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View Tree for Martha OledatterMartha Oledatter (b. 1844, d. 1932)

Martha Oledatter was born 1844 in Suldahl, Norway, and died 1932 in Iowa. She married Belest Roalson, son of Roald Olsson and Sirie Jonesdatter.

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Martha and Belest had 8 children of their own and Martha went on to raise her 2 grandchildren, Robert and Martel Kiene, after her daughter Sanna died of complications of childbirth.

When Martha's baby (Belle) was 8 months old, her husband Belest died of cancer, leaving her to raise their large broad of children alone. Originally they lived in a sod house. From there they moved up to a 2-room wood house and an upstairs was built. After Belest's death in 1887, Martha is believed to have lived in the 2-room house until 1898 when she had a Victorian style house built on the same land. Remodeled slightly, the house still stands much like it was then. Belest planted 3 maple trees on that barren land; two of which were still there in 1989. Belest was burried on his land, not far from the house but the next Spring he was placed in a nearby new cemetary where he, Martha, Sanna, and Sanford are burried side by side. Martha Roalson sold her farm in 1908 and lived out the rest of her life in Swea City, Iowa with her unmarried daughter, Belle.



Children of Martha Oledatter and Belest Roalson are:
  1. Roal Roalson, b. 1872, Norway, d. 1963.
  2. +Sanna Roalson, b. 1873, Iowa, d. 1898, Iowa.
  3. Martha Roalson, b. 1875, Iowa, d. 1970.
  4. Ole Roalson, b. 1877, Iowa, d. 1964.
  5. Oscar Roalson, b. 1880, Iowa, d. 1936.
  6. Ellen Roalson, b. 1882, Iowa, d. 1966.
  7. Marie Roalson, b. 1884, Iowa, d. 1976.
  8. Belle Roalson, b. 1886, Iowa, d. 1969.
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