Endre Olsen (1825 - 1890)

Born 28 Feb 1825 in Sandsvaer, Buskerud, Norway

Husband of Maria (Persdotter) Olsen — married 30 Mar 1856 in Stromso Church, Drammen, Norway

Descendants

Died 1890 at about age 64 in Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States

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Biography

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Endre was born in 1825 in Sandsvaer, Norway. ^[1]

According to family tradition, Endre was a farmhand on Braten estate in Varmland, Sweden, where he met and fell in love with Maria Oldsdatter, the daughter of his employer. They eloped to Norway and had several children:

1. Thora Birgitta
2. Peder Oskar
3. Karl Johan
4. Endre

Endre and Maria returned to Sweden and had another daughter:

1. Anna Maria

Endre immigrated with his wife and five children to North America in 1870, departing from Drammen on the Askur on May 5 arriving in Quebec on June 22.^[2]

Endre and Maria settled in the midwest and had at least one more child, born in Pesthigo, Wisconsin:

1. Marta Malvania "Nellie

Andrew passed away in 1890.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWQP-JYW : 10 February 2018), Endre Olesen, 28 Feb 1825; citing ; FHL microfilm 124,109.
2. ↑ Ships passenger list.

• Sandsvær parish (Sandsvær, Buskerud, Norway). Sandsvær kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0004: Parish register (official) no. I 4, 1817-1839, p. 142, no 39 Fødte og døpte (Born and baptised) transcription Image

• Bragernes parish (Bragernes, Dramen, Buskerud, Norway) Bragernes kirkebøker, F/Fb/L0003: Parish register (official) no. II 3, 1860-1868, p. 485 No 38/39 transcription image Inn- og utflyttede (In and out migrated)

• https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000002247323
• "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWS5-ZHF : 20 February 2020), Endre Olsen, 1856.
• 1865 Census https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01038080007008
• https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000002504675

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