Olivia Karoline Floathe Petersen Oral History Interview 1983

Floathe, Ole Knutson

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Petersen, Paul, 1945-

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Midtlid, Marie Johanna

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Petersen family

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Floathe family

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Glomset family

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United States (Steamship)

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Petersen, Myrtle

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Midtlid family

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Petersen, Lawrence

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Petersen, Lars (Louis)

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Anderson, Kari

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Petersen, Olivia

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Olivia Petersen was born on October 21, 1888 in Skodje, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. She was the youngest of six children and was born prematurely, weighing only two pounds. Olivia's father, Ole Knutson Floathe, died when she was young, and her mother, Marie Johanna Midtlid, had to work very hard to support the family. After her confirmation, Olivia's uncle sent her to "handelsskole" (business school) in Orest, which lasted for six months. When she was finished, she began working for h...