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Born 1879
From An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910)
HUGBERT J. NELSON (1879) is a tailor by trade and a member of the firm of Nelson Bros., clothiers and tailors of Heron Lake. He has lived in Jackson county all his life, having been born in Weimer township August 14, 1879, the son of Herman and Bertha (Olson) Nelson. His parents were natives of Norway and came to America and to Jackson county in 1876. His father died in Heron Lake in 1882; his mother still makes her home in that village and is 61 years of age.
Hugbert grew to manhood in Jackson county. In 1898 he started learning the tailor's trade. After he had sense an apprenticeship he opened a shop in Heron Lake, which-he conducted six years. He then opened a clothing store in connection with the shop, and one year later, in February, 1909, he admitted his brother, George, as a partner, and they have since been engaged in business under the firm name of Nelson Bros.
Mr. Nelson was married in Heron Lake Febmary 21, 1907, to Emma Berreau, a native of Minnesota. She conducts a millinery store in Heron Lake. Mr. Nelson is a member of the Yeomen lodge.
As printed in An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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