Bio of LINDAHL, Claus A. (b.1865), 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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Vol II, pg 168
CLAUS A. LINDAHL
For a third of a century Claus A. Lindahl was a resident of Minneapolis and
throughout that period was engaged in the general bunding business as a
contractor. Many substantial structures of the city still stand as evidence of
his skill and handiwork and he proved himself one of that class of
thoroughgoing, enterprising and reliable business men who have constituted the
real strength of the city, promoting its growth and development through their
loyalty to duty and their support of all projects for the public good.
Claus A. Lindahl was born in Sweden, July 26, 1865, a son of Claus and Eva
Lindahl. He acquired his education in the schools of his native land and
afterward learned the mason's trade there. He was a young man of twenty-three
years when he determined to try his fortune in the new world and bade adieu to
friends and native country, sailing for the United States in 1888. In the same
year he came to Minneapolis, where he soon began taking building contracts, and
in that occupation continued throughout his remaining days, erecting many
business houses and residences and doing all kinds of building. He was himself
an excellent workman, so that he knew how to direct the labors of those in his
employ and his fidelity to the terms of a contract brought him a liberal
patronage as the years passed.
It was also in the year of his arrival in the new world that Mr. Lindahl was
married to Miss Ida Lundquist, a daughter of John and Carrie Lundquist. She had
crossed the Atlantic, becoming a resident of Minneapolis in 1887. Four children
were born of this marriage: Alfreda, the wife of Frank Holmgren of Minneapolis;
Ephraim; Florence, the wife of Clifford Hanson of Chicago; and Gus, at home.
Both sons were identified with their father in the contracting business and
since his demise have carried it on, sustaining the high reputation which has
always been associated with the name. Both sons, too, were soldiers of the World
war, Ephraim serving in France for sixteen months. The family circle was broken
by the hand of death, when on the 30th of January, 1921, Mr. Lindahl passed
away. He was a republican in his political views and kept well informed on the
questions and issues of the day, but did not seek nor desire political office.
He was affiliated with the Mission Swedish church, of which his wife and
children are also members. He had won a host of friends during the long years of
his residence in Minneapolis, so that his death was deeply regretted not only in
his immediate family circle but by many others.