Austin Olson

1834 - 1904  (70 years)

• Name	Austin Olson
  Born	18 Feb 1834	Rue i Hovet, Hol, Hallingdal, Buskerud, Norway
  Christened	9 Mar 1834	Ål, Hallingdal
  Gender	Male
  Name	Østen
  Buried	1904	South Shell Rock cemetery, Worth, Iowa, USA
  Died	4 Oct 1904	Northwood, Worth, Iowa, USA
  Person ID	I27820	Tofterå Slettemoen
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Ole Sjugurds. Skjerping,   b. 1793, Torpo, Hallingdal ,   d. 1867, Skjerpingbakkane, Søre Mørk, Hol, Hallingdal  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Guri Øysteinsdtr. Grogard,   b. 1804, Grogard, Hovet, Hol, Hallingdal ,   d. 26 Sep 1869, Skjerpingbakkane, Søre Mørk, Torpo, Hallingdal  (Age 65 years)
  Married	27 Mar 1831	Ål, Hallingdal
  Family ID	F11431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gundlau Ljosbek,   b. 1 Dec 1830, Valsgaard, Seljord, Telemark ,   d. 23 Sep 1866, Ljosbek farm, Worth, Iowa  (Age 35 years)
  Married	24 May 1858	St Ansgar, Iowa
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2026
  Family ID	F15344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ingebor Ljosbek,   b. 14 Dec 1835, Ljosbekdalen, Seljord, Telemark ,   d. 20 May 1895, Ljosbek farm, Worth, Iowa  (Age 59 years)
  Married	19 Apr 1867	Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota, USA
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2026
  Family ID	F15345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Øystein Olson frå Søremørkbakkane kom til Amerika i 1852 i lag med Assor Grøt. Han følgde også med Assor til St. Ansgar. Han brukte namnet Austin Olson. I St. Ansgar vart han i 1858 gift med Gunilde Ljosbek og tok same året land i Silver Lake Township. Øystein var tre år i krigen. Då han kom att, var kona alvorleg sjuk av tuberkulose og døydde kort etter. Øystein flytta då med dei to barna heim til svigerforeldra i Grove Township. Der vart han gift med søster til kona, som hadde vorte enke. Presten rekna dei som søsken og ville ikkje vie dei. Dei reiste difor langt avstad for å finne ein annan prest ( registrert gift 1867 i Worth). Dei fekk fem barn og overtok farmen etter foreldra hennar. I 1900 budde Øystein som enkemann hjå dottera Nellie (Lundberg) og svingersonen (Severin). Kjelde: Hol - Amerika, by Kåre Olav Solhjell Austin Olson, another early settler, came with the Groth family to St. Ansgar as early as 1854. In 1856 he came to grove Township and settled on a farm northwest of Northwood, where he lived for many years, when he moved to Northwood, where he spent the remainder of his days. Austin Olson was one of the gallant heroes who represented Worth County in the defense of this country. He enlisted in the Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, Company B, October 1862, and remained in the service for three years. One year before the war broke out, he was married, thus leaving a oung wife and infant to struggle as best they could during thouse awful days of annxiety and horrors. Many were the tales of suffering and privations he could tell of while at Andersonville prison, etc. Shortly after his return, his wife died. After a lapse of a few years, he again married his first wife's sister, who became a good mother to his children and a kind and loving wife. She died in the spring of 1894. Source: Illustrated historical atlas of Worth County Iowa, Grove and Northwood Townships 1860, Bristol, Worth, Iowa, med Gullen og borna Ole og Gourie. 1880, Northwood, Worth, Iowa, USA med Ingeborg og ungane Julia (Guri) 1859-1919, Lewis (Olaus) 1861-1937, Josephine, Nellie, Jennie, John og Toline.