Ethel Olson

  Research Notes:

from a note of findagrave id, 136620871
Ethel Olson and her twin sister, Esther, were born to Louis Olson and Bertha Herniman Olson on their farm near Lamerton, Alberta. In 1927, in Stettler, Alberta, Ethel married Fred Blakely Dowswell, who was born in Lamerton in 1907. They had three children: Joyce, Shirley and Billy.


re: Ethel ; OBIT Red Deer Advocate (Red Deer, AB) issue 23 Feb 1998, page 16
- died at age 89; resident of Red Deer
- born in Lamerton, AB
- survived by 2 duaghters, Joyce (m. Cecil Payne) of Calgary; Shirley (m. Frank Johnson) of Blackfalds, AB;
Bill (m Betty) of New Zealand ... grandchildren, great and great grandchildren ...
- survived by 2 sisters, Leona Lawton of Edmonton and Dorothy Paulson of Calgary;
- survived by 3 brothers, Bud (Alma) Olson, Art (Leona) Olson, both of Edmonton, and Harold Olson of Alix
- predeceased by her paretns, Louis and Bertha Olson, sister Edna Sorum and her twin sister, Erther Fareay.
- interment at Mirror Cemetery

re, Fred Dowswell OBIT Calgary Herald (Calgary, AB) issue 15 Jul 1998, page 35
- died 13 Jul 1998 at age 91
- precedeased by wife Ruth in 24 Jun 1998
- survived by son Bill (Betty) in New Zealand; daughters Shirely (Frank) Johnson of Blackfalds, AB
and Joyce (Cecil) Payne of Calgary
- worked for CNR for 44 yrs

RE: from Fred's findagrave id, 138616778
- he was married 3 times: 1st to Ethel Olson in 1927; 2nd to Margaret Scott who died in 1965; 3rd to Ruth Stephanson who died in 1998
- findagrave links to his father and grandfather - both born in Pickering, Ontario; and great grandfather, born 1814 in England; and a noted attached to his 2nd great grandfather Thomas, b 1784:
In 1831 set sail for America with their 9 unmarried children. Voyage took about ten weeks. Thomas and Amelia later lived at the Dowswell Inn with their son Thomas.

Ethel married Fred Blakely Dowswell on 2 Nov 1927 in Stettler, Alberta, Canada. (Fred Blakely Dowswell was born on 23 Feb 1907 in Lamerton, Alberta, Canada, died on 13 Jul 1998 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and was buried in Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.)