Karin Svensdotter Andersson

   Other names for Karin were Carrie Anderson and Kari Anderson.

  Research Notes:

Family Trees


- see some notes on son Louis Seymour, re; Gagnon [25 Aug 2021]

FamilySearch FT G9TD-LNB **


Ancestry Family Trees - there are a number; NOTE - none of the FTs records census after 1906 Western Province

Aquilar-Hendrickson [manuelagquilarhendrickson1] ; accessed 29 Jul 2021
likely similiar to the FamilySearchFT
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/168739245/person/432185865621/facts

Atkin FT on Ancesty
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/118100795/person/372074589842/facts
- ONLY has some information on her second marriage , BUT nothing on her first
- added info on daughter Cordelia, b 1897 - no info but a photo
and links to the 1906 census - see below; and looks like he, Donald Anthony Gagnon b 1864 in Selkirk, MB [other information notes that he was born in Montreal) had three marriages with a third marriage after Carrie had died in 1914

Olson FT [mdfishon1]; accessed 13 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/54151620/person/13621676046/facts
- first marriage, Palmer Olson
- has a photo - "Prudence, Tillie, Della and Evelyn" Olson sisters abt 1956 in Tacoma
- names children; mentions birth of second marriage, but nothing else; death location only on Louis S Olson

Miller Family Tree [millermccollom] accessed 13 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36667115/person/19035353504/facts
- similar to others, but has additional information on daughter Prudence
- however has 1885 MN State

France FT [sfrance99]; accessed 13 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/5478380/person/25116905971/facts
- a few photos, but not a lot of information on children, other than names

DoncasterDowsell FT [brenda johnson] ; accessed 13 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/120373989/person/250192630132/facts
- names Louis (Lewey) Seymour Olson - only Louis and then Daniel Gagnon
- names Donald aka Daniel Anthony Gagnon

Herniman FT [WenDawnLan] ; accessed 13 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/171260898/person/182224058901/facts
- not a lot to add; although mentions Henderson Directory for Vancouver, 1914-15, re-daughter Prudence

Herniman Olson FT [lpayne189]; accessed 13 Jun 2021 **
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/49092755/person/20185822022/facts
- fairly complete with some added for daughter Louida Mathilda (Tillie) Olsson

Ross/Runquist-Lowes/McKinnon FT [darren ross]; accessed 21 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/3945231/person/172198210612/facts

Miller FT [HPar51]; accessed 13 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/63142630/person/160175461287/facts
- 2nd marriage only

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from a facebook group: Grassroots Alberta Citizens Initiative.....

DID YOU EVER HEAR OF LAMERTON ALBERTA\emdash THE TOWN THAT DIED FOR THE WANT OF A HIGHER PRICE
(Photo\emdash Lamerton in 1910 courtesy of Prairie-towns.com)

The post office opened in 1893, with a fellow named Bredin as postmaster. Pioneers in the area were British, so they named their new community after Lamerton in jolly old England. The exact location was Sec. 33, Twp. 40, R. 22, W4M, a mere stone's throw north and east of the present day town of Mirror. (About thirty miles nearly straight east of Lacombe.)

H.B. Chenoweth at Ghosttowns.com says the community was first started in 1892 as a trading post and storehouse for travelers using the Tail Creek to Edmonton trail. There were only seven settlers in the area at the time.

The town eventually had a lumberyard, creamery, blacksmith, hardware store, two butcher shops, livery stables, post office, general store, dance hall, meeting hall, and Methodist Church. The attached photo shows it as kind of a pretty place.

Lamerton's demise was not the story so often heard about the railroad bypassing a community. Instead, the Grand Trunk Pacific came right through Lamerton in 1910-11. Chenoweth says the railway wanted land for its use but the property owner held out for too high a price. So the Grand Trunk simply decided to build its own new town site two miles south of the original community.

