Olaf Martin Johannesen

1888 - 1930  (41 years)

• Name	Olaf Martin Johannesen
  Born	11 Feb 1888	Fonnes, Austrheim
  Christened	13 May 1888	Austrheim
  Gender	Male
  Name	Oluf Martin Johnson
  Died	18 Jan 1930	Gallatin, Montana, USA
  Person ID	I23410	Tofterå Slettemoen
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Johan Anders. Utkilen,   b. 23 May 1851, Utkilen, Austrheim ,   d. 4 Nov 1917, Utkilen, Austrheim  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Arentine Helena Tollefsdtr. Synnevåg,   b. 24 Jun 1852, Fæste, Lindås ,   d. 28 Apr 1928, Utkilen, Austrheim  (Age 75 years)
  Married	2 Jun 1875	Lindås
  Family ID	F7585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Abelona Pedersdtr. Hille,   b. 27 Sep 1889, Hille, Stora Kalsøy, Austevoll ,   d. 22 Apr 1913, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana  (Age 23 years)
  Married	7 Aug 1910	Clarkfield, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota
  Children	1. Alfred John Johnson,   b. 8 Jun 1911, Whitehall, Jefferson, Montana ,   d. 3 Jul 1937, Twodot, Wheatland, Montana, USA  (Age 26 years)   2. Hilda Paulina Johnson,   b. 30 Mar 1913, Ven Dames, Montana, USA ,   d. 4 Oct 2005, Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F7583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Abelone Andersdtr. Kalve,   b. 17 Oct 1895, Kalve, Austevoll ,   d. 20 Feb 1972, Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana  (Age 76 years)
  Married	1 Sep 1914	Nykirken, Bergen
  Children	1. Anton Johnson,   b. 10 Sep 1915, Vendome, Whitehall, Jefferson, Montana ,   d. 1 Jun 2010, Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana  (Age 94 years)   2. Anders Martin Johnson,   b. 14 Jan 1917, Kalve, Austevoll ,   d. 2000, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington  (Age 82 years)   3. Martha Dorothea "Mart" Johnson,   b. 7 Mar 1919, Utkilen, Austrheim ,   d. 3 Nov 2014, Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon, USA  (Age 95 years)   4. Edward Albert Johnson,   b. 10 Feb 1921, Utkilen, Austrheim ,   d. 20 Nov 1993, Missoula, Missoula, Montana  (Age 72 years)   5. Agnes Olava "Aggie" Johnson,   b. 23 Oct 1922, Utkilen, Austrheim ,   d. 14 Aug 2011, Phoenix, Jackson, Oregon  (Age 88 years)   6. Ruth Arentina Johnson,   b. 23 Jul 1924, Utkilen, Austrheim ,   d. 6 Jun 2015, Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, USA  (Age 90 years)   7. Olaf Trygve "Ole" Johnson,   b. 23 Aug 1926, Utkilen, Austrheim ,   d. 24 Oct 2015, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA  (Age 89 years)   8. Reidar Daniel "Babe" Johnson,   b. 15 May 1928, Lindås ,   d. 21 Mar 2019, White Sulphur Springs, Meagher, Montana, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F1144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Olaf Martin Johnson was born in Lindaas, Horland, Norway, 11 Feb, 1888. According to the census of 1910, he went to the United States to work on the railroad in 1907. On that census, he was living in Township 2, Jefferson County, Montana, aged 22, occupation railroad worker, boarding in the home of Charles H. Kendall. He married Abelona Pederson (Abelone Pedersdtr. Hille) on 7 Aug 1910 in Minnesota. Abelona was born in Hille, Austevoll, Norway in 1889. She evidently traveled to the U.S. to marry Olaf. They lived in a railroad section house, Vendome, located on Highway 41 south of Whitehall after their marriage. Olaf was a section foreman for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. Here, they had two children: Alfred John Johnson, and Hilda Paulina Johnson. Abelona died 22 Apr 1913 at the age of 23, shortly after Hilda's birth, and is buried in Butte, Montana. After Abelona's death, Olaf left Hilda with friends in Montana, took Alfred and returned to Norway, where he married her first cousin, Abelona Anderson (Abelone Andersdtr. Kalve) in Nykirken, Bergen, on Sep 1, 1914. On Sep 4, 1914 Olaf returns to Montana (says Peide, probably Piedmont) with Abelone Kalve and son Alfred. Record shows he has been home to visit since May 1914. They travelled on the Lusitania, which was sunk by the Germans on its return to Europe. There, they reunited with Hilda and their first child, son Anton, was born in September 1915. They had returned to Norway by January 1917 when their second child, Anders, was born on the Kalve farm in Austevoll. The remainder of their children, Martha, Edward, Agnes, Ruth, Olaf and Reidar were born in Lindås. The family returned to the U.S. in 1928 on the ship Stavangerfjord, Sep 1. The family lived in Martinsdale, Montana, where Olaf was employed as a Section Chief on the railroad. While at work, he was killed in a freak accident. Olaf was buried in Three Forks, Gallatin County, Montana. He had a brother Conrad Johnson in Minnesota. Source of information: Ellen Schofield, married to Ruth's son/Debbie Johnson, Antons daughter.