Will County IL Archives Biographies.....HOLBERG, CHARLES 
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CHARLES HOLBERG.  In the prosecution of his work as contractor and builder Mr. 
Holberg has proved himself to be an industrious, energetic and persevering 
man, and he has gained a high place among those of the same occupation in 
Joliet.  When he came to this city in 1882 he secured employment in 
carpentering, but a year later he began contracting and building, and has 
since given his time entirely to the business.  In the city of Joliet alone he 
has built more than two hundred residences, besides many in the country and in 
adjoining cities.  A number of houses he has built for himself, and these he 
has disposed of at fair prices; but one on Henry avenue that he built he has 
occupied since as a residence, and he also has his shop there.  He has been 
given the contract for a number of store buildings and public structures, 
including the Evangelical Association Church at Lockport, Ill.  Of Swedish 
birth and lineage Mr. Holberg is a son of John and Mathilda (Abrahamson) 
Johnson.  His paternal grandfather was killed in young manhood, and the 
maternal grandfather, Abraham Abrahamson, was a farmer, who spent his entire 
life in Sweden. John Johnson has been a lifelong farmer and is still living in 
the neighborhood familiar to him from childhood.  In religion he and his wife 
are Lutherans.  They were the parents of eight children, five of whom are 
living, two in Sweden, Charles in Joliet, Mrs. Legren in South Dakota, and 
Erik in Joliet.  The eldest of the family, our subject, was born in 
Westerbotten, Sweden, May 30, 1857, and was reared near Omio, where he 
attended public schools.  When twelve years of age he was apprenticed to the 
cabinet-maker's trade, at which he served for five years, and later secured 
employment in carpentering.  In accordance with the government requirements, 
he spent two years in the Swedish army. Concluding to seek a home in the 
United States he crossed the ocean in 1882 and at once settled in Joliet, 
where he has since gained a good trade and many friends.  He is a member of 
the Joliet Builders' Association, among whose members he is well known.  
Though he is a loyal American Mr. Holberg has never forgotten the land of his 
birth and the home of his parents.  He keeps alive his interest in his old 
country by association with those of his nationality and by membership in 
various organizations composed of Swedes.  He is a member of the Swedish 
Republican Club.  In the building of the Swedish Lutheran Church he took a 
leading part and is now serving as a member of its board of trustees.  He was 
married in Lockport, Ill., to Miss Mary Anderson, a native of the same laen in 
Sweden as himself.  They are the parents of three children living, Charles M., 
John and Hilda, and lost one daughter, Minnie, at the age of six years. 

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