Ole Johnson Roan
(1825-1903)
Berit Nilsdatter Eggen
(1832-1906)
Nils Olsen Roan
(1859-1923)
Agnes Lydia Larson
(1867-1937)
Mable C Roan
(1888-1954)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Olaf Nicolai Peterson

Mable C Roan

  • Born: 7 Oct 1888, Minnesota, United States 1917
  • Marriage (1): Olaf Nicolai Peterson on 21 Jun 1916 in Kandiyohi Co, Minnesota, United States 3214
  • Died: 21 Apr 1954, Yellow Medicine Co, Minnesota, United States at age 65 3215,3216
  • Buried: Clarkfield Cemetery, Clarkfield, Yellow Medicine Co, Minnesota, United States 3217

  Research Notes:

1. 1920 US Census - Troy, Grant Co, SD

- Olaf, Mabel and son, Lester age 1.5 years
- grain buyer, elevator

2. 1930 US Census, Canby, Yellow Medicine Co, MN

- Olaf, Mabel and son, Lester, age 11
- Olaf age 31 at marriage <1916>; Mabel age 27 at marriage <1916>
- Salesman, garage; Lester, salesman, street
- lists other children - Orval, Arley, Stella, and Norma
- home rented; location on 5th Street
- ++ next household (dwelling 354, family 399); home owned - value of $1600 - Agnes Roan, widow, age 62 - Olaf's mother

3. see http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi --- Laura Reed Database --- no source information provided [ last accessed 19 Dec 2016 ]

- Olaf's birthplace as Waterloo Ridge, IA
- Mabel's birth place as Fertile, Polk Co, MN ???

4. Ancestry.com Public Member Trees; 'Fearon Family Tree' accessed 17 Dec 2016

- this tree has a number of photos (but these can't be copied from Ancestry library edition, but I took a photo of the screen shot, 1 Apr 2017, see PC file folder)

- includes a jpeg of a newspaper obituary for Mable from "The News, Canby, MN, 30 Apr 1954, page 6". The following are notes taken from that obituary:

"... died here on Wednesday of last week of complications resulty from diabetes ... blind for 2 years ... invalid for 4 years ... born in Fertile, Minnesota to Mr and Mrs Nels Roan on 7 Oct 1888 ... they moved to Warren [MN] and attended school there ... attended Moorehead Normal School and taught rural schools for 11 years and at Bethseda Orphange near Willmar for 3 years ... married on 21 Jun 1916 at Willmar to Olaf N Peterson ... 2 years at Troy, South Dakota ... Clarkfield for 1 year and 31 years at Canby ... survived by husband, and 6 children: Lester of Bellflower, CA; Orville, Minneapolis; Captain Arlie from Air Force base in Mobile; Mrs Gordon Lewis (Stella) of Chicago; Mrs Douglas Mayotte (Norma) of Minneapolis; and Paul of Magnolia, Arkansas ... " 3218,3219


Mable married Olaf Nicolai Peterson on 21 Jun 1916 in Kandiyohi Co, Minnesota, United States.3214 (Olaf Nicolai Peterson was born on 17 Dec 1884 in Waterloo Ridge, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, Iowa, United States,3220,3221 died on 10 Dec 1968 in Lyon Co, Minnesota, United States 3220 and was buried in Clarkfield Cemetery, Clarkfield, Yellow Medicine Co, Minnesota, United States 3217.)




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