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Descendants of Olaf Olson

Generation No. 2

2. JOSEPHINE² OLSON (OLAF¹)⁶ was born Bef. 1859 in Sweden ⁷. She married HERMAN SCHNEIDER.

Notes for JOSEPHINE OLSON:
Came to America about 1871.

A photo of Josephine is posted at
<A HREF="http://www.landiss.com/family/images/olsen-schneider.htm"> http://www.landiss.com/family/images/olsen-schneider.htm </A>

Notes for HERMAN SCHNEIDER:
He was a blacksmith who made many of the wrought-iron fences around homes in St. Louis, MO.

Children of JOSEPHINE OLSON and HERMAN SCHNEIDER are:

	i.	MINNIE³ SCHNEIDER.
	ii.	ROBERT SCHNEIDER.
6.	iii.	HATTIE SCHNEIDER.

3. CHARLOTTE² OLSON (OLAF¹)⁸ was born 18 Mar 1856 in Sweden ⁹, and died 17 Mar 1934 in Harvey, IL ¹⁰. She married THOMAS HENRY GAUKRODGER 12 Feb 1883 in Alton, IL ¹¹, son of HARTLEY GAUKRODGER and ANN ?.

Notes for CHARLOTTE OLSON:
Came to America in 1867 (per David Stobbs) or about 1871 (per Grace Gaukrodger Stobbs).
Raised Viola Viarz Olsen.
Lived In Harvey, IL.

Children of CHARLOTTE OLSON and THOMAS GAUKRODGER are:

	i.	JOHN HENRY³ GAUKRODGER, b. 23 Apr 1883 ¹²; d. 21 May 1948, Harvey, IL¹².
	ii.	GEORGE ELMER GAUKRODGER, b. 2 Feb 1887¹²; d. 30 May 1946, Harvey, IL¹².
7.	iii.	GRACE MAE GAUKRODGER, b. 3 Jul 1889, Alton, IL; d. 12 Dec 1953, Harvey, IL.
	iv.	WILLIAM GAUKRODGER.

4. FRANK SWANSON² OLSON (OLAF¹)¹³ was born 11 Nov 1859 in Sweden ¹⁴, and died 23 Aug 1937¹⁴. He married ELIZABETH ANNE BUB. She was born 2 Sep 1865¹⁴, and died 22 Dec 1940¹⁴.

Notes for FRANK SWANSON OLSON:
Came to the US about 1871, was a carpenter, lived in St. Louis, MO.
It is said they had 15 children.

Children of FRANK OLSON and ELIZABETH BUB are:

	i.	FLOYD BERNARD³ OLSEN, b. 10 Dec 1888 ¹⁵; d. 12 Oct 1960 ¹⁶.
8.	ii.	OLLIE FRANCIS OLSEN, b. 8 Apr 1890; d. 5 Dec 1959.
	iii.	ANNE EDITH OLSEN, b. 9 Jun 1892 ¹⁷; d. 21 Jan 1968 ¹⁸.
	iv.	ELMER FRANCIS OLSEN, b. 9 Jun 1894 ¹⁹; d. 24 Nov 1914 ²⁰.
	v.	EDWARD ANDREW OLSEN, b. 24 Aug 1896 ²¹; d. 8 Jan 1923 ²².
	vi.	FRANCIS OLSEN, b. Nov 1899 ²³; d. 9 May 1902 ²⁴.
	vii.	CATHERINE OLSEN, b. 15 Jan 1903 ²⁵; d. 15 Jan 1903 ²⁶.
	viii.	FLORENCE CATHERINE OLSEN, b. 15 Jan 1904²⁶; d. 9 Jan 1996.

Notes for FLORENCE CATHERINE OLSEN:
Both Florence and Adele used the spelling "Olsen" as evidenced by their letters and obituaries. That is the spelling they also used to refer to other members of their family, including their father, aunts and uncles.

ix.

ADELE JOSEPHINE OLSEN, b. 20 Feb 1907; d. 25 Feb 1999.

5. AUGUST² OLSON (OLAF¹)²⁷ was born Aft. 1860 in Sweden ²⁸, and died 1908 ²⁹. He married (1) MARY ANNA GIBERGE²⁹. She was born in Paris, France²⁹. He married (2) ADDIE GEISELMANN^30,³⁰.

Notes for AUGUST OLSON:
Came to America about 1871. In a letter dated 12 Sep 1977, Edna Olsen says his name was John August Olsen.

Notes for MARY ANNA GIBERGE:
Divorced in 1894

Notes for ADDIE GEISELMANN:
She and August lived in the 2200 block of Howard St. in St. Louis, MO

Children of AUGUST OLSON and MARY GIBERGE are:

AUGUST JON³ OLSON, b. 1890, St. Louis, MO ³¹; d. California³¹; m. HELEN COATS, about 1913; b. 12 Oct 1867³¹; d. 8 Jul 1959³¹.

Notes for AUGUST JON OLSON:
In a letter dated 12 Sep 1977, Edna Olsen says his name was John August Olsen, the same as her father's.

10.

ii.

VIOLA VIARZ OLSON, b. 31 Oct 1892, St. Louis, MO; d. 20 Nov 1959, Alton, IL.

Children of AUGUST OLSON and ADDIE GEISELMANN are:

iii.

ROSE³ OLSEN.

Notes for ROSE OLSEN:
Died of pneumonia at about one year old

iv.

EDNA A. OLSEN, b. 24 Mar 1902, St. Louis, MO ³²; d. Aft. Jun 1984; m. BEN RICHARDS; b. about 1893 ³³; d. 13 Jul 1970, Bishop, CA³³.

Notes for EDNA A. OLSEN:
Moved to CA in Dec. 1920 to live with August John & Helen Olson.
On the back of her photograph is written "Edna Olsen". In a letter dated 12 Sep 1977, Edna says she always used "Olson" and believed her birthday was 2 January until Florence sent her birth certificate. She then found her true birthday and started using the spelling "Olsen".

	v.		TEDDIE OLSEN.
	vi.		EUGENE OLSEN.

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