Bio of ALRICK, B. G. (b.1883), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

B. G. ALRICK (Bonnona G. Alrick) - Vol II, pg 381-382
B. G. Alrick of Minneapolis is a very successful civil engineer and is 
now vice president of and a stockholder in the C. A. P. Turner Company, 
consulting engineers. He was born in Zumbrota, Minnesota, on the 8th of 
January, 1883, a son of Ole and Brunhilda (Finne) Alrick, the former a 
native of Norway and the latter born in Wisconsin. The maternal 
grandfather was Ole Finne, a pioneer citizen of Wisconsin and a 
progressive farmer of that state. Ole Alrick came to America about 1870 
and immediately located in Minnesota. He followed the shoe trade for many 
years and his demise occurred in his thirty-eighth year.

The public schools of Zumbrota afforded B. G. Alrick his early education 
and he was graduated from the high school in 1902. He then entered the 
State University and graduated in due time with the Civil Engineer's 
degree. He was first employed as a draftsman with the Minneapolis Steel 
Machinery Company, where he remained two and one-half years, and at the 
termination of that time he became associated with the Milwaukee Bridge 
Company, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for one and one-half years. In 1910 he 
came to Minneapolis and accepted a position with the C. A. P. Turner 
Company, consulting engineers. His close application to the thing at 
hand, inexhaustible energy and innate ability commanded the respect of 
all and in 1920 he became vice president of the company. The C. A. P. 
Turner Company ranks foremost among members of the profession in the Twin 
cities and Mr. Alrick has proven to be a dominant factor in the continued 
success of the company. Aside from his interest In this business he is an 
extensive landholder and has other important financial interests.

On the 4th of October, 1918, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was 
celebrated the marriage of Mr. Alrick and Miss Meta E. Veit, a daughter 
of Augusta Veit of Minne­sota. For many generations the Veits have been 
prosperous farmers. Mr. and Mrs. Alrick have one child, Arline, three 
years of age.

Since attaining his majority Mr. Alrick has voted with the republican 
party and he maintains an active interest in party affairs, being well 
informed on all important questions and issues of the day. He is 
identified with the Masons and he is a member of Tau Beta Pi fraternity, 
holding membership in the chapter at the University of Minnesota. His 
religious faith is that of the Episcopal church and he is a consistent 
communicant of St. Mark's church. For recreation Mr. Alrick turns to the 
great outdoors and he is fond of all clean sports, especially hunting. 
During the World war he was in civil service for the government in 
Philadelphia for one year. He gave generously of his time and money in 
the furtherance of the government's interests and took a prominent part 
in all drives