Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Hans Robinson December 21 1851 - 
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Mike Oiseth MOISETH@mn.rr.com March 10, 2005, 9:24 am

Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota

HANS ROBINSON was born in Denmark, December 21, 1851, and was there
reared and educated. He attended school until his fifteenth year, when
he commenced learning his trade of blacksmithing, which even to this day
he has never entirely abandoned. In 1873 he came to America and for
three years worked at his trade in Cleveland, Ohio, shoeing horses for
street car companies. In 1876 he came to Olmsted county and bought a
tract of forty acres in section High Forest township, built a house
thereon and began to cultivate the soil, at the same time operating it
forge for the accommodation of the neighbors. He was industrious and
saving and slowly added to his landed possessions until at the present
time he owns a total of 120 acres of excellent land, all well improved
and under a high degree of tilth. His buildings are substantial and his
machinery up to date. He is one of the levelheaded men of the township
and is liked by everybody who knows him. In 1877 he married Bessie
Fingerson, whose parents were among the early settlers of Rock Dell
township. To this union the following children were born: Anna, born
June, 1878, married George Peterson, a North Dakota farmer, and has five
children; Minnie, born May, 1880, married 0. Strumpsted, a retired
North Dakota farmer; Carlime, born October, 188X, with her parents;
Tina, born November, 1888. Mr. Robinson is a stanch Republican and he
and family are members of East St. Olaf Church, of which he has served
as trustee for several years. He owns stock in the Creamery and the
Elevator Companies.

Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many
of its pioneers, 
citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association,
1910.

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