Ole Wahlberg

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Union member

1905 Payroll and St. Paul City Directory. Ole Wahlberg was born in Sweden in 1852 and emigrated in 1881. Carpenters' Local 87 records indicate that he joined the union in 1899. Wahlberg worked both for the general contractor, Butler Bros., and directly for the Capitol Commission in 1905. He and his wife, Hedda, raised a large family in St. Paul and he died here in 1934. Ole is buried in Union Cemetery in Maplewood, MN.  PhotoS of the family gravesite and possible children are shown at a Find a Grave entry.

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1905