Olaf Swenson

   Another name for Olaf was JOHNSON.

  General Notes:

Name in Sweden was Johnson or Carlson. Swedish Lutheran Church. Olaf's father (name unknown) came over with them, he was buried on the homestead in Kansas later became part of Swain ranch.
Olaf was married twice. His first wife died in childbirth when Annie Swenson Larson was born. For some reason, neither Hannah Swenson Olson nor any of her sisters ever revealed their mother's name to any of their children.
Olaf was a cabinet maker by trade, but also served as some sort of Justice of the Peace in Nassum Parish,Skane, Sweden.


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  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: Imigrated from Sweden to U.S.A, 1877.

Olaf married bfr 1855 in , , , Sweden.

Olaf next married Swenborg NELSON about 1856 in , , , Sweden. (Swenborg NELSON was born on 22 Apr 1840 in Nasum Parish, Skane, , Sweden, died on 15 May 1926 in Clay Center, , Kansas, U.S.A. and was buried in Dwight, Morris, Kansas, U.S.A..)