Individual Stories

Joseph Wiltner

Occupation: 
Laborer

1905 Payroll, 1904 City Directory and Censuses. Joseph Wiltner was born in Austria in 1846 and emigrated in 1868. His daughter, Augusta Tate, also lived here. He worked for many years as a laborer on the Capitol and named his occupation as "marble cutter" in 1900 and "marble finisher" in 1905. He stayed on at the Capitol as a janitor and his daughter, Augusta Tate, got a job there as a "scrub woman." His son, John Wlitner Jr. also work on the Captiol construction as a laborer.

Joseph Wiltner Jr.

Occupation: 
Laborer

March 1902 beam painting payroll. Joseph Wiltner Jr. worked building scaffolding for the painting of steel beams in 1902. He was born in New York in 1880, the son of Joseph Wiltner Sr. who worked on the Capitol for several years. He eventually moved to Wisconsin where he died in 1962.

Peter J. Windberg

Occupation: 
Laborer

1901 and 1902 City Directories. Peter Winberg (or Windberg) was born in Sweden in 1874 and came to St. Paul in 1891. He gave his occupation as "stone planer" in the 1905 Census and continued in that line of work throughout his life. He said he was a "plane man" at a stone shop in the 1940 Census when he was 66. Winberg's name is found in a April 27, 1902 Payroll for extra work when he was part of a select crew that spent that day, a Sunday, setting the statues, Courage and Integrity, and getting double time pay. He died in St. Paul in 1957.

Thomas T. Woodworth

Occupation: 
Laborer

Fannie Macomber Woodworth Grey

Fannie Macomber Woodworth Grey

Thomas T. Woodworth was born in Wisconsin in 1843 of English parentage. He worked on the Capitol as a laborer. He married Fannie Anna Macomber and they had a son, Thomas James Woodworth on April 13, 1980. Thomas T. died in 1901 in St. Paul. His wife Fannie moved to New Orleans , where she married Dr. H.H. Grey, according to Thomas' great-granddaughter, Shelley Carpenter.

Fannie Macomber Woodworth Grey
Fannie Macomber Woodworth Grey, wife of Thomas Woodworth.
Photo courtesy of Shelley Carpenter, great-granddaughter of Thomas Woodworth

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