Olive Amelia Wooster

Biography

Timeline

1. June 12, 1867

   Birth of Olive Amelia Wooster

   History of the Guild Family

2. January 28, 1884

   Olive Wooster marries Clarence Vosburg

   The passage gives Olive's age as 17 and Clarence's as 20.

   History of the Guild Family

3. immediately after their January 28, 1884 marriage

   The Vosburgs travel to a North Dakota farm

   Migrated on horseback; Clarence grew grain crops and corn.

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4. December, 1887

   Birth of Florence

   Described as Olive's first birth, at age 19.

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5. 1898

   The Vosburg family returns to Minnesota

   The passage says they returned after 15 years in North Dakota and rented near the farm of Dan and Bernal Guild.

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6. summer of 1899

   Clarence Vosburg's fatal field-clearing accident

   A wedge pole broke while Clarence was tipping a huge field rock onto a horse-drawn stoneboat; the falling boulder killed him instantly. Myrtle Mae Vosburg Prescott's account, relayed by Orville, rejects rock-slide, dynamite, and lightning reports. The passage says Olive was then 30, after fifteen years of marriage, with children aged 4, 6, 11, 12, and 14.

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7. December 15, 1904

   Birth of Floyd Raymond Guild

   Carol gives St. Mathias as the birthplace but notes that some family documents give Fort Ripley.

   Carol's Chapter

8. December 15, 1904

   Birth of Floyd Raymond Guild

   Described as Dan's fourth child and Olive's ninth.

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9. September 13, 1907

   Birth of Harold Herman

   Olive's last child; the passage says she was 29.

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Stories mentioning Olive

• Casey's Lunch Bucket and a Life of ProvidingCarol recounts Floyd's birth, conflicting family accounts of his birthplace, and his thirty-nine years at John Deere Plow Works. Known at work as Casey, he arrived early for his preferred parking space and carried six sandwiches in a black lunch bucket. Writing about his demanding life helped Carol appreciate his devotion to providing for the family.
• Dad's Beginnings and Family ResemblancesThe family recounts Floyd Raymond Guild's farm birth, parents, inherited appearance, and full and half-siblings. They remember the infant death of Harold Herman and state that eight of Olive's ten children lived well into old age. The passage contains conflicting ages and dates for Olive and calls the Vosburg children both half-siblings and stepsiblings.
• Olive and Clarence's Farm Years and a Sudden LossAfter marrying in St. Mathias, Olive and Clarence Vosburg traveled on horseback to a North Dakota farm, raised five children, and returned to Minnesota in 1898. In summer 1899, Clarence was crushed by a boulder while clearing a field. Myrtle's account, relayed by Orville, attributes the accident to a broken wedge pole and rejects other reported causes. Olive was left with five children.
• Inventive Hands and the Fortunes of an InheritanceNewton’s mills, repair shop, patents and royalties illustrate what the family calls the Guild tinkering trait. The account also credits Thaddeus Fairbanks and Mr. Morse with scale and engine innovations. After Newton’s death, Dan supported his family with his inheritance, Bernal became a traveling salesman, and Frank Beckman lost most of Adah’s share in a failed furniture store venture.

In the family geneagram

Recorded in the geneagram kept with the book. Where the corrected pages and the master run differ, both readings are shown and the corrected one is the reading the archive follows.

Referenced in

• Carol's Chapter — LASTING MEMORIES
• History of the Guild Family
• History of the Guild Family — CARRIE FAIRBANKS
• History of the Guild Family — DAN AND OLIVE