Visitors to Olmstead Hall
There may have been many visitors to Olmstead Hall prior to the establishment of the guest book below but no records have survived, other than a mention here or there in individual’s records.
Frederick Law Olmsted did visit the Hall in the early 1850s as he indicted in his journal; he may well have visited again in later years.
Others include Grace Olmsted of Sardinia, NY (1910) and Roland W. Olmsted (1921).
Olmstead Hall Guest Book
1932-1981
The Kiddies welcomed visitors to their home for over fifty years and asked each to sign the guest book.
Thanks go to Roger and Margaret Ruth of Rochester, NY for their efforts to preserve this record. Roger, a descendant of Millicent Olmsted (4114*), and his wife and Margaret were active members and supporters of the Olmste(a)d Family Association for many years.
On one of their later visits to Olmstead Hall they arranged to photo copy the original guest book which was then shown at the 1982 Olmste(a)d Family Association Reunion at Tufts University in Boston. The Ruth’s annotated the record of the visitors to Olmstead Hall with additional information that often include their genealogical number from the 1912 Olmsted Genealogy (in the tables below as ####*) or other ancestral references in [brackets] in the comments.
I believe that often only Olmste(a)ds or descendants signed and that the spouse or others, who most likely with them, were not included.
The guest book continues to the present and will be found on the on Guest Book 1982-Present.
| Date | Guest | Hometown | Comments |
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| 21 Oct 1932 | Mabel Olmsted Holdridge (Mrs. Edgar P.) (3165*) Maude Louise Olmsted (3166*) daughters of Parmelee C. Olmsted (2064*) Grace Harriet Olmsted |
Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY Cleveland, OH |
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| 15 Jul 1933 | Katherine (Miller) Anderson and her husband, Ross P. Anderson | Pelham Manor, NY | Katherine is daughter of Emma Jane (Olmsted) Miller (5506*) |
| 25 Jul 1934 | Ashley W. Olmsted | Buffalo, NY; later Simsbury, CT |
Ashley is (10511*) (OFA #148) return visits 31 Jul 1938 and 11 Jul 1974 |
| 10 Jul 1936 | Carrie (Olmstead) Lilly (6716*) who was 75 years old Marie (Lilly) Campbell and her husband Harry Eugene Campbell |
Madison, WI | |
| 3 Aug 1936 | Mary Elizabeth Olmsted | The Bronx, NY | |
| 17 Aug 1936 | George & Jennie M. Olmsted with Frances V. Olmsted | Evanston, IL | |
| 18 Jul 1937 | Herbert W. Olmsted | Omaha, NE | [Grandson of Phillip L. Olmsted (9790*)] |
| 16 Jul 1938 | Col. Ernest Sargent Olmsted (3238*) and his wife Alice (Lockwood) Olmsted | Des Moines, IA | |
| 21 Jul 1938 | Florence (Grady) Foster (8667*) and her son,Harry Schuyler Foster, Jr. (9041*) | Delaware, OH | |
| 31 Jul 1938 | Ashley W. Olmsted | Buffalo, NY | (10511*) (OFA #148) |
| 12 Mar 1944 | Herman Nelson Shultz, S/Sgt, US Army and his brother, Charles Melville Shultz, 1st Lt, US Army Air Corp., sons of Elizabeth Shellman Olmsted (8470*). In July 1982, Charles returned with his wife Evelyn. | Evansville, IN | |
| 22 Sep 1945 | Cleveland B. G. Rettig, US Army. His wife Lucretia visited 5 May 1950 and they returned 4 September 2002 | Olmsted Manor, Somers, CT | |
