Inger Maria Melby Olson

This is Inger Maria (Melby) Olson.

She was my Dad's aunt,

so I guess that would make her my 

Great Aunt.

Inger Maria was born on Sept. 11, 1860 in Norway.

Friends & family called her "Marie."

She was baptized on November 25, 1860

and confirmed on October 6, 1876

at Stiklestad Church, Verdal, Norway.

Inger had a rather interesting life

and more than likely caused a scandal

back in those days.

She lived in Sweden for a time and

hooked up with Magnus Larsen Dvarset,

from Rodon, Sweden.

On June 7, 1888 Inger gave birth

to Johan Magnus in Sweden. 

Inger & Magnus were not married.

 Maria returned to Norway with

her little boy

in January, 1891.

What happened to Magnus?

Why didn't they get married?

Was he already married?

Did he die?

Did he disappear?

Was he just a "louse?"

(I do not presume it was only his fault)

Or was there some other reason?

Sometime after 1895 Inger returned to Sweden.

Here she met Hans Olson and they were married.

In 1903, Inger Maria, Hans and Johan Magnus

immigrated to the United States,

 moving to Fergus Falls.

Hans and Inger had no children together

and in America, Johan went by the name

"John Olson"

[With a name like John Olson, it was

very hard to find any information. But I did

find the obituary]

Hans was a bricklayer and he worked on the

original  portion of the Federal Building (Post Office)

in Fergus Falls and he also did the brick work

on the City Hall in Fergus Falls.

In October, 1933, Hans fell, injuring his back. 

 Never recovering from the fall, 

he died on October 23, 1933.

In November, 1933 Inger Maria fell and broke her hip.

She developed pneumonia and died on December 14, 1933.

John (Magnus) Olson was a ditch digger, who never married.

He lived with his mother and Hans until their deaths.

He then relocated to Beltrami County and died at

the age of 57 on March 18, 1955.  

(I don't think he died as a result of a fall)

Note:  I don't know how much of this information was known by my Dad and 

his brothers & sisters.     This information was obtained with some help 

from Stein & Lora in Norway while I was

working on family history some years ago.