BIOGRAPHIES: Gilbert GILBERTSON, Dallas Township, Barron County, WI

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Gilbert Gilbertson, a progressive farmer of section 33, west, Dallas
Township, was born in Norway, Feb. 11, 1864, the son of Gilbert and Mary
(Engebretson) Gunderson, both now deceased. He was educated in his native
land, and as a young man worked in an iron foundry and for a time had
charge of a large farm there. In 1902 he came to America, and for a while
worked in Peterson's Nursery in Chicago. That fall he came to Barron County
and bought 40 acres in section 9, Dallas Township. A short time later he
sold that and bought half of his present place. Later he bought the other
half, making him a good farm of 80 acres. He has put up a good set of
buildings and has broken about 25 acres. Here he carries on general farming
and dairying. He is a hard working, industrious man, who takes great pride
in his farm and in his family, and he is held in the highest respect by all
who know him. Mr. Gilbertson was married Oct. 16, 1892, to Olive Olson, who
was born in Norway, Aug. 1, 1864, the daughter of Ole and Antoinette
(Larson) Olson, both now deceased. This union has been blessed with four
children: George O., Agnes (first), Agnes and Geneva. George O., a veteran
of the World War, now deceased, was born Dec. 8, 1893, studied in the
district schools and graduated from the engineering course of the Southern
Minnesota College at Austin. May 4, 1917, he enlisted at Leeds, S. D., and
was sent to Camp Greene, N. C. He served successively with Company H,
Eighty-sixth Infantry, Forty-second Division; Headquarters Company, 147th
Field Artillery, and Company H, Fifty-fifth Field Artillery. He saw active
duty in France, and died of the influenza at Brest on Jan. 9, 1919. Agnes
(first) was born March 17, 1897, and died May 9, 1899. Agnes was born June
19, 1899, and is the wife of Otto Opheim of Jackson County, Minn. Geneva
was born Dec. 2, 1902, and is attending the Barron County Training School
at Rice Lake. The family faith is that of the
Norwegian Lutheran Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 857-858.