| 18 Oct 1947 | Remington Olmsted, Jr., son of Remington Olmsted (8616*), and “currently with road show of Oklahoma playing in London.” | Pasadena, CA | |
| 1 Sep 1949 | Elsie A. Perry | Aberdeen, SD | |
| 5 May 1950 | Lucretia Humphrey (Olmsted) Rettig (Mrs. Cleveland) (OFA #630) daughter of Arthur Herbert Olmsted (3423*); she also made return visits the most recent in Sept. 2002 | Olmsted Manor, Somers, CT | |
| 7 Sep 1952 | Margaret E. Olmsted (later Mrs. Richard Ford) (OFA #3) daughter of Charles Henry Olmsted (2468*) | East Hartford, CT | |
| 6 Aug 1953 | Faith Mary Olmstead Beatrice Olmstead Nichols, daughters of Normand Olmstead (2576*) |
Norwalk, CT Haskell, NJ |
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| 28 Jul 1954 | Charles H. Olmsted, Jr., son of Charles Henry Olmsted (2468*) | East Hartford, CT | |
| 15 Mar 1955 | Ray Daniel Olmstead, son of Daniel Louis Olmstead (7351*) two visits on one European trip | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 13 Mar 1955 | Ardiane (Olmsted) Fowler (9027*) with her daughters Mary Emily and Martha Summers; they returned on 14 Jul 1967. William Fowler was spending a year at Cavandish Labs, Cambridge Univ. | Pasadena, CA | |
| 10 Jun 1955 | John Malcolm Olmsted (10121*) and his wife Elizabeth (Hed) Olmsted, his mother Susie (Mills) Olmsted, and his brother, Guilford Eldon Olmsted (10122*) and his wife Denise (Dennis) and son John Eldon Olmsted | American Embassy, Stockholm Des Moines, IA |
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| 16 Jun 1957 | Harry H. Olmsted, Jr., son of Harry Huston Olmsted (OFA #44) | Arlington, VA | |
| 13 Jul 1957 | Dorothy Olmsted Cate | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 14 Jun 1958 | Mr. & Mrs. Ernest W. Ogram | Washington, DC | |
| 9 Jul 1958 | Mrs. Paul W. Kiese (believed to be a granddaughter of Sarah (Olmsted) VanBuren) |
Toledo, OH | |
| 1 Sept 1958 | Charlotte (Olmsted) Gill with her son Stephen Gill (who returned 7 Oct 1973) daughter of Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. | Palo Alto, CA | |
| 6 Apr 1960 | Martin Olmsted Wallace, MD, son of Ella (Olmsted) Wallace (3033*); return visit 31 May 1975 | Duluth, MN | |
| 1 Oct 1960 | Lucy Lee Wren, daughter of Cornelia (Olmsted) Lee (8591*) | Mexico | |
| 25 Oct 1960 | Joseph Kissick and his wife and her mother, Nellie (Olmsted) Cochran (who is a sister of a George W. Olmsted who visited the Hall in 1926) | Armonk, NY | |
| 18 Dec 1960 | Glenn Dunlap Olmsted (3691*) and his wife Thelma (McMurray) Olmsted | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 21 Mar 1961 | Calvin Philips, Jr., grandson of Martha Bennitt Olmsted (4689*) | Seattle, WA | |
| 30 Jun 1961 | Anne Wakefield, daughter of Elizabeth (Olmsted) Wakefield (3155*) | Wayzata, MN | |
| 14 Oct 1961 | Mrs. Stuart M. Hill and Mrs. H. H. Lounsberry, daughters of Ellen (Olmsted) Strong and granddaughters of Henry King Olmsted (1492*), compiler of the 1912 Olmsted Genealogy | Exeter, NH Newtonville, MA |
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| 23 Jun 1962 | Mr. & Mrs. Ernest W. Ogram, who had previously visited on 14 Jun 1958 and returned again 14 Sep 1965 | Washington, DC | |
