Vera Merle Pomeroy

Brief Life History of Vera Merle

When Vera Merle Pomeroy was born on 7 September 1902, in Breckenridge, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States, her father, Henry Hiram Pomeroy, was 34 and her mother, Mary Mae Tilton, was 23. She married Nels Jurgen Leonard Olson on 17 October 1918, in Pierce, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Dawson, Montana, United States for about 5 years and School District 4 Libby, Lincoln, Montana, United States in 1940. She died on 25 November 1993, in Libby, Lincoln, Montana, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Libby Cemetery, Lincoln, Montana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nels Jurgen Leonard Olson
1889–1969
Vera Merle Pomeroy
1902–1993
Marriage: 17 October 1918
Verle Lyndon Olson
1919–1979
Mae Henrietta Olson
1920–2015
Alvia Jean Olson
1921–2007
Maxwell Gerald Olson
1922–1990
Grace Celia Olson
1924–1994
Henry Hiram Olson
1927–1933
Robert Dwayne Olson
1928–1953
Lillian Rosetta Olson
1929–
Marilyn Ann Olson
1933–2009
John LeRoy Olson
1935–1935
James Laverne Olson
1935–2002
Naomi Elnore Helen Olson
1937–1994
Les Leroy Olson
1939–1995

Sources (24)

  • Vern M Olson, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Vera Merle Pomeroy - Individual or family possessions: Obituary: birth-name: Vera Merle Pomeroy
  • Vera Merle Pomeroy, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1909

Historical Boundaries: 1909: Lincoln, Montana, United States

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin; mainly Devon and Dorset): habitational name from any of various places in northeastern France named with Old French pommeroie, pommeraie ‘apple orchard’ (collective of pomme ‘apple’). The name was established in Ireland in 1573.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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