Kaisa Elisabeth Olson

  Research Notes:

1. Family outline / summary [ From research and FT;, 9 Aug 2020]

Kasia Elisabeth Olson, b 21 Mar 1894, Wright Co, MN; died 6 Mar 1976 at Great Falls, MT
1st. relationship with Lee W Foster:
children: Norma Doloris Foster, b 2 Dec 1918, Helena, MN; *
aa. married, 1937: Norman C Duke, b 1915 in Spokane died 1999 in Spokane
bb. married: unknown Roueclifle (Rowcliffe) [likely in Brooklyn New York
cc. married, 1947: married Armand Pelletier; died, 29 Jun 1993 in Great Falls
2nd. married: Harold C Armstrong, b 29 Apr 1883, Bethany, ON; died 30 Arp 1979 at Great Falls, MT
children: Alan J Armstrong, b 1929 in SK; died 1 Mar 1983 Great Falls, MT

* re Norma: her obit says that she was survived by "daughters in Massachussets"

2. Ancestry.com Family Trees

Sharons Tree FT; https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/82652950/person/30464116953/facts
- notes:
- married to Harold C Armstrong
- that Kaisa Elisabeth went to MT, 12 Apr 1949 - border crossing card; with her son Alan Armstrong ; going to Glacier Park

Newspapers.com; https://www.newspapers.com/browse/us


3. Obits

Kaisa Elisabeth Armstrong (Olson); Great Falls Tribune issue 7 Mar 1976, page 8
- died Saturday, 6 Mar at age 80 at a nursing home where she had lived for 3 years; before she was at 925½ 1st Ave SW
- born in 1895 [?] in MN; went to Canada, and then returned to US in 1916 [but she had lived in Regina for a number years, likely until around 1949]; has lived in Great Falls since 1949
- married Harold Armstrong in 1928 in Canada
- survived by her husband, Harold; a daughter Mrs Armand Norma Pelletier of Great Falls; a son Alan J Armstrong of Great Falls; 3 sisters and a brother, Ida Darwin of Winnipeg, MB; Emma Butler of Big Sandy MT; and Ester Backluen [Backlun] of Strasbourg, SK [abt 75 kms north of Regina]; Oliver Olson of High River, AB

Harold C Armstrong; Great Falls Tribune, issue 1 May 1979, page 7
- died nursing home on 30 Apr 1930
- born at Bethany ON [abt 150 kms north east of Toronto, south of Peterborough]
- lived most of his life in Canada and played hockey in Canada [?? 1903 he would be age 20, so I don't know what this means]
- employee of Canadain government; in the early 1950's he came to Montana and had operated restuarants in Conrad and Glacier Park. Moved to Great Falls in 1957
- married to Kaisa Elisabeth Olson in 1928 in Canada; she died in Mar 1976
- survived by son, Alan J Armstrong; and Mrs Armand (Norma) Pelietier of Great Falls



son Alan J Armstrong
-
- obit from Great Falls Tribune issue of 2 Mar 1983, page 4 [from Newspapers.com]
died 1 Mar 1983, age 54 [abt 1929]; born in Estevan SK lived in Regina; came to in 1949 and started working with Great Northern Railroad until 1953 and Burlington Northern until 1979 when he became ill; survived by wife, Ruby E from Great Falls, and a daughter Mary Halvorson from Livingston and 8 step-children


MT State Deaths: MT death index: Norma ** also see point 3 ; married Armand Pelletier; she died 29 Jun 1993
- b 2 Dec 1918, Cascade Co, MN; died 29 Jun 1993 at hospital ; lived at 2522 11 Ave S, Great Falls
- food service worker with Central Cafe
- mother Elisabeth Olson; father is not named - NA
- informant: Mary Rowe of 411 E 3rd St, Anaconda, MT [abt 10 kms west of Butte]



MT State Deaths , Kasia Elisabeth Armstrong died 6 Mar 1976
[ Ancestry.com collection, Montana State, 1907-2018 ] some images, but links are very long
[Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Helena, Montana; Montana Death Records

- death certificate: died 6 Mar 1976, age 81; born 1 Mar 1894 in MN; she was a housekeeper and kitchen worker with a private home and in cafes; informant: Harold C Armstrong, 925½ 1st Ave SW, Great Falls (same address for Kaisa Elisabeth (name on cert);
died of natural causes at County Hospital; cremation, Hillcrest Lawn

MT State Deaths, [Ancestry], Harold Crossley Armstrong, died 30 Apr 1979
- died, 30 Apr 1979 at age of 96; birth 29 Apr 1883 [?] in Canada
- informant, son Alan J Armstrong



- ancestry: Ontario Births: 29 Apr 1883, Durham; father Joseph Armstrong a Merchant at Bethany ON; mother, Mary Sushannah Crossley
- ancestry: 1911 Canada Census - living with his parents at Saskatchewan, Battleford dis; Sub-District 3, Twp 30, range 17, W3
[ north west of Kindersley - likely a homestead ]
- findagrave (ancestry linked); id, 132191202; Highland Cemetery, Great Falls - Kaisa is not listed but maybe not recorded on web




3. Norma D Pelletier; re Norma Deloris Foster
- see 1930 US Census record for Emma Christine Olson, b 1887 (married to Ira Butler)

Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011 (Ancestry collection); Lewis and Clark Co, 1916-1922
birth: Norma Doloris Foster; parents, Lee W Foster, farmer from Butte; Elisabeth Olson; father born in ND;
mother born in Argyle MN (Marshall Co)

