Olaf Johnson (Hanson) Oliver (1859 - abt. 1929)

Born 24 May 1859 in Malmo, Sweden

Husband of Anna May (Linscott) Oliver — married 7 Jul 1921 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Descendants

Died about 1929 at about age 69 in California, United States

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Biography

1880 Census has him in Chicago. He was trained as a ladies tailor and for many years had a shop in Boston. He changed his name to Oliver as he thought it sounded French and would be good for business. In the late 1920s he was in Pasadena.

Olaf married 1) Agnes Borkman and 2) Anna Linscott. Immigration year 1879 according to 1900 census.

1900 census, Boston
Olaf J Oliver Head M 41 Sweden Divorced
Clarence E Oliver Son M 9 Massachusetts
Edelle E Oliver Daughter F 6 Massachusetts
Marion A Freeman Housekeeper F 62 New Hampshire
Bertha H Freeman Boarder F 31 Massachusetts
Grace E Haynes Boarder F 30 Massachusetts

• Fact: Immigration (1879)
• Fact: Naturalization (1893) Massachusetts
• Fact: Residence (1900) Precinct 1 Boston city Ward 22, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Passport Application (1922) California, United States
• Fact: Immigration (11 Sep 1923) Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
• Fact: Immigration (1929) California, United States
• Fact: Immigration (1929) Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
• Fact: Residence Pasadena, Cal.

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 November 2019, 17:54), entry for Olof Johnson Oliver(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHNH-J42); contributed by various users.
• Census records
• Immigration records
• Family stories.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9YG-VKW : accessed 20 September 2017), Olaf J Oliver, Precinct 1 Boston city Ward 22, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1489, sheet 4A, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,686.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZT-Z6K5 : 5 January 2017), Olof Johnson Oliver in entry for Aleph Edgar Clarence Oliver and Marguerite Ethel Fair Or Westergren, 20 Jun 1913; citing Marriage, Newton City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,092.
• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-QD3D : 4 September 2015), Olof J Oliver, 1922; citing Passport Application, California, United States, source certificate #144127, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 1900, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,704,839.