Lillian Marie (Olsen) Thiessen (1915 - 1998)

Born 13 Oct 1915 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Duwane George Thiessen — married 18 Oct 1939 in Tama, Tama, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1998 at age 82 in Tama, Tama, Iowa, United States

Biography

Lillian Marie Olsen, daughter of Grant Henry Olsen and Anna Matilda Hansen, was born 13 Oct 1915 in Cedar Falls, Iowa.^[1][2][3]

Residences

1920 • Washington, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA - HOUSEHOLD: Grant H 29, Anna M 28, Vernon R 5, Lillian M 4, Blanche H 3, Leslie R 1, and Nela Hansen 51(gr.m.).^[4]

1930 • Tama, Tama, Iowa, USA - HOUSEHOLD: Grant H 39, Anna M 38, Vernon R 15, Lillian M 14, Blanche H 13, Leslie R 11, Harry N 10, and Harriet N 10.^[5]

1935 • Tama, Tama, Iowa, USA.^[6]

1940 • Elberon, Tama, Iowa, USA - HOUSEHOLD: Duwane 25 and Lillian 24.^[6]

Marriage

Lillian Olson married Duwane Thiessen (1914-1988) on 18 Oct 1939 in Tama, Tama, Iowa^[7] and they had the following children:^[3][8]

• Jerry Dean, b. 10 Nov 1940;
• Roger Allen, b. c.1942;
• Laverne David, b. 1 Apr 1943;
• James Lee, b. 1 Feb 1994, d. 4 Apr 1944;
• Aloha Jean, b. 25 Jan 1948, m1. Andrews, m2. Tate.

Death

Lillian M Thiessen died 7 Mar 1998^[2] in Tama Iowa.^[9] and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama, Tama Co., Iowa.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V467-LHR : 11 March 2018), Lillian Marie Olsen, 13 Oct 1915; citing Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,571,959.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014." Ancestry.com, Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Number: 482-62-7833; Issue State: Iowa; Issue Date: 1964; Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2011, Provo, UT, USA.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Junge, Emma Esther Seek, "The Family History of the Descendants of Hans and Gesche (Dolling) Junge", LDS, 1980, pages 15-17, 62-66.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Y1-9RP : accessed 23 April 2019), Lillian M Olsen in household of Grant H Olsen, Washington, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States; citing ED 218, sheet 3A, line 47, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 478; FHL microfilm 1,820,478.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMK7-3J5 : accessed 23 April 2019), Lillian M Olsen in household of Grant H Olsen, Tama, Tama, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 7B, line 58, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 684; FHL microfilm 2,340,419.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMBB-BC6 : 13 March 2018), Duwane Thiessen, Elberon, York Township, Tama, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86-34, sheet 3A, line 33, family 67, 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 1207.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969, [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. ELCA, Birth, Marriage, Deaths. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Chicago, Illinois.
8. ↑ Bio written by his wife, Lillian (attached to Find A Grave memorial).
9. ↑ Obituary published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette on 11 Mar 1998, page 2.
10. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 22 Apr 2019, memorial page for Lillian Marie “Lil” Olsen Thiessen (13 Oct 1915–7 Mar 1998), Find A Grave: Memorial #119473394, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Tama, Tama County, Iowa, USA: headstone photo.