Knute Olsen
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Knute Madsen Olsen (1893 - 1987)

Knute Madsen Olsen
Born in Borkop, Denmarkmap
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Husband of — married 4 Nov 1922 in Langdon, NDmap
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Died at age 93 in Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., NDmap
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== Biography == Arrived in America on March 17th 1913, at the age of 21 years old, on the SS Carpathia from Liverpool, England to Boston, Mass and went to his older Brother Iver's farm in Starkweather, ND and worked there for a few years. He has a U.S. World War I Draft Registration Card (1917-1918) Roll Number 1819452.

He married Margaret in Langdon, ND in 1922. They farmed and raised a family in the Starkweather-Webster area until 1947 when they moved to Devils Lake, where lived until 1950 then they moved to Webster. They owned and operated Knute's Place in Webster for several years.

In 1961 they returned to Devils Lake where they made their home through the years. Mr. Olsen was a desk clerk at Grayson, Mayer and Great Northern Hotels until retiring in 1975. Mrs. Olsen died August 9th, 1968.

Chr. Wiger, Sunday, April 6, 2014.

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Biography Excerpted from the Devils Lake newspaper. His obituary, Monday, March 30th, 1987. https://library.ndsu.edu/repository/handle/10365/19237





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