Nils Alsen

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Nils Olsen [Alsen]
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1894
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Race: White
Home in 1930: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Nella A Olsen [Alsen]
Father's Birthplace: Sweden
Mother's Birthplace: Sweden
Household Members:
Nils Alsen 36
Nella A Alsen 38
Margaret C Alsen 8
Dorothy A Alsen 7
Edith M Alsen 5
Note: They lived next door to his in-laws, Arthur and Ellen Clare, plus his brother-in-law, Harold.]

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Nils Olsen [Alsen]
Respondent: Yes
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Jason Terrace
House Number: 9
Inferred Residence in 1935: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Occupation: Designer Furniture
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $44
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 2nd year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: $2600
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Nils Alsen 45
Nellie C Alsen 48
Magaret C Alsen 18
Dorothy A Alsen 17
Edith M Alsen 16

WORLD WAR II DRAFT CARD

World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Nils Alsen
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1894
Birth Place: Arlington, Mid[dlesex], Massachusetts
Residence: 9 Jason Terrace, Arlington, Massachusetts
Race: White
Next of kin: Mrs. Nellie C. Alsen
Employer: Irving J. Casson-A. H. Davenport Co., 37 Newbury St., Boston, MA

Birth:
Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915
Name: Nels Allen [Nils Alsen]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1894
Birth Place: Arlington, Massachusetts
Father: Carl W Allen [Alsen]
Birthplace: Sweden
Occupation: cabinet maker
Mother: Anna W Andersen
Birthplace: Sweden

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Nils Alsen
City: Arlington
County: Middlesex
State: Massachusetts
Birthplace: Arlington, Massachusetts
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1894
Race: Caucasian (White)
Occupation: Furniture designer, Irving J. Casson-A. H. Davenport & Co., Boston, MA
Marital status: Single

Died:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Nils Alsen
SSN: 028-01-9986
Last Residence: 02174 Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
BORN: 23 Apr 1894
Died: Apr 1969
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)

Nils married Nellie Clare. Nellie (daughter of Arthur Clare and Ellen Morris) was born 24 Oct 1891, Worcestershire, Enlgand; died Nov 1982, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret C Olsen [Alsen]
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1922
Birthplace: New York
Race: White
Home in 1930: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: Nils Olsen [Alsen]
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's name: Nella A Olsen [Nellie Alsen]
Mother's Birthplace: England
Household Members:
Nils Alsen 36
Nella A Olsen 38
Margaret C Alsen 8
Dorothy A Alsen 7
Edith M Alsen 5
[Note: Her grandparents, Arthur and Ellen Clare lived next door, along with her uncle, Harold Clare.]

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Magaret C Olsen [Alsen]
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1922
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Jason Terrace
House Number: 9
Inferred Residence in 1935: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Nils Alsen 45
Nellie C Alsen 48
Magaret C Alsen 18
Dorothy A Alsen 17
Edith M Alsen 16

OBITUARY

Alsen, Margaret Clare

August 20, 1921 - November 23, 2010

89, of St. Petersburg, died Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at Westminster Palms. Born in Rochester, NY, she came here in 1988 from The Democratic Republic of The Congo. She was a Missionary for many years for the American Baptist Church and was a member of American Baptist Church of the Beatitudes in St. Petersburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, Nils and Nellie Alsen. She is survived by her sisters, Dorothy Place of MA and Edith Holcomb of WV. Inurnment will take place at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Massachusetts at a later date.

Source: http://www.andersonmcqueen.com/obituaries/Margaret-Alsen/#!/Obituary

Birth:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Margaret C. Alsen
Last Residence: 33703 Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida
BORN: 20 Aug 1921
Died: 23 Nov 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Dorothy A Olsen [Alsen]
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1923
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Race: White
Home in 1930: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: Nils Olsen [Alsen]
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's name: Nella A Olsen [Nellie Alsen]
Mother's Birthplace: England
Household Members:
Nils Alsen 36
Nella A Alsen 38
Margaret C Alsen 8
Dorothy A Alsen 7
Edith M Alsen 5
[Note: Her grandparents, Arthur and Ellen Clare lived next door, along with her uncle, Harold Clare.]

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Dorothy A Olsen [Alsen]
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1923
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Jason Terrace
House Number: 9
Inferred Residence in 1935: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 2nd year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Nils Olsen 45
Nellie C Olsen 48
Magaret C Olsen 18
Dorothy A Olsen 17
Edith M Olsen 16

OBITUARY

Barnstable Patriot, [Massachusetts]; 24 May 2013

Dorothy A. (Alsen) Place, 90

Acton

Dorothy A. (Alsen) Place, formerly of Arlington and Cummaquid, died May 14, 2013, in Acton at age 90.

The daughter of the late Nils and Nellie (Clare) Alsen, Mrs. Place was born and raised in Arlington, and attended Arlington High School where she excelled in academics and loved starring in operettas. After graduating with honors, Mrs. Place attended the Pierce Secretarial School and was employed at B.U. Law and Polaroid until she married in 1946.

A tireless volunteer at Symms Hospital, Emerson Hospital, and Cape Cod Hospital, she was a member of the First Baptist Church in Arlington and First Congregational Church in Yarmouthport.

A lifetime member of the Cummaquid Golf Club, her hobbies included knitting, needlepoint, rug making, basket weaving, and reading. She was a member of Quidnuncs, Quilters, Meetneats.

