Other spellings of maiden name include Bendixon and Bendickson (used by sisters in North Dakota and Minnesota) and Bendiksen. There is an additional photo of her and her husband around their marriage on his memorial.
Obituary, with numerous additions and modifications, from newspaper.
MRS. M. OLSON, 72, GRANDVIEW PIONEER, DIES
Martha's father was Bendix Johnson (alt. Bendiks Mathias Johansen), 14 Mar 1835-unknown, and her mother was Tomine Larson (alt. Tomine Lorentse Kirstine Larsdr), 18 August 1850-unknown (photo attached of both of them). They had eight children, the oldest of which was Martha Marie. Bendix was a fisherman with his own boat.
Martha married Ole Anton Olson in 1895 in Kvaefjord, Norway. They had five children in Norway, Magnus, Magna, Lena, Astrid, and Bendix. She left Christiana, Norway, on the S.S. United States, Scandinavian American Lines, 5 April 1907, with her four surviving children, Magnus, Magna, Lena and Astrid. Her son Bendix died in Norway prior to their departure. She arrived at Ellis Island, 16 April 1907 and traveled to Grand View, Wisconsin to meet her husband, Ole, who immigrated there in 1903. She was 4 feet 10 1/2" tall, thin, with black hair and blue eyes upon her entry at Ellis Island. She and Ole made Grand View their home until their deaths. She gave birth to nine more children in Grand View, and sadly, only two of them lived to adulthood, Esther and Alice.
Martha died at a local hospital following a fall outdoors that broke her femur. She was a resident of the Grand View area for 37 years. She was survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alex (Magna) Nehring, Park Falls, Mrs. Frank (Lena) Courtright, Loretta, Wisconsin, Mrs. Donald (Alice) Angelow, Duluth, and Miss Esther Olson, Grand View; one son Magnus, Grand View; eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was survived by three sisters, Lovise, Berhandine and Rose in the USA; Kasper, in the USA; and two sisters, Josephine and and Johanna in Norway (full sibling list below).
Funeral services were at the Grand View church at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 1944, with the Reverend Hermann officiating. Internment was at Grand View cemetery near her husband and daughters, Astrid and Tomina. Martha's body was removed from the Pascoe-Erickson Funeral Home Thursday and lied in state at the church from 12:30 until the funeral service began.
Children with unknown burial locations:
Magnus John, 29 Jan 1896-18 May 1950
Bendix Torlieve, 4 Jan 1902-died before mom and siblings left Norway 5 April 1907
Benjamin, born before 1908, died before 1910 census
Marie Magdolena, 3 April 1910, died before 1913 family photo
Edith Jensena (or Edit Jensine), 13 May 1911-died before 1920 census
Julius Nickolie, 13 September 1912-died before 1913 family photo
Girl, 7 Aug 1913, lived 1 hour
Child, sex not listed, born and died 1914
Esther Jennie Olson Dubravcic, 18 Feb 1916-19 May 1998
Siblings:
Lovise O. Christianson, 1874-1958, FindaGrave: 135622856
Bernadine (nickname Dina) Bendickson Aaserud, 1878-1961, FindaGrave: 19489451
Josephine, 1879-4 Mar 1964, in Norway
Kasper Bendiksen, 1883-1957, died in Alaska
Olaf, abt 1884, sailor, lived in Norway, drowned, date unknown
Johanna, abt 1886 in Norway, death unknown
Rose Ottelie Bendixon, 16 Aug 1889-29 July 1980, died in Minnesota
All information is as accurate as public records and family member recollections when asked in 1970s with some updates from public records, such as death certificates.
Obituary, with numerous additions and modifications, from newspaper.
MRS. M. OLSON, 72, GRANDVIEW PIONEER, DIES
Martha's father was Bendix Johnson (alt. Bendiks Mathias Johansen), 14 Mar 1835-unknown, and her mother was Tomine Larson (alt. Tomine Lorentse Kirstine Larsdr), 18 August 1850-unknown (photo attached of both of them). They had eight children, the oldest of which was Martha Marie. Bendix was a fisherman with his own boat.
Martha married Ole Anton Olson in 1895 in Kvaefjord, Norway. They had five children in Norway, Magnus, Magna, Lena, Astrid, and Bendix. She left Christiana, Norway, on the S.S. United States, Scandinavian American Lines, 5 April 1907, with her four surviving children, Magnus, Magna, Lena and Astrid. Her son Bendix died in Norway prior to their departure. She arrived at Ellis Island, 16 April 1907 and traveled to Grand View, Wisconsin to meet her husband, Ole, who immigrated there in 1903. She was 4 feet 10 1/2" tall, thin, with black hair and blue eyes upon her entry at Ellis Island. She and Ole made Grand View their home until their deaths. She gave birth to nine more children in Grand View, and sadly, only two of them lived to adulthood, Esther and Alice.
