Bio of DU LAC, Edmund (b.1874), 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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EDMUND DU LAC - Vol III, pg 89
Edmund Du Lac, president of the Horton Manufacturing Company, has been a
resident of Minneapolis for over forty-one years. He is a native of this city,
his birth having occurred at Faribault, Minnesota, on the 8th of November, 1874,
a son of Octave and Philemene (Bergen) Du Lac, Both natives of the Province of
Quebec, Canada, and of French descent.
In the acquirement of his education Edmund Du Lac attended the common schools of
Minneapolis and at an early age learned pattern making. In 1899 he Joined H. T.
Horton, A. L. Gottsworth and O. C. Larson in forming the Horton Manufacturing
Com­pany, and in 1902 the company was incorporated, with Mr. Horton as
president. In 1905, however, Edmund Du Lac bought out Mr. Horton and Mr.
Gottsworth and since that time has been president of the business. Subsequently
two other men bought into the company and in 1918 E. M. Ferguson bought out
their interests and has since been secretary and treasurer of the company. The
Horton Manufacturing Company manu­factures variable speed pulleys, which are
sold all over the world. The business has become an extensive one and the
success of the undertaking indicates the keen sagacity, sound judgment and wise
control of the president.
In Minneapolis, on the 17th of August, 1895, was celebrated the marriage of Mr.
Du Lac to Miss Anna Paradise and to their union ten children have been born,
nine of whom are living, as follows: Gladys, who is the wife of Joseph Magiera,
and lives in this city; and Irene, Bernice, Muriel, Lorraine, Edwin, Jerome,
Douglas, and Mary Patricia. Frances died at the age of five years.
The Du Lac family are consistent communicants of the Holy Name Catholic church.
Politically Mr. Du Lac gives his allegiance to the republican party and the
principles for which it stands. Although the greater part of his time and
attention is devoted to his business he is essentially public-spirited and is
never too busy to give his aid to the furtherance of any movement for the
development and improvement of the city. A man of pleasing and genial
personality he has made many friends and he is held in confidence and esteem.