| 19 Jun 1963 | Betsy (Bissell) Olmsted (Mrs. Theodore Dwight, Jr.) and daughter-in-law of Theodore Dwight Olmsted (7601*). Her husband visited 1 Apr 1978. | South Glastonbury, CT | |
| 8 Jul 1963 | Elizabeth (Olmsted) Neal, daughter of Charles Edwin Olmsted (3318*) | West Palm Beach, FL | |
| 25 Jul 1963 | Katherine Pfeifer, granddaughter of Katherine and Ross Anderson who visited 15 Jul 1933; great-granddaughter of Emma (Olmsted) Miller (5506*) | Kennett Square, PA | |
| 25 Jul 1963 | Rev. and Mrs. Jan J. Toff, grandson of Frank P. Toof (3097*) | Oak Park, IL | |
| 28 Jul 1965 | Sarah Olmsted Reid, daughter of Amelia (Olmsted) Reid (7600*) | New London, NH | |
| 15 Aug 1965 | Frances E. Sage | Ithaca, NY | |
| 14 Sep 1965 | Mrs. Ernest W. Ogram, with grandchildren Bill, Toni, and Robbin |
Washington, DC Atlanta, GA |
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| 26 Jun 1966 | Frances L. Higgins, granddaughter of Cornelia Olmsted (8591*) P. B. C. Wren and his wife Lucy (Lee) Wren, daughter of Cornelia Corey Olmsted Lee and Loring Olmsted Lee (? brothers of Lucy ?) | Hazlemere, Eng Putney Heath, Eng Croydon, Surrey |
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| 9 Sep 1966 | Mary (Goodwin) Olmsted, wife of Charles Henry Olmsted (2468*) Margaret E. Olmsted, daughter of Charles & Mary above Charles H. Olmsted, son of Charles & Mary above |
East Hartford, CT East Hartford, CT Mt. Holoyke College |
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| 9 Oct 1966 | Mark Bradbury Hunter and his wife Sally (Wallace) Hunter, daughter of Martin Olmsted Wallace who visited the Hall 6 Apr 1960 | Duluth, MN | |
| 12 Apr 1966 | Mrs. J. S. Johnson | Altadena, CA | |
| 3 Jun 1967 | Roger Allan Ruth and his wife Margaret (Stallman) Ruth | Rochester, NY | |
| 14 Jul 1967 | Ardiane Olmsted Fowler (#9027) and her daughter, Martha S. Fowler Cabray Wortley, Jr., son of Janet (Olmsted) Wortley (9020*) | Pasadena, CA | |
| 26 Sep 1967 | Marguerite (Olmsted) Garner (Mrs. Paul L.), daughter of George H. Olmsted (3252*) | North Hollywood, CA | |
| 14 Jun 1968 | Mrs. Howard A. Brink and her son Robert N. Brink granddaughter of Sarah Jane Olmstead |
East Hartford, CT | |
| style=”text-align: center;”>8 Aug 1968 | Ardiane Olmsted Fowler (9027*); this was her third visit Elizabeth Olmsted Smith (Mrs. Preston R.) (9025*) | Cambridge, Essex Buffalo, NY |
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| Aug 1969 | Olive (Olmstead) Foster (Mrs. Newton) (OFA #137) great-granddaughter of James Olmstead (5087*) |
Rutherford, NJ | |
| 25 May 1969 | Helen Smith Wright, granddaughter of Helen Annette Olmsted | Waukesha, WI | |
| 15 Feb 1970 | James Warren Olmsted, son of John Olmsted (3154*) | Boston, MA and Deering, NH |
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| 11 May 1970 | Garrett Scott Olmsted, son of John Bartow Olmsted, II (9024*) | New Hartford, CT | |
| 12 Jul 1970 | Gordon Mercer Olmsted, son of John Meigs Hubbell Olmsted (8089*) |
Carbondale, IL | |
| 13 Aug 1970 | Eileen (Bickford) Hodgson, daughter of Louisa (Olmsted) Bickford (6657*) |
Niagara Falls, Ont. | |
| Sep 1970 | Mary (Olmsted) Beneduci, daughter of Prescott S. Olmsted (9021*) |
Florence, Italy | |
| 10 Jan 1971 | Charles R. Olmsted, grandson of Frederick Olmsted (1940*), his daughter Marion P. Olmsted and son Rick R. Olmsted | Portland, OR | |
