When Olason was born in 1748, in Kydland, Stavanger, Norway, his father, Ola Gitleson, was 32 and his mother, Barbro Tjølsdatter Brekken, was 25. He died in 1748, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Erik, Kristoffer, Nels, Niels.
Americanized form of Danish and Norwegian Olsen and Olesen , and also of the Swedish cognate Olsson .
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