As soon as the new site was surveyed, Lamerton business people began moving their buildings to the new town site and started over again. By 1912, Lamerton was all but deserted and the town soon passed into history. The Lamerton post office closed in 1913.
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son, Louis Seymore Olson - obit - records that interment was at Lamerton Cemetery [today, Mirror Cemetery]

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1. See father's research notes, re; Östmark parish household records

also known as Carrie Anderson or Kari Anderson

married to Palmer Larson Olson

- son, Arthur Coleman Olson, born 30 Mar 1888 (bap 27 May) and died 5 Sep 1889; with funeral 24 Nov 1889

2. marriage record, 1 Jan 1875; Palmer Olson age 26 and Kari Anderson age 18 [from Sweden]
Big Grove Lutheran, Brooten, MN; image 353, 2nd side


3. Östmark records
Östmark (S) AI:21 (1861-1865) Page 596, Tväråna
Karin b 13 Jan 1857; is with her parents, and she moves in 1862 to page 313, Sörmarkstorp;**
Karin Svensdotter, b 1857 a forsterdaughter [?] to Nils Nilsson, b 28 Oct 1835, but he is not recorded as married - ???

** Karin Svensdotter b 1857 is recorded as a foster daughter [as above]
then Östmark Parish, household record, AI:25, page 383, Sörmarkstorp Filpus
top of the page is Nils Nilsson, b 28 Oct 1835, but he moves to Västernorrland, 15 Nov 1871
his parents were Nils Henriksson and Kerstin Jönsdotter from Sörmarkstorp [Östmark births, CI:3, p 125 on 2nd side]
then, Johan Nilsson, b 1831 [brother???]

then, Karin Svensdotter, b 13 Jan 1857; moves to North America, 11 Apr 1871 [B:2, image 77 no 25]
Emigration; it is not clear why Karin/Carrie did not emigrate with her parents 1866, but stayed at Östmark

moves to North America, 11 Apr 1871 [B:2, image 77 no 25] possibly traveling with Karin Olsdotter, b 27 Sep 1844, a school teacher from Multjärn ???
- on Emigranterna Från Östmark, 1852-1936, image 223 she is recorded;
Värmlänningar i Nordamerkia, image 223, Sörmarkstorp - Pilpus



3. US Records


1880 US Census, Getty Twp, Stearns Co, MN; ED 221; page 4; fam/dw 48/51
Palmer L Olson, age 32 b in Wis.; farmer
wife Carrie, age, age 24 b in Sweden
Lovida M, age 4 b in MN
Evalina . age 1 [likely Evelena Natalia]

1885 MN State, Lake George Twp, Stearns Co; page 8 second side, PO Spring Hill; family 59
Palmer L Oleson (looks like Padmer), age 35 b in Wis
wife Cary age 28 b in Swe
Tilda, age 9 b in MN
Evleana age 6
Lius S age 3
Helen [Nelse] age 4 months
then Helse Oleson, age 38 b in Nor
L Oleson, age 25 b in MN
Levi Oleson age 66 b in Nor

1900 US Census, Park twp, Richand Co, ND; ED 0147, page 19Bl fam/dw 339/349
Palmer Olson, b Jan 1848 WI, age 52; married 25 yrs [parents, Norwegian]; farmer
wife Carrie, b Jun 1856 Sweden, age 44; mother of 7 children, 7 living; em 1872 ??? [actual Apr 1871]
dau Matilda, b Mar 1875, age 20 ? - should be age 25, in MN
dau Evelena, b Jul 1877, age 22, MN
son Louis S, b Oct 1881, age 18, MN
son Nels, b Jan 1885, age 15, MN
son Melvin, b July 1892, age 7 b in MN
dau Prudence V, b Jan 1896, age 4 in ND
dau Agnes b Feb 1898, age 2 in ND

[ likely on the NW¼ of Sec 9 [Park Twp, Richland Co; image 33 of 44 on Ancestry]
- likely homestead land

4. Canada Census


1906 Canada western Provinces census: Strathcona, sub-dis 17, page 43 (image 24 on ancestry)
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8827/images/e001213654?usePUB=true&_phsrc=PwF129&usePUBJs=true&pId=1903417

line 8
D A Gagnon, age 43, b in Manitoba (likely); sec 14, twp 40, range 22 W4th
son Allan, age 19 b in Man???
wife Carrie, age 47 b in Sw; em; 1902

line 11
Melvin Olson, step son age 14 b in US
Prudence, step dau, age 11 b in US
Cordelia, step dau, age 9 b in US

