Elizabeth (Betty) married our third son, but our fifth child, Hayward. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Guy Olsen, she was born in Allegheny County. While a young girl her parents moved to a new borough, Forest Hills, adjoining the borough of East Pittsburgh, where she obtained her public school education. While a member of Union High School, Turtle Creek, she and our son, Hayward became school days sweethearts, which eventually led to marriage . They were married November 9, 1940, her twentieth birthday, in Wilkinsburg, Pa.

Her earliest American ancestor, on the paternal side, was a member of the Continental army during the Revolutionary War, he having come from Norway a few years previous. He served as a Private in the York County Militia.

Betty is of a happy-go-lucky disposition, contrasting from the quiet and serious attitude of her husband, but the two different dispositions dovetail into a happy and cheerful family. Three children bless their home: John Hayward, a High School Junior [in 1958], Kathryn Susan and Michael George Shaver.

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