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Preceded by 18th Governor I. L. Patterson |
A. W. Norblad 19th Governor of Oregon1929—1931 |
Succeeded by 20th Governor Julius Meier |
Albin Walter Norblad was born March 19, 1881 in Malmö Caroli parish, Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden to brick layer Peter Nordblad and his wife Bengta Andersdotter.[1]
Albin was just one year old when he and his parents left their home in Malmö, on April 14, 1882 heading for "Amerika". [2]
According to English Wikipedia, the family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He took night classes at the Grand Rapids Business College and later enrolled at the University of Chicago Law School. During that time he supporting himself as a reporter for the Chicago American newspaper's crime beat. Upon graduating in 1902, he quickly passed the bar exam and moved back to Michigan where he set up a law firm and was elected District Attorney for Delta County.
He served as Astoria's City Attorney from 1910-1915 and was elected to the state Senate elected Senate President in 1929, and he served as Governor of Oregon from 1929 to 1931.
Albin lived to be 79 years old and died in April 1960. He was buried at Rose City Cemetery, Portland. His memorial has photos and links to those of family members.[3]
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edited by Mark Burch
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MZHH-TLG
According to family search her mothers, mothers, fathers, mothers, mothers, mother is https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pratt-4609
Also his wifes great great grandfather, Ebenezer Cates, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cates-1526
Also his wifes great grandmothers grandfather, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baker-29929
edited by Erik Granstrom