| Jan 1971 | Catherine Bedlow VanAlstyne Weller | Kansas City, MO | |
| 20 May 1971 | Marjorie Elaine (Beelby) Smallman (Mrs. Robert L), daughter of Mary Gertrude (Olmsted) (10266*) Beelby | Poway, CA | |
| 23 May 1971 | Dr. David L. Herrick, son of Wilma (Shoemaker) Hetrick (10377*) and his daughters Carol, Nancy, and Amy | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1 Aug 1971 | Robert L. Lee, son of Cornelia Bryan Olmsted (8591*), and his son Patrick C. Lee | Monterrey, Mexico | |
| 27 Aug 1971 | Frederick S. Olmsted | Longmeadow, MA | |
| 23 Oct 1971 | Jonathan Olmsted, son of J. Warren Olmsted who visits the Hall in 1977 and grandson of John Olmsted (3154*) | New York, NY | |
| 3 May 1972 | Roger Allan and Margaret (Stallman) Ruth (OFA #131); they previously visited May-June 1967 and would return again in July 1980 | Rochester, NY | |
| 1 Jun 1972 | Kenneth Dean Olmstead (10545*) and his daughter Rose Ann Olmstead | Syracuse, NE | |
| Jun 1972 | Charles R. Olmsted, grandson of Frederick Olmsted (1940*). He visited in January 1971 and returned to take pictures |
Portland, OR | |
| 8 Jun 1972 | Gordon Mercer Olmsted, son of John Meigs Hubbell Olmsted (8089*), he previously visited in July 1970 |
Carbondale, IL | |
| 24 Jun 1972 | James William Olmstead [most likely the son of William James “Big Bill” Olmstead who founded the modern Olmstead Family Association and is a son of Frederick William Olmstead (6446*)] | Halifax, NS | |
| 9 Aug 1972 | Emily Mercer Olmsted, daughter of John Meigs Hubbel Olmsted (8089*) | Palo Alto, CA | |
| 17 Sep 1972 | Prescott Seymour Olmsted (9021*). He had first visited in July 1926 by bicycle from Cambridge | Houston, TX | |
| 22 Sep 1972 | Eleanor Louise (Olmsted) MacAyeal (Mrs. Robert A.) (10528*) | Vero Beach, FL | |
| 10 Apr. 1973 | Elizabeth (Olmsted) Neal, daughter of Charles Edwin Olmsted (3318*); previously visited 8 Jul 1963 | West Palm Beach, FL | |
| 31 Jul 1973 | William Edward Olmstead, (OFA #28) a 4th great-son of Jedediah Olmsted (9090*), with his sons William Harold and Randall Edward | Chicago. IL | |
| 7 Oct 1973 | Stephen Paschall Gill, grandson of Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. (2356*) accompanied by Miles David Powell of Fresno, CA; he previously visited 1 Sep 1958 with his mother, Charlotte (Olmsted) Gill | Atherton, CA | |
| 18 Jan 1974 | Garrett Scott Olmsted, son of John Bartow Olmsted, II (9024*); he previously visited 11 May 1970 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 6 Jun 1974 | David Allen Crowell, son of Julia Susannah Olmsted (10268*) | Long Beach, CA | |
| 11 Jul 1974 | Ashley Williams Olmsted (10511*) (OFA #148) and his nephew Donald Williams Olmsted, son of Clarence Bushnell Olmsted (10512*) | Simsbury, CT Cleveland, OH |
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| 19 Jul 1974 | Allen Seymour Olmsted (8618*) and his grandsons Eric & Kenneth Olmsted, sons of Peter Scott Olmsted |
Moylan, PA | |
| 24 Jul 1974 | Sterling Pitkin Olmsted, son of Harry Dwight Olmsted (2430*) | Wilmington, OH | |
| 23 Feb 1975 | Allen Olmsted Vejar, son of Helen (Olmsted) Vejar (3828*) | San Francisco, CA | |
