1900 US Census - Mary Ann (Olson) Travland, Martin Travland and Wesley Travland

Here is the 1900 US Census for Mary Ann (Olson) Travland and her two youngest sons, Martin and Wesley living in Flagg township, Ogle County, Illinois.    Their names are listed on lines 22 - 24.

The census indicates Mary was married for 5 years at the time of the census and had 5 children, 5 were surviving.     The 1910 US Census for Mary (by that time had married for a 2nd time to Adolph Sheveland) had 7 children and 4 were surviving.   Her obituary in 1947 indicated she had 3 daughters and 4 sons.    I'm unsure which of the three documents are accurate.    If she had 3 daughters, one must have died as an infant or at birth.

I am not sure where Mary's first husband, Ole Travland was living at the time of this census.   In a December 19th or 20th, 1905 application for marriage, it stated both Adolph Sheveland and Mary Travland had been divorced.    The application for marriage was denied, but Mary and Adolph eventually filed another application and were married on March 26, 1906.   This application stated Mary divorced 10 or 11 years prior due to Ole Travland's 'drunkenness*'.

I've been unable to find any information on Ole Travland after the 1880 US Census.

Martin and Wesley Travland were the children of Mary Ann (Olson) and Ole Kristian Travland and the grandchildren of Taletta Larsdatter and Peder Pederson Travland.

*It's a good thing Carrie Nation solved that problem.