Osborne Theomun Olsen

Osborne Theomun Olsen (June 9, 1883 - January 9, 1971) was the owner of Osborne Art Studios in Chicago, Illinois, which existed from 1910 to 1973. By 1911 he was a member of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Osborne married Augusta Schmidt (1883-1974) on June 3, 1905, in Chicago and had the following children: Perry Olsen (1907-1974) and Evelyn Olsen (1909-2002). In 1910 he was using the name "Asbjorn T. Olsen".
He died on January 10, 1971, and his funeral notice appeared in the Chicago Tribune on January 11, 1971. Osborne was buried on January 12 at Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago. His widow, Augusta, and his son, Perry continued the china business until 1973.
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*1883 Birth of Osborne Olsen in Chicago.<ref name=obit/>
*1896 , his father, in the 1896 Eastern North America heat wave in Chicago. He decorated Japanese lacquer ware
*1896 Death of mother from cancer.
*1896 Osborne raised by his paternal uncle, Theodore Johan Olsen (1850-1896).
*1896 Theodore Johan Olsen (1850-1896) killed by a train and Osborne orphaned again.
*1896 Osborne raised by his widowed maternal aunt, Katherine Marie Jensen (1857-1946)
*1900 (circa) Begin work as a china decorator for another studio.
*1900 US census with Osborne working as "decorator" and living with Katherine Marie Jensen (1857-1946).
*1905 Marriage to Augusta Schmidt (1883-1974)
*1907 Birth of Perry Osborne Olsen (1907-1974).
*1909 Birth of Evelyn Olsen (1909-2002).
*1910 Start of Osborne Art Studio.<ref name=obit/>
*1910 US census with Osborne working as "china decorator" in "shop".
*1914 Workshop opened at 2520 North Milwaukee Avenue.
*1918 World War I draft registration of September 12th.
*1918 Working at 6935 Overbill Avenue.
*1920 US census with Osborne working in Chicago, Illinois.
*1930 US census with Osborne living in Chicago, Illinois.
*1940 US census with Osborne living in Chicago, Illinois.
*1971 Death of Osborne Olsen in Chicago.<ref name=obit/>
*1973 Osborne Art Studio closed.
Porcelain blanks used by Osborne Art Studios
*Hutschenreuther of Selb, Germany
*Reinhold Schlegelmilch of Tillowitz, Germany

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