When Andrew Knute Olson was born on 31 March 1849, in Rogaland, Norway, his father, Knud T. Olsen, was 36 and his mother, Ingeborg Aslaksdatter, was 39. He married Elsie Katherine "Kate" Jenson on 7 March 1872, in LaSalle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Story, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Union Township, Story, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 January 1926, in Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Cambridge, Story, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Page, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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