Alvin Elmer Olson

  Research Notes:

1) 1920 US Census Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail County

- Alvin listed as age 19 and as "head" at "dwelling #117/number of family in order of visitation #117.
- also listed is Herman P Olson, brother, age 17, born in MN and Engeborg Olson, grandmother, age 87, born in Norway, emigrated in 1869, naturalization (1872 or 1892 ?)
- also listed is Ole E Olson and his family (#117 - same dwelling etc), age 50 (born <1870>), born in Norway, emigrated in 1869.

2) 1930 US Census Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail County lists Alvin's family, but indicates his age at first marriage was 29 (marriage would then be about 1927) and her age at first marriage was 18 (marriage would then be about 1924)

--- marriage from MN Official Marriage Records: +++ NOT CONFIRMED +++++
Alvin E Olson and Ruth E Hurtig, married 20 Nov 1928 in Hennipen Co, MN

3. 1940 US Census Marshalltown, IA

- Alvin Olson, age 39 born in MN; grade 8; worked 40 hrs in the last wk of Mar; Janitor at a Retail Bakery; worked 52 weeks in 1939 earning $1040; rents
- Ruth, wife, age 31 born in MN; grade 8
- Betty, daughter age 13 born in MN; grade 6

-- residence in 1935 - Ottertail MN


4. Alvin is not listed in MN Death Index with mother's maiden name of Holbeck (there are about 67 Alvin's listed); also- the three listed for Otter Tail, two are eliminated because of birth, one has no birth listed, died 25 Jan 1952, but middle name is recorded as William [ 3 Jan 2011 ]

BUT he is buried at Tordenskjold Lutheran Church Cemetry - photo of tombstone by me in 2008



5. daughter Betty J NOT CONFIRMED [ 3 Jan 2011 - nothing further on google ]

- ancestry.com MN Birth lists Betty Jane Olson as a mother and (a father Vernon Julian Brekke) to a daughter Sheryl Ann Brekke, born 24 April 1950 in Otter Tail Co +++ no idea if this is the same person


=== +++ [ 29 July 2009 ] no other information available


5. email from John Oberg [ 28 Sept 2010 ]

I have made a little progress with finding more about my Olson relative in the US Marines. After some 8 years, this past January / February 2010, I found the name of Conrad Edgar Olson (thanks again for sending me some very useful info about him).
Recently, I began looking for any living relative of Conrad's, and I found a Betty Radcliff...
(Joe and Betty Radcliff, 709 Noble Street, Marshalltown, Iowa 50158-3064; ) ...
...who is now about 90 years of age. She is the daughter of Carl Edward Olson's son (by his first wife Hannah Holbeck, daughter of Peder and Ingeborg Holbeck) Arnie Elmer Olson.
Since Arnie and Conrad (a child between Carl Edward Olson and his second wife Olga Lyng) were step-brothers, I calculate that Betty Radcliffe is a first cousin by marriage to Conrad. (Is that calculation correct?) When I phoned Marshalltown about two weeks ago, I spoke with Joe Radcliff (himself a US Navy Seabee at the Battle of Saipan) and, at one point, I heard Betty's voice in the background say, "Oh, yes, Edgar...he was killed in the war." Obviously, she remembered 'my' US Marine!
I have sent her a long letter, containing a lot of the info you provided me [THANKS AGAIN!), and I hope she and Joe can provide me with some useful information. (BTW Joe and Betty Radcliff do not have a computer or email capability! Darn! So I had to rely on 'snail mail' to contact them!
I just phoned Joe and Betty again in Marshalltown to see that they had received my letter, and Joe said, "YES and we are reading through it." I asked whether he had a neighbor or relative nearby who DOES have a computer and email capability. He said, "Yes, but they are quite a ways from here." So, I just thanked him for reading my letter and expressed my hope that he and / or his wife would reply via snail mail. "Okay," he answered.
I'll let you know whatever they share with me.
All the best!
John



6. John Martin photos [ parents Bryce Martin and Ethelyn Olson] ;;; accessed 1 Oct 2014

https://www.flickr.com/photos/john_martin/sets/72157632576257433/

- two photos - saved
- another is older with his wife

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹³⁰³

2. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Marshalltown, Marshall Co, Iowa, United States. ¹³⁰⁵ Address: 527 North 2nd Street, Marshalltown, IAl

Alvin married Ruth between 1924 and 1927.¹³⁰³ (Ruth was born about 1906 in Minnesota, United States.)