Olivia Karoline Floathe Petersen Oral History Interview 1983.

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Olivia Karoline Floathe Petersen Oral History Interview 1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/184844428

This interview was conducted with Olivia Petersen on January 14, 1983 in Seattle, Washington. It contains information on Olivia's family background, emigration, employment, marriage and family life, and Norwegian heritage. Also included is a photograph of Olivia at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.

1 sound cassette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6948388

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Petersen, Paul, 1958-

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Midtlid, Marie Johanna.

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Petersen, Lawrence.

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Floathe, Ole Knutson.

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Anderson, Kari L. (Kari Lynn)

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Petersen, Olivia.

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Petersen, Myrtle.

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Petersen, Lars (Louis)

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Petersen, Olivia Karoline Floathe.

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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 her sister, who...