Dodge-Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Carl Geving February 8 1868 - 
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File contributed for Minnesota Biographies Project by:
Mike Oiseth MOISETH@mn.rr.com March 19, 2005, 11:43 am

Author: R. L. Polk & Co.

GEVING, CARL, farmer, Westfield Township, section 35, was born in Norway, Feb. 8,
1868. He came to 
this country in 1888 to Blue Earth county and the same fall to Olmsted county where
he remained till 
1895, when he came to Dodge county. In 1899 he went to Otter Tail county where he
was in the livery 
business for one year and then went to Dakota. His parents, Magnus and Marit Geving,
were natives of 
Norway, his father being a sailor. Our subject was educated in the public schools of
Norway. In 1902 he 
was married to Anna Holey, a daughter of Erick and Elen Holey. By this marriage two
children were 
born: Ella and Minnie, both living. The family of our subject affiliates with the
Norwegian Lutheran 
Church. Mr. Geving is a republican in politics. He has been a farmer, with the
exception of one year in 
the livery business in Otter Tail County, all his life, and is a respected citizen
of his community.

Additional Comments:
R. L. Polk & Co. The County of Dodge, Minnesota, 1905. Topographical, Historical,
Pictorial, 
Miscellaneous. St. Paul: R. L. Pol & Co., 1905. Page 106.


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