New Photos March 2014 ••••••••••••••••••
They are sprinkled throughout the Olson pages.
Thomas Olson home in Sioux City, Iowa. Photo of them standing in front of it is at left, and here;
Photo reads “Thomas Olson?”. Don’t know who anyone else in the photo is.
October 1912 postcard from Johanne to Caroline. In Norwegian. No idea what it says.
Johana and Laura Hosting Parties •••••••
Johana and her sister hosted several events for “The Ladies Aid Society” and “The Sagacious Club”. One of the articles below is for a picnic on July 4, 1926 at Riverside park. Could the photo above be one of these events?
January 1923 Johana and Laura host the Ladies Aid Society at St. Peter’s Lutheran church.
March 1925 Johana and Laura host the Ladies Aid Society at St. Peter’s Norwegian Lutheran church in the church parlors.
February 1925, Mrs. Thomas Olson will entertain Sagacious Club members in her home. Not sure what’s going on here, but Luncheon will be served at 1 with covers being laid for 12 guests. Five hundred will occupy the ensuing hours.
Is she hosting 500 people? Could the photo below be an event like that? The men and children present seem to suggest a family photo. BTW, Thomas is on the far left.
July 4, 1926, Sagacious Club is having a picnic at Riverside park. The photo at the top of this page may be a similar event.
Dec. 19, 1926, Sagacious Club members will be the guest of Mrs. Thomas Olson at her home for a Christmas Party.
1885 Immigration To America ••••••••••••••
Link to the Philadelphia image at left.
Here’s a link to their 1885 Emigration records in the Digitalarkivet.
Emigranter fra Trondheim 1867-1930
1. THOMAS OLSEN, b. 1856 in Orkdal,
2. JOHANNA OLSDTR. , b. 1858 in Orkdal, his wife,
3. KAROLINE, b. 1879, their daughter.
Destination: Philadelphia, Pensylvania.
Tickets prepaid in USA.
They left Trondheim, Norway on the American Line Ship “Hero” and changed to the “British Princess” in Liverpool for Philadelphia.
LINK to FamilySearch image of the register.
Here’s Where Thomas Worked ••••••••••••
I originally thought that Thomas had a car repair service and could fix my car. According to his obituary, he worked for the Sioux City Service Company for 45 years. “car repr S C Service” refers to Trolley Cars, and not automobiles.
Sioux City, Iowa 1914 City Directory
It reads:
Olson Thomas (Johanna), car repr S C Service Co, r 1910 Geneva
THREE QUARTERS of a CENTURY of PROGRESS 1848-1923
A Brief Pictorial and Commercial History of Sioux City, Iowa
Thomas Olesen Norwegian Records •••••
Here’s the information on Thomas Olson we’ve been able to find in the Norwegian Records.
Thomas Olesen Birth/Christening
Thomas Olesen
Event(s):
Birth: 21 Mar 1856
Place: Orkedal, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
Christening: 06 Apr 1856
Place: Orkedal, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
Parents:
Father: Ole ANDERSEN
Mother: Andrea CLAUSDR
1865-telling for Ørkedal on the Digitalarkivet
1875-telling for Orkdal on the Digitalarkivet
Thomas Olesen’s home in Norway, the story of the farm of Evjen ••••••••••••••••••
Even MORE information from Olav Sjømæling!
*NOTE: The Ole Andersen below was the Father of Thomas Olson.
Hi Mark,
Good to hear that you appreciated my research.
I tried to find Anna Nikoline in Census of 1900, but no result. Neither is she to be found among emigrants from Trondheim.
Maybe she died before 1900, but searcing for her in the Church records gave no results.
The story of the farm of Evjen is to be found in three books:
• Orkdalsboka, b. III, p. 57,
• Gardtales i Orkdal, b. I, p. 15 and
• "Bosetting i Orkdal tiol 1900. Området Evjen til Ekli"
(Settlements in Orkdal up to 1900. The area Evjen to Ekli".) p. 1.
Originally there was one farm Evjen. In the 17th century it was divided in two parts. Later both parts were divided in many smaller parts.
One of these "plasser" was Evjensmælen where Ole Andersen and his family lived.
This small place was situated quite near the river of Orkla, and one day before 1900 a big flood destroyed this place and some others in the neighbourhood.
Today there are no sign of the small farm of Evjensmælen.
Ole Andersen bought another farm under the main farm of Evjen. Today this farm is also torn down, and the area is a busy roundabout!
We are living 1000 m from Evjensmælen.
Best greetings from
OLAV
New Documents 2013 ••••••••••••••••••••••
Here’s Jpeg files of Thomas and Johana’s Death Certificates, and Thomas’ Naturalization.
Thomas Death Certificate: His Occupation is listed as “Watchman” for the Sioux City Service Company.
Johana Death Certificate
Thomas Naturalization
Photo at left is Pauline, the wife of one of Thomas’ brothers. “Pauline og Bestefar” is the name of the photo. Hans Olsen sent this along with an amazing amount of information about Thomas’ family.
I will try to add more information here.
Thomas Olsen Now in Aafjorden •••••••••
SPECULATION
Caroline’s Baptism record says Thomas is currently from Afjord or Aafjorden. I originally thought it refered to Afjord, but maybe they were referring to the harbor of Trondheim and the trade that went on. Merchants sold just about anything out of their ship. They didn’t have a store in town and the area they sold goods from was refered to as “Aafjorden”. Just about anyone with a boat moved up and down the fjord selling their goods.
This version of her baptism says “Aafjorden”.
7 Oct 1877 Caroline’s Baptism
PARISH REGISTER BAKKE CHURCH (She is #76)
Source Information: Sør-Trøndelag fylke, Bakklandet (Bakke), Ministerialbok nr. 604A07 (1866-1877), Fødte og døpte kvinner 1877, side 548.
This version of her baptism says “Aafjord”, but it is a copy.
ANOTHER VERSION OF HER BAPTISM (She is #94)
PARISH REGISTER COPY (Birth and baptism records women 1877)
Source information: Sør-Trøndelag county, Bakklandet, Parish register
copy nr. 604C03 (1870-1885), Birth and baptism records women 1877, page 170.
The birth record of KAROLINE ANTONIE reads:
Parents: Bachelor, worksman Thomas Olsen (1857), originally from Evjen in Orkedalen, now in Aafjorden and girl Anna Nikoline Olsen (7/7-57), daughter of carpenter Rasmus Olsen, now in the service of ship merchant Røvik in Kristiansund, but temporarily with her parents in Upper Kunigs street.
Thomas Olsen’s Family •••••••••••••••••••••
Here’s a photo of Thomas’ older brother Johan and his wife.
Thanks to Hans Olsen!
NOTE:
Hans has sent MUCH more information.
Here’s five pages of research that Hans has sent:
(I think everything below is included in the PDF above)
Johannes Evensen and descendents Page 1
Johannes Evensen and descendents Page 2
Johannes Evensen and descendents Page 3
Johannes Evensen and descendents Page 4
Johannes Evensen and descendents Page 5
