Faulk County, SD Biographies.....Vanmeerbeck, Oscar 1877 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 9, 2005, 7:30 pm Author: C. H. Ellis OSCAR VANMEERBECK was born in Belgium, in 1877 and came to this country six years ago. He is a mason by trade. Two years ago he engaged in his present business, the manufacturing of .cement building blocks. Up to the present time it has been in an experimental stage but with the completion of a barn for Ernest Hulet and the fine Faulk County Abstract Co. building, with I. Allen Cornwell manager, it has passed the experimental stage and become an established business. Mr. Vanmeerbeck has a contract with Mr. A. Colgrove to furnish blocks for a building 50 by 100 feet, which is now in process of construction. It will require about 5,000 blocks. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF FAULK COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS ILLUSTRATED 19O9 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/faulk/bios/gbs46vanmeerb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb