A family photograph, including Ole and John Karlsen (Carlson) and their mother Karen Paulsen, was taken in Wisconsin – probably Washburn, Bayfield County – in about 1900.

The relationship(s) are as follows: Karen Olausen of Vega, Nordland, Norway, (2^nd from right, bottom row) married Karl Kristian Olsen in Norway, and had Johan (John) Karlsen (2^nd from left, top row) and Ole Kristian Karlsen (far right, bottom row) by him. (A older daughter, Josephine Karlsdatter, married Didrik Hjeronimussen or Jeronimussen, staying in Vega, and had 3 children, Ulrik, Karl and Even Didriksen, in Vegsteinø, Vegsteinen nedre (Vega))
Karl Kristian Olsen died, and she remarried, to Erik Paulsen, 2^nd from left, bottom row. She and Erik had Paul Martin Romme Eriksen (2^nd from right, top row) and Kirstine Amilia Eriksen (3^rd from right, top row??). Ole Kristian Karlsen married Marie Petrine Mortensdatter (top row, right) of Nordfold, Nordland, Norway. (The couple on the left are unknown, although that it is possible that the woman on the far left is Kirstine, with her husband, William Mitchell, and the woman 3^rd from right, top row, is Paul’s wife, Anna).

The entire family moved first from Norway to Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin. Johan ("John" or "Muley") then moved to Alderson, Alberta, Canada; some time later, Ole Kristian and Marie moved there also. John then moved to near Marysville, Washington, where much of his family remains. Ole Kristian and Marie stayed in Alberta, and much of their family remains near Calgary or Brooks, Alberta, or Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The rest of the family remained in Wisconsin.

Marie and Ole Karlsen (Carlson), of Alderson (near Brooks), Alberta, Canada (buried in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada), are the great-grandparents of the webmaster of this page.