Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Kirkelie, O. A. 1867 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

O. A. KIRKELIE, an active and well-known business man of Ocean Park, Santa
Monica, was born in the town of Harmony, Fillmore county, S. E. Minnesota, April
6th, 1867, a son of Arne Kirkelie, a native of Norway, a land owner, an
itinerant Lutheran preacher and a man of influence. Mr. Kirkelie grew up in his
native town, passed through the public schools, and pursued a course of study at
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., Decorah Institute, Decorah, Iowa. In 1888,
being then twenty-one years of age, he held the office of Deputy County Recorder
of his native county. About this time he married Miss Levina, a daughter of
Joseph Pickett, she being also born and reared in Fillmore county and in the
town of Harmony. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkelie almost immediately came to California on
a pleasure trip. Returning home, he engaged in the furniture and undertaking
business at Wykoff, Fillmore county, Minn., until April, 1905, when he disposed
of his business and came again to California. Mr. Kirkelie is a successful
business man and has built up a substantial undertaking business. He is a member
of the B. P. O. E., I. O. O. F., D. of R., K. of K. and Modern Woodmen. He is an
active and effective worker in the Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkelie have
one daughter, Myrtle.

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Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief
history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County,
1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and
embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative
people.

Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)


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