Lake County CA Archives Biographies.....Morby, P. J. 1850 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

P. J. MORBY, a native of Sweden, was born in Linkoping, a city in central
Sweden, January 13, 1850. At the age of ten years he went to serve an
apprenticeship in the harness and saddlery trade in his native town. After
serving five years, he traveled through Sweden and worked as a journeyman. In
1869 he went to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he worked at his trade one and a half
years. He then went to Berlin, Germany, where he worked for six months. From
here he traveled through France and England, on his way back to Sweden. On his
return to Sweden he opened a business for himself in Stockholm, where he
remained till 1888. On November 28th of that year he sailed for the United
States, on the steamship Heckla, and landed in New York, January 1, 1889. From
New York he came direct to Middletown, Lake County, California, where a brother
resides, who had preceded him to this country. On June 24th he bought out the
harness and saddlery store of C. T. McHarvey in Lakeport, where he is now
established in business. He manufactures a greater portion of his stock of
harness, and does a general line of repairing.

  He was married in Stockholm, January 18, 1876, to Miss Christina Nyberg. They
have two children, a son and a daughter: Seht and Rode.


Additional Comments:
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Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.



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