appointed the Augustana College library attendant in 1894, and promoted to the assistant librarian in 1895. In 1897, while registered as an art student, Lydia served as the librarian. Lydia also worked as a bookkeeper for a number of years, and as a clerk in the tractor department of the Moline Tractor Company. From 1922 until her retirement in 1945, she returned to the Augustana College Library as a library assistant. Lydia died 1 March 1958, and was buried in the family plot at Riverside Cemetery, Moline, Illinois. Johannes (Hannes) Johannes Samuel (4 July 1877 – 23 September 1967), often called Hannes, was the Olssons' only surviving son. He was born either in Moline, Illinois or Rock Island, Illinois. As a child, he traveled with his family in Europe. He enrolled at Augustana in 1897, and joined the Conservatory of Music in 1900. A year later, he attended the Augustana Business College. As an adult, Hannes held a number of jobs. He first was hired as a clerk for Hartz and Company, a wholesale and retail drug business. In 1929, he became a music teacher, a position he held on and off for the rest of his life. He was also a band leader and a musician. Hannes died on 23 September 1967. He was buried with the rest of his family in Riverside Cemetery, Moline, Illinois. References Other sources Related reading Lindquist, Emory (1955) Letters of the Rev. and Mrs. Olof Olsson, 1869-1873, pioneer founders of Lindsborg (Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society) Lindquist, Emory (1970) Vision for a Valley, Olof Olsson and the Early History of Lindsborg (Augustana Historical Society) Olson, Ernst Wilhelm (1941) Olof Olsson, the man, his work, and his thoughts (Rock Island, Ill., Augustana Book Concern) Olson, Ernst Wilhelm (1917) The Swedish element in Illinois : survey of the past seven decades : with life sketches of men of today (Chicago: Swedish-American Biographical Association) External links Finding aid for the Olof Olsson family papers (1861-2011), held by Augustana Special Collections, Rock Island, Illinois. 1841 births 1900 deaths 19th-century American Lutheran clergy American theologians 19th-century Swedish Lutheran priests Swedish emigrants to the United States Uppsala University alumni Stockholm University alumni Augustana College (Illinois) faculty Presidents of Augustana College (Illinois) People from Lindsborg, Kansas People from Rock Island, Illinois