Olaf Nicolai Peterson

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1920, 1 Jan 1920, Troy Twp, Grant Co, South Dakota, United States. ³⁰⁶³

2. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Canby, Yellow Medicine Co, Minnesota, United States. ³⁰⁶⁴ Olaf Peterson, head of household, age 45 born in IA. Wife Mable, age 41 born in MN. Children, Lester age 11, Orval age 9, Arley age 7 (all born in SD), Stella age 4, Norma age 1 (all born in MN)

3. Residence 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Canby, Yellow Medicine Co, Minnesota, United States. ³⁰⁶⁵ Olaf Peterson, head of household, age 55 born in IA, 4 years of high school, works as an Owner/Operator of a Trucking Company, worked 60 hrs last wk of Mar, worked 52 wks in 1939, owns house value of $2800, same house in Apr 1935. Wife, Mable age 51, 4 years of high school. Son, Lester age 21 born in SD, single, 4 years of high school, worked 60 hrs last wk of Mar, worked 52 weeks in 1939 as a Truck Driver. Orville age 19 born in SD, single, 4 years of high school, worked 56 hrs last wk of Mar as a Clerk in retail Groceries. Other children, Arlie age 17, 3rd yr High School; Stella age 14, Norma age 11, and son Paul age 5 born MN.

Olaf married Mable C Roan, daughter of Nils Olsen Roan and Agnes Lydia Larson, on 21 Jun 1916 in Kandiyohi Co, Minnesota, United States.²⁹⁹² (Mable C Roan was born on 7 Oct 1888 in Minnesota, United States,¹⁷⁶⁹ died on 21 Apr 1954 in Yellow Medicine Co, Minnesota, United States ^2993,3066 and was buried in Clarkfield Cemetery, Clarkfield, Yellow Medicine Co, Minnesota, United States ²⁹⁹⁵.)