Mrs. Andrew A. Olson died at her home Wednesday afternoon, May 30, at two o'clock. The funeral was held in the Little Cedar Church, Friday afternoon and the remains interred in the church cemetery.
From The Adams Review, June 8, 1900:
The deceased was an old settler in Mower county, having emigrated to this part of the state from Norway, where she was born about seventy years ago. She leaves a husband and four children, Mrs. Knute Rudlang, Ole, Knute and Erick, the latter who makes his home at Thompson, Ia. being present of the funeral.
HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY, 1911
Andrew A. Alrick, and Sarah Alrick, his wife, were born in Norway and came to America in 1856, locating in Wisconsin, where they remained for years.
Then they started with two yoke of oxen and their household goods in a prairie schooner for Minnesota, arriving in Adams after a journey of many hardships.
They homesteaded a quarter section and here ended their days, being respected and honored throughout the community as hardworking and industrious people.
Parents: Ole and Martha (Lienk) Allrick
Other children not listed below:
Erick Anderson - Born 5/7/1865; confirmed at Little Cedar in 1880 - birthdate listed as 5/25/1865.
From the Adams Township 1860 Census: Andrew Alrick (Olson) 31 N; Sarah 33 N; Elizabeth 1 MN
From the Adams Township 1865 Census: Andrew Olson Alrick, Susan, Isabelle, Ole, Nellie, John
From the Adams Township 1870 Census: Andrew Olson (Alrick) M 43 N; Synneva F 44 N; Isabella F 11 M; Ole M 9 M; Rachael F 7 M; Erick M 5 M; Knut M 3 M; Isabella (Engeborg) Olson F 82 N (Mother)
Mrs. Andrew A. Olson died at her home Wednesday afternoon, May 30, at two o'clock. The funeral was held in the Little Cedar Church, Friday afternoon and the remains interred in the church cemetery.
From The Adams Review, June 8, 1900:
The deceased was an old settler in Mower county, having emigrated to this part of the state from Norway, where she was born about seventy years ago. She leaves a husband and four children, Mrs. Knute Rudlang, Ole, Knute and Erick, the latter who makes his home at Thompson, Ia. being present of the funeral.
HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY, 1911
Andrew A. Alrick, and Sarah Alrick, his wife, were born in Norway and came to America in 1856, locating in Wisconsin, where they remained for years.
Then they started with two yoke of oxen and their household goods in a prairie schooner for Minnesota, arriving in Adams after a journey of many hardships.
They homesteaded a quarter section and here ended their days, being respected and honored throughout the community as hardworking and industrious people.
Parents: Ole and Martha (Lienk) Allrick
Other children not listed below:
Erick Anderson - Born 5/7/1865; confirmed at Little Cedar in 1880 - birthdate listed as 5/25/1865.
From the Adams Township 1860 Census: Andrew Alrick (Olson) 31 N; Sarah 33 N; Elizabeth 1 MN
From the Adams Township 1865 Census: Andrew Olson Alrick, Susan, Isabelle, Ole, Nellie, John
From the Adams Township 1870 Census: Andrew Olson (Alrick) M 43 N; Synneva F 44 N; Isabella F 11 M; Ole M 9 M; Rachael F 7 M; Erick M 5 M; Knut M 3 M; Isabella (Engeborg) Olson F 82 N (Mother)
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