Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Thomsen, John C. 1869 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 23, 2006, 1:41 am Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) JOHN C. THOMSEN is the senior member of the hardware, furniture and implement house of Thomsen Bros. & Mangelson, Round Lake, which village has been his home for the last fifteen years. Starting in there as a clerk, a few years later he entered the business arena for himself, and now is the head of one of the most popular business houses of the village. Mr. Thomsen is the son of Matt Thomsen and Annie (Peterson) Thomsen, who now reside at Holstein, Iowa. He was born in Germany in 1869. When a boy five years old he came with his parents to America, who first settled at Walcott, Iowa, and there he resided at the family home until 1879. Then he moved to Holstein, Iowa, made his home with an uncle, and from that time earned his own living. His education was .begun in the public schools of Walcott, and after moving to Holstein he completed his common school education there. In 1892 he completed his education at Davenport, Iowa, taking a business course in the Davenport Business college. In July, 1893, Mr. Thomsen came to Round Lake, then a little village with some half dozen business housesj and entered the employ of Moeller & Diehn, dealers in general merchandise, and was with that firm for six and one-half years. On the first day of February, 1899, in partnership with John L. Mangelson, he opened a hardware and furniture store in Round Lake. The firm prospered, and on Jan. 1, 1905, a stock of implements was added to the business, and another partner was added to the firm. William Thomsen, a brother of our subject, entered the firm, which now became Thomsen Bros. & Mangelson. Mr. Thomsen was married September 4, 1901, at Round Lake, to Miss Esther Klingloof. To this union has been born one child, Milton, born Oct. 7, 1902. When the village of Round Lake was incorporated in the fall of 1898 Mr. Thomsen was elected village recorder, and for six consecutive years thereafter he was reelected to the same office, serving until the spring of 1905. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge of Round Lake Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/thomsen142gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb