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Family: HOLMAN, Osvald (Ole) CHRISTENSEN / JENSDATTER, Caroline (F240)

• Father | Male HOLMAN, Osvald (Ole) CHRISTENSEN

  
  

  Born	27 Nov 1846	Thonby, Heggen under Modum Parish, Buskerud County, Norway
  Christened	6 Jun 1847
  Died	3 Dec 1918	Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Buried	6 Dec 1918	Woodland Cemetery in Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Married	Abt 1873	Norway
  Father	OLSEN, Christen Johan | F187 Group Sheet
  Mother	OLSDATTER, Andrine | F187 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female JENSDATTER, Caroline

  
  

  Born	May 1854	Norway
  Died	16 Mar 1922	Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Woodland Cemetery in Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Father	JOHNSON, Christian | F725 Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male HOLMAN, Christian

  
  

  Born	4 Jul 1874	near Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway
  Died	10 Feb 1946	Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male HOLMAN, Anton Oswald

  
  

  Born	28 Jul 1876	near Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway
  Died	2 Jan 1951	Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Woodland Cemetery in Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Spouse	HANSEN, Augusta Caroline (Gusta) | F393
  Married	17 Sep 1904	Bayfield, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin

  
  

  Child 3 | Male HOLMAN, Alfred

  
  

  Born	Abt 1877	near Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Female HOLMAN, Matilda (Tillie)

  
  

  Born	Abt Feb 1879	near Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway
  Died	1946	Seattle, King Co., Washington
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Male HOLMAN, Carl

  
  

  Born	17 Nov 1881	Drammen Parish, Buskerud County, Norway
  Died	30 Dec 1960	Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Buried	3 Jan 1961	Woodland Cemetery in Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Spouse	ANDERSON, Adolphina (Fannie) | F394
  Married	Abt 1913

  
  

  Child 6 | Female HOLMAN, Annie or Anna

  
  

  Born	1885	maybe Odanah, Ashland Co., Wisconsin
  Died	1887	Odanah, Ashland Co., Wisconsin
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Male HOLMAN, Oscar

  
  

  Born	30 Jul 1889	Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Died	11 Aug 1956	Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Woodland Cemetery in Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Spouse	SOLIE, Bessie OLAFSON | F395
  Married	Abt 1910

  
  

  Child 8 | Male HOLMAN, John

  
  

  Born	21 Mar 1892	Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Died	12 Jul 1966	Cameron, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Buried		Wayside Cemetery in Barron, Barron Co., Wisconsin
  Spouse	BERG, Anne M | F397
  Married	Abt 1922

  
  

  Child 9 | Female HOLMAN, Anna J.

  
  

  Born	Feb 1895	Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Died	1995
  Buried		Mount Hope Cemetery in Ashland, Ashland Co., Wisconsin
  Spouse	PETERSON, Hans M. | F398
  Married	Abt 1926

  
  

  Child 10 | Female HOLMAN, Hilda Mary

  
  

  Born	12 Feb 1897	Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin
  Died	30 Apr 1978	Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota
  Buried		Minneapolis Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Hennepin Co., Minnesota
  Spouse	ANDERSON, Otto | F399
  Married	Abt 1916

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Osvald came to the U.S., leaving on 1 June on the Angelo, with his brother John, and nephew Christian (Ole's 15 year old son). His wife and first four children came on 15 August, 1884, on the Rallo, along with John's wife Maren and their seven children. Both the Angelo and the Rallo left from the port of Christiana (Oslo). Ernest Holmen relates that when his grandmother was asked how she handled the four youngsters on her own during the crossing and in New York, she responded that she had tied them to her with ropes around their waists. This branch of the family changed their name from HOLMEN to HOLMAN. Osvald was a lumber mill worker. They first spent a short time in Pineville, Michigan, and then travelled to Odanah, Wisconsin, a lumber town of 2000 people. In 1888 they moved to Washburn, Wisconsin, a booming lumber town of 6000. There Osvald worked for Sprague's Sawmill as a laborer. Osvald did take sick during World War I, and died from a heart attack at age 72. This was a very musical family (probably from Caroline's side), and the five sons all played various horned instruments for both the city and church bands. All but the youngest two girls had died before Dec, 1974. This information was gathered by Ernest Holman, son of Anton, and grandson of Osvald. The 1900 census lists Ole, Christian, and Carl as as common Laborers. Oscar and John are attending school. In 1910, living at Eight Avenue West in Washburn, Christian, Fred, Oscar, and John are listed as laborers in a saw mill, as is their father. Mathilda is a domestic and Carl is a laborer in a box factory. In 1920, Christian is a laborer in a box factory and John is a salesman in a dry goods store. Caroline died in Ashland following cancer surgery.