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MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER OLE OLSEN WAS BORN IN TONSBURG, NORWAY ABOUT 1800. HE WAS MARRIED TO ELISE MARY OLSEN, ALSO OF NORWAY. JAMES OLSEN, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, WAS BORN IN TONSBURG, NORWAY IN 1835 AND MARRIED JOSEPHINE SCHOENSTEIN IN 1875 WHO WAS BORN IN NEW ORLEANS, 11/26/1897. HER PARENTS WERE JOHN FERDINAND SCHOENSTEIN FROM PRUSSIA AND BARBARA ARMBRUSTER FROM BADEN, GERMANY. JOHN WAS BORN IN 1828 AND BARBARA WAS BORN IN 1827. HE DIED IN 1899 AND IS BURIED IN ST. LOUIS CEMETARY ON BASIN ST. SHE DIED IN 1912 AND IS BURIED IN GREENWOOD CEMETARY, JESSAMINE AVE. LOT 3 9 BETWEEN CEDAR AND ALOE (SANDS TOMB NOT LISTED ON TOMBSTONE).
J. F. SCHOENSTEIN ARRIVED IN THE U.S. IN 1844 AND BECAME A NATURALIZED CITIZEN 10/17/1853. HE WAS A SARGEANT IN CAPT. WASHINGTON'S MARKS CO., 22ND REGIMENT, LA. INFANTRY, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, ENLISTED 10/22/1861 AT NO, LA. LAST PRESENT ON MUSTER ROLL, FEB. 1862. COMPANY BECAME CO. H 23 REGIMENT, LA INFANTRY. HE WAS A MASON IN THE OCEAN #144 LODGE. OCCUPATION - GROCER FROM BAY ST. LOUIS, MS 11/7/1870 TO 8/5/1874. HE WAS LISTED ON THE MISSISSIPPI TAX ROLL, PEARLINGTON DISTRICT 1, HANCOCK CO. (FOUND IN JACKSON, MS ARCHIVES) IN 1882, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1895, 1897. INFO FROM NATIONAL ARCHIVES - U.S. COAST GUARD DOCUMENTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., PLEASANTON'S ISLAND - LIGHTHOUSE (DISTRICT OF SHIELDSBOROUGH - BAY ST. LOUIS, MS) ALSO KNOWN AS EAST RIGOLETS - KEEPER:	JOHN
F. SCHOENSTEIN. HIS SALARY WAS $640 AND HE WAS APPOINTED 12/15/1862. THE LIGHT HOUSE WAS DISCONTINUED 4/22/1874.
THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER JOSEPHINE CHRISTINE, THE FOURTH CHILD AND DAUGHTER, WAS BORN 12/12/1857 (LA. ST. ARCH. VOL 48, PAGE 564). SHE MARRIED JAMES OLSEN OF TONSBERG, NORWAY ON 1/2/1875 IN N.O., MARRIAGE BOOK #20, FOLIO 326. THEY LIVED AT 3 034 N. RAMPART (BETWEEN MONEGUY AND CLOUET STREETS) AND SHE DIED 9/19/1909 IN N.O. HOSPITAL DISPENSARY FOR WOMEN (TCHOUPITOULAS ST.) AND WAS BURIED IN ST. LOUIS CEMETARY #1 (BASIN AND ST. LOUIS STS.) #5 VAULT IN NEPTUNE MONUMENT. HE DIED 11/26/1897.
THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, MY GRANDMOTHER EDNA VIOLA BEING THE LAST. SHE WAS BORN 4/24/1885 IN N. O. AND MARRIED FRANK JOSEPH THIERRY OF N.O.. MY GRANDFATHER WAS BORN 3/19/82 AND DIED 5/23/69 IN MOBILE.