Individual Stories

Henry A. Ostedt

Occupation: 
Mason

Henry A. Ostedt family

Henry A. Ostedt family

Ostedt home at 781 E. Magnolia St., St. Paul

Ostedt home at 781 E. Magnolia Ave. E., St. Paul

Henry and Tilda Ostedt

Henry and Tilda Ostedt in their later years

Henry and Tilda Ostedt in their later years

Tilda, Gayle, Joseph and Warren Ostedt, 1939

Tilda, Gayle, Joseph and Warren Ostedt, 1939

1904 City Directory. Henry A. Ostedt was born in Sweden in 1859 and moved to St. Paul in 1889. He and his Swedish born wife, Tilda Muhrbeck (1862-1942), were married and raised their family here. The couple had eight children, four who died before the age of six and four, among them Henry Jr. and George, who lived to be quite old. Their other children were Esther (1886-1892), Hannah (1908-1909), Joseph (1888-1974), Julius (1891-1892), Martin (1896-1898) and Myrtle (1903-1996).

Henry A. Ostedt family
Ostedt family (left to right): Henry A. Ostedt (sitting), Joseph Ostedt (standing behind his father), George Ostedt (little boy center front), Henry Ostedt Jr. (young boy behind George), Tilda Ostedt (wife and mother), Myrtle (daughter and youngest child)
Photo courtesy of Dave and Gayle Alberg
Ostedt home at 781 E. Magnolia Ave. E., St. Paul
Henry Ostedt did all of the brick work on the family home at 781 E. Magnolia Ave. E., St. Paul
Photo and family information courtesy of Gayle Ostedt Alberg, great granddaughter of Henry and Tilda Ostedt
Henry and Tilda Ostedt in their house. Henry was said to be an avid reader, as evidenced by the many books displayed behind the couple.
Photo and family information courtesy of Gayle Ostedt Alberg, great granddaughter of Henry and Tilda Ostedt
Henry and Tilda Ostedt in their later years
Henry and Tilda Ostedt in their later years
Photo and family information courtesy of Gayle Ostedt Alberg, great granddaughter of Henry and Tilda Ostedt
Tilda, Gayle, Joseph and Warren Ostedt, 1939
Tilda holding her first great-grandchild, Gayle Ostedt, born May 7, 1939 with her oldest son Joseph (left) and grandson Warren (left). Tilda lived to be 82 and died in 1942.
Photo and family information courtesy of Gayle Ostedt Alberg, great granddaughter of Henry and Tilda Ostedt

Frank B. Pampusch

Occupation: 
Carpenter

1903 and 1904 City Directories. Frank Pampusch was born in Germany in 1846 and emigrated with his wife, Josephine and 4 of their eventual 10 children in 1881. Frank worked as a carpenter in St. Paul for many years raising his large family here. Several sons went into the printing trades and one, Frank Jr., became a prominent official in the Printers' Union. According to Find a Grave, Frank Pampusch Sr. died in 1917 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul.

John Partridge

Occupation: 
Painter - Artwork and Decorative

1902 Beam painting payroll. John Partridge was born in Canada in 1881 and moved to St. Paul about 1901. He worked on a painting crew rustproofing steel beams at the Capitol in March on 1902. This is where he and his wife, Annie, were living at the time of the 1905 Minnesota Census. We do not believe he was related to George Partridge of the firm, Bazille and Partridge, who got the contract for most of the painting on the Capitol.

Paul Paytal

Occupation: 
Teamster

Dale and Bumgardner Payroll. Paul Paytal was born in Poland in 1861 and emigrated in 1881. He was a charter member of Local 120 and an activist in the union. Paytal and his wife raised a large family in St. Paul while he worked as a teamster, and he died here in 1930.

Francis C. Peabody

Occupation: 
Teamster

Dale and Bumgardner Payroll. Teamster Francis Peabody was born in Wisconsin and moved to Minnesota in 1895.

Most of the workers who constructed the Minnesota Capitol belonged to unions. A specific union affiliation has not been found for Marquart, but other Teamsters were organized in St. Paul at the time the Capitol was built, so it's probable he was a union member, like fellow Capitol team driver and Teamsters Local 120 founder John Geary.

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