Notes for Mark L. Olds

Notes for Mark L. Olds

!US Census 1870 (16 June) District of Columbia, Washington, Washington Ward 5, Washington PO, Roll M593_125, Sheet 47, Page 24, House No. 306, Lines 26-32: Kate Olds (b. 1828 - 42 - in NY - Property Value $350). Children listed are: Eddie (son b. 1857 - 13 - in MN); Henry (son b. 1859 - 11 - in DC); Catherine (dau b. 1861 - 9 - in MN); Ellen (dau b. 1864 - 6 - in MN); and Mark (son b. 1867 - 3 - in DC)

!"The Compendium of American Genealogy", Volume VII, 1942, The Institute of American Genealogy, page 525: First registrar of the Land Office, Minneapolis, Minn., 1854; later prac-ticed law; Episcopal minister, 1860; moved to District of Columbia, 1865, where he built St. Mark’s Ch., used for a time as the pro-Cathedral

Family legend has it that he was names during the time when the usage of famous men's names was in vogue and his name was originally Marquis de Lafayette OLDS. That being too much of a handle to bear, he took to using Mark L. and it was used as his name .