Bio of THOMSON, Fred G. (b.1877), 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 156-159
FRED G. THOMSON
One of the substantial citizens cf Minneapolis is Fred G. Thomson, vice
president and manager of the Earle Undertaking Company. He was born in Iowa, on
the 5th of August, 1877, a son of Robert and Carrie (Weymiller) Thomson. His
father was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and in 1854 located in Iowa, where he
engaged in farming, becoming a successful agriculturist.
The public schools of Iowa afforded Fred G. Thomson his early education and at
the age of twenty-four years he entered an undertaking establishment, desiring
to become thoroughly familiar with every phase of the business he intended to
make his life work. For some years he was engaged in the furniture and
undertaking business in New Albany, Iowa, and in 1907 came to Minneapolis. He
immediately became connected with the Earle Undertaking Company, which was
established in 1885, by P. O. Earle. In 1906 M. G. Earle purchased the business
from his father and the following year Mr. Thomson joined him. On the 2d of
August, 1916, the company was incorporated, with P. Olson Earle as president;
Fred G. Thomson as vice president and manager; and W. H. Nelson as
secretary-treasurer. This undertaking establishment is one of the representative
establishments of its kind in this city. It has two expert embalmers in its
employ and is located at Nos. 729-735 Franklin avenue, East, being equipped with
a chapel, and other conveniences for the care of the dead. Under the management
of Mr. Thomson the business has enjoyed a remarkable growth and he stands high
among the representative members of this profession.
In 1901, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Thomson to Miss Verona Olson, a
niece of P. Olson Earle, president of the Earle Undertaking Company. To their
union three children have been born: Dwight, Milton and Leslie. Mrs. Thomson is
a woman of culture and refinement and she is prominent in the club and social
life of Minneapolis.
Mr. Thomson is a strict adherent of the republican party, having firm belief in
the principles of that party as factors in good government. Fraternally he is a
thirty-second degree Mason and he holds membership in Minnehaha Lodge, No. 165,
A. F. & A. M.; Minneapolis Consistory; and Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
He is a trustee of Minnehaha Lodge and a member of the building committee of the
fraternity. He is also affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Thomson is a public-spirited
citizen, his influence ever being on the side of advancement and improvement,
and he is an active member of the South Side Commercial Club and the Civic &
Commerce Association.