Histories of the Martin, Wilson, Bloom, & Ahola Families
Otterness, Ole Olson[1]

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Name Otterness, Ole Olson Birth 24 Jun 1817 Fretheim Farm, Flaamsdalen, Aurland, Sogn, Norway Gender Male Immigration 1850 [2] - "the Otterness family accompanied by Berthe, sailed on the ship Kong Sverre, then travelled the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes route to Chicago One year later Ole and Berthe were married and settled in Otsego Township . . . " [2]
Land 1890 Otsego Twp, Columbia, Wisconsin [3]
Ole owned four parcels of land totaling 240 acres. Residence 1851 - 1902 Otsego Twp, Columbia, Wisconsin [4, 5, 6, 7]
Death 5 Apr 1902 Columbia County, Wisconsin Burial Bonnet Prairie Cemetery, Rio, Columbia, Wisconsin, USA Person ID I359 Martin-Bloom Last Modified 21 Jun 2019
Father Otterness, Ole Eilevsen Mother Fretheim, Anna Olesdatter Marriage 1817 Fretheim Farm, Flaamsdalen, Aurland, Sogn, Norway [8]
Family ID F148 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Brusesdatter, Berthe Lorine, b. 14 Oct 1823, Norway d. 15 Nov 1910, Rio, Columbia, Wisconsin, USA
(Age 87 years)
Marriage 8 Sep 1851 Rio, Columbia, Wisconsin, USA [2]
- Married in Bonnet Prairie Lutheran Church by Rev. A. C. Preus.
Children + 1. Otterness, Anna, b. 30 Sep 1852, Otsego Twp, Columbia, Wisconsin d. 3 Jul 1890, Kasson, Dodge, Minnesota, USA
(Age 37 years)
2. Otterness, Ole Olson Jr., b. 11 May 1854, Otsego Twp, Columbia, Wisconsin d. 28 Jun 1945, Dodge Co, Minnesota
(Age 91 years)
3. Otterness, John O., b. 3 Oct 1856, Otsego Twp, Columbia, Wisconsin d. 10 Jul 1901, Minnesota City, Minnesota
(Age 44 years)
4. Otterness, Lisa, b. 25 Oct 1857, Otsego Twp, Columbia, Wisconsin d. 31 Dec 1932 (Age 75 years)
5. Otterness, Henry O., b. 12 Aug 1860, Otsego Twp, Columbia, Wisconsin d. 1 Jul 1944, Kasson, Dodge, Minnesota, USA
(Age 83 years)
+ 6. Otterness, Hans, b. 8 Nov 1862, Otsego Twp, Columbia, Wisconsin d. 27 Jun 1933, Columbia Co, Wisconsin
(Age 70 years)
+ 7. Otterness, Sena Louise, b. 11 Dec 1869, Otsego Twp, Columbia, Wisconsin d. 12 May 1937, Otesgo Twp, Columbia, Wisconsin
(Age 67 years)
Family ID F142 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Jul 2011
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Headstones Otterness, Ole, Bertha Brusesdatter, and son John -- grave monument
The inscriptions for Ole, Bertha and John are on the monument. The graves of Hans Otterness, Ingeborg Berkvam Otterness, Charlotte Otterness Lenz, John A., Merton E., Oscar J., William H. and William R. Otterness are behind it.Otterness, Ole and Bertha Brusesdatter -- inscription
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Notes - The family was using the surname Oleson in 1870 (US Census) but was calling themselves Otterness in 1880. We can only speculate why they changed their name, but it is notable that there were many Oleson families in Columbia County where they lived. Otterness would have been a distinctive name.
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Sources - [S26] Viktor Ottman Wilson, Edward and Anna Otterness Wilson, (Privately Published, 1986, Printed by the Johnson Company, Rochester, MN 55901), pp 123-126.
- [S26] Viktor Ottman Wilson, Edward and Anna Otterness Wilson, (Privately Published, 1986, Printed by the Johnson Company, Rochester, MN 55901), p. 124.
- [S166] Plat map, Otsego, Columbia, Wisconsin (from ancstry.com, in file).
- [S69] 1860 US Census, Otsego, Columbia, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1401; Page: 500; Image: 509; Family History Library Film: 805401.
- [S60] 1870 US Census, Otsego, Columbia, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1706; Page: 255B; Image: 512; Family History Library Film: 553205.
- [S61] 1880 US Census, Otsego, Columbia, Wisconsin; Roll: 1420; Family History Film: 1255420; Page: 210C; Enumeration District: 32.
- [S59] 1900 US Census, Otsego, Columbia, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1781; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 18.
- [S26] Viktor Ottman Wilson, Edward and Anna Otterness Wilson, (Privately Published, 1986, Printed by the Johnson Company, Rochester, MN 55901), p. 123.
- [S26] Viktor Ottman Wilson, Edward and Anna Otterness Wilson, (Privately Published, 1986, Printed by the Johnson Company, Rochester, MN 55901), pp 123-126.