Ole Ericksen

Ole was born on January 30th, 1836 in Forakog, Varmlands, Sweden to Erik Eriksen and Cathrina Pearson. He was the youngest of seven children, three girls and four boys.

He was christened in Silbodal, Varmlands, Sweden on January 30th, 1836.

Ole married Karen Nilsen some time around 1861 when he was twenty five and she was twenty six*, most likely in Christiana, Norway.

Their first child, Nickoli, was born on March 21st, 1862 in Christiania, Norway.

Their second child, Caroline, was born on December 14th, 1864 in Christiania. She died on April 5th, 1866 at sixteen months old.

Their third child, Eliza Josephine, was born on January 11th, 1867 in Christiania.

Their fourth child, Olof William, was born on March 23rd, 1869 in Christiania.

Nickoli died in December of 1869 when he was seven years old.

Their fifth and last child, Katrinka "Katie" Maria, was born on April 4th, 1875 in Christiania.

He arrived in the United States on July 7th, 1877 aboard the "Wisconsin"when he was forty one years old and Karen was thirty five. Their four youngest children were with them. They sailed from Liverpool, England, stopped in Queenstown, Ireland and arrived in New York.

They traveled overland from New York to Utah. We don't know anything about their journey, or when they arrived.

Karen died on April 23rd, 1896 in Sandy, UT.

Ole married Edith in 1896 or early 1897.

Their only child, Heilma, was born in March of 1898 in Utah.

In 1900 he was sixty four years old and had been married to Edith for four years. They lived in Sandy, UT with their two year old daughter, his son William, his daughter-in-law Clara and two nieces (actually grand-daughters), Olive and Valera.

Ole died on January 23rd, 1923 in Salt Lake City, UT. He was buried in the Sandy City Cemetery in Sandy, UT.

*The passenger list from their 1877 voyage shows Karen as being six years younger than Ole, so she may have been only twenty at the time of the marriage.

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