Nels Martin Olson

  Research Notes:

Ancestry Family Trees
Ross/Runquist-Lowes/McKinnon FT [darren ross]; accessed 21 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/3945231/person/172135034435/facts
BUT the above FT only has added information on Nels Martin Olson - names siblings, but nothing else

Herniman Olson FT: [lpayne189]; accessed 21 Jun 2021
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/49092755/person/20185822022/facts


Modified Chronological:

Nels Martin Olson, b 10 Jan 1886, Stearns Co, MN; died 7 Nov 1941, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, CA
m. 14 Jul 1908, Stettler, Alberta
Anna Marie Shiness, b 30 Dec 1883, Grafton, Walsh Co, North Dakota; 20 Jun 1959, Lacombe, AB, Canada

Children:
[1] Willard Ernest Olson; b 21 Oct 1909, Stettler, AB, CA; died 11 Jan 1997, Daly City, San Mateo Co, Cal
m. 21 Oct 1970, Washoe Co, NV
Maxine Eleanor McClure, b 18 Apr, 1915 Sterling, Logan Co, CO; died 7 Apr 2003, Daly City, San Mateo Co, Cal
1 daughter, Christine Ann Olson, 19 Apr 1942, Albany Cal, m. 1972 in Virginia, Stephen Richard Burr
(b 1945 in Chicago, died 2008 Pacifica, San Mateo CA)

[2] Alma Evelyn Olson, b 7 Jan 1914, Stettler, AB, Canada; died 31 Mar 2006, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA **
m. 25 Jul 1936 at Wellsburg, West Virginia. NO Children
John D Tweedy, b 19 Sep 1909 in Hopedale, Ohio [Harrison Co - abt 200 kms east of Columbus];
died 21 Nov 1990, Los Angeles, CA

2. other sources of information

Nels Martin Olson
OBIT: Long Beach Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA), issue, 9 Nov 1941, page 20
- died at age 55; residence, 1034 East 20th Street.
- husband of Mrs Anna Marie Olson' father of Willard E Olson and Mrs John S Tweedy;
brother of Lewis and Melvin Olson
NOTE: the above is a "funeral notice" - some pages that I reviewed had a section, "Obituaries", but
I didn't find anything else on him; she isn't noted on newspapers.com BUT
Anna ... findagrave 59057605
- posts a picture
- posts a brief OBIT from Calgary Herald, issue 22 Jun 1959, page 21
- died 20 Jun 1959 at Lacombe, AB; age 74; from Long Beach Cal
- was visiting her sister, Mrs Edwin Burows of Lacombe
- survived by daughter Mrs John (Alma) Tweedy, Long Beach; son Willard Olson, from Paris, France
... 2 sisters ... 3 grandchildren

[ findgrave linked to her parents: Thorvald Shinnes, b 10 Jun 1885, died 9 Apr 1898, Ramsey Co, ND;
Caroline Backstrom, b 10 Mar 1863, Ostmark, Värmland; died 1939 in Stettler, AB ** 1900 US Census
Coulee Twp, Ramsey Co, ND, ED 0124, sheet 5A, line 3; Lina (Caroline) Shiness ... em, 1866 - 5 children;
north side of the Devils lake - Sheynne ND is on the south side of the lake ]

1906 Western Canada, Alberta, Strathcona, sub-dis 15, P O, Stettler, page 6, line 27
Nelson Olson, age 22 b in US; emigrated 1902, recorded as a single, and as a "servant to August Pust [?]

1911 Canada Census, Alberta, Red Deer district, sub-dis 27, Stetter, page 1; dw 8, fam 9 [line 41]; enumeration
N M Olson, b Jan 1884 in US, age 26; emigrated 1901, Carpenter
wife, Anna M, b Dec 1883 in US, age 27; emigrated 1903
son Willard E, b Oct 1909 in AB, age 10 months

1916, Western Canada Census, Alberta Red Deer dis, sub-dis 18, Stettler, page 22; line 14
Nelson Olson, ager 31 b in US; emigrated 1900 ? ; carpenter
wife Anna, age 32, b in US
son Willard, age 7, b in AB
dau Alma, age 2 b in in AB



1930 US Census, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, CA; ED 1123; sheet 7A; dw 218; fam 232; line 35
Nels M Olson, age 44 b in MN; proprietor Auto garage
wife Anna M age 45 b in ND
son Willard E age 20 b in Can; mechanic, Auto garage
dau Alma E age 16 b in Can

1940 US, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, CA; ED 5-129; sheet 4B; house visit no 77 [line 46]
Nels Olson, age 54, b in MN; same place in Apr 1935; auto mechanic
Anna, age 55, b in ND

** I haven't found family in the 1921 Canada Census or the 1920 US Federal Census
- see next item: if all the family traveled at this time in Oct 1920, then they came to the US after the
enumeration of the 1920 US Census and before th enumeration of the 1922 Canada Census

** RE: daugther Alma, CA, US Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999

married on 25 Jul 1936 at Wellsburg, West Virginia
John Tweedy, b 19 Sep 1909 in Hopedale, Ohio [Harrison Co - abt 200 kms east of Columbus]
- records that her last foreign residence was Stettler, Canada and emigrated to the US from
Stettler and entry arrive in the US at Eastport, Idaho on 21 Oct 1920 [she would have been about 6 yrs old]
NOTE: Nels is noted as arriving at Eastport, Idaho, 21 Oct 1920 - traveling with wife and 2 children
from Stettler, AB to California [the scanning of border crossing cards is very poor - hard to read/blurry]

John Tweedy - he was WW 2 vet - started 13 Feb 1943; ended 13 Dec 1945
- his findagrave, 3855237; Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside Co, CA
- LCDR US Navy, WW 2

For: Anna Maria Olson (nee Shinnes) CA, US Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999, Ancestry
[image 602/800]
- details of her birth and her marriage and confirms father as Nels Martin Olson; birth and death

Nels married Anna Marie Shinnes, daughter of Thorvald Shinnes and Caroline Backstrom, on 14 Jul 1908 in Stettler, Alberta, Canada. (Anna Marie Shinnes was born on 30 Dec 1883 in Grafton, Walsh Co, North Dakota, United States, died on 20 Jun 1959 in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada and was buried in Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Orange Co, California, United States.)