Bio of CARLSTROM, Carl R. (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
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CARL R. CARLSTROM - Vol III, pg 211-212
Many and varied are the business interests which made up the commercial and
industrial roster of Minneapolis and back of the countless successful business
enter­prises are men of initiative, determination and broad vision. In this
connection men­tion should be made of Carl R. Carlstrom, the president of the
Twentieth Century Brass Works, who has constantly developed his interests until
the institution is a splendid monument to his ability. Mr. Carlstrom was born in
Odeshog, Sweden, Feb­ruary 14, 1880. and is a son of Anderson and Charlotte
(Strom) Carlstrom, both of whom were natives of Sweden, where they spent their
lives.
Carl R. Carlstrom partially obtained his education in his native country and
there learned the machinist's trade, at which he worked to the age of twenty
years. In 1900 he bade adieu to friends and family and sailed for the new world,
making the journey alone. He landed at New York city but did not tarry on the
Atlantic coast, proceeding at once to Chicago, where he became connected with
the Foote Brothers Gear & Machine Company, with whom he continued for ten years.
While thus employed he attended the Armour Institute night school, pursuing his
studies at home until the wee sma' hours of the morning. In this way and through
contact with his fellow Townsmen he soon learned the English language and thus
further equipped himself for a successful career in America. Later he went to
Marquette, Michigan, and was with E. J. Longyear & Company for three and a half
years. On the expiration of that period, or in August, 1913, he came to
Minneapolis, where he purchased the Twentieth Century Brass Works, now located
at No. 518 Fifth avenue South. He incorporated the business in 1918 and is now
extensively and profitably engaged in the manufacture of automobile replacement
parts, his trade reaching every state of the Union and into Canada as well. The
plant is a two-story and basement structure, sixty-five by sixty-six feet, in
which the manufacturing interests are conducted, while the store and stock­room
are located at No. 419 South Sixth street. From sixty to one hundred people are
employed. The business has steadily grown under the supervision and direction of
Mr. Carlstrom, who has made of it a substantial success, his course indicating
what a young man can do through perseverance and determination, notwithstanding
the fact that he comes to this country an entire stranger and unacquainted with
the lan­guage of the people. In the summer of 1922 he returned with his family
to his native country and visited other foreign lands, and nothing so thoroughly
convinced him of his truly American spirit as his great desire and eagerness to
return to the country of his adoption.
On the 19th of December, 1906, Mr. Carlstrom was united in marriage to Miss
Edith Beckstrom of Chicago, who was born in Sweden and who has now passed away.
There were two sons of that marriage, Richard and Carl. On the 14th of February,
1920, Mr. Carlstrom was again married, his second union being with Elizabeth
Stone of Minneapolis.
Mr. Carlstrom belongs to the Masonic lodge and to the Scottish Rite bodies,
having become a Consistory Mason. He is also a member of Zuhrah Temple of the
Mystic Shrine and of the Knights of Pythias. The nature and breadth of his
interests is likewise indicated in the fact that he is connected with the Art
Institute, with the Manufacturers Club and with the Civic & Commerce
Association. All that has to do with the welfare of the city and which pertains
to its material, intellectual, social and moral progress is of interest to him
and he holds as foreign to himself nothing that concerns the welfare of his
adopted city and country.