She was the wife of 50 years to the late Kenneth V. Place. Mrs. Place was the mother of Stephen C. Place and his wife Paula of Bristol, CT, and Karl W. Place and his wife Mary of Maynard; grandmother of four; and great-grandmother of two. She was the sister of the late Margaret C. Alsen of St. Petersburg, FL, and the late Edith C. Holcomb of Charleston, WV.

A private burial service will be held at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne.

Donations in her name may be made to the charity of one?s choice.

Birth:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Dorothy A Place
BORN: 11 Feb 1923
Died: 14 May 2013
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)


Buried:
Grave location and obituary:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=place&GSiman=1&GScid=109426&GRid=110861562&
Plot: Sec. 20, Site 89

Dorothy married Kenneth Varney Place. Kenneth (son of Karl Merton Place and Marion E.) was born 02 Mar 1923, Massachusetts; died 18 Sep 1997, Massachusetts; was buried , Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable Co. MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Edith M Olsen [Alsen]
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1925
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Race: White
Home in 1930: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: Nils Olsen [Alsen]
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's name: Nella A Olsen [Alsen]
Mother's Birthplace: England
Household Members:
Nils Alsen 36
Nella A Alsen 38
Margaret C Alsen 8
Dorothy A Alsen 7
Edith M Alsen 5
[Note: Her grandparents, Arthur and Ellen Clare lived next door, along with her uncle, Harold Clare.]

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Edith M Olsen [Alsen]
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1924
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street: Jason Terrace
House Number: 9
Inferred Residence in 1935: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 1st year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Nils Alsen 45
Nellie C Alsen 48
Magaret C Alsen 18
Dorothy A Alsen 17
Edith M Alsen 16

OBITUARY

Edith A. "Eadie" Holcomb, 86, of Charleston died Saturday, July 2, 2011 at Hubbard Hospice House following a long illness.

She was born October 16, 1924 in Cambridge, Mass a daughter of the late Nils and Nellie Alsen. She was also preceded in death by her sister Margaret "Marnee" Alsen.

She was a 1942 graduate of Arlington High School, and Pierce School in Boston, Mass. She continued her education in Accounting at WV State College. She had been the business administrator for the Baptist Temple Church for 28 years, and a member of the Baptist Temple Church for 60 years.

She loved to sew, knit, and crochet in her spare time. She and Tom square danced for 14 years and she made all of her blouses, skirts and Tom?s ties and shirts. They had a camp for 32 years on the Elk River where she could relax and read. Eadie sang in the Chancel Choir and for many years, played in the bell choir which she loved working with Wayne Eich.

She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years Thomas S. Holcomb, Jr. They celebrated their anniversary on March 31, 2011. Also surviving two daughters Carol A. Holcomb of St. Albans, and Nancy Miriam Stant and her husband Lou of Nashville, Indiana, three grandchildren Zack Stant of Hawaii, Marina Stant and Gabriel Stant both of Nashville, Indiana, one sister Dorothy Place of Maynard, Mass, 11 nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Eadie loved life and everyone loved her.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 2pm at the Baptist Temple with Dr. Dennis Johnson and Rev. Archie Snedegar officiating.

Friends may call from 12:30 till time of services at the church. The Holcomb family would like to thank the staff and nurses at Quarry Manor and Hubbard Hospice House for their outstanding care to Eadie.

In lieu flowers donations may be made to the Baptist Temple 209 Morris St. Charleston, WV 25301

Source: http://wilson.tributes.com/our_obituaries/Edith-A.-Holcomb-91906117

Birth:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 bout Edith A. Holcomb
Name: Edith A. Holcomb
Last Residence: 25304 Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
BORN: 16 Oct 1924
Died: 2 Jul 2011
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)

Edith married Thomas S. Holcomb, Jr.. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Education: U of MA
• PRIV: Y
• Religion: Baptist
• _UID: 6CFD18F19E51432AB74CCD828E345FD415A5

Notes:

OBITUARY

Stephen Place, 76 of Bristol, Connecticut passed away after a four-year battle with cancer on May 12th, 2024.

A thoughtful and caring husband to his wife Paula of 37 years and a loving father to his daughters Anna and Deborah, Stephen was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1948 and grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts. He graduated Arlington High School in 1966, afterwards serving in the United States Air Force from 1968-1972, then graduating from UMass Amherst in 1975.

He was passionate about his work at the American Radio Relay League Headquarters, where he met his beloved spouse. He continued to work at several other companies, making friends wherever he went, retiring from Doncasters in 2014.

A true Christian gentleman, he was an active member of Grace Baptist Church for many years, devoting his time to teaching Sunday School and Pioneer Club, as well as serving on numerous committees. One of his proudest moments was attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in 1963.

In addition to being a devoted Boston sports fan, he enjoyed an array of other hobbies throughout his life, including reading, fishing, a deep appreciation of classical guitar music, and being the proud originator of many dad jokes.

Stephen was preceded in death by his parents Kenneth and Dorothy (Alsen) Place. He is survived by his wife, Paula; daughter Anna Matney and her husband Christofer; daughter Deborah Place; brother Karl William Place and his wife Mary, and nephews Brandon and Jonathan Place.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, from 5-8pm at Bailey Funeral Home, 48 Broad St. Plainville, CT, with burial at State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Grace Baptist Book of Remembrance, 736 King Street, Bristol, Connecticut 06010.

Occupation:
Machinist

Stephen married Paula Dee TATE (daughter of Paul Frederick TATE and Nancy Fair WHITAKER) [Group Sheet]

Karl married Mary. [Group Sheet]

Nancy married Lou Stant. [Group Sheet]