Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Olin, Andrew 
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Author: Genealogical & Biographical Record

ANDREW OLIN is one of the well-known Swedish-American citizens of Joliet. As
vice-president of the Swedish-American Republican Club he is prominently 
connected with one of the most popular political organizations in the city. He 
is also a member of the State League of Republican Clubs, and in 1898 and 1899 
served as delegate to the conventions of the league. He holds the office of 
vice-president of the Independent Order of Svethiod and is identified actively 
with the Knights of the Globe.

The birthplace of Mr. Olin was the ancient city of Lund, Sweden, a town that 
is especially noted for its university, founded in 1479, and containing a 
library of one hundred thousand volumes and valuable MSS. His father, 
Christian Olin, a native of the same town, was the son of a farmer and became 
a carpenter and  builder, later taking contracts for buildings. He died at 
sixty-four years. His wife, Bessie (or Bengta) Oleson, whose father served in 
the Swedish army for thirty years, is still living in Lund, and is now (1899) 
seventy-six years of age. Of her eight children three sons and three daughters 
are living, the only ones in America being Charles and Andrew, both of Joliet. 
Andrew was born February 17, 1863, and received his education in the schools 
of Lund. When sixteen years of age he was apprenticed to the steel turner's 
trade in a machine shop, where he continued for four years.

July 26, 1885, was the date of Mr. Olin's arrival in Joliet. He soon secured 
work with the Joliet (now the Illinois) Steel Company, being given a low 
position in the finishing department. By degrees he worked his way to a 
position of importance, being made help driller, then driller and afterward 
rail inspector. In 1891 he was promoted to be foreman of the finishing 
department, a responsible position, and one that he has since filled with 
intelligence and fidelity. In Manhattan, Ill., September 24, 1887, he married 
Miss Bessie Hanson, who was born in Malmohus, Sweden, and at thirteen years of 
age, in 1881, accompanied her mother to America, settling in Jackson Township, 
this county, where she grew to womanhood. She was the only child born to the 
union of Peter Hanson and Carrie Pearson, natives of Malmoslaen. Her father, 
who was a builder, died in his native laen when fifty years of age. Afterward 
her mother was married to Peter Swanson, of Jackson Township, and by that 
marriage two children were born, one now living. Mr. and Mrs. Olin are the 
parents of five children: Walter Leonard, Esther Henrietta, Ethel Linea, 
Clarence Henning and Harlow Howard. The family are connected with the Swedish 
Lutheran Church in Joliet.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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