Line 14,
Louis Olson, age 24 b in US; sec 12, twp 40, range 22 W4th
wife Bertha age 21 b in US
dau Edna, age 4 mons, b in AB


1911 Canada Census, BC; Vancouver District 12; sub-district 57 [South Vancouver] dw/fam 48 [line 37]
Daniel A Gagnon, b Mar 1864 in MB; lumberman [7]
wife Carrie b Jun 1857 in Swe; em 1902
dau Prudence, b Oct 1895 in US; em 1902
dau Cordelia, b Feb 1898 in US; em 1902
above on FamilySearch; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898W-7BZ?i=208
NOTE: familysearch copy is more readable than Ancestry
- looks like ancestry has Carrie indexed as Earrie Grayson [I made a alternative correction, 26 Aug 2021]

the Following is from Ancestry FT, DoncasterDowsell FT [brenda johnson] ; accessed 13 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/120373989/person/250192630132/facts
- this FT has "unsourced citiations" with a transcription:
Province: British Columbia District: Vancouver District Number: 12
Sub-District: South Vancouver Sub-District Number: 57
Place of Habitation: 41 Ave Census Year: 1911 Page: 18
Gagnon, Daniel W Head
Carrie Wife
Prudence daughter
Cordelia daughter


6. Palmer Larsen Olson - findagrave id,136664378
findagrave post [by Linda Payne - also FT on ancestry] an OBIT
OBIT: Palmer L Olson
"The Monitor" Lidgerwood, Richland Co ND; issued 10 Oct 1901, page 2
- died 4 Oct 1901
- P L Olson of Park Township killed: An accident
- was in the city and drove home, driving a team hitched to a lumber wagon
- he was cold, so he walked leading his team, but the horses became frighten - Olson was found lying on the ground;
Soland, a neighbor was travelling with him on a separate team. Soland and C H Estell, who lived near by, moved the
body and discovered that Olson was dead - a wheel had passed over his head, crushing the skull
- P L Olson had resedied on the farm in Park Twp for the past 8 yrs [abt 1893], comming from Belgrade, MN
- leaves his wife and 6 children, three sons and three daughters. The 2 oldest daughters reside in MN [Matilda and Evelena]
and arrived to attend the funeral [Tues, 8 Oct 1901]

- the findagrave posts also references a church record
burial/death image 58 of 58 died, 4 Oct 1901
Bergen Lutheran Church, Geneseo, North Dakato
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60722/images/41742_314928-00449?pId=153404581


7. The following is from my document, "Ancestors of Kristina Eriksdotter, research notes"
[path: documents\\~Family Genealogy\\Skaret family tree\\Ole and Kristina Skaret]


She was married to Palmer Larsen Olson (born 1849 in Wisconsin and died 1901 in ND).

.... Palmer Larsen Olson died in 1901; looking at

1906 Canada Census (Strathcona, sub district 17, page 43, [image 24 on Ancestry]
with Post Office of Lamerton; fam 354 [line 8]
D A Gagnon, age 43 b in MB; sec 14 Twp 40, range 22 W4th
son Allen, age 19 b in MB
wife Carrie, age 47 b in Swe; em 1902
[line 11], Melvin Olson, step-son age 14, b in US; em 1902
Prudence Olson, step dau; age 11 b in US; em 1902
Cordelia, step dau; age 9 b in US; em 1902

then, family 355 [line 14]
Louis Olson, age 24 b in US em 1902
wife Berta, age 21 b in US em 1902
dau Edna, age 4 mos, b in AB


