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Marriage: Children:
  1. Sarah Lorina OLSON: Birth: 1 NOV 1891 in Brush Creek, Clayton, Iowa. Death: 8 DEC 1917 in Boone, Iowa

  2. William Eric OLSON: Birth: 7 DEC 1893 in Boone Co.,Iowa. Death: 29 JAN 1973 in Ralph, South Dakota

  3. Della Day OLSON: Birth: 14 JUL 1896 in Madrid, Iowa. Death: 21 JUN 1965 in Alpena, Boone Co., Arkansas

  4. Nellie Fay OLSON: Birth: 14 JUL 1896 in Madrid, Iowa. Death: 15 MAR 1917 in Haynes, South Dakota

  5. Alta Mae OLSON: Birth: 25 AUG 1898 in Madrid, Boone County, Iowa. Death: 19 APR 1988 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio


Sources
1. Title:   1900 U.S. Census
2. Title:   Boone County, Iowa Marriages, 1838-1934

Notes
a. Note:   Ole Olson, Father of Alta Coleman came from Sweden with Delos, Anna and his Mother, Marie Eretta Quick Olson, at about age 18 (1877). [Dates do not match Obit. of Mary Eretta Olson] He came to New York, then Chicago and worked for an uncle at carpentry. The brothers bought 80 acres in Clayton County, Iowa. In 1908, they went to South Dakota and homesteaded. His wife Dianah had two boys from a previous marriage (Garrison). Ole Olson was a builder of barns and traveled doing that. While in Saskatoon, Canada on a job he died of pneumonia. He had been living on a claim near Glendo, South Dakota since 1908. {Glendo is in Perkins County which is in the North western part of the state} [Date may not be correct, according to his mother's obituary, Ole lived in Madrid, Iowa, in January 1905. Obituary for his daughter, Nellie says that she lived in Madrid, with her parents until she was 14 years of age when, on April 12, 1911, the family moved to Glendo, South Dakota.]
  Above bracketed notes from Doug Coleman. Other material given to Ranette Coleman Elledge by her dad, son of Alta.
 Ralph, South Dakota is in Harding County which is in the NW corner of the State.. Perkins county borders that to the east.
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 History:
 Madrid, Iowa, was originally known as Swede Point by its Swedish founders, among whom the first was Anna Dalander, an immigrant Swedish widow, in 1846. She and her seven children traveled to Iowa looking for the community of New Sweden. Taking the wrong fork of the Des Moines River, they ended up in the area now called Madrid.
  It was a small coal mining community during the winter and a farming community during the summer. Mining became a larger part of its economy as time went on. Initially, coal was used locally for winter heating, hence the reason for it being considered a part time job by most residents. The Carpenter Coal Company opened a mine between Madrid and Woodward in 1901, and the Reese Brothers Coal Company opened two mine shafts near Madrid. The Carpenter Brothers named their coal camp Scandia, and changed their corporate name to match.[2] By 1914, The Scandia Coal Company of Madrid produced over 100,000 tons of coal per year, ranking among the top 24 coal producers in the state.[3] In 1912, Locals 709 and 2460 of the United Mine Workers union, both based in Madrid, had an aggregate membership of 397, representing about 1/3 of the total population in 1910.[4]
  Madrid gained a large Italian population that worked in its coal mines during the 1920s and 1930s.[5]
  Madrid (/'m�dr?d/) is a city in Douglas Township, Boone County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,264 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area', which is a part of the larger 'Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area'.
  Above info is from Wikipedia.
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  At Ancestry.com , possible matches from the Haithcoat/Albert/Hamilton/Dorris Family Tree has 4 attachd records, 5 sources indicates marriage was in Iowa.
  Gothenburg, Sweden, Passenger Lists, 1869-1951 (in Swedish) Has Olof Olson arrival in Hull, England.
  Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945 - lists an Olaf Olson arriving in Philadelphia, pennsylvania.
  Olof Olson, b. 1859 in Stockholm: Departure 4 Mar. 1888. Arival Hull, England. This is from the Gothenburg, Sweden, passenger Lists, 1869-1951 (on Ancestry.com). Age 29.
  1910 U.S. Census lists an Olaf Olson, Spouse Marie Olson, birth 1862 Sweden. residence La Moure Co., North Dakota. [probably not the same Olaf Olson.]
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 1900 Census taken in Douglas Township of Madrid Town, Boone county, Iowa:
  Olaf (hard to read name due to numbers written over his first name. It has been transcribed as Oliver, But I think it is Olaf) Olson. He is 40, born Sept 1859 and married for 10 years to his wife, Dianna, age 42. She has given birth to 7 children who are still living [2 Garrison boys by former marriage, and 5 Olson children). She was born in Iowa, her dad in Pennsylvania, and her mother in Virginia. Olaf and family can read and write English. Their house is owned and mortgaged. Olaf immigrated to the U.S. in 1875, and has been in the US for 25 years. He is not naturalized. His occupation is carpenter. Olaf and both parents were born in Sweden. Harvey Garrison, his step so,n is living in the home. His birth is Mar 1878 and he is single and age 22. It says he was born in Iowa and his mother in Missouri and his father in Iowa. This census gives Iowa as his mother's ( Dianna) birthplace. 5 Olson children and one Garrison step son are listed in the household. Kids are ages 8, 7 , 3, 3, and Alta May is 1. All the children's birthdates are as I have them in the family tree. - I was looking at a scan of the original 1900 Cenus, as shown on Ancestry.com, for this information. (R.E.)
  --------------------------------------------------------- 1910 Census taken at Douglas, Boone, Iowa uses the name of Ole E. Olson, born 1860 in Sweden. Arrival 1869. Lists his wife Dianna and 5 children.
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 Ancestry.com has a New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, which has an Ole E. Olson, born in 1859, arriving on 25 Sept. 1876 in New York. Departure Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland. Destination - United States of America. Origin: Sweden. [Everything matches my information]
