Children of George Forbes Oliver & Frances M. Watson-Oliver
Dorothy, born 1925 (prior marriage), married Lloyd Balcome, Rochester, MN
Gloria Mae , born 1927, married George William Bryan, Mpls
MerryAnne, born 1929, married Hegbert Olson, Mpls
George Oliver, Jr. ("Buddy"), twin of MerryAnne, born 1929, married several times.

George Forbes Oliver was born in 1897 to George Loyal Oliver and Emma Dickmann. He was raised in Zumbro Falls, Wabasha County and farmed there until 1936, when he moved to Mpls. George & Frances met at a barn dance near Lake City, MN. and were married in 1926. In Mpls, George was in the landscaping business and Frances worked at Shriner's Childrens Hospital as a nursing assistant. Gloria, MerryAnne & Buddy were born in Zumbro Falls, MN, near the old homestead. In the 1940's they purchased a farm and the Soo Hotel in Moose Lake, MN and spent many week-ends there, until they were able to retire and move there permanently. My cousins and I spent entire summers with them on the farm, where my grandpa boarded many horses. There was no better cook in the whole world like Grandma and most of the time, she cooked from sun-up until sun down (I've included one of here recipes and hope you will try it. I know you'll love it!). In their later years, they were lonesome for family -- Moose Lake had grown and they no longer knew as many people as they once did. So, in 1972 they moved to Nisswa, MN to be near Gloria & George. In the last year of her life, they went back to Moose Lake. They found a cute little log house that one of their grandsons now owns. Frances died on Memorial Day Weekend, 1979 and George died in 1982. They are both buried in Moose Lake, MN. Grandpa & I made several trips to Guilford Township, Wabasa County before he died and even at 85 he remembered all the old country roads and led us directly to the Orris Oliver homestead and the Lincoln Cemetery, where Orris & family are buried. He was so proud of his heritage and supplied many, many stories about the Olivers during the late 1800's - early 1900's.

The parents of Frances M. Watson were Kathyn Denzer and James Watson, who were married in Granby, Missouri in 1908. Kathryn Denzer's parents, Stephen Denzer and Hannah O'Connor left Lake Preston, South Dakota and traveled to Missouri, seeking work in the zinc fields. Six children went with them, 2 boys and 4 daughters, Kathryn one of them. The marriage between James Watson and Kathryn Denzer was short-lived, as James Watson had long-established himself in Missouri and Kathryn wished to return with her family to Minnesota, when her two brothers became critically ill from TB. Kathryn returned and settled in Pierce County, WI and met William Peterson and together they raised Frances. Kathryn died in 1941 from a ruptured appendix and is buried in the Trenton Cemetery, Pierce County. She had no further children.

The Denzer Family L-R (back) Agnes, Leonard, William, Theresa L-R (front) Kathryn, Stephen, Hannah, Eva (Leonard & William died from TB in 1919)