Martha died at a local hospital following a fall outdoors that broke her femur. She was a resident of the Grand View area for 37 years. She was survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alex (Magna) Nehring, Park Falls, Mrs. Frank (Lena) Courtright, Loretta, Wisconsin, Mrs. Donald (Alice) Angelow, Duluth, and Miss Esther Olson, Grand View; one son Magnus, Grand View; eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was survived by three sisters, Lovise, Berhandine and Rose in the USA; Kasper, in the USA; and two sisters, Josephine and and Johanna in Norway (full sibling list below).
Funeral services were at the Grand View church at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 1944, with the Reverend Hermann officiating. Internment was at Grand View cemetery near her husband and daughters, Astrid and Tomina. Martha's body was removed from the Pascoe-Erickson Funeral Home Thursday and lied in state at the church from 12:30 until the funeral service began.
Children with unknown burial locations:
Magnus John, 29 Jan 1896-18 May 1950
Bendix Torlieve, 4 Jan 1902-died before mom and siblings left Norway 5 April 1907
Benjamin, born before 1908, died before 1910 census
Marie Magdolena, 3 April 1910, died before 1913 family photo
Edith Jensena (or Edit Jensine), 13 May 1911-died before 1920 census
Julius Nickolie, 13 September 1912-died before 1913 family photo
Girl, 7 Aug 1913, lived 1 hour
Child, sex not listed, born and died 1914
Esther Jennie Olson Dubravcic, 18 Feb 1916-19 May 1998
Siblings:
Lovise O. Christianson, 1874-1958, FindaGrave: 135622856
Bernadine (nickname Dina) Bendickson Aaserud, 1878-1961, FindaGrave: 19489451
Josephine, 1879-4 Mar 1964, in Norway
Kasper Bendiksen, 1883-1957, died in Alaska
Olaf, abt 1884, sailor, lived in Norway, drowned, date unknown
Johanna, abt 1886 in Norway, death unknown
Rose Ottelie Bendixon, 16 Aug 1889-29 July 1980, died in Minnesota
All information is as accurate as public records and family member recollections when asked in 1970s with some updates from public records, such as death certificates.
Other spellings of maiden name include Bendixon and Bendickson (used by sisters in North Dakota and Minnesota) and Bendiksen. There is an additional photo of her and her husband around their marriage on his memorial.
Obituary, with numerous additions and modifications, from newspaper.
MRS. M. OLSON, 72, GRANDVIEW PIONEER, DIES
Martha's father was Bendix Johnson (alt. Bendiks Mathias Johansen), 14 Mar 1835-unknown, and her mother was Tomine Larson (alt. Tomine Lorentse Kirstine Larsdr), 18 August 1850-unknown (photo attached of both of them). They had eight children, the oldest of which was Martha Marie. Bendix was a fisherman with his own boat.
Martha married Ole Anton Olson in 1895 in Kvaefjord, Norway. They had five children in Norway, Magnus, Magna, Lena, Astrid, and Bendix. She left Christiana, Norway, on the S.S. United States, Scandinavian American Lines, 5 April 1907, with her four surviving children, Magnus, Magna, Lena and Astrid. Her son Bendix died in Norway prior to their departure. She arrived at Ellis Island, 16 April 1907 and traveled to Grand View, Wisconsin to meet her husband, Ole, who immigrated there in 1903. She was 4 feet 10 1/2" tall, thin, with black hair and blue eyes upon her entry at Ellis Island. She and Ole made Grand View their home until their deaths. She gave birth to nine more children in Grand View, and sadly, only two of them lived to adulthood, Esther and Alice.
Martha died at a local hospital following a fall outdoors that broke her femur. She was a resident of the Grand View area for 37 years. She was survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alex (Magna) Nehring, Park Falls, Mrs. Frank (Lena) Courtright, Loretta, Wisconsin, Mrs. Donald (Alice) Angelow, Duluth, and Miss Esther Olson, Grand View; one son Magnus, Grand View; eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was survived by three sisters, Lovise, Berhandine and Rose in the USA; Kasper, in the USA; and two sisters, Josephine and and Johanna in Norway (full sibling list below).
Funeral services were at the Grand View church at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 1944, with the Reverend Hermann officiating. Internment was at Grand View cemetery near her husband and daughters, Astrid and Tomina. Martha's body was removed from the Pascoe-Erickson Funeral Home Thursday and lied in state at the church from 12:30 until the funeral service began.
