In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
Born 1849
From History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916)
HANS P. OLSON.
Bom at Sellan, Denmark, September 3, 1849, Hans I'. Olson is a son of Ole and Listen 1 Ian-en. both of whom were natives of Denmark, and who grew to maturity in that country, and were there married. Ole Man sen died in his native land at the age of fifty-four years, and after his death his widow came to America in [871, and spent her last days in this country. After coming to the United States she was married to Nils Tygersen.
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About [873 Mr D carried to Christine Jensen, a native of
Denmark, who came to Ameriea when twenty-one years of age. Mrs. Olson died in 1892, and her husband has never remarried. Hans P. Olson and wife were the parents of nine children, as follow: Olaf, a farmer living in Canada; < bris, also a farmer in Canada; Peter, who died at the age of twenty-two; Alice, who died in infancy; Theodore, a farmer living in North Dakota; Hans, who lives at home with his father, is the owner of a quarter section of land in North Dakota; Emil, living in Idaho; Sande, who died at the age of eleven years; Sande, the second, is a farmer in Dane Prairie township.
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As printed in History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
The printed record stops around 1916. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.