Olga Rebekka (Foss) Baldwin (1885 - 1960)

Born 8 May 1885 in Stensrud, Bardu Prestegjeld, Troms, Norway

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Bailey Baldwin — married 30 Nov 1904 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

Died 25 Nov 1960 at age 75 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Olga R Olson Foss was born at Bardu, Troms, Norway in 1885, the daughter of Mathias Olson Foss and Helena Halvorsdatter Hanstad. She emigrated to America with her family in about 1889, settling in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. She was married there in 1904 to Charles Bailey Baldwin.^[1] She passed away in 1960^[2] and is buried in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[3]

Research Notes

The birth record in the Bardu parish in Troms, Norway lists her name as Olea Rebekka, but all subsequent records in the US list it as Olga.

Caution: She is NOT the same Olga R. Foss as listed in various MN censuses, such as 1895^[4] and 1900 ^[5]because that Olga married Charles Earl Wilson (1888-) and William M. Dawson (1877-)^[6]

Her father is named as Martin Foss in various ancestry.com trees but no source-based evidence of that name has been found. His actual name was Mathias Olsen Foss.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K87L-4JV : 12 December 2014), Charlie Baily Baldwin, 1917-1918; citing Minneapolis City no 9, Minnesota, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,675,681.
2. ↑ Minnesota Historical Society, Death Certificate Index: 1960-MN-027242, Olga R Baldwin; Death: November 25, 1960; County of Death: Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States Details: Mother's Maiden Name: HANSTAD, Date of Birth: Apr 8 1885, Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE. https://www.mnhs.org/people/deathrecords/1960-MN-027242
3. ↑ Olga R. Baldwin at Find A Grave.
4. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ6V-1SV : 26 November 2014), Olga Foss in household of Hans Foss, New Brighton village, Ramsey, Minnesota; citing p. 1, line 18, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,797.
5. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M93D-DWL
6. ↑ "Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD8Y-3LF : 20 January 2020), Olga R. Foss in entry for William W. Dawson, 1906.

• Scanned Norwegian church records at Digitalarkivet, Målselv sokneprestembete, Ministerialbok nr. 9, 1878-1889, s. 36, Births 1885 #10, Olea Rebecca. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/6745/38

• "Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ6Y-5LL : 3 April 2016), Olga Olson, Minneapolis city, Ward 09, Hennepin, Minnesota; citing p. 60, line 25, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,781

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9SV-LX2 : accessed 5 July 2020), Olga Foss in household of Charles Cory, Election District 6 Minneapolis city Ward 9, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99, sheet 10B, family 209, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,769.

• "Minnesota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSY3-1M5?cc=1503056&wc=M8SG-ZWL%3A67006901%2C67503001 : 21 May 2014), Hennepin > Minneapolis, Ward 04 > image 424 of 854; State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2G8-DMQ : accessed 4 July 2020), Olga R Baldwin in household of Charlie B Baldwin, Minneapolis Ward 9, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 157, sheet 11B, family 224, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 704; FHL microfilm 1,374,717.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWYG-6H4 : 14 December 2015), Olga Baldwin in household of Charles Baldwin, Minneapolis Ward 9, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing sheet 20A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,836.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS2F-5P7 : 5 February 2020), Olga R Baldwin in household of Helma I Fraysa, Ward 12, Minneapolis, Minneapolis City, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-404, sheet 15B, line 45, family 300, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1992.

• "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD6J-3ZY : 4 December 2014), Olga Foss Baldwin in entry for Charles B. Baldwin, 19 Jul 1936; citing Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, reference cn 22792; FHL microfilm 2,242,388.

• "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKNR-B4N : 15 May 2020), Charles B Baldwin and Olga R Olson, 1904.
• "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJGB-99ZP : 15 May 2020), Charles B. Baldwin and Olga R. Olson, 1904.

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.