Pedigree of Brian L. Lightfoot Martin Albertus Olden

Henry Martin Olden
(1827-1878)

Almina Lucina Dix
(1833-1888)

Martin Albertus Olden
(1855-1940)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Anna Syversdatter Hanson

Martin Albertus Olden ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷

Born: 10 March 1855, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States ⁷
Marriage (1): Anna Syversdatter Hanson about 1879 ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Died: 5 March 1940, Roundup, Musselshell, Montana, United States at age 84 ⁶ ⁷
Buried: 7 March 1940, Miracle Lodge Number 84 Cemetery, Klein, Musselshell, Montana, United States ⁷

bullet 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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bullet Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial# 109700348
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Rancher.

2. Alt. Birth, 1849, Vermont, United States. ² This birth year was referenced by his age of 61 on the 1910 US Census.

3. 1900 US Census, 6 June 1900, Racine Township, Day, South Dakota, United States. 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.

4. 1910 US Census, 7 May 1910, Highfield School District, Fergus, Montana, United States. 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.

5. 1920 US Census, 27 January 1920, School District 2, Musselshell, Montana, United States. 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.

6. 1930 US Census, 29 April 1930, School District 2, Musselshell, Montana, United States. 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.

7. Obituary: Unknown newspaper, March 1940, Musselshell, Montana, United States. 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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8. Obituary: Roundup Record Tribune, 7 March 1940, Roundup, Musselshell, Montana, United States. 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 Almenningen, about 1879.¹ ² ³ ⁴ (Anna Syversdatter Hanson was born on 30 September 1858 in Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰, baptized on 24 October 1858 in Vinger, Hedmark, Norway, died on 27 November 1940 in Roundup, Musselshell, Montana, United States ¹⁰ ¹¹ and was buried on 29 November 1940 in Miracle Lodge Number 84 Cemetery, Klein, Musselshell, Montana, United States ¹⁰.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1900 US Census, 6 June 1900, Racine Township, Day, South Dakota, United States. 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

2. 1910 US Census, 7 May 1910, Highfield School District, Fergus, Montana, United States. 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

3. 1920 US Census, 27 January 1920, School District 2, Musselshell, Montana, United States. 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

4. 1930 US Census, 29 April 1930, School District 2, Musselshell, Montana, United States. 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

bullet Marriage Notes:

Moved to Roundup, Montana from Webster, South Dakota in 1909.
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1 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Racine Township, Day, South Dakota, United States, enumeration district (ED) 125, sheet 3B, family 45, Martin Albertus Olden and Anna Syversdatter Hanson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 12 November 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

2 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Highfield School District, Fergus, Montana, United States, enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 16B, family 149, Martin Albertus Olden and Anna Syversdatter Hanson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1727033 : accessed 11 November 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 831.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, School District 2, Musselshell County, Montana, enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 3A, family 33, Martin Albertus Olden and Anna Syversdatter Hanson; database with images, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1488411 : accessed 8 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 973.

4 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, School District 2, Musselshell County, Montana, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 1A, family 3, Martin Albertus Olden and Anna Syversdatter Hanson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1810731 : accessed 16 May 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1258.

5 Daniel Buck (September 2005, E-mail message about Henry Olden and descendants.).

6 "Montana, Death Index, 1860-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1941331 : accessed 12 November 2020), (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.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 07 April 2019), memorial page for Martin Albertus Olden (10 Mar 1855\endash 5 Mar 1940), Find A Grave Memorial no. 109700348, citing Miracle Lodge Number 84 Cemetery, Klein, Musselshell County, Montana, USA

8 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 5, dwelling 32, family 32; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1438024 : accessed 11 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

9 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 72, p. 29A, dwelling 287, family 295, Sigri "Sarah" Larsdatter; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 9 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1448.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 07 April 2019), memorial page for Anna Syversdatter Hanson Olden (30 Sep 1858\endash 27 Nov 1940), Find A Grave Memorial no. 109700421, citing Miracle Lodge Number 84 Cemetery, Klein, Musselshell County, Montana, USA

11 "Montana, Death Index, 1860-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1941331 : accessed 6 May 2026), Entry for Annie Olden, 27 Nov 1940.

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