Brief Life History of Oscar Walfred
When Oscar Walfred Olson was born on 4 December 1883, in Norra Ryr, Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden, his father, Olaf Larson, was 32 and his mother, Maria Charlotta Andersson, was 31. He married Hannah Mathilda Johnson on 7 August 1912, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Maple Ridge Township, Isanti, Minnesota, United States in 1940. He died on 28 July 1967, in Dalbo Township, Isanti, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Dalbo, Isanti, Minnesota, United States.
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- Oscar W Olson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Oscar W Olson, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Oscar Walfred Olson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1884
Historical Boundaries: 1884: Isanti, Minnesota, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1905
Union of Norway and Sweden dissolved.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lars, Thor, Helmer, Selmer, Bjorn, Nils, Elof, Einer, Lennart, Bertel.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Olsson . In some cases this is also an Americanized form of the variant Ohlsson .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, or North German Olsen and Ohlsen , cognates of 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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