Dusean Josephine Olson

Dusine Josephine Raaum Olson

Dusine Josephine Raaum was born in Chippawa County, Minnesota, April 1, 1893.

She moved with her parents to Ottertail County, Minnesota, near Perham, in 1897. About 1908 she again moved with her parents to Divide County, North Dakota.

Dusine later moved with her parents back to the old home farm in Minnesota. After several years, she again moved to Clinton Township, Divide County, North Dakota. While there she worked for her brother John Raaum in his cook car, which he used for his threshing crews. Dusine later lived in Minot North Dakota with her sister, Ida Abrahamson.

Dusine then moved to Fargo, North Dakota, where she married Ingbert M. Olson, (1892-1974). They made their home at 620 Elm Street, Fargo. Dusine and Bert had seven children:

Doloris Olson (1916), married Arnold Johnson Violet T. Olson (1918), married Harold Ness Viola E. Olson (1918-1987), married Clinton Cull

Merriam Duane Olson (1919), married Irma Milde, later Vema Olsgaard Lyle Eldon Olson (1921), married Margie Bloom

Kenneth Dahl Olson (1925-1945), Died in WWII.

Joseph Durand Olson (1926), married Mildred Berkley

Dusine passed away while in childbirth, December 1927, and was buried near Fargo. by: Percy B. Thompson