California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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LORENZ OLSEN. � A prosperous couple who had the best of advan- 
tages in their native country, coming from families comfortably situated, 
and who have made many friends at Rolinda although only recently located 
here, are Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz .Olsen. He was born at Horsens, in Jutland, 
Denmark, on March 9, 1891, where he was reared on a farm, while attending 
the local schools. His father was Soren Olsen, a prosperous farmer who be- 
came the owner of several valuable farm properties, but who has sold all of 
them and now lives retired in Horsens. The mother, Mrs. Anna Olsen, died 
in 1917. 

Lorenz was the second in the family of three children, and received a 
good common and high-school education, after which he assisted his father 
at farming. He served in the Third Company of the Twenty-third Battalion 
in the Danish Army, and was duly and honorably discharged. Hearing favor- 
able reports of Fresno County, Mr. Olsen in 1916, came to America and on 
May 17th arrived at Fresno. For a few months he was employed on a large 
ranch at Burrel but on November 1st, in partnership with his brother, he pur- 
chased the present place of thirty acres at Rolinda. where he has since engaged 
in viticulture and dairying. He has twelve acres set out to Thompson seed- 
less grapes, and ten acres in Sultana seedless, while the balance is planted 
to alfalfa. With C. Andersen he owns a Reo truck which he runs on a cream 
route, gathering cream for the Danish Creamery, and the truck covers over 
fifty miles every day between customers. 

On December 21, 1916, Mr. Olsen was married in Fresno to Marie Erick - 
sen, who was also born in Jutland, Denmark, the daughter of Erick and 
Helena Eleanor Ericksen, who still live in good circumstances near Horsens. 
Of their eleven children, four are in the United States, one having served in 
the United States Army. Mrs. Olsen received an excellent education in her 
native land. They have one child, Erick Andrew. 

Mr. Olsen is a member of the California Associated Raisin Company, and 
is always ready to help in advancing the interests of the community.