John Christopher Olsen
1930–2003 (Age 72)
Hillside, Union, New Jersey, United States
The Life of John Christopher
When John Christopher Olsen was born on 9 October 1930, in Hillside, Union, New Jersey, United States, his father, Olaf Johan Olsen, was 31 and his mother, Mary Kate ( Mollie) Comaskey, was 25. He died on 2 April 2003, in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 72.
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Family Time Line
Olaf Johan Olsen
1899–1965
Mary Kate ( Mollie) Comaskey
1905–1963
Margret Ann ( Maggie) Olsen
1929–1960
John Christopher Olsen
1930–2003
Robert Olaf Olsen
1934–2006
Edward Olsen
1937–1996
Parents and Siblings
1899–1965Male
1905–1963Female
siblings
(4)
1929–1960Female
1930–2003Male
1934–2006Male
1937–1996Male
World Events (8)
1931
Age 1
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1933
Age 3
"New Jersey was severely impacted by the Great Depression. In response to the economic woes of the country, President Franklin D Roosevelt issued a series of programs and regulations referred to as the ""New Deal"". One-tenth of the New Jersey population was already using New Deal programs by 1933."
1950
Age 20
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Name Meaning
1 Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Olaf, Olav (Old Norse Óláfr, Ólafr, variant Óleifr, earlier Anleifr, from proto-Scandinavian elements meaning ‘ancestor’ + ‘heir’, ‘descendant’). Olaf has always been one of the most common Scandinavian names; it continued to be popular in the Middle Ages, in part as a result of the fame of St. Olaf, King of Norway, who brought Christianity to his country c.1030 . This surname, the second most common in Norway, is also established in England, notably in the Newcastle upon Tyne area.2 German (Ölsen): habitational name from any of several places so named, in Saxony, Brandenburg, and the Rhineland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Jack Olsen in household of Olaf Olsen, "United States Census, 1940"
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