Bio of NORTZ, Albert G. (b.1834), 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 III, pg 498
ALBERT G. NORTZ
Albert G. Nortz, treasurer and general manager of the Nortz Lumber "Company of
Minneapolis, is a native of the Empire state, his birth having occurred in
Croghan, Lewis county, New York. His parents, John and Susan (Tiss) Nortz, were
of German antecedents, the Nortz family having originally emigrated from
Ger­many and the Tiss ancestors from Alsace-Lorraine. When Albert G. Nortz was a
small boy his parents moved to Iowa, where he grew to manhood. After a good
general education in the public schools of Corwith and Des Moines, Iowa, he
en­tered the lumber business in the former city and has remained with that
industry all of his life.
In 1903 the Nortz Lumber Company was incorporated, with Albert G. Nortz holding
the offices of treasurer and general manager. In 1918 the general office of this
company was moved from Breckenridge, Minnesota, to Minneapolis, where they are
now located. This firm has become well established as one of the im­portant
lumber concerns of Minnesota and North Dakota and is doing a gratify­ing
business under the capable direction of its manager. Alert and thoroughly
progressive in all of his business activities, Mr. Nortz has not only made his
own company a going concern, but has won a place in the Minneapolis commercial
life as a business man of recognized initiative and ability.
On the 3d of October, 1902, Mr. Nortz was married to Miss Grace V. Smith, and
they have become the parents of five children: Elaine; Chester and Albert,
twins; Zella; and Donald.
Mr. Nortz has become prominently identified with Masonic circles in
Minne­apolis, being a Mason of high rank. His affiliations are with Joppa Lodge
A. F. & A. M.; St. John's Chapter. R. A. M.; Darius Commandery: and Zuhrah
Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks, the Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Automobile Club.