Person:Olaf Flesness (1)

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Olaf Gotfred Flesness
b.21 Jul 1888 Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
d.4 Mar 1974 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Oskar Elert Flisnes1886 - 1886
  2. Olaf Gotfred Flesness1888 - 1974
  3. Jenny Petra Flisnes1890 - 1979
  4. Leonora (Nora) Bertha Flisnes1891 -
  5. Christian Emil Flesness1894 - 1974
  6. Selma Karoline Fredrikke Flisnes1896 -
  7. Solveig Aslaug Flisnes1898 - 1968
Spouse and Children
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m. 10 Jan 1918
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Facts and Events
Name Olaf Gotfred Flesness
Gender Male
Birth? 21 Jul 1888 Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norwayn/a Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal Norge
Marriage 10 Jan 1918 to Edith Eleanor Anderson
Death? 4 Mar 1974 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USAn/a Minneapolis, MN USA

Twin City Terminals MINNEAPOLIS LOCAL FREIGHT AND TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Bonnie Stevens, Correspondent Agent's Office O. G. Fleasness, check clerk in the freight house, retired July 12 with 50 years of service. A native of AAlesund, Norway, he came to this country in 1910 and settled in Clarkfield, Minn. After working briefly as a farmer and forButler Brothers in Minneapolis, he came to the Road in 1912 as a trucker at the Twin City Transfer. Subsequently he served as a caller before he became a check clerk in 1930. His hobby is fishing with spin cast equipment. He and Mrs. Fleasness have four children and 16 grandchildr

In 1930 He changed the spelling to Flesness. There were too many Pedersens in the country and Flisnes was changed in order to pronounce it easier.

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