Oscar Olsen (1879-1967)

Johan Oscar Johannesen Olsen (aka Oscar Olsen)
Birth: 27-07-1879, Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway
Death: 23-11-1967, Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway
Parents: Johannes Olsen (1854-1904) & Berthe Johannesdatter (1846-1930)
Half-Siblings– Via Berthe: Julie Andersdtr (1871), Hjalmar Bernardsen (1874). Via Johannes: Ingeborg Marthea (1876), Olaus (1878)
Siblings: Alf Birgern (1833), Johan Bjarne
Wife: Clara Mina Pedersdatter (1871 – 1935)

Children

Johan met Hilda Lovise Volden in Gjøvik in around 1895, a meeting which resulted in the birth of John Asbjørn Skogsrud, my maternal grandfather. They did not continue their relationship. Oscar later married Mina Pedersdatter (Paulsen), born 25 Dec 1871, Vardal. They had 6 children.

1. 1896 – John Asbjørn Skogsrud (with Hilda Lovise Berntsdatter Volden)
2. 1897 – Bergliot Lovise Olsen, born 31 Oct. 1897, died 6 Dec 1898
3. 1899 – Alf Reidar Olsen, born 18 Aug 1899, married Edna Grovefa Frogner in Ås, Vestre Toten 2/11/1934
4. 1900 – Bergljot Lovise Olsen, born 26 Dec. 1900, Married August Wilhelm Konglestad in Oslo on 8/12/1919; died 14 Mar 1930
5. 1903 – Signe Astrid Olsen, born 2 June 1903, married Kåre Kristiansen Bjerken in Gjøvik 5 June 1937
6. 1906 – Svanhild Jorun Olsen, born 18 July 1906, married Osvald Olsen in Gjøvik 12/01/1928
7. 1913 – Magnus Odvar Olsen, born 25 Sep 1917

Census data

1885, Dec 31 – for Gjøvik,  Øvre Torvgt 22

• Johannes Olsen (1857 Torpa), tanner apprentice [birth 1854]
• Berte Olsen (1854, Ringsaker), his wife [birth 1846]
  • Juli Andresen (1871, Ringsaker) her daughter
  • Oskar Olsen (1879, Gjøvik), their son
  • Birger Olsen (1883, Gjøvik) their son
• Johanne Jensen (1818, Ringsaker ), lodger (possibly Berte’s mother)

1891, Jan 1 – for Gjøvik, Flat 1

• Johannes Olsen (1853, Nordre Land), a tanner apprentice [birth 1854]
• Berthe Johannesen (1846, Ringsager), his wife
  • John Oskar Olsen (1879, Gjøvik), their son
  • Alf Birger Olsen (1883, Gjøvik), their son
  • Johan Bjarne Olsen (1886, Gjøvik), their son

1900, Dec 3 for Gjøvik, Kampen, Flat 3

• Oskar Olsen (1879, Gjøvik), tanner
• Mina Olsen (1871, Vardal), his wife
  • Alf reidar Olsen (18-08-1899, Gjøvik), their son

1910, Dec 1 – for Gjøvik, Torvgate 8, Flat 4 (Kampen)

• Oscar Olsen (27-07-1879, Gjøvik), a tanner apprentice
• Mina Olsen (25-12-1871, Vardal), his wife
  • Alf Reidar Olsen (18-08-1899, Gjøvik), their son
  • Bergljot Lovise Olsen (26-12-1900, Gjøvik), their daughter
  • Signe Astrid Olsen (02-06-1903, Gjøvik), their daughter
  • Jorun Svanhild Olsen )18-07-1906, Gjøvik), their daughter

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