Bio of Lifrige, Nicholas (b.1848) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Lifrige, Nicholas, farmer, Chester, was born near Arlow, Belgium,
September 20, 1848. He attended school till twelve years old, and then
engaged in farm labor. He came here in 1871, and was employed as a farm
laborer for some time. He soon bought one hundred and sixty acres on
section 19, where he now lives. He has at present a fine farm of three
hundred acres, on which he has placed good buildings, at a cost of fifteen
hundred dollars. In 1883 he raised fourteen hundred and forty bushels of
wheat, ten hundred of barley and six hundred and twenty-five of oats. He
was married in 1878, to Annie Fleming, born of German parents at Shakopee,
this state. Their children were born and christened as follows: Andrew,
September 17, 1879; Susan, March 30, 1881; Peter, December 21, 1882. All
have been baptized in the Catholic church.