You could get a copy of his death certificate from the state of North Dakota, cost is about $5 or $8. Here is a copy of the index listing for him. OLSON, WILLIAM 05/25/1922 Ramsey MALE 27 Years 06/15/1895 North Dakota Ramsey
I have asked his granddaughter to order a copy of the death certificate, which I can only get if I'm a direct descendant, which I'm not - his wife was my Mom's aunt, sister of my grandmother. Or if he's been dead for 100 years, then the information becomes 'public', and according to the obit, which I already had, he died in 1922...
You are able to get dc for genealogical purposes. For instance I just got my step mother's d.c. and she is absolutely no relation to me whatsoever. The only thing missing was her cause of death. You can also get a d.c. because you are a cousin.
I have tried this before in North Dakota. Back when I started genealogy, I could get them, but they changed their state law or practice. So I'll wait for the granddaughter to get the document. :-)
Well here is a long shot. Mr. & Mrs Willie Olson visited an Ed. Olson in the county. There is an Edmund / Edmond Olson b. about 1860 living in Ramsey county, related?
Possibly your William in 1915 North Dakota Census, living with and probably working for Edmond and Signa Olson although without an age or other biographical detail hard to determine for certain: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9C-T459
Well here is a long shot. Mr. & Mrs Willie Olson visited an Ed. Olson in the county. There is an Edmund / Edmond Olson b. about 1860 living in Ramsey county, related?
Perhaps an uncle? I'm not sure, but he came in 1882, while Willie was born in Skien in 1894, and emigrated in 1907.
Well here is a long shot. Mr. & Mrs Willie Olson visited an Ed. Olson in the county. There is an Edmund / Edmond Olson b. about 1860 living in Ramsey county, related?
Perhaps an uncle? I'm not sure, but he came in 1882, while Willie was born in Skien in 1894, and emigrated in 1907. That said, John Zettler, his father-in-law, owned land in the area, he had been farming the Fogner farm, and on his obit, the pallbearer names are from that same area: Pall bearers were Henry Keogh, Arthur Snider, Edwin Mandt, Geo. Dahlen, Alvin Kleven, and H. F. Schneiderjohn.
Well, here is a total long shot and he contradicts both the birthdate and place and migration date in US records thus far, #21 William b 1 June 1895 and was still in Norway in 1910: SAKO, Solum kirkebøker, G/Gb/L0003: Klokkerbok nr. II 3, 1880-1898, s. 55 Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061130060172
And another in vestre Porsgrunn records who was born either Mar or May 17 1894 # 21 Ole William Olsen: SAKO, Porsgrunn kirkebøker , F/Fa/L0008: Ministerialbok nr. 8, 1878-1895, s. 149 Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060612030396
And another in Gjerpen Hans Olsen b 17 May 1896 1/2 of a set of twins #65 SAKO, Gjerpen kirkebøker, G/Ga/L0002: Klokkerbok nr. I 2, 1883-1900, s. 164 Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061129010177
Also in Gjerpen #39 Vilhelm Johansen b 15 May 1894: SAKO, Gjerpen kirkebøker, G/Ga/L0002: Klokkerbok nr. I 2, 1883-1900, s. 137 Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061129010150
In looking at the actual page for these it appears that these two were supposed to be counted in Goldwood Township. There is another Olson born in Norway who came to US in 1907 residing in Goldwood. Her name is Anna and she is a niece to Mary and Andrew Peterson. Mary is born Norway and Andrew is born Sweden: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML6Y-CH3
You could get a copy of his death certificate from the state of North Dakota, cost is about $5 or $8. Here is a copy of the index listing for him. OLSON, WILLIAM 05/25/1922 Ramsey MALE 27 Years 06/15/1895 North Dakota ******* His granddaughter got the death certificate. It states the father as Ole Vettelson and the mother as Gertie Knudsen. Ramsey
I have asked his granddaughter to order a copy of the death certificate, which I can only get if I'm a direct descendant, which I'm not - his wife was my Mom's aunt, sister of my grandmother. Or if he's been dead for 100 years, then the information becomes 'public', and according to the obit, which I already had, he died in 1922...
You are able to get dc for genealogical purposes. For instance I just got my step mother's d.c. and she is absolutely no relation to me whatsoever. The only thing missing was her cause of death. You can also get a d.c. because you are a cousin.
According to William Olson, or Olsen's death certificate, his father's name was Ole Vetlesen and his mother was Gjertrud Knudsdatter. I've looked for them but had no luck. His granddaughter told me that a story exists that he took the name of the place where he was living, but that is not necessarily true, because he was living on the farm of Louis Frogner (also from Skien, Telemark), at the time of his death. Mr. Frogner apparantly never married, but rented his farm in Cleveland township.
This family came to US in 1906 https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/8/pe00000000714411 Ole Vetlesen Seljestad (male) 1877 Ullensvang g Sagmøllearb State of Wisconsin 1906-07-27 Emigrants from Bergen 1874-1930 Inga Nilsdtr Seljestad (female) 1877 Vikør g Forr Hustru Vikør 1906-07-27 Emigrants from Bergen 1874-1930 Anne Olsdtr Seljestad (female) 1899 Vikør Forr Barn Vikør 1906-07-27 Emigrants from Bergen 1874-1930 Wilhelm Olsen Seljestad (male) 1902 Vikør Forr Barn Vikør 1906-07-27 Emigrants from Bergen 1874-1930
1910 US Federal: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPVL-M43 Ole Halvorson Head M 32 Norway Inga Halvorson Wife F 32 Norway Anna Halvorson Daughter F 10 Norway Wilhelm Halvorson Son M 9 Norway
Here is his arrival in New York. Father is named in transcription as Ole Belleson but I think it looks like Velleson or maybe Vetleson and he's going to his cousin Johannes Solberg near Devils Lake, North Dakota:
So this Vetli Olsen's birth date matches 15 June the year 1894, his father is named Ole Velleson (someone else please look at this and interpret) and he has an uncle named Edward Olsen at Devils Lake. An Edward Olson was discussed earlier in the topic in connection to William.
Well here is a long shot. Mr. & Mrs Willie Olson visited an Ed. Olson in the county. There is an Edmund / Edmond Olson b. about 1860 living in Ramsey county, related?
Possibly your William in 1915 North Dakota Census, living with and probably working for Edmond and Signa Olson although without an age or other biographical detail hard to determine for certain: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9C-T459
Edmund's listing in the North Dakota Public Death Index: OLSON, EDMUND 05/08/1934 Ramsey MALE 73 Years 07/22/1860 North Dakota Ramsey
According to the Community Tree for Mo bygdebok at familysearch.org there is a relative named Anund Olavson who was born in 1860. Here is his baptism # 34 SAKO, Mo kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0005: Parish register (official) no. I 5, 1844-1864, p. 131 Quick link: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20051007010641
Interestingly his birthdate is 22 July 1860 and makes him a likely candidate for Edmund above. He is not an uncle but a first cousin to Vetli Olsen's dad Olav.
William Edmund Olson
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