Emma Christine Olson

  Research Notes:

Emma Christine Olson, b 28 Feb 1887, Wright Co, MN, died 3 Feb 1979, Big Sandy, Chouteau Co, MT, buried at Big Sandy Cemetery
married abt 1904
Ira Alva Butler, 26 Dec 1879, Nelson, Buffalo Co, WI; died 11 Feb 1960, Big Sandy, MT, buried at Big Sandy Cemetery

Children
Clinton Wesley Butler, b 18 Oct 1908 at Minneapolis, 9 Jul 1982 at Big Sandy, Chouteau Co, MT
married 14 Jun 1933 to Rose M Miller b abt 1915 in OR, died 4 Apr 1991, Havre, MT
children: Lorren Emery Butler b 15 Jul 1934 at Havre died 15 Oct 1991 at Stevensville, Ravalli, MT [abt 50 kms south of Missoula]
George Woodrow Butler, b 15 Mar 1913 at Tribune, SK, died ?
married to Gertrude Lagolie, 1911-2001
Norma Butler (adopted), b 1919 in MT; died 24 Aug 1957 in Missoula, MT; married to Pat Amond Pelletier [living at Great Falls in
1979:
Mary E Butler, b abt 1929, married to George Rowe [living at Sheridan, WY in 1979]


obit from: Newspapers.com; Great Falls Tribune, 13 Feb 1960, page 5; Ira Alva Butler
- died at his home in Big Sandy at age 80; born 26 Dec 1879 at Nelson, WI
- farmed at New Haven, MN and then to Tribune SK in 1910 and in 1916 to Big Sandy to homestead; retired in 1949 and drove school bus for abt 13 years
- survived by wife, the former Emma C Olsson; 2 sons, Clinton of Box Elder, Hill Co MT [south of Havre and just north of Big Sandy] and George of Conner MT [Ravilli, Co; abt 115 kms south of Missoula]; 2 daughters, Mrs George (Mary) Rowe of Glasgow MT [Valley Co; abt 255 km east of Harve]; Mrs Armond (Norma) Pelletier of Great Falls; 2 brother

obit from: Newspapers.com; Great Falls Tribune, 6 Feb 1979 (Tues), page 4; Emma Butler
- died Sat at age 91 (3 Feb) at Big Sandy
- born in South Haven, MN and in 1904 married Ira Butler at South Haven
- homestead in SK in 1910 and then in 1916 south east of Big Sandy
- survived by one son, Clinton of Box Elder MT; 2 daughters, Mrs Pat (Norma) Pelletier of Great Falls, and Mrs George (Mary) Rowe of Sheridan; and one sister, Esther Backlun of Stratford, SK




2. Canada Census

1911 Canada Census, Saskatchewan, Regina district (214), Sub District #49, page 3 (image 3 on Ancestry), line 28, fam 38
Twp 3, Range 15 W2
Peter Olson, age 63 b Dec 1848 [?] in Norway, emigrated 1910 and wife Ingeborg (transcribed Emileene) age 59 b Dec 1852 in Sweden

And line 26, fam 37 -- I believe this is Ingeborg's daughter Emma married to Ira Butler

line 25, Ira Butler [transcribed as Fes]; age 31 b Dec 1880 in US
Emma, age 24 b Feb 1887
and son, ... [transcribed as Blanton] age 3 b Oct 1906


1916 Canada Prairie Provinces Weyburn District 3, sub dis 05, page 23, dw 267 fam 273 [same location as Peter O]
Ira A Bulter, age 36 b in US
wife, Emma C, age 28
son Clinton age 8 [1908 ?] b in US
son George, age 3, [1913] b in SK

3. US Census

1920 US Census: Montana, Chouteau Co, ED 66, sheet 6B
- Ira and Emma - farm
son Clinton W age 11
son Leon W age 7 born in Canada [1913] - this is likely George, but I don't know why the name Leon

1930 US Montana, Chouteau Co, Morefield, ED 83, sheet 1A; dw/fm 12 farming
- Ira, b in WI; Emma
Clinton W age 21
George W, age 17 b in Canada [Canada - English is crossed off and above it is "American Cit"
Norma, adopted daughter, age 11 b in MT [abt 1919] ****
Mary E, daughter, age 6 months b in MT [1929]

*** Norma; according to Kaisa Elisabeth Armstrong - Olson obit, she had daughter, Mrs Armand (Norma) Pelletier and according to Kaisa's husband, Harold Armstrong's obit, he had a step-daughter, Mrs Armand (Norma) Pelletier. So Norma in this 1920 Census record, is likely the daugther of Kaisa Elisabeth and then she would be a step-daugther to Harold Armstrong
- one other clue - Montana State Deaths collection on Ancestry: Norma died 1993 and the informant was Mary Rowe and she says that Norma's mother was Elisabeth Olson (no father named)

1940 US Census, Chouteau Co, Big Sandy, MT, ED 8-11; sheet 4A; dw 84; line 5
Ira A Butler, age 60, b in WI; school bus driver
wife, Emma C, age 53 b in MN
daugther, Mary E, age 10 b in MT



** From Rowe Butler FT
Emma Christina b 28 Feb 1887 in MN; died 3 Feb 1979, at Big Sandy, Chouteau Co, MT [abt 50 kms south of Havre, MT]
Ira Alva Butler b 26 Dec 1879 in Buffalo WI [across the Mississippi River from Winona, MN; died abt 1960 at Big Sandy, MT ⁹⁰²⁹

Emma married Ira Alva Butler. (Ira Alva Butler was born on 26 Dec 1879 in Nelson Twp, Buffalo Co, Wisconsin, United States and died on 11 Feb 1960 in Big Sandy, Chouteau Co, Montana, United States ⁹⁰²⁷.)