Marie A. Olsen was born on 10 March 1875 at Olden, Nordfjord, Norway. She was the daughter of Abraham Olson and Berte 'Anna' Gjytri. As of 1957, Marie A. Olsen was never married. She died on 1 January 1982 at Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, at age 108. She was buried on 5 January 1982 at Graceland Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa.
In 1926 Marie returned to Norway on a visit. On one of the post cards she sent, she wrote "... Have also been to Holmenesett. It was just as it was except it seemed so small. Holme-Ni out in the fjord was just the same." (Is this where the Holmseth name came from? Abraham Olson sometimes used Abraham Holmseth as a name.) Marie came to America on a steamship with her parents when she was 8. When Miss Olsen was a young girl, she and her sister boarded a steam-powered train and traveled from Sioux City to Chicago where she worked as a cook. She cooked in huge Chicago mansions until retiring at the age of 85. Among her employers were the millionaire families of Rosenwald and Jelke. Rosenwald was president of Sears Roebuck and Co. and Jelke was an oleomargarine heir. After her retirement she lived at 606 Market St, Sioux City, Iowa. Her special interests were cooking, needlework, music and a large "family" of nieces and nephews. At the age of 92, she moved to the Sunrise Manor, 5501 Gordon Drive, Sioux City, Iowa. In 1980 at the age of 107, the Social Security Office in Baltimore said Marie was considered to be one of the oldest residents of the county. The Sioux City Jornal, Wednesday, October 14, 1981 wrote: "Iowa's Commission On the Aging keeps a list of the state's citizens who have attained the ageo of 100 years or more. The list has existed for five years and is, admittedly, incomplete... At the top of the list now is 108-year-old MARIE OLSEN, of Sioux City, who is the oldest citizen of Iowa, as far as the commission can determine. Marie, who came to America from Nordfjord, Norway, at age 8, resides at Sunrise Manor, a nursing and retirement home. "She's very quiet at this age, and not an outgoing person," said a nurse at the home. "She does enjoy visiting with the aides though." Marie was approximately 108 years 11 months old at time of death. Last residence Akron, Plymouth, Iowa. Marie A. Olsen was also known as Mary. She immigrated with Abraham Olson and Berte 'Anna' Gjytri on 23 June 1881 at from Syndfjord, Bergen, Norway to New York then on to, Vermillion, South Dakota. Marie A. Olsen was listed a servant, as was her sister Rachel, for the Groninger family on the 1900 Census at Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; living on Pearl Street.2 She was listed as a cook for the Henry H. Windeer family on the 1930 Census at New Trier, Cook, Illinois.3 She lived in 1957 at Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois. She lived circa 1958 at 606 Market Street, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa.
In 1926 Marie returned to Norway on a visit. On one of the post cards she sent, she wrote "... Have also been to Holmenesett. It was just as it was except it seemed so small. Holme-Ni out in the fjord was just the same." (Is this where the Holmseth name came from? Abraham Olson sometimes used Abraham Holmseth as a name.) Marie came to America on a steamship with her parents when she was 8. When Miss Olsen was a young girl, she and her sister boarded a steam-powered train and traveled from Sioux City to Chicago where she worked as a cook. She cooked in huge Chicago mansions until retiring at the age of 85. Among her employers were the millionaire families of Rosenwald and Jelke. Rosenwald was president of Sears Roebuck and Co. and Jelke was an oleomargarine heir. After her retirement she lived at 606 Market St, Sioux City, Iowa. Her special interests were cooking, needlework, music and a large "family" of nieces and nephews. At the age of 92, she moved to the Sunrise Manor, 5501 Gordon Drive, Sioux City, Iowa. In 1980 at the age of 107, the Social Security Office in Baltimore said Marie was considered to be one of the oldest residents of the county. The Sioux City Jornal, Wednesday, October 14, 1981 wrote: "Iowa's Commission On the Aging keeps a list of the state's citizens who have attained the ageo of 100 years or more. The list has existed for five years and is, admittedly, incomplete... At the top of the list now is 108-year-old MARIE OLSEN, of Sioux City, who is the oldest citizen of Iowa, as far as the commission can determine. Marie, who came to America from Nordfjord, Norway, at age 8, resides at Sunrise Manor, a nursing and retirement home. "She's very quiet at this age, and not an outgoing person," said a nurse at the home. "She does enjoy visiting with the aides though." Marie was approximately 108 years 11 months old at time of death. Last residence Akron, Plymouth, Iowa. Marie A. Olsen was also known as Mary. She immigrated with Abraham Olson and Berte 'Anna' Gjytri on 23 June 1881 at from Syndfjord, Bergen, Norway to New York then on to, Vermillion, South Dakota. Marie A. Olsen was listed a servant, as was her sister Rachel, for the Groninger family on the 1900 Census at Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; living on Pearl Street.2 She was listed as a cook for the Henry H. Windeer family on the 1930 Census at New Trier, Cook, Illinois.3 She lived in 1957 at Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois. She lived circa 1958 at 606 Market Street, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa.
Marie A. Olsen was born on 10 March 1875 at Olden, Nordfjord, Norway. She was the daughter of Abraham Olson and Berte 'Anna' Gjytri. As of 1957, Marie A. Olsen was never married. She died on 1 January 1982 at Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, at age 108. She was buried on 5 January 1982 at Graceland Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa.
In 1926 Marie returned to Norway on a visit. On one of the post cards she sent, she wrote "... Have also been to Holmenesett. It was just as it was except it seemed so small. Holme-Ni out in the fjord was just the same." (Is this where the Holmseth name came from? Abraham Olson sometimes used Abraham Holmseth as a name.) Marie came to America on a steamship with her parents when she was 8. When Miss Olsen was a young girl, she and her sister boarded a steam-powered train and traveled from Sioux City to Chicago where she worked as a cook. She cooked in huge Chicago mansions until retiring at the age of 85. Among her employers were the millionaire families of Rosenwald and Jelke. Rosenwald was president of Sears Roebuck and Co. and Jelke was an oleomargarine heir. After her retirement she lived at 606 Market St, Sioux City, Iowa. Her special interests were cooking, needlework, music and a large "family" of nieces and nephews. At the age of 92, she moved to the Sunrise Manor, 5501 Gordon Drive, Sioux City, Iowa. In 1980 at the age of 107, the Social Security Office in Baltimore said Marie was considered to be one of the oldest residents of the county. The Sioux City Jornal, Wednesday, October 14, 1981 wrote: "Iowa's Commission On the Aging keeps a list of the state's citizens who have attained the ageo of 100 years or more. The list has existed for five years and is, admittedly, incomplete... At the top of the list now is 108-year-old MARIE OLSEN, of Sioux City, who is the oldest citizen of Iowa, as far as the commission can determine. Marie, who came to America from Nordfjord, Norway, at age 8, resides at Sunrise Manor, a nursing and retirement home. "She's very quiet at this age, and not an outgoing person," said a nurse at the home. "She does enjoy visiting with the aides though." Marie was approximately 108 years 11 months old at time of death. Last residence Akron, Plymouth, Iowa. Marie A. Olsen was also known as Mary. She immigrated with Abraham Olson and Berte 'Anna' Gjytri on 23 June 1881 at from Syndfjord, Bergen, Norway to New York then on to, Vermillion, South Dakota. Marie A. Olsen was listed a servant, as was her sister Rachel, for the Groninger family on the 1900 Census at Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; living on Pearl Street.2 She was listed as a cook for the Henry H. Windeer family on the 1930 Census at New Trier, Cook, Illinois.3 She lived in 1957 at Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois. She lived circa 1958 at 606 Market Street, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa.
In 1926 Marie returned to Norway on a visit. On one of the post cards she sent, she wrote "... Have also been to Holmenesett. It was just as it was except it seemed so small. Holme-Ni out in the fjord was just the same." (Is this where the Holmseth name came from? Abraham Olson sometimes used Abraham Holmseth as a name.) Marie came to America on a steamship with her parents when she was 8. When Miss Olsen was a young girl, she and her sister boarded a steam-powered train and traveled from Sioux City to Chicago where she worked as a cook. She cooked in huge Chicago mansions until retiring at the age of 85. Among her employers were the millionaire families of Rosenwald and Jelke. Rosenwald was president of Sears Roebuck and Co. and Jelke was an oleomargarine heir. After her retirement she lived at 606 Market St, Sioux City, Iowa. Her special interests were cooking, needlework, music and a large "family" of nieces and nephews. At the age of 92, she moved to the Sunrise Manor, 5501 Gordon Drive, Sioux City, Iowa. In 1980 at the age of 107, the Social Security Office in Baltimore said Marie was considered to be one of the oldest residents of the county. The Sioux City Jornal, Wednesday, October 14, 1981 wrote: "Iowa's Commission On the Aging keeps a list of the state's citizens who have attained the ageo of 100 years or more. The list has existed for five years and is, admittedly, incomplete... At the top of the list now is 108-year-old MARIE OLSEN, of Sioux City, who is the oldest citizen of Iowa, as far as the commission can determine. Marie, who came to America from Nordfjord, Norway, at age 8, resides at Sunrise Manor, a nursing and retirement home. "She's very quiet at this age, and not an outgoing person," said a nurse at the home. "She does enjoy visiting with the aides though." Marie was approximately 108 years 11 months old at time of death. Last residence Akron, Plymouth, Iowa. Marie A. Olsen was also known as Mary. She immigrated with Abraham Olson and Berte 'Anna' Gjytri on 23 June 1881 at from Syndfjord, Bergen, Norway to New York then on to, Vermillion, South Dakota. Marie A. Olsen was listed a servant, as was her sister Rachel, for the Groninger family on the 1900 Census at Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; living on Pearl Street.2 She was listed as a cook for the Henry H. Windeer family on the 1930 Census at New Trier, Cook, Illinois.3 She lived in 1957 at Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois. She lived circa 1958 at 606 Market Street, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa.
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