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Glen George Olsen (1915 - 1996)

Glen George Olsen
Born in Turua, Thames-Coromandel, Waikato, New Zealandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 3 Aug 1940 in Carterton, Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 81 in Crescent Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealandmap
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Biography

Glen George Olsen was born on 22 May 1915 in Turua, New Zealand. He was the son of Fredrick Olsen and Elizabeth Beck.

He attended Thames High School. He played rugby, tennis and hockey. [1]

After school he trained as a teacher, attending Auckland Teachers' Training College and Auckland University.

Later, he represented Thames Valley in rugby. [2]

Glen was a teacher (on the Teachers Register in 1938 and 1940), registered in the Auckland district. [3]. He lived in Whitianga at this time.[4]

While teaching, probably in the Thames area, he met Winifred Carter, who had been posted to the school as a dental nurse, having originally been from the Wairarapa.

Glen entered the NZ Army in WWII, training at Papakura Military Camp as an officer.

Glen married Winifred Carter on 3 August 1940 in Featherston, Wairarapa, and they lived in Whitianga for a time.[5]

In November 1940 he was posted to the 30th Battalion in Fiji. He served in Fiji and was promoted to Captain.

His daughter Christine Olsen was born in Carterton on 6 May 1941.

Glen served in Fiji until at least December 1943, reaching the position of Camp Commandant at the 14th Brigade Divisional Headquarters. [2]

Later in WWII, he was posted to Italy and served in the final few months of the war in the North of Italy. Indications are that Glen did not see direct combat during the war. While in the city of Bari, he received word that his second daughter had been born. Apparently the couple toyed with the idea of naming their new daughter Bari, but sanity prevailed and she was christened Frances Glen Olsen. [6]

Glen returned to NZ after the war in 1946, and the family (Glen, Win, Christine and Frances) was based in the Pukekohe Military Transit Camp, Rooseville Park,[7] where they lived for about a year. Glen undertook a teacher refresher training course, possibly in Wellington. While in the camp, Win suffered an illness that was suspected to be diphtheria, and she was isolated for a time. During this time, neighbours and friends left food at the home for Glen, Christine and Frances. [6]

Glen applied for teaching roles at Puketona and Manaia. While driving to Puketona to check out the school, the axle on the car broke. It seems that event was taken as a sign, and the decision was made to accept the position at Manaia School in 1947.[6] They moved to Manaia and lived on Pukatapu St.[8]

Their first son, Andrew Olsen, was born in 1949 in Manaia.

In around May 1950, Glen became the principal at the Kapuni School up the road from Manaia. The family moved into the school house next door to the school. Frances started school at Kapuni in 1950.

Their youngest child, Keith was born in 1952 in Kapuni. In 1954, Christine went to nearby Hāwera High School. [6]

The 1954 Electoral Roll recorded the couple now living in Kapuni, presumably at the school house.

In 1956, the family moved to New Plymouth as Glen was appointed the Deputy Principal at Highlands Intermediate School. Christine transferred to New Plymouth Girls High School. The family rented a house at 319 Carrington St.[9]

A house for the family was built at 143B Coronation Ave, New Plymouth in 1959.

Glen moved to teach at Vogeltown in 1959, then to the new school at Merrilands in 1962.

In 1960, they were in the new house at 143B Coronation Ave, where they stayed until around 1990. [6] The 1963 Electoral Roll recorded the same information.

There was a short stint up in Auckland in the mid-60s. In 1966, Glen had a year at the Teachers College in Manurewa, in preparation for becoming a school inspector. The 1966 Electoral Roll records their address at this time as 25 Estuary Road, Weymouth, Auckland. Glen is still listed as school teacher.

The family returned to New Plymouth, and Glen commenced work in the Inspectorate, and he is recorded as a school inspector in the 1972 Taranaki Electoral Roll. He remained working until his retirement in 1975.

Glen retired in 1975, as retirement was compulsory for public sector workers on their 60th birthday. The 1978 Electoral Roll records him as retired. .

Glen and Win moved to Auckland around 1990, to a townhouse at E/3A Crescent Road, Epsom, so they could be closer to their grandchildren and their son, Andy.

Glen died at the house on 4 September 1996. He is buried at the Tōtara Memorial Park in Thames.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.

[10] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:
Type: GG Olsen
Date: 22 MAY 1915
Place: Turua, Thames-Coromandel, Waikato, New Zealand
Country: New Zealand

Death

Death:
Type: GG Olsen
Date: 4 SEP 1996
Place: Crescent Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
City: Auckland
Country: New Zealand

Event

Event:
Type: Marriage
Note: Description: Olsen - Carter
Date: 3 AUG 1940
Place: Carterton, Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand
Country: New Zealand[11]

Data Changed

Data Changed:
Date: 11 OCT 2015
Time: 19:50:20

Prior to import, this record was last changed 19:50:20 11 OCT 2015.

Marriage

Husband: Glen George Olsen
Wife: Winifred Frances Carter
Marriage:
Type: Olsen - Carter
Date: 3 AUG 1940
Place: Carterton, Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand
Address:
Country: New Zealand[12]
Child: @I0014@
Child: @I0015@
Child: @I0020@
Child: @I0021@
Data Changed:
Date: 25 NOV 2010
Time: 17:39:37

Sources

  1. Oral recollections of Frances Salt, daughter of Glen George Olsen. Dictated to Tim Ward, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Officers' Book, 14th Brigade, N.Z.E.F.I.P.
  3. Register of Teachers - SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE OF THURSDAY, MARCH 241 1938, and SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1940
  4. Electoral Roll, Thames, 1938 (pg.32) and 1941 (pg.153), NZ Government
  5. Electoral Roll, Thames, 1941 (pg.153), NZ Government
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4
  7. Electoral Roll, 1946, NZ Government
  8. Electoral Roll, 1949, NZ Government
  9. Electoral Roll, Taranaki, 1957, NZ Government
  10. Olsen-3396 was created by Bruce Ward through the import of LWF_Carter.ged on Nov 12, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
  11. Source: #S0003
  12. Source: #S0003

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180335120/glen-george-olsen

  • Source: S0003 Title: Copy of Entry of Marriage Data Changed: Date: 19 OCT 2015 Time: 14:29:33




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