Children with unknown burial locations:
Magnus John, 29 Jan 1896-18 May 1950
Bendix Torlieve, 4 Jan 1902-died before mom and siblings left Norway 5 April 1907
Benjamin, born before 1908, died before 1910 census
Marie Magdolena, 3 April 1910, died before 1913 family photo
Edith Jensena (or Edit Jensine), 13 May 1911-died before 1920 census
Julius Nickolie, 13 September 1912-died before 1913 family photo
Girl, 7 Aug 1913, lived 1 hour
Child, sex not listed, born and died 1914
Esther Jennie Olson Dubravcic, 18 Feb 1916-19 May 1998
Siblings:
Lovise O. Christianson, 1874-1958, FindaGrave: 135622856
Bernadine (nickname Dina) Bendickson Aaserud, 1878-1961, FindaGrave: 19489451
Josephine, 1879-4 Mar 1964, in Norway
Kasper Bendiksen, 1883-1957, died in Alaska
Olaf, abt 1884, sailor, lived in Norway, drowned, date unknown
Johanna, abt 1886 in Norway, death unknown
Rose Ottelie Bendixon, 16 Aug 1889-29 July 1980, died in Minnesota
All information is as accurate as public records and family member recollections when asked in 1970s with some updates from public records, such as death certificates.
Obituary, with numerous additions and modifications, from newspaper.
MRS. M. OLSON, 72, GRANDVIEW PIONEER, DIES
Martha's father was Bendix Johnson (alt. Bendiks Mathias Johansen), 14 Mar 1835-unknown, and her mother was Tomine Larson (alt. Tomine Lorentse Kirstine Larsdr), 18 August 1850-unknown (photo attached of both of them). They had eight children, the oldest of which was Martha Marie. Bendix was a fisherman with his own boat.
Martha married Ole Anton Olson in 1895 in Kvaefjord, Norway. They had five children in Norway, Magnus, Magna, Lena, Astrid, and Bendix. She left Christiana, Norway, on the S.S. United States, Scandinavian American Lines, 5 April 1907, with her four surviving children, Magnus, Magna, Lena and Astrid. Her son Bendix died in Norway prior to their departure. She arrived at Ellis Island, 16 April 1907 and traveled to Grand View, Wisconsin to meet her husband, Ole, who immigrated there in 1903. She was 4 feet 10 1/2" tall, thin, with black hair and blue eyes upon her entry at Ellis Island. She and Ole made Grand View their home until their deaths. She gave birth to nine more children in Grand View, and sadly, only two of them lived to adulthood, Esther and Alice.
Martha died at a local hospital following a fall outdoors that broke her femur. She was a resident of the Grand View area for 37 years. She was survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alex (Magna) Nehring, Park Falls, Mrs. Frank (Lena) Courtright, Loretta, Wisconsin, Mrs. Donald (Alice) Angelow, Duluth, and Miss Esther Olson, Grand View; one son Magnus, Grand View; eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was survived by three sisters, Lovise, Berhandine and Rose in the USA; Kasper, in the USA; and two sisters, Josephine and and Johanna in Norway (full sibling list below).
Funeral services were at the Grand View church at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 1944, with the Reverend Hermann officiating. Internment was at Grand View cemetery near her husband and daughters, Astrid and Tomina. Martha's body was removed from the Pascoe-Erickson Funeral Home Thursday and lied in state at the church from 12:30 until the funeral service began.
Children with unknown burial locations:
Magnus John, 29 Jan 1896-18 May 1950
Bendix Torlieve, 4 Jan 1902-died before mom and siblings left Norway 5 April 1907
Benjamin, born before 1908, died before 1910 census
Marie Magdolena, 3 April 1910, died before 1913 family photo
Edith Jensena (or Edit Jensine), 13 May 1911-died before 1920 census
Julius Nickolie, 13 September 1912-died before 1913 family photo
Girl, 7 Aug 1913, lived 1 hour
Child, sex not listed, born and died 1914
Esther Jennie Olson Dubravcic, 18 Feb 1916-19 May 1998
Siblings:
Lovise O. Christianson, 1874-1958, FindaGrave: 135622856
Bernadine (nickname Dina) Bendickson Aaserud, 1878-1961, FindaGrave: 19489451
Josephine, 1879-4 Mar 1964, in Norway
Kasper Bendiksen, 1883-1957, died in Alaska
Olaf, abt 1884, sailor, lived in Norway, drowned, date unknown
Johanna, abt 1886 in Norway, death unknown
Rose Ottelie Bendixon, 16 Aug 1889-29 July 1980, died in Minnesota
All information is as accurate as public records and family member recollections when asked in 1970s with some updates from public records, such as death certificates.
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