Oscar Martin Gimness

Ole Martin Olsen Gimnesthe name he left under

15 Dec 1879 – 2 Oct 1933 · Norway · Boston · St. Paul · Seattle

15 Dec 1879Born in Norway. Headstone: Oscar M. Gimness.Proven

11 Jan 1880Baptism of Ole Martin entered in the Øre church book (record listed; image not on this page).Proven

27 Jan 1904Emigrant protocol: Ole Martin Olsen Gimnes, with Ingeborg Thornes, ship Salmo, bound for Appleton, Minn.Proven

Feb 1904SS Cymric, Boston manifest, lines 27–28 (record listed; image not on this page).Proven

24 Dec 1904Married Ingeborg Thornes in St. Paul, Minnesota.Proven

12 Sep 1918WWI draft card: Seattle bookkeeper for the Seattle Grain Co., a declared alien, born in Norway.Proven

25 Sep 1920Naturalization petition admitted.Proven

2 Oct 1933Died in Seattle. Buried Lake View Cemetery.Proven

He left Norway as Ole Martin. He arrived as Oscar.

Ole Martin Olsen Gimnes — a patronymic that names his father as Ole — is the man entered in the 1904 emigrant protocol beside Ingeborg Thornes. The same crossing ends, months later, in a St. Paul marriage under those Norwegian names. In America he is Oscar Martin Gimness: the Seattle bookkeeper, the fuel-company salesman, the man on the Lake View headstone.

Proven

Identity chain: Ole Martin Olsen Gimnes (1904 protocol and St. Paul marriage) and Oscar Martin Gimness (American records and headstone) are presented as one man.

Unresolved

The 1930 census says he and Ingeborg immigrated in 1903. The emigrant protocol dates the crossing 27 January 1904.

Unresolved

His Washington death record names his parents as Oliver G. Gimness and Marie Olson. His baptism and patronymic name Ole (Ole Johannessen) and Guri Endresdatter.

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