Thomas Thompson
Occupation:
Thomas Thompson (Thomason in the 1900 Census) was born in Norway in 1870 and emigrated in 1890.
Individual Stories
James Thurston
Occupation:
1902 City Directory. James Thurston was an apprentice when he worked on the Capitol.
Carl Tingquist
Carl Tingquist (1887-1990), immigrated from Sweden aboard the HMS Caronia in early 1905 as Carl Gustafson. He changed hs name to Tingquist, since so many incoming Swedes were already “sons” or “sens” and heard many “Quists” so took his home town in Sweden (Tyngsrud) and added a “quist” to it – Tingquist.
Simon Tollefson
Occupation:
1905 Payroll,1902 and 1905 St. Paul City Directory. Simon (listed in some records as "Swan") Tollefson (1869-1926) was born in Sweden and emigrated in 1887. He first worked as a laborer at the Capitol in 1902. He continued to work as a laborer in construction, raised his family on the East Side of St. Paul and died here in 1926.
John Toner
Occupation:
1897 Grant Payroll and 1900 Census. John Toner worked for George Grant on the Capitol. He was born in Connecticut in 1852 and came to Minnesota in 1880.
Morris Tracy
Occupation:
Morris Tracy was born of Irish parents in Illinois in 1856. He raised a family in St. Paul while working as a stone mason. He died in St. Paul in 1925.
Patrick Tracy
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Thomas Tromberg
Occupation:
This is approximately where 203 Norris St. used to be-it is now under the freeway. Thomas Tromberg was born in Denmark in 1866 and emigrated in 1882. He joined the Tilelayers Union on August 3,1900 according to a report in the St. Paul Globe. He is found in San Francisco in the 1910 Census working in a marble yard.
Joseph Tschida
Occupation:
Dale and Bumgardner Payroll. Joseph Tschida was born in Austro-Hungary in 1881 and emigrated with his parents in 1887. He eventually got a job with the Great Northern Railroad and he and his wife raised a large family in St. Paul.
Michael Tucker
Occupation:
Dale and Bumgardner Payroll. Laborer Michael Tucker was born in Ireland in 1838 and came to Minnesota in 1884.