Barbara Elizabeth Katanic and Bernard Olson marriage?

Question

My paternal grandmother was Barbara Elizabeth Katanic (or as I knew her as, Barbara Vitiello) and I have found information about a marriage between her and Bernard Olson, but in trying to trace Mr. Olson, I can not find anything about him and I also can not find any information on where the last name of Vitiello figures into the picture.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

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VITAL RECORDS

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California Death Records

VITIELLO,   BARBARA  ELIZABETH

Birth date::   12/25/1909

Birth place:    PENNSYLVANIA

Death date:   02/21/1992

Death place:   SAN DIEGO

Mother's maiden name:  SOHLNIKA

Father's surname:   KATANIC

SSN:     070-14-6298

Age:    82 yrs  

KATANIC,  FRANK   (Barbara Elizabeth's brother)

01/18/1906      

PENNSYLVANIA

07/09/1992  

SAN JOAQUIN    

546-07-0042

86 yrs  

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CENSUS RECORDS

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1910 United States Census

Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

Geo Katanik 39

Annie Katanik 37

Frank Katanik 5

Annie Katanik 2 PA

Elizabeth Katanik 3 months PA

Do you have any information about Bernard Olson?

Answer 2

I would try and track John Vascelik and where Carterer NY might be.  Also, Barbara and Bernard might have been divorced?  You might be able to ask a family member if they remember this marriage or person or a scandle.

Name: Barbara Elizabeth Vitiello

[Barbara Elizabeth Katanic]

Father: Katanic

Birth: 25 Dec 1909 - Pennsylvania

Death: 21 Feb 1992 - San Diego

This may be your grandmother's ship record when she came back from Prague, has her name as Berta

Name: Berta Katanic

Birth: 25 Dec 1909

Departure: Gdynia, Poland

Arrival: 23 Feb 1932 - New York, New York

Ship Pulaski

She was born in Clairton, PA and she's living with friend John Vascelik in Carterer, NY.

Do you know when your grandmother went to California?

Bernard Henry Olsson

24 MAR 1900   San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Death:  13 JUL 1974   Russian River Terrace, Sonoma, California

  Burial:  15 JUL 1974   Holy Cross Cementery,Colma, , San Francisco, California

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Parents:

  Father:  Edvard Carl Ludwig Olsson  Family

  Mother:  Maria T. Brebazon  

Bernard OLSEN  

    Birth Date: 9 Aug 1905  

    Death Date: 27 May 1991  

    Social Security Number:  549-07-1684  

    State or Territory Where Number Was Issued:  California

WWI Draft

Name:  William Bernard Olsen

Birth:  15 Feb 1900

Residence:  Not Stated, San Joaquin, California

Other:  San Joaquin County

Name:  Bernard Olson

Birth:  abt 1895 - Illinois

Residence:  1930 - Ramona, San Diego, California

He's a workman living with Ralph Fisher & wife and Harry Barner & wife.

Answer 3

This is what I found:

California Death Index:

Name:  Barbara Elizabeth Vitiello

SS#:  070146298  -  issued in New York

Date of Birth:  12/25/1909 in Pennsylvania

Date of Death:  2/21/1992 in San Diego, Callifornia

Mother's Maiden name:  Sohlnika

Father's surname:  Katanic

Her legal name was Vitiello at the time of her death.  There is no mention of the name Olson.  It would seem to me that she remarried sometime after Bernard Olson's death to someone with the name Vitiello.

Answer 4

looking at your other questions, it is interesting that Barbara is not listed in the ssdi, but does show up in CA death index.  However.. the CA does include her social security number, which means there should be a file there in social security.  I would personally pay for that file, since it will perhaps include some clue as to when the name change happened.

You also indicate that your dad IS from the first marriage? What that provides is dad's date of birth..but also the PLACE. What I am getting at, is placing Bernard Olson somewhere, as well as tracing when your grandmother arrived in California. Or, where is it that your father grew up, went to school, so forth?  Presumably,  she would still be married to Bernard when the sons were born.

I ran a check for Bernard Olson in the ssdi, and it has 91 of that name.  It could be narrowed down.. I would eliminate any of those where the birth date is after 1914, as those would be too young to be married in 1934.  I would then look closely at WHERE THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WAS ISSUED.. since this may match the state where grandma was, when the boys were born.  Tedious, but they don't call it "search" for nothing.

You also need to verify the name of Mr Vitiello, which should show up somewhere in her documentation. Locate his dates, and hopefully when/where he died.  One or both of them are likely to show up in ww2 enlistment or draft records.

I assume you have dad's birth certificate?  All are different.. but in some cases, it will include the AGE AND PLACE OF BIRTH for both parents. This might narrow down the hunt for Bernard.

The next step may depend on the results from these questions.

edit-

looks to me like the Bernard in San Diego in 1930 is a HUGE likelihood.