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 1900 U.S. Census ( 5 June 1900) shows Oliver Olson, born Sep 1859 in Sweden. Arrival 1875. Marriage 1890, Residence Douglas, Boone, Iowa. With Wife Dianna and 5 children. Married for 10 years. Dianna is mother of 7 children - all are living. She was born in Iowa and her father in Penn. and mother in Virginia. Her name is spelled Dianna. Ole & his parents were born in Sweden. Number of years in the U.S.: 25. In Naturalized column in shows "Na" so I suppose that means naturalized. He is listed as a carpenter. Number of months unemployed is 0. He can read & write & speak English. He owns his home. It is mortgaged. It is a Home rather than a farm.
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 Boone county, Iowa Marriages, 1838-1934 at Familysearch.org has a listing for Ole E. Olson's marriage on 28 Dec 1890 in Boone, Iowa, to Diana Chestnutt or Garrison (age 34) in Boone Co., Iowa. Ole's age: 32, Father's name: Peter Olson, Mother's name: Mary Olson, Diana's estimated birth year: 1856, her father's name: William Chesterson, her mother's name: Sarah Peal Chesterson. GS Film #: 1034319, Digital Folder # 004310139.
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  Infant Daughter of Ole Olson:
  Birth: unknown
 Death: unknown
 South Dakota, USA
  Burial:
 Riverside Memorial Park
 Aberdeen
 Brown County
 South Dakota, USA
 Plot: Block 65 Lot 28
  Created by: MaryT
 Record added: Mar 12, 2013
 Find A Grave Memorial# 106609686
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 I have viewed and saved to photos a "Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, & widows, etc."
 from S.D. 1st; E.D.: 142; Minor Civil Division: Central Point, South Dakota. Line 27: Ole Olson is first on the list of Surviving Soldiers. Rank: Private; company & name of Regiment or vessel: Bracketts Battl. Date of Enlistment: Sept 6th, 1861; Date of Discharge: June 6th, 1862. This document has a date at the top of Aug 13, 1890. I accessed it at Family Search Records on line. The list enumerates the Union veterans & Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1890. Source: "United States 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8SS-XN8 : accessed 29 Oct 2013), Ole Olson, 1890.
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 The Madrid coal field was situated in the southern portion of Boone County and extended into northeastern Dallas County as well as northwest Polk County. Most of the mining however occurred along the Des Moines River in Boone and Dallas counties. Mining in the Madrid area before the 1880's was on a small scale with usually no more than three men working at a mine. Greatest production occurred usually in the fall and winter seasons, but tonnage varied with different seasonal periods.
  During the 1930's and 1940's, many small mining operations, employing 10 men or less started again. Most of the mines were located along the Des Moines River and supplied coal for local people and businesses. The mines were similar to mines that operated in the late 1800's with the exception that gas engines replaced the steam and horse power in some of the mines.
  Scandia Coal Company Mine Number One-was owned by the Carpenter Brothers in 1906 but at that time a shaft was driven into the "lower" horizon coal bed under the supervision of H. Zook. Scandia acquired the mineral rights for 1400 acres, marking the beginning of the, largest scale coal mining in the Madrid area. Operating under the room and pillar plan, a steam engine provided the power for the lifting elevator and ventilating fan. Coal was then shipped on a Spur line from the old Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad line between Madrid and Woodward. The mine was apparently abandoned in 1917.
  The Zook Spur Mine - the Scandia Coal Company Mine Number Two - located one and one-half miles south of Madrid at Zookspur was opened in 1911 and was similar in operation to High Bridge and Scandia Number One except that it was equipped electrically. H. Zook was mine superintendent until 1917 when he was replaced by Owen Reese, son of W. J. Reese, who owned Reese Brothers Coal Mine at the turn Of the century. Coal from this mine was shipped to various parts of the state by means of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, Boone branch.
  Scandia Coal Company Mine Number Three-was opened in 1916 and was located one-quarter mile west of the J. R. Strange and Sons Coal Mine. H. Zook was also superintendent of this mine. Good quality coal was found in this mine; the latest of mining equipment was used and all foreseen great potential from this operation. Work at the mine halted in 1917 when the Des Moines River broke into one of the passageways and flooded the mine.
  Lincoln and Sons Coal Mine of Madrid, Iowa
  J. R. Strange and Sons Coal Mine - Tabor Shaft was the third: largest mining operation in the Madrid area around the turn of the century. Originally named the Tabor Shaft, the mine had a shaft depth of 43 feet and a coal bed average thickness of 2 1/2 feet. Using the longwall mining method, a furnace provided ventilation and horses were used in hauling coal. Fifteen men were employed during the winter months of 1899 and this was the last year of its operation. The J. R. Strange and Sons Coal Mine was located on the west side of the Des Moines River near Chestnut Ford, a mining town from 1885-1898, 2 1/2 miles southwest of Madrid.
  Chestnut Valley Mine - owned and operated by Ole Olson was in operation from 1901-1904. A shaft mine of 112 feet deep, the coal bed was located one-half mile north of the Strange mine and worked the same coal bed. The drill for the Chestnut Valley mine was discovered a coal vein four feet thick at a depth of 171 feet, that became known as the "lower" horizontal coal bed of central Iowa, but coal was never exploited from this mine.



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