Thorval Olsen

b. January 1851, d. 18 November 1932
  • Thorval Olsen was born in January 1851 in Norway.
  • He married Sophia (?) circa 1880.
  • According to the 1910 and 1020 censuses, Thorval immigrated in 1881 and Sophie and Margaret followed in 1883. No record of their immigration has yet been found.
  • Thorval Olsen and Sophia (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 75 Dikeman Street and "mother" Carrie Armunster, age 81.. Other members of the household included Margaret Olsen, Thomas Sigfried Olsen, Charles W. Olsen, Karen Olsen and Ellen S. Olsen.
  • He was a carpenter, according to the 1900 census.
  • Thorval Olsen and Sophia (?) appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 425 73rd Street. Other members of the household included Margaret Olsen, Thomas Sigfried Olsen, Charles W. Olsen, Karen Olsen and Ellen S. Olsen.
  • He was employed as a millwright in a factory, according to the 1910 census.
  • Thorval Olsen and Sophia (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, at 425 73rd Street. Other members of the household included Margaret Olsen and Karen Olsen.
  • He was a millwright, according to the 1920 census.
  • Thorval Olsen and Sophia (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 343 96th Street. Other members of the household included Grover Cleveland Hartmann and Karen Olsen.
  • Thorval Olsen died on 18 November 1932 at age 81 in Richmond County, New York.
  • Last Edited: 17 Jul 2010

Family: Sophia (?) b. January 1853, d. 16 January 1944