Douglas County NeArchives Biographies.....Abrahamson, Carl Alfred 1892 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 March 14, 2015, 12:36 am Source: Nebraskana Author: See below Carl Alfred Abrahamson C. Alfred Abrahamson was born at Omaha, Nebraska, November 1, 1892, and has lived there all his life. His father, John Alfred Abrahamson, was born at Karlskrona, Sweden, June 21, 1861. His mother, Hanna Mathilda (Nelson) Abrahamson was born at Gothenburg, Sweden, November 22, 1860; her ancestry was Swedish and French. Mr. Abrahamson was graduated from Central High School in 1911. In 1910 he was mailboy for the United States National Bank; from 1911 to 1917 he held various positions in the Corn Exchange National Bank at Omaha; was manager of the Sioux City office for the Universal Finance Corporation, 1917-20; assistant cashier of the Corn Exchange National Bank, 1921-24; new-business solicitor for the Omaha National Bank, 1924-25; manager of the insurance department of the Omaha National Company, 1925-30; and is now its Vice president. He married Helen Sturgess at Omaha, April 12, 1923. Mrs. Abrahamson was born at Omaha, May 29, 1896. They have one son, John, born July 29, 1925. Mr. Abrahamson served as first lieutenant of the 813th Pioneer Infantry during the World War, and saw active service in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He is a member of the American Legion, and former vice commander of Omaha Post Number 1, of this organization; a member of the Forty and Eight in which he has held various local offices, and of which he was sergeant-at-arms in 1925. A member of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and the Happy Hollow Country Club, he is a Mason and Knight Templar, a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Omaha. Residence: Omaha. Additional Comments: Extracted from Nebraskana Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin The Baldwin Company Hebron, NE 1932 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/douglas/bios/abrahams23gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb