Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Wenberg, Louis 1856 - 
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Author: Portrait & Biographical Album, 1890

LOUIS WENBERG was born in the southern part of Sweden in 1856, and grew to 
manhood in his native land, engaging in the occupations of a farmer and 
stonemason. At the age of twenty-four years, in company with his mother and 
four brothers, he embarked at Guttenberg and ere long landed in New York. They 
came West at once, locating in Joliet, where our subject resumed his trade of 
a stonemason and his brothers engaged as quarry men. Two years later the 
Wenberg brothers and a brother-in-law formed a co-partnership under the style 
of Wenberg & Co., and having bought three acres of land on Maple Street, 
embarked in the business of quarrying. Business grew rapidly, and by 1889 they 
had transacted a trade which reached the value of $46,000. The firm of Wenberg 
& Co. was dissolved in 1890, Alfred Wenberg and his brother-in-law taking the 
department of contracting and masonry, and Louis, our subject, continuing the 
quarry business alone. Of the four brothers of our subject two are now 
deceased. Frank was born in 1848 and died in 1886; Peter was born in 1850 and 
died in 1884, leaving two children, whose home is with his mother. This 
estimable lady was born in 1821, and is now living in Joliet with her 
grandchildren. She is noted for her excellence of character, and is regarded 
with loving respect by hosts of friends. Her husband died in Sweden in 1878. 
The mother and sons were preceded to America by a sister of our subject, Ida 
Louisa, who married Charles E. Swerberg in 1881, and died in 1885, leaving one 
child. Louis Wenberg was married in 1883 to Miss Lottie Soderland, a native of 
Sweden, who came to America in 1882. To them have been born two children: 
Albert, aged five years, and Laura, aged ten months, whose childish beauty and 
bright ways are a constant delight to their parents. Mr. Wenberg has risen by 
his own industry and judgment to an honorable place, and is highly respected 
for his integrity and social qualities. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wenberg belong to 
the Swedish Baptist Church. 

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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