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Josephine D. (Bessie) Street[1]

Female 1894 - 1980  (85 years)


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  • Name Josephine D. (Bessie) Street  [2
    Birth 9 Jun 1894  Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 8 Apr 1980  Baraga, Baraga, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6
    Burial Baraga Cemetery, Baraga, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Mrs. Adolph S. Olson, 85, of Baraga, died Tuesday afternoon at Winkler's Nursing Home. She was born June 9, 1894 in Cullman, Alabama. She married Adolph Olson January 5, 1928 in Iron Mountain. They had resided in Baraga for the past two years, and prior to that, they had lived in Phoenix, AZ for 35 years. They were the former owners and operators of the Baraga Theatre in the 1930's. Mrs. Olson is survived by her husband Adolph of Baraga, one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Penner of Boise, ID; one sister, Mrs. Thelma McGuire of Riverside, CA, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Cyril Bergerson preceded her in death. Funeral services for Mrs. Olson were held Friday at 10 a.m. at the Sirard Funeral Home with the Rev. Fr. John Hascall officiating. Burial was in the Baraga Cemetery.

      Mrs. Adolph, Josephine, Olson, 85, of Baraga, died late Tuesday afternoon at the Winkler Nursing Home in L'Anse. The Sirard Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.

      Bessie had been in a nursing home since May, 1979., , Karen Mayo, Box 234, Baraga, MI 49908 [1, 6, 7]
    Person ID I1787  Mindrum
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2014 

    Father John Street   d. Dec 
    Mother Mary T. Feist   d. Dec 
    Family ID F26360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eberhart Seeman,   b. Abt 1885, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Helen Seman,   b. Abt 1918, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1967 (Age ~ 49 years)
    Family ID F1539  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2023 

    Family 2 Adolph Benjamin Olson,   b. 3 Nov 1896, Gary, Deuel, South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1980, Baraga, Baraga, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1928 
    • Adolph did carpenter work with France. He went to Niagara, , Wisconsinand that's where he met Bessie. Bessie had a restaurant and , he workedin the paper mill and also ran a taxi. They bought a farm , after 1929and then sold the farm and Adolph put on movie shows in , C.C. Camps inBaraga, Michigan on Saturdays and Sundays. Then he went , to showingthe 35mm movies in the Baraga Theater until that building , was closedby the fire marshal as a fire hazard. He also used to go , to the "poorfarm" about once a month and give them free shows with , the pictures., , In 1938 he built the horseshoe bar that graced the halls of , theGrandville Bar in Baraga. He also liked to build miniature , chapelsfor people to use as decorations and centerpieces. When the , BaragaTheater was closed, Adolph went to work for the Hilliard , Sawmill andthen for the Weldman Sawmill in Bergland, Michigan., , When the war started they went to Chicago where he worked in the , warfactories. He worked for Buick
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2023 

  • Documents
    Olson, Josephine Bessie Street
    Olson, Josephine Bessie Street

  • Sources 
    1. [S13] Mindrum GEDCOM file imported on 25 Jan 1999 from Addy Monsen.

    2. [S1697] Josephine Olson death certificate.

    3. [S488] 1930 US Census, Wisconsin, Marinettte, Niagara, District 19.

    4. [S489] MIchigan Deaths, 1971-1996, www.ancestry.com.

    5. [S5] Letter from Karen Mayo to Addy Monsen.

    6. [S1687] Josephine Olson obituary, The Daily Mining Gazette, Houghton, Mich., Wednesday 9 Apr 1980.

    7. [S1712] Josephine Olson obituary, L'Anse Sentinel, Wednesday, 16 Apr 1980, page 11.