| 31 May 1975 | Martin Olmsted Wallace, MD, son of Ella (Olmsted) Wallace (3033*) previously visited on 6 Apr 1960 | Duluth, MN | |
| Jul 1975 | John VanBuren Perry | Riverton, WY | |
| 25 Jul 1975 | Carolyn Negley Grohe (Mrs. William), granddaughter of William Henry Olmsted (1312*) | San Francisco, CA | |
| 3 Sep 1975 | Byron Lance Olmstead (OFA #45) and his children, Donald Bradley, Sherry Lynne, and G. William Craig |
Vancouver, BC | |
| 20 Sep 1975 | Dorothy Olmsted Calahan | Laguna Hills, CA | |
| 19 Apr 1976 | Christine Towner, great-granddaughter of Edmond B. Edwards (7014*) | Fairport, NY | |
| 14 May 1976 | Phoebe Olmstead Phillips | New Vernon, NJ | |
| 2 Nov 1976 | Arlene (Truax) Bock (Mrs. Edward C.), daughter of Ruth Elizabeth Olmsted (2945*) | Fulton, NY | |
| 22 Nov 1976 | Kimberly Hunt Olmsted, granddaughter of Harold Leroy Olmsted (8617*) | Cape Elizabeth, ME | |
| 14 Jan 1977 | Susan (Olmstead) Douffas (Mrs. Philip), daughter of Normand Olmstead (2576*) |
Manassas, VA | |
| 29 Apr 1977 | John Meigs Hubbel Olmsted (8089*) | Carbondale, IL | |
| 1 May 1977 | Peter Clarke Olmstead, grandson of Daniel Louis Olmstead (7351*); his father, Ray Daniel Olmstead, visited the Hall in Dec 1954 and again in Mar 1955 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 31 May 1977 | Jean Christensen Kehn, granddaughter of Daniel Louis Olmstead (7351*) and niece of Ray Daniel Olmstead who visited the Hall in 1954 and 1955 | San Mateo, CA | |
| 17 Jul 1977 | James Warren Olmsted, and his wife Harriet, son of John Olmsted (3154*) and first cousin to Ashley W. Olmsted who visited the Hall three times | Deering, NH | |
| 31 Jul 1977 | Robert K. Stilwell, grandson of Julia Susannah Olmsted (10268*) | Yorba Linda, CA | |
| 8 Aug 1977 | Harriet (Olmsted) Bottje (Mrs. Eugene P.) (OFA #76), daughter of Harold Clarence Olmsted (6767*) | Mount Prospect, IL | |
| 1 Sep 1977 | Margaret Stanley (Olmsted) Negley (Mrs. Noel A.), daughter of William Henry Olmsted (1312*), with her daughter (who previously visited Carolyn (Negley) Grohe (Mrs. William), and her grand-daughter Margaret Grohe | Manteca, CA San Francisco, CA |
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| 9 Sep 1977 | Donna Buckenmaier, great-granddaughter of Hannah L. Olmsted (1834-1894) and Laura Hayes Buckenmaier, Casey, and Bruce Buckenmaier. | Westport, CT | |
| 19 Sep 1977 | Alice Olmstead (OFA #160), daughter of Harmon Camp Olmstead (6123*) |
Eugene, OR | |
| 29 Dec 1977 | Fay (Olmstead) Marchino, daughter of William Green Olmstead (8274) and her husband Elmer F. Marchino. Her story of their visit to the Hall was published by Ralph Olmsted in the 1978 reprint of the 1912 Genealogy | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1 Apr 1978 | Theodore Dwight Olmsted III (OFA #116), grandson of Theodore Dwight Olmsted (7601*) | Glastonbury, CT | |
| 22 Apr 1978 | Paul & Marion Bulger and Jack & Ruth King, friends of Richard Olmsted of Indiana University | Orchard Park, NY | |
| 22 May 1978 | Ruth Olmsted, daughter of Sterling Pitkin Olmsted who visited the Hall 24 Jul 1974 and granddaughter of Harry Dwight Olmsted (2430*) | Oskaloosa, IA | |
| 25 May 1978 | Helen Elizabeth Evans, granddaughter of Helen Olmsted | Tolland, CT | |
