BIOGRAPHIES: Edward B. ROSENBERG, Colfax, Dunn Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, 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. Submitted by: Laura Abood 16 March 2004 ************************************************************************ EDWARD B. ROSENBERG, partner in the firm of Hammer & Rosenberg, engaged in the garage business in the village of Colfax, was born in Eau Claire, Wis., Oct. 14, 1873, son of Anton and Sophie Rosenberg. The parents were natives of Norway, where the father followed the blacksmith's trade. Coming to the United States in 1868, he located first in Eau Claire, where for two years he was employed in the blacksmithing department of the Daniel Shaw Lumber Company. He then moved with his family to Cedar Falls, where he opened and conducted a blacksmith's shop. In 1878 he moved to Elk Mound and opened a shop there, being engaged in general blacksmithing there until 1912. In that year he started on a trip to Norway and was lost at sea. His wife survived him until the fall of 1924, when she, too, passed away. All of their six children are now living, namely: Mae, wife of Gabe Howe of Colfax; Edward B., of Colfax; Bertha, who is Mrs. Joseph Manshute of Eau Claire; George, a traveling salesman with headquarters at Iowa Falls, Iowa; Carl, operating a blacksmith shop and garage in Elk Mound; and Anna, wife of James Peterson of La Crosse. Edward B. Rosenberg spent his boyhood days at Cedar Falls and Elk Mound, attending school in the latter place. At Elk Mound he learned the blacksmith's trade from his father, for whom he worked until he was 22 years old. He then came to Colfax where he was employed in the blacksmith's shop of Rosenberg & Vold, and finally, buying Vold's interest, formed a partnership with his uncle under the name of Rosenberg & Rosenberg. Later he bought his uncle's interest and continued to operate the business for 11 years. Then with C. A. Paul he engaged in the livery business and in 1916 they went into the automobile business under the firm name of Paul & Rosenberg. They remodeled the garage, rebuilding it of cement blocks and operating it under that name until 1922, when Gerhart Hammer bought Paul's interest, the firm becoming Hammer & Rosenberg, under which style it is now operated. Mr. Rosenberg was married in Colfax on Oct. 23, 1901, to Mary Jane Paul, daughter of John and Mary Paul, her parents, of English and Welsh ancestry respectively, having been early settlers in the vicinity of Colfax, where they were engaged in farming. Both are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberg are the parents of two children: Vera, a school teacher at Wittenberg, Shawano County, Wis., and Paul, who is attending the River Falls Normal School. -Transcribed from the "History of Dunn County Wisconsin, 1925," page 407 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm