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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Harry Benjamin Olson ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Olson, Harry Benjamin
LAST NAME: Olson FIRST NAME: Harry MIDDLE NAME: Benjamin NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 11 Sep 1894 DIED: 3 Oct 1968 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Wonderly, Saline co, Kansas
DEATH PLACE: San Mateo co, California
NOTES: 

1900 OR CENSUS – Harry Olsen (b Sept 1894, Kansas) enumerated with parents Swan S. (b May 1860, Sweden, immigrated 1868, naturalized, married 11y, occupation lumberman) and Mary (b Jan 1868, Kansas, mother of 4 children) and 3 siblings, Rozella (b June 1890, Kansas), Edgar (b Jan 1896, Oklahoma) and an unnamed daughter [Mina] (b Sept 1899, Oklahoma)

1910 WA CENSUS – Harry B. Olson (15y, b Kansas) enumerated with parents Swan S. (44y, b Sweden, immigrated 1869, naturalized, married 20y, occupation woodworking factory) and Marian A. (42y, b Kansas, mother of 6 children, 4 living at time of census) and 3 siblings, Rosella A. (19y, b Kansas), Edgar B. (13y, b Oklahoma) and Mina M. (10y, b Oklahoma)

1st MARRIAGE - Harry B. Olson md Katherine E. Ferrell on 14 Nov 1914 in Clatsop Co., Oregon. 

WWI Draft Registration Card – Harry Benjamin Olson, 22, of Seaside, Clatsop co, Oregon; born 11 Sept 1895, Wonderly, Kansas; occupation logging; married; dependents wife & baby

1920 WA CENSUS - Harry B. Olson, age 25, occupation laborer, b. Kansas, is enumerated with Katherin[e], age 22, b. Oregon, along with James H., age 3, b. Oregon, and Theodore B., age 7 months, b. Washington. 

1930 OR CENSUS – Harry B. Olson (35y, b Oregon, married at age 20y, occupation leverman on dredge) enumerated with wife Katherine E. (32y, b Kentucky, married at age 17y) and 3 children, James H. (13y, b Oregon), Theodore B. (10y, b Washington) and Donna W. (6y, b Washington); also with family was Harry’s sister Mina Horton (48y, b Oklahoma, married at age 30y, occupation waitress, husband not with family)

1940 WA CENSUS – Harry B. Olson (45y, b Kansas, occupation rigging supervisor) enumerated with wife Katherine E. (42y, b Oregon) and son Theodore B. (20y, b Washington); family was living in Portland, Multnomah co, Oregon in 1935

WWII Draft Registration Card – Harry Benjamin Olson, 47, of Bannock Hotel, Pocatello , Bannock co, Idaho; born 11 Sept 1894, Saline co, Kansas; person who knows address Mrs H.B. Olson, 6433 N Moore Ave, Portland, Oregon

2nd MARRIAGE - Harry B. Olson md Eudelle G. Russell 15 Nov 1945 in Marion Co., Oregon 

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

California Death Index - Harry B. Olson, b. 11 Sep 1894 in Kansas, d. 3 Oct 1968 in San Mateo, California. His mother's maiden name was Johnston.

OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 

Olson
Harry Benjamin
1894 - 1968
[shares marker with Eudelle]

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
CDI 

1900 OR CENSUS (Clatsop co, Melville, ED 137, sheet 4A)

1910 WA CENSUS (Lewis co, Little Falls, ED 126, sheet 4A-B)

Oregon Marriage Index

WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

1920 WA CENSUS (Lewis Co., Vader, ED 109, sheet 1B)

1930 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 539, sheet 1A)

1940 WA CENSUS (Okanogan co, Mason City, ED 24-25, sheet 9A)

WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

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