ID: 19026
Born west
Date of birth : 1878
Date of death : 1956
Ólafur Jónasson was born on March 10, 1878 in Wisconsin. He died on May 10, 1956 in Minnesota. He took the name Oliver G. Olson in the west.
Spouse: November 20, 1901 Þóra Sigurðardóttir b. January 13, 1883 in N. Dakota, d. November 15, 1967 in Minnesota.
Children: 1. Margrét b. 1903 2. Sigurður b. 1905 3. Carl W. b. June 11, 1909 4. Theodore Oliver b. September 8, 1911 5. Lillian b. 1914 6. Violet b. 1918.
Ólafur moved with his father, Jónas Ólafsson, from Wisconsin, where he had spent his entire life, to Minnesota. Þóra moved with her mother, Sesselja Andrésdóttir, and siblings from N. Dakota. Ólafur and Þóra lived in Deer Creek Village in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.