Ida Mathilda Olson

  Research Notes:

Ancestry.com Family Trees

Sharons Tree FT; https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/82652950/person/30464116953/facts
- notes married to James Darwin who died in 1946, Winnipeg
Darwin Family Tree; https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/169415139/person/172199266768/facts
- has information on other Darwins, including James Darwin married to Ida Mathilda Olson
- basic information below is from Darwin FT

James Darwin, b 22 Mar 1881 at Toronto; died 28 Feb 1946 at Winnipeg
married to
Ida Mathilda Olson, b 26 Dec 1891 at Middle River Twp, Marshall Co, MN; 15 April, 1977, Winnipeg
children: Maryth Constance Darwin, b 1918 in SK; died 27 Dec 2005, Winnipeg
Maryth married to Frederick Donald Brown, b 28 Apr 1916 in Winnipeg; died 19 Apr 1997 in Winnipeg
her children: Darwin Brown, married [White Rock, BC as of Sep 2005]; Maryth married Charles Maxner, Halifax (2005)

the following new information not on the Ancestry.com FT tree
- 1926 Canada Prairie Census
- James Darwin obit from Newspapers.com
- Ida's death from Newspaperarchives.com


1921 Canada Census, Saskatchewan, Weyburn District (229) sub dis 5, Rural Municpality of Souris Valley; page 3 [see Ingeborg]
dw and fam 29, line 23; Sec 13, Twp 3, Range 15, W2
Peter Olson age 73, b in Nor; em 1909
wife, Ingeborg, age 68 b in Swe
Ida, daugther, age 29 b in US [1892] - Ida Mathilda
Maryth, grand-daughter, age 3 [1918] born in SK

1926 Canada Prairie Provinces, Regina (dis no 31) ED 14, Regina City, page 19; dw 202 fam 203, line 31 [ Lib and Archives, Canada ]
James Darwin, age 42 b in ON; living at 1441 Cypress St;
wife Ida Mathilda, age 35 b in US
daughter Maryth Constance, age 8 b in SK [ as of 1 Jun 1926, and age at last birthday: abt Jun 1918 ]

Winnipeg Tribune, 4 Mar 1946, page 18
James Darwin (death)
- born in Toronto; died at Deer Lodge Military hospital in Winnipeg on 28 Feb 1946
- served in WW 1 and in WW 2
- worked with RCMP before WW 1 and then again starting in 1918; retired in 1938
- survived by wife Ida, and 1 daughter, Mrs F Brown of Winnipeg; 1 brother and 1 sister


Canada Voters Lists; ancestry.com collection
1953; Winnipeg, Apt 2, 622 Broadway Ave; Mrs. Ida Brown, widow
1968; same as above


MARYTH CONSTANCE BROWN ; published Winnipeg Free Press on Sep 30, 2005
Maryth Brown died 27 Sep 2005
- Born in Minnesota ??? [ 1921 and 1926 Census notes she was born in SK ]
- daughter of the late Ida and James Darwin. She was predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Frank Donald Brown.
She is survived by her son Darwin (Dori) Brown, White Rock, BC; her daughter Maryth (Charles) Maxner, Halifax, NS
grandchildren:
- died at Tuxedo Villa Nursing Home, Winnipeg


Newspaperarchive.com; Winnipeg Free Press, published 18 Apr 1977 [likely page 22]
partial first sentence: "DARWIN After a lengthy illness, on April 15, 1977 at Grace Hospital, - Mrs Ida M Darwin, aged 85 years ....

- as of 8 Aug 2020, I did not link to start a free trial .... [ I think newspaperarchive is at Family History Center ]
I had completed a general google search that bought up a search table for the Winnipeg Free Press.
- the Winnipeg Tribune is on Newspapers.com but stops in 1949. But for the years 1950-1980, you can search for the from the University of Manitoba digital collection
[ https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/manitoba/newspaper_search BUT: 15 Jul 2023 - Winnipeg Free Press is not on this collection ] ⁹⁰³³

Ida married James Darwin. (James Darwin was born on 22 Mar 1881 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,⁹⁰³³ died on 28 Feb 1946 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.)