Alida A D Skarp

Brief Life History of Alida A D

When Alida A D Skarp was born on 20 October 1892, in Minnesota, United States, her father, Otto Ferdinand Skarp, was 23 and her mother, Anna Lovisa Carlsdotter, was 22. She married Andrew Olson on 14 July 1913, in Kittson, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Deerwood Township, Kittson, Minnesota, United States for about 35 years and Karlstad, Kittson, Minnesota, United States in 1940. She died on 16 April 1981, in Kittson, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Karlstad Cemetery, Karlstad, Kittson, Minnesota, United States.

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Andrew Olson
1885–1965
Alida A D Skarp
1892–1981
Marriage: 14 July 1913
Paul Raynold Olson
1914–2014
Lawerence Verner Malcolm Olson
1920–
Doris Olson
1928–
Gordon Olson
1931–1996
Leonard Ferdinand Olson
1931–

Sources (11)

  • Elida Skarp, "Minnesota State Census, 1905"
  • Alida Skarp Olson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Alida Skarp in entry for Gordon A Olson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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1904

Historical Boundaries: 1904: Kittson, Minnesota, United States

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Name Meaning

Norwegian:

habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named with the dative case (skarthi) or the definite singular form (skardet) of Old Norse skarth ‘cleft, mountain pass’ (see Skar 1).

(Skåre): habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named with the dative case of Skår (see Skaar ). Compare Score 2.

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

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