| 3 Aug 1978 | Clayton Wallace Kohlhaas, great-grandson of Ella E. Olmsted (3033*) and son of Martin Olmsted Wallace who visited the Hall 31 May 1975 | Duluth, MN | |
| 25 Sep 1978 | Timothy Merwin, Jr. (OFA #194), grandson of Jane Hyde Olmsted (7887*) |
Wilton, CT | |
| 18 Mar 1979 | Rev Richard W. Daniels, son of Ruth (Olmsted) Daniels (10533*), and his children Jan, Dinah, Jodi, and Tex. See next entry for his mother. | Tulsa, OK | |
| 22 May 1979 | Ruth Constance (Olmsted) Daniels (Mrs. C. W.) (10533*) (OFA #83) and her daughter Barbara Lee (Daniels) Laundergan (10538*) | Connersville, IN New Fairfield, CT |
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| 25 Jun 1979 | Linda (Olmstead) Wagner, granddaughter of Edwin Karl Olmstead (3513a*) |
Littleton, CO | |
| 7 Jul 1979 | Betty Jean (Olmstead) MacLachlan (OFA #572), granddaughter of William VanShack Olmsted (5487*) and her husband Ralph W. MacLachlan | Galway, NY | |
| 24 Jul 1979 | Beatrice Olmstead | Sherburne, NY | |
| 9 Aug 1979 | John Radojits, representing Ruth Wolcott (Olmstead) Weedem (10544*) | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 9 Aug 1979 | Ralph Patterson Olmstead (3861*) and his daughter Kathryn (Olmstead) Swanson |
Battle Creek, MI Stockholm, ME |
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| 12 Sep 1979 | Gene Olmstead Mores and Garth Olmstead, 4th-great-grand-children of Jedediah Olmstead (9090*) | Calgary, AB Vancouver, BC |
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| 19 Sep 1979 | George Rhodes Olmsted (OFA #253), son of Glenn Dunlap Olmsted (3691*) |
Minneapolis, MN | |
| 7 May 1980 | Linda (Olmstead) Wagner and her grandmother Marjorie (Garrett) Olmstead (Mrs. Edwin Karl Olmstead (3513a*)) | Littleton, CO | |
| 28 May 1980 | Robert S. Miller, great-grandson of Allison Read Olmstead (6465*) | Chicago, IL | His parents, Ken & Audrey Miller visited on |
| 12 Jul 1980 | William George Olmsted Patricia (Olmsted) Newman |
Calgary, Alberta | |
| 21 Jul 1980 | Rev. Robert Warren Olmsted and his daughter Carol Anne Olmsted | Calgary, AB San Diego, CA |
[Son of Warren Haskins Olmsted (8629*)] |
| 30 Jul 1980 | Roger Allan and Margaret (Stallman) Ruth | Rochester, NY | OFA #95 |
| 30 Aug 1980 | Marion (Kirby) Benz (OFA #95) and her sister Ruth E. Kirby (OFA #94) daughters of Unknown Olmsted | Oceanport, NJ Red Bank, NJ |
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| 2 Nov 1980 | General George Hamden Olmstead, US Army (Ret.), son of Ernest Sargent Olmsted (3238*) | Washington, DC | |
| 21 Feb 1981 | Clarke Lee Olmstead, grandson of George Edward Olmstead (7436*); his father visited later in the year | Lighthouse Point, FL | |
| 14 Apr 1981 | Edwin Douglas Olmstead, II, grandson of Esley Cecil Olmstead (8581*) | Anchorage, AK | |
| 18 Jun 1981 | Earl William Olmstead, grandson of Ernest Dempsey Olmstead of Saint Lawrence Co., NY | Amesbury, MA | |
| 22 Jun 1981 | Larry Olmstead, David B. Olmstead, and John Curtis Olmstead | Webster City, IA | |
| 25 Jul 1981 | Gail Hunt Ferguson, daughter of Elizabeth Bartlett (Olmsted) Carter (10355*) | London, England and California | |
| 14 Aug 1981 | Howard Lee Olmstead (OFA #99), son of George E. Olmstead (7436*) | Lighthouse Point, FL |
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