Bio of ANDRESEN, Jacob (b.1880), 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

JACOB ANDRESEN - Vol II, pg 509-510
Jacob Andresen, president and general manager of the Jacob Andresen 
Company, is one of the successful and popular business men in 
Minneapolis. He was born in Christiania, Norway, on the 15th of January, 
1880, a son of Peter Andresen and Hannah Sofie (Lund) Andresen, likewise 
natives of that country. The father is engaged in the shoe business in 
Norway at the present time and is a prominent and highly esteemed citizen 
of the community in which he resides. Mrs. Andresen died in 1885. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Andresen four sons and two daughters were born, Jacob Andresen 
whose name introduces this review, being the second youngest child.

Jacob Andresen received his education in the schools of his native 
country and learned the metal spinning trade prior to coming to the 
United States in 1901. Upon arriving in this country he took up residence 
in Chicago, where he lived for one year, and then came to Minneapolis. He 
followed the metal spinning trade on his own account, first at 324 Third 
avenue, South; then at 208 First avenue, South; and subse­quently at 314 
Fourth street, South. In 1910 he organized the present business, known as 
the Jacob Andresen Company, making lighting fixtures and parts. He is now 
located at 258 Third avenue, South, and he is enjoying an extensive 
wholesale trade, covering the Northwest. He established the business on a 
modest scale and it has grown into one of the representative business 
interests in Minneapolis and the state. As chief executive and general 
manager of the company his duties are manifold, and he discharges them 
with such efficiency as to command the respect of all. Aside from the 
manufacturing business, Mr. Andresen is a director in the Richfield 
National Bank.

In Minneapolis, in 1904, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Andresen and 
Miss Helga Dahl, a daughter of J. H. Dahl of Minneapolis. The Dahls are 
one of the oldest and most respected families of Minneapolis. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Andresen three children have been born: Hazel Sofie, Clarence Jacob 
and Harold Kenneth.

Mr. Andresen votes with the republican party and he maintains an active 
interest in party affairs. He is interested in all educational movements 
and has served as treasurer of the school board of district No. 143 for 
several years. Fraternally Mr. Andresen is identified with the Masons, 
having attained the Mystic Shrine by both the York and Scottish rites. He 
is likewise identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He 
is a member of the Odin Club and the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce 
Association, and his religious faith is indicated in his attendance of 
the Evangelical Lutheran church. He is secretary of the board of that 
church and a deacon in the Mt. Olivet church. During the World war Mr. 
Andresen was captain of the fifth district Liberty Loan drives and he 
ably assisted in the promotion of all other worthy-causes. Mr. Andresen 
spends his spare time in hunting and fishing and he is pro­ficient in 
those sports.