Albert Bohlsen Germany had furnished the United States with many men and women who came to us as strangers, unaccustomed to the local conditions of the communities in which they settled, yet they accommodated themselves to local environments and in time became prominent in the social and financial circles of the country. Albert Bohsen, a well known farmer of Rheiderland Township, Chippewa County is a true representative of the Fatherland. Born in Germany on August 31, 1890, he came with his parents to the United States at the age of two years. The parents located in Minnesota, and here Albert received his education in the public schools and grew to manhood on the home farm, where he assisted his father with the work. H. and Margaretta Bohlsen, the parents of Albert, were born in Germany, April 26, 1855 and August 2, 1869, respectively. There they received their education and were married. The father was a farmer and a landowner in Germany. In 1892 he sold the farrm and came to America with his wife and two children, locating in Chippewa County, where the father purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land. He developed and improved and when this history book was published in 1916, he lived there still. He became the owner of six hundred and forty acres all of which were in Rheiderland Township and he developed and improved it. On March 11, Albert Bohlsen was married to Lena Ida Gerdes, daughter of Robert Gerdes and his wife of Chirppewa County. The Gerde family had retired from farming and were living in Clara City. Soon after the marriage, Albert and Lena moved to one of the farms of H. Bohlsen in the northeast section of Rheiderland Twp. There is where they were living in 1916. Albert was engaged in general farmning and stock raising and was very successful. He was particularly interested in raising of full-blood Shorthorn and Durham cattle, of which he had some fine representatives. It was his intention to continue in the breeding of this class of stock and increase his herd to many times the present size. In farming, Albert believed in the same general principles that guided him in his care of stock. He was a firm believer in intensive farming and thorough care of his stock He was a firm believer in intensive farming and through cultivation and his fields showed care and the attention he bestowed upon them. Politically, Albert was identified with the Republican Party and always took an active interest in local affairs. Even though he was a young man, he paid close attention to civic life of his township. He and his wife were active members of the Bund Reformed Church. They werer the parents of one daughter, Margaret, who was born on April 6, 1915. ---From the History of Chippewa and Lac qui Parle Counties by Moyer and Dale, published by Bowen and Co, 1916 Ardell Drube Greeley, Colorado [email protected]