On August 27th 1920Mrs. Ottila Olson died after an illness of several months. She hadstepped on a nail and contracted blood poisoning. Ottila was verymusical and talented also in handiwork. After Ottila died, Russell, then twelve, and Pearl, about eleven, wereleft with their father. One day a visitor came and found Martin cooking moonshine. Martin was not a drinker but it is believed he made it to make money. Kittel Olson is said to have been unhappy with Martin's raising the children and after speaking to son Olaus, Martin and children movedto South Dakota to Olaus's farm. Pearl married Peter Peterson and lived in Rosholt, South Dakota. Russell married Doris McKee, January 19th 1933. Russell and Doris had three children. Dorothy in 1934 and twins Darla and Darrell in 1936. Peter andPearl adopted a son Roger in 1934. Martin Olson died October 17 1945 in Aberdeen, South Dakota at age 66.

History of Stony Brook Township by Louis O. Foss From the first Settlement to 1918 p253 MARTIN K. Olson. Another son of the pioneer is Martin K. Olson. He is engaged in farming, renting a farm in Elbow Lake township. He married Miss Karen Simonson, and the following children have been born to them : Russel and Pearl

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees. (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;)
    Database online.

    Record for Gunhild Ellingson

  2. ↑ GEDCOM File : ~ATE2.ged.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
    Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Stony Brook, Grant, Minnesota; Roll: T623_765; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 62.

    Record for Kittil Olson

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