Individual Stories

Erick Turnquist

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Dale and Bumgardner payroll. Erick Turnquist was born in Sweden in 1879 and emigrated with his family in 1884. The family moved to St. Paul from Grantsberg, Wisconsin in 1903 and Erick went to work as a teamster.

Andrew G. Urquard

Andrew Urquard (1857-1913) was born in Canada and emigrated in 1874. He was an activist in the Journeymen Stone Cutters' Association and his involvement went back to as early as 1889 when he served as treasurer. He was elected President of the St. Paul Branch in 1900. He served as a pall bearer at the funeral of fellow stonecutter William Hay in 1899. When Urquard died in 1913 his union brothers "turned out in a body...

Adolph Valley

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This is approximately where 161 Pleasent Avenue was located. The July 8, 1904 Union Advocate reported that A.Valley had been elected to the executive board of the Stone Masons Union.

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