The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1090 

PETER OLLIVIER.

Peter Ollivier, who is engaged in the conduct of a stock ranch four and a half
miles southeast of Yakima, was born in France on the 14th of February, 1871, a
son of Peter and Rose (Vilaron) Ollivier, both of whom were natives of France.
The son was a young man of nineteen years when he crossed the Atlantic and made
his way to Los Angeles, California. In that state he engaged in herding sheep
and working on ranches until 1893, when he made his way northwest to Walla
Walla, Washington, where he again became a sheep herder. In 1901 he removed to
Sunnyside, Washington, and in the meantime had accumulated three thousand sheep
of his own. He there had five thousand acres of grazing land and carried on
sheep raising, continuing actively and successfully in the business until 1917,
when he sold out his interest there and purchased one hundred and twenty acres
of land four and a half miles southeast of Yakima. This is a stock ranch, of
which he has forty acres planted to hay, while the balance is in pasture. His
business interests are carefully and wisely conducted and success in substantial
measure is crowning his labors.

In 1917 Mr. Ollivier was married to Mrs. Martha Amear, of Yakima. By a former
marriage he has three children: Emilient, eighteen years of age, who is now a
member of the United States artillery; Peter, who is attending school: and
Louise.

In his political views Mr. Ollivier has always been a republican since becoming
a naturalized American citizen. He is a self-made man and as the architect of
his own fortunes has builded wisely and well. He has trade good use of his time
and his opportunities, has worked diligently and persistently, overcoming all
obstacles and difficulties in his path by persistent effort, and with the
passing years he has gained a place among the substantial residents of the
Yakima valley.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.