Montana, County Marriage, 1875-1987 (ancestry collection)
- marriage, 18 Oct 1947, Chinook, Blaine Co, MT:
Norma Rouecliffe from Brooklyn NY and Armand Pelletier (2 Aug 1916) from Bedford MA
- Norma: twice previously married, twice divorced, father: Lee Foster; mother: Elisabeth Olson
2 Dec 1918, Helena MT

Montana, County Marriages, 1875-1987
- marriage 31 Jul 1937, Missoula, Missoula Co, MT
Norma (B ?) Butler, age 18 b at Big Sandy (residence Misssoula), father Ira Butler, mother Emma Olson;
married to Norman C Duke, age 21 at Spokane, WA [surname is a bit hard to read];
From: Newsppaers.com : The Missoulian, issued 1 Aug 1937, page 3 - county marriage license, Norman C Duke and Norma Butler, both of Missoula
re, another FT Ancestry FT; Lynn Norene Duke FT - Norma Butler married to Norman C Duke b about 1916 in Spokane;
https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/103672780/person/242121324252/facts
Ancestry: Norman C Duke born 22 Dec 1915 in Spokane (WA birth index, 1907-1919]
- this also links to the above MT marriages
- links to findagrave: id, 113382354; note: "Norman Clyde (Bud) Duke: was the first child of Norman Stanley Duke & Florence Helen Ward."; died 29 Mar 1999 [links to his parents, Norman Stanley (1884-1935) and Florence Helen Ward (1896-1974) and on Florence's page, her parents (William Ward - died 1913, and her mother, Julia (Lundemo) Clark; no link to a spouse
- Then, 1940 US Census for Spokane, ED 41-5, sheet 61A; line 10 [ a very confusing page ]
- line 10 is Norman Duke age 24 [1916], student [?], single [?] b in WA, but in the column "relation" is "son" but the page isn't clear who he was the son of ; and then one the line above (line 9) is Julia Ward, age 762 [1868] in WI, widow, and then in the column relation is "mother", but mother of who ??? - this Norman should be a grandson ; also at same place in 1935 ??
[in 1941 he was at Spokane with his mother Florence, a widow - US Cities Directories [ and on this page, links to an Idaho marriage record from the Latah Co on 12 Apr 1941 - Norman Clyde Duke of Spokane, and Dorothy Evelene McClenahan of Spokane

- I have looked in the Spokeman-Review (Spokane, WA) for an obit - but Norman Clyde Duke death in 1999 does not seem to be published: the findagrave links to a younger sister of his, Patsy C Duke who died 29 Mar 2007, but also no obit - I did find a death notice in the isse 2 Apr 2007 page 24 and a note that says the funeral on 3 Apr - I looked up the funeral Home (Heritage Funeral Home) but they only go back 90 days
[9 Aug 2020]



No indexed record of Norma in the 1940 US [ 10 Aug 2020 ]



3. b. Obit, Great Falls Tribune, issue, 3 Jul 1993, page 12; and a correction on issue 6 Jul page 8; Norma D Pelletier
- born 2 Dec 1916 in Helena; schooling in Big Sandy; then worked in various restaurants in the east coast
- married in 1947, Pat Pelletier in Chinook [Blaine Co, MT; abt 30 kms east of Havre]
surived by a step son [likely son of Pelletier]; and daughters in Massachussets [but not named], a sister, Mary Rowe of Anaconda MT,
a a great grandson [not named]




Armand Leo Pelletier, d. 16 Jul 1979
- died 16 Jul 1979, Great Falls; born 2 Aug 1916 in Bedford, MA; lived at 910 6th Ave S, Great Falls
- he was a Deputy Sheriff, Cascade Co
- informant, wife Norma D Pelletier [and under surviving spouse - "Norma D Butler"]
- creamation - Highland Cemetery

he is recorded in the 1940 US Census, New Beford, Britsal; Ed 20-26; sheet 8A; fam.house 28; works as a truck driver
married to Jeanette age 20, duaghter Juliette age 7 mos and a step-sister

his obit, Great Falls Tribune, issue 17 Jul 1979, page 7 [I did not download this obit, 9 Aug 2020]; Armand L "Pat" Pelletier
- death and birth
- he was with the US Navy in WW 2; he then managed restuarants in Atlantic City NJ, and Big Sandy and Glaciar Park; then joined sheriff's department and retired in 1975 after 15 years [started 1960]; operated Reeds Cafe 1975-77
- survived by wife, the former Norma D Butler who he married in Chinook in 1948 [actual, 1947]; 2 sons and 4 daugthers in New Bedford


4. Norma: US City Directories, 1822-1995

1944 Norma D Duke, sales at Woolworth's; residence, RD3, Nashville; but also there in 1947

5. Norma: Others FT on Ancestry
another FT Ancestry FT; Lynn Norene Duke FT - Norma Butler married to Norman C Duke b about 1916 in Spokane;
https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/103672780/person/242121324252/facts
another FT, Lyddy/Vivrant/Anderson/Nelson FT ;; https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/21182926/person/182048204469/facts?ssrc=&queryId=e6a1d39a4e9fe3b6960b5a7e5af72246&ml_rpos=1
[MT marriages only ]
another: Duke FT; https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/60288076/person/342016418255/facts?ssrc=&queryId=e6a1d39a4e9fe3b6960b5a7e5af72246&ml_rpos=2; records MT marriages; but doesn't name Norma as a wife

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Kaisa had a relationship with Lee W Foster.

Kaisa next married Harold Crossley Armstrong in 1928 in Saskatchewan, Canada. (Harold Crossley Armstrong was born on 29 Apr 1883 in Bethany, Ontario, Canada and died on 30 Apr 1979 in Great Falls, Cascade Co, Montana, United States ⁹⁰³⁵.)