Olson/Hoel side

Grandfathers on Olson side of tree.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folldal

Ole and Johanna

Our great-great-grandfather.  

Ole’s birthplace.

Click on the links below to see lots of different pictures. I thought this might help get through the long days of confinement. Stay home, be well.  

Leland 

Ole Estensen Hoel  
Birthdate: December 02, 1816  
Birthplace: Hoelen, Folldal, Hedmark, Norway 
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hoelen%2c+folldal%2c+hedmark%2c+norway&qpvt=Hoelen%2c+Folldal%2c+Hedmark%2c+Norway&FORM=IGRE
Ole

Our great-grandfather. 

Ole Olsen Hoel  
Birthdate: April 28, 1844  
Birthplace: Skorpen, Skjervøy, Troms, Norway 
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Folldal+Norway&FORM=RESTAB

Andrew

Our grandfather. 

Cristian Andreas Olson Hoel  
Birthdate: July 18, 1886  
Birthplace: Nordbotten, Kvænangen, Troms, Norway  
Death: 1957 (70-71) 
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Tynset+Norway&FORM=RESTAB
I have started to wonder how accurate genealogy testing is. My test shows that I’m 97% Finnish and 3% Norwegian. My grandma Minnie Grape was Swedish, there should be a little Swede in me someplace. Ole at Crimson Lake

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=crimson+lake+alberta&qpvt=crimson+lake+alberta&FORM=IQFRML  

 
Ole and his brother Eston, went to Alberta Canada around 1905 and settled near the Rocky Trading Post. They remained there for the rest of their lives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_House