Clara Minnie Olsen (1888-1910)
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Clara Minnie Olsen (1888-1910) took her own life with illuminating gas when her fiance went to the Isle of Pines in Cuba.
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Parents
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- Knud Olsen (1848-c1902) was born in Landvik, Aust-Agder, Norway and married in 1873 and emigrated in 1880.
- Lena Johansen (1853-1904), who took her own life leaving her children orphans.
BirthEdit
She was born on January 16, 1887 in Jersey City, New Jersey.
SiblingsEdit
- Julia Olsen (1893-?)
- John Alvine Olsen (1889-?) who was born in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey and joined the United States Navy
DeathEdit
"Wedding Deferred; Commits Suicide. Prospective Bride-to-be, Fiance Gone, Takes Own Life in Grief. The postponement of the date set for her marriage to Anton Winblad, with whose parents she lived at 437 Wayne Street, caused Clara Minnie Olsen, 22 years old, to commit suicide by inhaling illuminating gas in her bedroom yesterday afternoon. The woman who is barely 22 years of age was discovered by Mrs. Selmine Winblad who detected the deathly fumes of gas coming from the bedroom. The girl was lying one the bed with one end of the gas tube fastened between her teeth and the other was connected to the gas jet over her head. Mrs. Winblad terrified at the sight of the body of the young girl ..."
BurialEdit
She was buried in Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, New Jersey with her siblings.
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