Oral history indicated that as a young man Ole worked in a nursery in Lansing, Iowa during the summer and in the winter worked for a time in the pine forests of Wisconsin. He cut logs during the winter and helped float them down the river to the sawmills, possibly to Stillwater, Minnesota on the St. Croix River which drew its logs from northern Wisconsin. It is said that he developed Pneumonia and lost all his hair and when it grew back, it was black and stayed that color for the remainder of his life. Every boy in Norway had to learn a trade and Ole was, for a time, a cobbler, but did little shoe making except for his own family and neighbors after he married.
Oral history indicated that as a young man Ole worked in a nursery in Lansing, Iowa during the summer and in the winter worked for a time in the pine forests of Wisconsin. He cut logs during the winter and helped float them down the river to the sawmills, possibly to Stillwater, Minnesota on the St. Croix River which drew its logs from northern Wisconsin. It is said that he developed Pneumonia and lost all his hair and when it grew back, it was black and stayed that color for the remainder of his life. Every boy in Norway had to learn a trade and Ole was, for a time, a cobbler, but did little shoe making except for his own family and neighbors after he married.
Bio by: Todd Gulbranson
Family Members
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Olufine "Fannie" Amundson Sundet
1869–1966
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Chris Amundson
1874–1951
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Charles Adolph "Carl" Amundson
1874–1954
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Martha Malise "Lizzie" Amundson Olson
1876–1959
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Ida Caroline Amundson
1877–1882
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Ida Karoline Amundson Gulbranson
1883–1966
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Sorine Olava Amundson
1885–1885
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Olive Serene Amundson Gulbranson
1887–1977
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Mathea J "Mattie" Amundson Turner
1890–1988
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Ole Julius Amundson
1892–1975
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Henry Alfred Amundson
1896–1954
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