Julius was born Julius Arvid Johansson in Sweden on October 15, 1883. At the age of fifteen he came to America. His sisters, who all were teachers, saved the money to buy him a passage so that he would not have to be drafted into the military in Sweden. For the first year after his arrival, he worked for a gold mining company in Nome, AK.
Afterward, he moved to Monroe, WA to work in the woods until he lost his leg in a logging train accident ca. 1906. It was during his time in the logging camps that he changed his last name from Johansson to Alberg. With the money he got from the accident, he put himself through college at Pacific Lutheran Academy and graduated in 1908. According to his son, Julius was very skilled in math and spoke perfect English. He was then hired on as a bookkeeper at the Blanchard Mill near Bellingham. Within a year, he had built a shingle mill with two partners, in Noon, WA. Over the years, he owned and operated mills and lumber businesses in Burnaby, BC, Canada; Fremont area, Seattle,WA; Hazel,WA; Port Angeles, WA.; Anacotes, WA; and in Edison, WA.
Julius became a citizen of the United States on June 10, 1911. He married Hilda Elida Dahlquist in Bellingham, WA on Feb. 17, 1912. They had two children: Thomas Adrian Alberg (1915) and June Betty Caroline Alberg Schultz (1922).
Julius was diagnosed with Cancer in 1932 and went to a hospital in Portland, OR. for treatment. His son, Tom was only 17 at the time and had no license, but drove his mother down to Portland several times as she could not drive at all. He recalls the drive as "a bit scary". Julius died there on Sep. 12, 1932.
Afterward, he moved to Monroe, WA to work in the woods until he lost his leg in a logging train accident ca. 1906. It was during his time in the logging camps that he changed his last name from Johansson to Alberg. With the money he got from the accident, he put himself through college at Pacific Lutheran Academy and graduated in 1908. According to his son, Julius was very skilled in math and spoke perfect English. He was then hired on as a bookkeeper at the Blanchard Mill near Bellingham. Within a year, he had built a shingle mill with two partners, in Noon, WA. Over the years, he owned and operated mills and lumber businesses in Burnaby, BC, Canada; Fremont area, Seattle,WA; Hazel,WA; Port Angeles, WA.; Anacotes, WA; and in Edison, WA.
Julius became a citizen of the United States on June 10, 1911. He married Hilda Elida Dahlquist in Bellingham, WA on Feb. 17, 1912. They had two children: Thomas Adrian Alberg (1915) and June Betty Caroline Alberg Schultz (1922).
Julius was diagnosed with Cancer in 1932 and went to a hospital in Portland, OR. for treatment. His son, Tom was only 17 at the time and had no license, but drove his mother down to Portland several times as she could not drive at all. He recalls the drive as "a bit scary". Julius died there on Sep. 12, 1932.
Julius was born Julius Arvid Johansson in Sweden on October 15, 1883. At the age of fifteen he came to America. His sisters, who all were teachers, saved the money to buy him a passage so that he would not have to be drafted into the military in Sweden. For the first year after his arrival, he worked for a gold mining company in Nome, AK.
Afterward, he moved to Monroe, WA to work in the woods until he lost his leg in a logging train accident ca. 1906. It was during his time in the logging camps that he changed his last name from Johansson to Alberg. With the money he got from the accident, he put himself through college at Pacific Lutheran Academy and graduated in 1908. According to his son, Julius was very skilled in math and spoke perfect English. He was then hired on as a bookkeeper at the Blanchard Mill near Bellingham. Within a year, he had built a shingle mill with two partners, in Noon, WA. Over the years, he owned and operated mills and lumber businesses in Burnaby, BC, Canada; Fremont area, Seattle,WA; Hazel,WA; Port Angeles, WA.; Anacotes, WA; and in Edison, WA.
Julius became a citizen of the United States on June 10, 1911. He married Hilda Elida Dahlquist in Bellingham, WA on Feb. 17, 1912. They had two children: Thomas Adrian Alberg (1915) and June Betty Caroline Alberg Schultz (1922).
Julius was diagnosed with Cancer in 1932 and went to a hospital in Portland, OR. for treatment. His son, Tom was only 17 at the time and had no license, but drove his mother down to Portland several times as she could not drive at all. He recalls the drive as "a bit scary". Julius died there on Sep. 12, 1932.
Afterward, he moved to Monroe, WA to work in the woods until he lost his leg in a logging train accident ca. 1906. It was during his time in the logging camps that he changed his last name from Johansson to Alberg. With the money he got from the accident, he put himself through college at Pacific Lutheran Academy and graduated in 1908. According to his son, Julius was very skilled in math and spoke perfect English. He was then hired on as a bookkeeper at the Blanchard Mill near Bellingham. Within a year, he had built a shingle mill with two partners, in Noon, WA. Over the years, he owned and operated mills and lumber businesses in Burnaby, BC, Canada; Fremont area, Seattle,WA; Hazel,WA; Port Angeles, WA.; Anacotes, WA; and in Edison, WA.
Julius became a citizen of the United States on June 10, 1911. He married Hilda Elida Dahlquist in Bellingham, WA on Feb. 17, 1912. They had two children: Thomas Adrian Alberg (1915) and June Betty Caroline Alberg Schultz (1922).
Julius was diagnosed with Cancer in 1932 and went to a hospital in Portland, OR. for treatment. His son, Tom was only 17 at the time and had no license, but drove his mother down to Portland several times as she could not drive at all. He recalls the drive as "a bit scary". Julius died there on Sep. 12, 1932.
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