1899 City Directory. French Canadian August Curran (or Currin) was born 1838 and came to the U.S. in 1846. He worked on the Capitol as a blacksmith and his son worked as a laborer.

Payroll of March and April 1904. Carpenter William Curry was born in Minnesota in 1860. When he was 21 and living with his parents on their farm in Farmington, Minnesota, John Boland, supervisor for the Capitol Commission, was living next door. They must have kept in touch over the years. Boland's son, Henry, was Curry's partner for the work they did in 1904.

1905 Payroll and St. Paul City Directory. Ole Dahl worked as a laborer.

John Dahlin ("Delen" in the 1898 CD ) was born in Sweden in 1871 and came to America in 1889. He married Jennie Nelson (1871-1965) on September 14, 1895 in St. Paul. The couple had three children, Oscar Leonard (1896-1988), David H. (born in 1898) and Amy Marie, (born in 1908).

Although John Dahlin is identified as a "polisher" when he was working for Butler-Ryan in 1898, he said he was a carpenter in the 1900 Census. He continued working as a carpenter and raised a family in St. Paul. He died around 1950 at the age of 79.