Allen Jones was born in Wales in 1860. He lived in Minneapolis at this address for many years but worked in St. Paul on the Capitol in 1898-99. He was active in the Stone Cutters Union and the St. Paul Globe reported in December of 1899 that Jones had won the raffle on the toolbox of deceased stone cutter William Hays - a fellow Capitol worker.
William H. Jones and his son Arthur H. were both born in Wales; William in 1855 and Arthur in 1876. William lived in Minneapolis and worked as a stone cutter on the Capitol in 1898 and 99.
Family history and 1905 Census.
William Harry Jones and his son Arthur, both born in Wales, 1855 and 1887 respectively, lived in Minneapolis but came over to St. Paul to work as stonecutters on the Capitol. The family had been stonecutters for generations and William’s father had supervised stonecutting at Buckingham Palace. A third member of the family, Allen Jones, William’s brother, also worked at the Capitol as a stonecutter. William was an active union member and served as delegate from Minneapolis to the union’s 1890 convention.
1902 City Directory. William Jones worked as a blacksmith on the Capitol. This boarding house hosted many Capitol workers.
1905 Payroll and 1904 St. Paul City Directory. Bricklayer Walter Jordan was born in Iowa in 1871. He is listed in the 1902 CD working for Butler-Ryan as an apprentice. We believe he never married and died in St. Paul in 1927.
1902 City Directory. Peter Jorgenson worked as a bricklayer on the Capitol. The St. Paul Globe of May 25, 1900 reported that Peter "Jergenson" had been admitted into the bricklayers union.
1904 City Directory. Alexander Kaar (also spelled Carr or Karr) was born in Austria in 1856 and emigrated in 1852. He and his wife, Anna, raised a large family in this house though Alexander died in 1910.
Dale and Bumgardner payroll. John Kalka worked as a laborer on the grading of the Capitol grounds. He was born in Poland in 1853 and came to St. Paul in about 1882.
