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Matts Olson

18 Apr 1841 – 16 Jan 1914

Birth18 Apr 1841
Death16 Jan 1914
CemeterySwaburg Baptist Cemetery
Uehling , Dodge County , Nebraska , USA
Added byhhwagner on 17 Feb 2009
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Son of Elinos Olaf Anderson (Olaf Linn) and Holknekt Kerstin Mattsdotter. He married Carrie (Mattson) Jacobs. ----- Matts Olson, a pioneer of our vicinity, passed away at his home in Uehling where he had resided the past three years, Friday morning. Cause of demise was dropsy. Deceased was born in Sweden in 1841. He came to this country in 1868 and resided in Omaha one year during which time he worked for the Union Pacific railroad. The next year he homesteaded in Logan Township where he resided until he moved to Uehling three years ago. He was married to Mrs. Carrie Jacobs in 1871. She and his six children survive him. The children are three sons Eric, William and Alfred and one step son, A. B. Jacobs, three daughters, Mrs. Ambrose Erickson, Mrs. O. L. Anderson and Mrs. Glen Carsons. He also leaves a brother, Ole Lindquist and a sister, Mrs. Lars Olson and another sister in Sweden. Funeral services were held from the late residence at 1 o'clock, Sunday. Rev. Olander of Oakland officiated. Interment in the Baptist Cemetery south of Uehling. Source: The Hooper Sentinel, January 22, 1914 ----- --The Olson, Matts Family by Marie Erickson Olson My grandfather, Matts Olson, was born April 18, 1841, in Berkarlos, Mora, Dalarna, Kopparbergs Lan, Sweden, to Elinos Olaf Anderson and Holknekt Kerstin Mattsdotter. His mother died Nov. 10, 1852, leaving six small children. His father married Maria Andersdotter in 1854. She had a daughter, Margit, who later married her stepbrother, Andrew. Maria died in 1865. In 1868, Matts, who used the patronymics system of adding son to his father's first name for his last name, Olson, and his brother, Andrew, who chose the name Linn, and Andrew's wife and daughter came to Omaha, NE. In the 1870's, their father, brother, Olaf, who chose the name Lindquist, and sisters, Kerstin and Karen, arrived. Sister Margit remained in Sweden. Grandfather got a job with the Union Pacific, building the railway west. I have been told he was present at the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory Point, Utah, May 10, 1869, but have no proof. In 1870, grandfather went to Logan Creek in Dodge County where he filed for a homestead consisting of 80 acres, the north - - ship 20, range 8 east. The deed given by President R. B. Hayes, was dated Mar. 1, 1879. Forty acres of this land is in my possession. At the time of grandfather's death in 1914, he owned over 700 acres in Dodge and Burt counties. In the early 1870's, he married a widow, Mrs. Carrie Jacobs, whom he had known in Sweden. Her life in the new world had been tragic. In the spring of 1870, she sailed with her husband, Bud Jacob, and two sons, for the U.S.A. The youngest son, born in 1869, had his first birthday on the ocean. Soon after coming to Omaha, her husband and oldest son died of typhoid fever. She laid for six weeks with the fever, then in the middle of winter, was taken by sleigh to relatives of her husband in Logan Township in Dodge County, where she married Matts Olson. Grandfather was active in a Sunday School and entertained many itinerant preachers. On Oct. 26, 1892, the Olsons deeded two acres for a Baptist Cemetery south of Uehling. It is still in use. Grandfather fed cattle. It probably wasn't good for his asthma, but they were his life. One steer was sent to England. Grandmother bore 14 children, but only seven grew up. They were A. B. Jacobs, by her first husband, and the children of Matts Olson who were Eric, William, Alfred, Mary Anderson, whose twin Christina died, Christina Erickson, and Mabel Carson. My grandparents retired to Uehling, NE, where grandfather died in 1914 from dropsy. Grandmother had a stroke and lived for five years without being able to speak. She died in 1917. The Olsons, have too many descendants to name them all, but a vast majority reside in eastern Nebraska. Only my mother, Christina Erickson, held on to the land she inherited, in spit of being widowed at 34 years of age and the Great Depression. At her death in 1959, she passed it on to her daughters, Marjorie Realph, Marie Olson, the writer of this article, and Bernice Clough, whose land, since her death in 1984, is owned by her children, LaNelle, Roger, and David Clough. Marjorie's son, James Realph, of Blair, farms most of this land, as well as doing work in the credit field. He loves the land and the great outdoors. Without the help of his wife, Pam, I couldn't have submitted this article. My mother also bought her parents' home in Uehling, NE, in 1918, and lived there for over 40 years. After almost 50 years in Omaha, my husband, Charles Lorraine Olson, and I built a house on one of her lots and retired to the peace and quiet of a small town. My grandparents would be proud to know that many of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren are or have been active in the field of education, either as teachers or school administrators, and active in their churches. They are carrying on the tradition of making this a better place to live just as my grandparents did when they helped other poor immigrants get started in the New World. ----- Matts Olson, an old pioneer of our vicinity passed away at his home in the east part of town last Friday morning at 2:20 a.m. at the age of 72 years, 8 months and 29 days. The cause of demise was dropsy. The deceased was born in Mora, Sweden April 18, 1841. He came to America in 1868 and resided in Omaha one year during which time he worked for the Union Pacific railroad helping to build the bridge across Salt Lake. The following year he homesteaded in this township where he resided until three years ago when he moved into town. He arrived in Omaha with an indebtedness of $50 but at the time of his demise owned seven hundred and twenty acres of land and some bank and elevator stock. He was married to Mrs. Carrie Jacobs in 1871. She and his six children survive him. The children are three sons; Eric, William and Alfred and one step son E. B. Jacobs, three daughters, Mrs. A. L. Anderson, Mrs. Ambrose Erickson and Mrs. Glenn Carson. He also leaves a brother, Ole Lindquist and a sister, Mrs. Lars Olson and one sister in Sweden. Funeral services were held from the residence at 1 o'clock Sunday. Rev. Arlander of Oakland officiated. Interment is in the Baptist Cemetery south of town. The entire community join in extending sympathy to the bereaved ones.

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