Orville Olson - World War I registration

Here is a copy of the World War I registration for Ole and Mari Finnestad's great grandson, Orville Olson. The document was completed June 5, 1917.

Orville had married and started a family by the time of this document and was living in McIntosh, Minnesota.

Orville was the eldest son of Mary Olson (and husband Stephen), the daughter of Elizabeth, who married Ole Andreas Knutson.

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Finnestad Farm - Stavanger, Norway

It was customary in Norway to take the farm name as the family name. Prior to arriving in America, Ole Finnestad was known as Ole Olson. According to the Regional State Archives of Stavanger, in 1862, Ole Olsen bought a farm from Bjørn Larsen. The following link provides some farm information along with the family members in 1865: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=59&filnamn=f61126&gardpostnr=582&sokefelt=vis “Merknad 387b” now means property nr. 16 of the farm Finnestad. (Please keep in mind that accuracy of records is less than perfect - so ages and other information are not always correct) For more information on Stavanger and a map of the area, please go to the following wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavanger

Rasmus Finnestad - death certificate

I had previously written two posts regarding the death of Rasmus Finnestad. Those can be found here and here . Here is his Washington state death certificate: The death certificate incorrectly lists his father as "Oluf". His father was Ole (Olson) Finnestad. His mother was Mari Skaar, misspelled as "Skaare" on the death certificate.

Orville Ilin Olson - Divorce

Divorce records are difficult to obtain. Few states have digitized that information, even if you know what state AND county someone filed for divorce. Newspaper reports of a divorce are a source, but they aren't always published and even rarer they are digitized or microfilmed. Here is the divorce record for Orville Ilin Olson and Margaret (Chapman) Olson. This document is helpful as it does confirm the Olson's had 2 children as a result of their marriage. At this point the only information family have provided is that Margaret and Orville had two girls, one named Margaret and the name of her sister is unknown. As is common with genealogical research, this document does have an error. Orville's birthdate is correct, but his birthplace was Steward, Lee county, Illinois, not Minnesota. The date of the divorce is February 18, 1972 and was processed in Seattle, King county, Washington....

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