BIO: Charles FRENDBERG, Clearfield County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm _____________________________________________________________ From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr., Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 867 & 868. _____________________________________________________________ CHARLES FRENDBERG, assistant foreman of the Knox Run mine of the Bituminous Coal Corporation, has been in the employ of this great company for practically all of the twenty-seven years that he has been a resident of Clearfield county. Mr. Frendberg was born June 7, 1866, in Dalsland, Sweden, a son of Lars and Bertha Frendberg. Lars Frendberg, who carried on agricultural pursuits in Sweden, came to America in 1873 and entered the mines, working in the coal fields of Tioga, Lycoming, Clearfield and Elk counties for seven years. In 1880 he returned to his native country and brought his family back to America, after which he again became employed as a miner, and he now has charge of the boilers of the Knox Run mine. Seven children were born to Mr. Frendberg and his wife, namely: Andrew, who is foreman of the Knox Run mine; Charles; Lars, who is engineer of the Knox run mine; Gust, who is a miner at Grass Flat; Annie; Amelia, who married Charles Carlson; and Emanuel, who is deceased. Charles Frendberg attended a little pay school in his native country and as a young man came to this country with the family. He entered the employ of the Clearfield County Bituminous Corporation, assisting in opening up mines at Grass Flat, and working as a blacksmith and in various other capacities until he was made assistant foreman, a capacity in which he is now serving. Mr. Frendberg bought a residence in Lanse in 1905, with five acres of land, and here he carries on farming in a small way. He is one of the good, reliable citizens of Cooper township, and his acquaintance in the coal fields is extensive. On June 4, 1891, Mr. Frendberg was united in marriage with Miss Annie Sophia Larson, who was born in Sweden in 1871, daughter of Peter Larson, and she came to this country when about seven years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Frendberg have had nine children: Nellie, who resides in Pittsburg; Ruth, who lives in Williamsport; Abbie, residing at home; Helen, Dora and Mildred, all at home; and Esther, Ellen and an infant, who are deceased. Mr. Frendberg is a member of Grass Flat Swedish Lutheran church.