Martin Albertus Olden ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  Death Notes:

Name: Martin Olden
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Mar 1940
Gender: Male
Age: 85
Marital Status: Unknown
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Registration Year (Original): 0
Index Number: Musl 1502

Citing this Record
"Montana Death Index, 1860-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZ7-D58 : 9 December 2014), Martin Olden, 05 Mar 1940; from "Montana Death Index, 1868-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2009); citing State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Rancher. ⁸

• He has alternate birth date of 1849 and a birth location of Vermont.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 61 on the 1910 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Racine Township, Day County, SD on 6 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 125, Family 45
Racine Township, Day, South Dakota, United States
Farm rented
Married 14 years
Wilbur(?) E. Olden..Head..Mar 1846..54..Vermont..Farmer

(Living with wife and 5 children.)

NOTE - His given name is commonly indexed as "Wilbur" but the actual document shows what appears to be "Martin" except the census officials have some type of accounting numbers written on top of the name leaving only the beginning "M" and final "in" readable. How or why this was read and indexed as Wilbur is not known.

NOTE - If his birth date was 10 Mar 1855, then his age should have been 45 instead of 54.

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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Highfield School District, Fergus, MT on 7 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 16B, District 123, Family 149, Roll 831
Highfield School District, Fergus, Montana, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 26 years
Martin Olden..Head..61..Vermont..Farmer

(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 10 Mar 1855, then his age should have been 55 instead of 61.
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in School District 2, Musselshell County, MT on 27 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 65, Family 33, Roll 973
School District 2, Musselshell County, Montana
Farm rented
Martin A. Olden..Head..67..VT..Farmer, General

(Living with wife and daughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 10 Mar 1855, then his age should have been 64 instead of 67.
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in School District 2, Musselshell County, MT on 29 April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 2, Family 3, Roll 1258
School District 2, Musselshell County, Montana
Home owned
Martin A. Olden..Father..74..VT

(Living with wife at the home of their daughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 10 Mar 1855, then his age should have been 75 instead of 74.

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• His obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper in March 1940 in , Musselshell County, MT.

Funeral for Martin Olden To Be Held This Afternoon

Funeral services for Martin Olden, 85, pioneer resident of Musselshell, will be held this afternoon at 2:30 in the J. A. Wier chapel, with the Rev. Walter Leege, pastor of the American Lutheran Church, in charge. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery.

(Source: Unknown newspaper)
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• He was buried on 7 March 1940 in the Miracle Lodge Number 84 Cemetery in Klein, MT.

Find A Grave Memorial# 109700348
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• His obituary was published in the Roundup Record Tribune on 7 March 1940 in Roundup, MT.

⁷ Martin Olden died at 2:30 Tuesday morning in the Lydia Ramsey Hospital. He was born March 10, 1855, in Vermont and came here from Webster, South Dakota, in 1909, homesteading north of Roundup.

Survivors include the following: His widow, Mrs. Anna Olden; two sons, Alonzo Olden of Roundup and Delbert Olden of Los Angeles, California; a daughter, Sarah Olden of Roundup, and a brother, Charles Olden of Roundup.

(Source: Roundup Record Tribune, Roundup, Montana, March 7, 1940)
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Martin married Anna Syversdatter Hanson, daughter of Syver Hansen and Sigri Larsdatter, about 1879.^{1 2 3 4} (Anna Syversdatter Hanson was born on 30 September 1858 in Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway ^{8 9 10 11}, baptized on 24 October 1858 in Vinger, Hedmark, Norway, died on 27 November 1940 in Roundup, MT ¹¹ and was buried on 29 November 1940 in Miracle Lodge Number 84 Cemetery, Klein, MT ¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Racine Township, Day County, SD on 6 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 125, Family 45
Racine Township, Day, South Dakota, United States
Farm rented
Married 14 years
Wilbur(?) E. Olden..Head..Mar 1846..54..Vermont..Farmer
Anna Olden..Wife..Sep 1859..40..Norway..6/5..Immigrated 1860
Been Olden..Son..Feb 1880..20..Wisconsin..Day Laborer
Lonzo Olden..Son..Dec 1880 20..South Dakota..At School
Sarah Olden..Daughter..Jan 1891..9..South Dakota..At School
Adalbert Olden..Son..Feb 1893..7..South Dakota
Rosy Olden..Daughter..Sep 1896..3..South Dakota
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Highfield School District, Fergus, MT on 7 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 16B, District 123, Family 149, Roll 831
Highfield School District, Fergus, Montana, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 26 years
Martin Olden..Head..61..Vermont..Farmer
Anna Olden..Wife..52..Norway..Immigrated 1866..Naturalized..Housekeeper
Alonzo Olden..Son..21..South Dakota..Laborer, Farm
Sarah Olden..Daughter..18..South Dakota..Housekeeper
Adelbert Olden..Son..17..South Dakota..Laborer, Farm
Rosie Olden..Daughter..14..South Dakota..Laborer
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in School District 2, Musselshell County, MT on 27 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 65, Family 33, Roll 973
School District 2, Musselshell County, Montana
Farm rented
Martin A. Olden..Head..67..VT..Farmer, General
Anna Olden..Wife..63..NOR
Sarah A. Olden..Dau..29..SD..Laborer
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in School District 2, Musselshell County, MT on 29 April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 2, Family 3, Roll 1258
School District 2, Musselshell County, Montana
Sarah F. Olden..Head..39..SD
Martin A. Olden..Father..74..VT
Anna Olden..Mother..72..NOR
Alonzo Olden..Brother..41..SD
Dora Olden..Sister-in-Law..26..MT
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  Marriage Notes:

Moved to Roundup, Montana from Webster, South Dakota in 1909.
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