BIOGRAPHIES: Markus GILBERTSON, Dallas Township, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 7 January 2002 ==================================================================== Markus Gilbertson, a substantial citizen of Section 3, west, Dallas Township, was born in Norway, Feb. 16, 1867, the son of Gilbert and Mary (Engebretson) Gunderson. He attended school in Norway, and as a young man worked on farms and in a malting plant. He came to America in 1903, and bought 40 acres in Section 3, west, Dallas Township, this county, He fixed up the house, erected a barn and outbuildings, and cleared some twenty acres. There he carried on general farming for nine years. In 1912 he traded his farm for another tract, consisting of 50 acres in the same section. Here he put up a good set of buildings, including a pleasant home, and a barn, erected in 1919, and furnished with the James equipment. He has cleared about thirty acres, some of which he had to stump. As a farmer and dairyman he is making a good living, and as a good citizen he is doing his duty in every respect. Mr. Gilbertson was married in Norway, Nov. 16, 1893, to Gurena Solie, the daughter of Ole and Leah (Winthrop) Solie, both now deceased. Mrs. Gilbertson died Feb. 24, 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbertson had seven children. Gilbert was born Dec. 6, 1894, and is now in Penn, N. D. Ole was born Dec. 24, 1896, and lives in Coopertown, N. D. Elling was born Oct. 20, 1899, and lives in Bloomer, Wis. Leonard was born Dec. 22, 1904; Lillie was born June 16, 1907; Martha was born Nov. 25, 1908, and William was born April 19, 1913. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 404.