Individual 86: Olson, Mabel W.

Individual Record 86

Name} Olson, Mabel W.

Family History} Olson

Title}

Race} White

Sex} Female

Birth: Date} Fam 10 Sep 1889

Place} Alhambra, Los Angeles, California

Marr.: Date} Exa 18 Feb 1909

Place} Alhambra, Los Angeles, California (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 28 May 1934 C

Place} At home, 121 S. Granada, Alhambra, Los Angeles, California

Burial: Date} Exa 31 May 1934

Place} San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, Calif.

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	162 = Letter
Source 2}	888 = Letter
Source 3}	1136=Photograph
Source 4}	213 = Photograph
Source 5}	671 = Photograph
Source 6}	16 = 1900 USA cen
Source 7}	1226=Newspaper
Source 8}	215 = Marriage rec
Source 9}	1430=Marriage rec
Source 10}	203 = 1910 USA cen
Source 11}	322 = Business dir
Source 12}	732 = 1920 USA cen
Source 13}	323 = Phone book
Source 14}	324 = Phone book
Source 15}	752 = 1930 USA cen
Source 16}	988 = City directory
Source 17}	872 = Voter record
Source 18}	434 = Newspaper
Source 19}	2144=Death index
Source 20}	140 = Death certif
Source 21}	435 = Obituary
Source 22}	19 = Cemetery rec

Parents: } Hans Olson & Mary Staheli
Relationship No.} 4

1st Household No.} 15 = Alhambra, Los Angeles, California

Occupation 1} Housewife
Occupation 2}

Religion/Church} Christian Scientist

Spouses: Prime} Ferrell, Thomas Jefferson
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Mabel W. Olson was born 10 Sep 1889 in Alhambra, Los Angeles, California. She was the seventh and youngest child of Hans Olson and Mary Staheli. Her older siblings were Josephine, born in 1876, Ida, born in 1877, Henry, born in 1880, George born in 1882, Frank born in 1885, and Lillian born in 1887.

In the 1900 U.S. census, Mabel, 10, was attending school and living with her parents, Hans Olson, 67, and Mary, 44, in the family home on Wilson Avenue in Alhambra. Her father was a farmer, and they owned their home free of mortgage. Her siblings were Josephine, 23, a school teacher, Ida, 22, Henry, 20, farm laborer, George, 17, farm laborer, Frank, 15, in school, and Lillie, 12, in school. She was educated in the Alhambra schools, and was a guest at the wedding of her brother Henry to Amy Noble on 20 Jun 1906 in Ontario, California.

Mabel Olson, 20, married Thomas Jefferson Ferrell, 24, on 18 Feb 1909 in Alhambra. The Rev. S.T. Montgomery, officiated.

In the 1910 U.S. census, Mabel Ferrell, 20, and Thomas J. Ferrell, 25, were living in Riverside Ward 2, Riverside, California. Thomas was a shoe store salesman. Their first son Frederick Byron was born in 1910 in Riverside. Thomas and Mabel returned to Alhambra, and their second son Clifford Edwin was born in 1914.

In the 1915-16 Resident and Business Directory of Alhambra, the family was living at 126 McLean. Thomas was the proprietor of Ferrell's Shoe Shop (shoe repairing). In 1918 when Thomas registered for the World War draft, the family was living at 316 North 4th Street, Alhambra. He was listed as a shoemaker.

In the 1920 U.S. census, Mabel Ferrell, 30, Thomas J. Ferrell, 34, and their sons Frederick B., 9, and Clifford E., 5, were living with Mabel's parents, Hans Olson, 87, and Mary, 64, at 336 North Wilson Avenue, Alhambra. Thomas was a shoemaker with his own shop.

Hans and Mary then bought them their own house at 121 South Granada, Alhambra. In 1922, Mabel and Thomas were registered to vote as Democrat Socialist at this address. Thomas was listed as a shoemaker. In the 1923 Alhambra City Directory, Thomas is listed as being an insurance agent. They had one son, Eugene, who died in infancy on 23 Jun 1922, and one additional son, Charles Stanley, born in 1926.

In the 1930 U.S. census, wife Mabel Ferrell, 40, and Thomas J. Ferrell, 45, were living in their Granada Avenue home. They owned their home, valued at $6,000., and Thomas was listed as a real estate salesman. Their children were Frederick B., 19, a truck driver for a lumber company, Clifford W., 15, and Charles S., 3. Thomas was not a very successful businessman, and the family was supported by Mabel's mother Mary, and her brother Frank Olson, owner of the Olson Lumber Yard.

Mabel W. Ferrell died at home on 28 May 1934, when she was only 44 years of age. She was a devout Christian Scientist, and she insisted on no medical care when she developed tuberculois, Her cause of death was diffuse pulmonary tuberculosis. Her funeral services were held at the chapel of Turner, Stevens, and Turner. She is buried in the San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California.