A. Quickney
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1902 City Directory. A. Quickney was an apprentice when he worked at the Capitol.
Individual Stories
John Quinn
Occupation:
1897 Grant Payroll and City Directory. John Quinn was born in Ireland in 1863 and emigrated in 1882. He worked on the foundation of the Capitol for the George Grant Co. Quinn and his wife, Margaret, raised a large family here in St. Paul as he worked as a mason. According to a report in the St. Paul Globe, Quinn joined the Stone Masons Union in April of 1899.
Henry Rachac
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John Rachač
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John Rachac
by John Sielaff
Portrait of John Rachač on display at the CSPS Hall in St. Paul. Rachac helped construct the building.
Image courtesy of CSPS Hall, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Used with permission.
John Rachač in his basement workshop
Photo courtesy Julie Kierstine
John Rachač in front of the Minnesota Capitol
Photo courtesy of Julie Kierstine
John Rachač
Photo courtesy of Jim Danneker, great grandson of John Rachac. Used with permission
Rachac home at 309 Harrison Ave., St. Paul in 1920
Photo courtesy of Julie Kierstine
Rachac family headstone, Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul
Photo by Julie Kierstine
Chapel in Jan Rachec's hometown in Mažice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
Photo by Julie Kierstine, 2016
Julie Kierstine, Jan Rachač's great granddaughter, next to the family home in Mažice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic), 2016
Photo courtesy of Julie Kierstine
Rachač' family home in Mažice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic), 2016
Photo courtesy of Julie Kierstine
John Rachac (Rockart), Jr.
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by John Sielaff
James Ramsey
Occupation:
Dale and Bumgardner Payroll. James Ramsey was born in Minnesota in 1869. He worked as a laborer on the grading of the Capitol grounds. Ryan Ave. used to be called Franklin.
James Rankin
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Henry Ranum
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1902 City Directory. Henry Ranum worked as a laborer on the Capitol.
Otto Raschick
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Born in Germany in 1875, Otto Raschick emigrated in 1887. He was active in the Stone Cutters Union and traveled with the work coming into the St. Paul Local on a card from Atlanta in May of 1898. He was Secretary of the Los Angeles local in 1905 and served as Secretary Treasurer of the State Council back in Minnesota in 1914. In later years he worked as a postal clerk in St. Paul.
Many other stonecutters, such as James Payette, Michael Sullivan, and the Laughlins, lived at this address.
Michael Rasmussen
Occupation:
1905 Payroll and St. Paul City Directory. Michael Rasmussen was a laborer.