photograph
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2019.42.1Description
Black and white photograph of the William and Frances Olsen family of Zeeland, MI. Back row, left to right: unknown; Anna Olsen Lamberts; Frances Wiersma Olsen; unknown; William Olsen. Front row, left to right: Freddie Olsen; Fred Olsen, Sr. (seated); Dennis Olsen (baby helf by Fred, Sr.); janice Olsen; John Lamberts; Johnnie Lamberts; and, Charlie Olsen.History
William Olsen (1888-1948) and his wife Frances Wiersma Olsen lived in Zeeland, MI. City directories show the couple living at 235 W. McKinley from as early as 1927 and as late as 1936. They later lived at 550 East Jefferson, also in Zeeland, MI.Their son Fred Olsen, Sr. (1912-1957) lived in Zeeland, but moved to Holland, MI, living there by 1940. Fred worked at Holland Hitch. In 1937 he married Elizabeth Norlin (not pictured). Their children included Janice; Fred, Jr. and Dennis.