elen Pedersdatter

Om detta stämmer så emigrerade denna Elen till USA 1867 och bosatte sig i North Dakota

Cindy Olson Rainsford Paternal Family Tree

Peder Thorstensen (d 1814) and Christina Margaretha Olsdatter Borg (1767-1847)

Daughter Marithe (Marit) Pedersdatter 1796-1825

Married Peder Andersen 1782-1864

Peder Andersen married again after Marit’s death to Mareth Thomesdr (1753-1819)

Marit and Peder had one daughter:

Elen Pedersdatter (1820-1912)

Married Johan John (Oscar Johanson) Erickson (1821-1893)

Immigrated through Quebec, Canada leaving Norway on 4-19-1867 with children Peter, Martinus, Johnetta, Margrethe, Otto and Ernham. Ingaborg, Erik, George (perhaps died as infant) and Johanna (perhaps died as infant) remained in Norway. Ingaborg later immigrated.

The family filed a land claim in Galesburg, Traill County, North Dakota as did their son-in-law Haagen Olson

10 children including

Elen Johnetta (Nettie) Johansdatter (1856-1938)

Married Haagen Olson (1843-1923) in 1874 in United States

15 children including Josias Olson (first 5 children were born in Red Wing or Glyndon Minnesota before the family moved to Galesburg, North Dakota where the remaining children were born).

Elen and Haagen immigrated to Canada in 1906 to join their son Josias Olson who was homesteading in Plainview, (province of) Saskatchewan.

The Canadian Homestead Act gave 160 acres for free to any male farmer who agreed to cultivate at least 40 acres and to build a permanent dwelling within three years. The only cost to the farmer was a $10 administration fee.

Six Norwegian families took up homesteads in the Plainview district in 1903 (including Josias Olson and family). They emigrated from Galesburg, North Dakota and were mainly families originally from the Trondheim area of Norway.

I feel the name Plainview is appropriate for the area around Plainview and Fenwood, Saskatchewan. Flat prairie views all around. The farmers planted most of the trees in the area.

Josias (Joe) Olson (1877- ?)

Married Inga Dahl (1882-1960) in 1899 in United States

Inga was from Skien, Telemark, Norway

I’m told that there were some marital difficulties between Joe and Inga and the children stayed with other families for periods of time. Their youngest son Omar was killed in a WW2 training accident while training with the Canadian Air Force in Canada in 1942.

5 children (2 born in North Dakota, 3 born in Saskatchewan) including

Horace Olson (1902- 1989)

Married Nora Otellie Bolme (1903-1997) in 1928 in Saskatchewan

Nora’s family also emigrated from North Dakota to Plainview, Saskatchewan in 1906. The Bolmes were originally from the Trondheim area in Norway.

Horace worked as a carpenter building grain elevators (grain was delivered to these tall buildings by farmers. The grain elevators were typically next to railway lines and the grain was stored then transported for sale elsewhere. Grain elevators were all over the Canadian prairies but have mainly been demolished in recent times). Horace and Nora had seven children. They moved with their first 6 children to Lethbridge, (province of) Alberta in 1943 so that Horace could work as a carpenter at the Japanese Internment Camps near Lethbridge. Explanation of the Japanese Internment Camps (not a fine day in Canadian history):

Beginning in 1942, the internment of Japanese Canadians occurred when over 22,000 Japanese Canadians—comprising over 90% of the total Japanese Canadian population—from British Columbia were forcibly relocated and interned in the name of national security. The majority were Canadian citizens by birth. They were detained under the War Measures Act and were interned for the rest of the Second World War. Their homes and businesses were sold by the government to pay for their detention.

Ronald Olson (1931-

Married Vivian Olson (1931-2005) in 1952 in Lethbridge, Alberta

My parents Ronald and Vivian met in Lethbridge, Alberta and had 4 children. They moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1964 for employment in the oil and gas industry. My dad Ron is still living in his own home at the age of 90. All of their children and most of their grandchildren have been employed in oil and gas.

Cindy Rainsford

June 202