- findagrave id 124184039, buried at Mirror Cemetery, b 1881 and died 16 Jun 1949, along with graves for wife and his children most buried at Mirror - south Bashaw ], with wife Bertha and daughter Endna; Louis arriving in 1902; 1906 Canada - search through Automated Genealogy
- the family above Louis is the family of D A Gagnon (born in Manitoba; age 43<1863>), and likely his son Allen age 19 born MB (b 1887) and then wife Carrie, age 47 <1859> born in Sweden arriving in Canada 1902; then next line is Melvin Olson (stepson) age 14, then Prudence age 11 (step-daughter), then Cordelia age 7 (step-daughter) [ the last children, etc born in US and arriving 1902
.... so the most likely scenario:

.... Carrie came to Canada with her son, Louis (who was about age 20) and Louis' wife, Bertham, in 1902 and the rest of the children; she then remarried to D A Gagnon, later moving to Vancouver where she died [there is a BC death cert for Carrie Gagnon, age 56 <1858> and dying on 18 Apr 1914; [BC Registration Number: 1914-09-139422; B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13101; GSU Microfilm Number: 1927129 - NO image of BC archives];
also see death cert for Carrie's sister, Helena (Helen) married Nelson - died 1918 at Nelson, BC; reg no 1918-09-188185, Miro film, B13110, GSU, 1927-138; birth name Helja b 1851, but cemetery says 1853]
... One of their children, Louis Seymour Olson was born in 1881 in MN and died 1949 in Edmonton, AB, but buried at Mirror. At some point, Louis homesteaded in Alberta - married in Ponoka with his children born at Lamerton, AB (south of Bashaw, north or Mirror) or the Ripley district, etc --- note findagrave ( http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=124184039 ) obituaries .... - the findagrave posts, links to a number of his children
... Mirror etc history - nothing on ourfutures... or ourroots...., but community history book "Pioneers and Progress" 1974 by Alix/Clive History Club in the Surrey Public Library, Cloverdale -- interlibrary loan? ;; this is available at Camrose Public Library, and
ALSO at Camrose Public Library; a follow-up book, Gleannings ... on ourroots..., but index has only one reference for L C Olson and only as part of some coop decision, not specfic on him or the family

a. son, Melvin Herbert Olson, buried at Ardrossan [less than 10 kms east of Sherwood Park];
findagrave id, 188035689; see above for 1906 Canada Prairie Provinces



1906 Canada western Provinces census: Strathcona, sub-dis 17, page 43 (image 24 on ancestry)
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8827/images/e001213654?usePUB=true&_phsrc=PwF129&usePUBJs=true&pId=1903417

line 8
D A Gagnon, age 43, b in Manitoba (likely); sec 14, twp 40, range 22 W4th
son Allan, age 19 b in Man???
wife Carrie, age 47 b in Sw; em; 1902

line 11
Melvin Olson, step son age 14 b in US
Prudence, step dau, age 11 b in US
Cordelia, step dau, age 9 b in US

Line 14,
Louis Olson, age 24 b in US; sec 12, twp 40, range 22 W4th
wife Bertha age 21 b in US
dau Edna, age 4 mons, b in AB

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Emrigation - 1871: Leaving for North America, 11 Apr 1871, Östmark, Värmland län, Sweden. ^6748,6749 Karin Svensdottter leaves for America; in 1871 she would have been about 14 years old. She was living at Sörmarkstorp-Filpus and likely was traveling with Karin Olsdotter b 1844 who was a school teacher.

2. Residence, 1911: 1 Jun 1911, 1 Jun 1911, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ⁶⁷⁵⁰ Carrie Anderson (Olson, Gagnon) is recorded in the 1911 Census living in the Central Vancouver electoral district. Also recorded are her daughters, Prudence and Cordi\\ela, along with her husband, Daniel A Gagnon.

Karin married Palmer Larsen Olson on 1 Jan 1875 in Stearns Co, Minnesota, United States. (Palmer Larsen Olson was born on 13 Jan 1849 in Cadiz, Green Co, Wisconsin, United States, died on 4 Oct 1901 in Lidgerwood, Richland County, North Dakota, United States and was buried in Bergen Cemetery, Sargent Co, North Dakota, United States.)

Karin next married Donald Gagnon before 24 Jun 1906 in Alberta, Canada. (Donald Gagnon was born on 13 Mar 1864 in Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada and died on 28 Aug 1945 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.)