Iver J. Wiker

WIKER

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall (email)
Date: 5/30/2006 at 07:04:01

Wiker, Iver J., banker -- Lake Mills -- born 3 July, 1858, in Valders, Norway. At the age of eight he emigrated with his parents to this country, settling in Decorah, Iowa, but moved to Lake Mills four years later.

Young Wiker received a common school education, and attended a business school in Minneapolis, Minn., for a short time. For several years he worked on his father's farm during the summers and clerked during the winters; was engaged as book-keeper in Lake Mills bank in 1887; afterwards was appointed cashier, and in 1892 became also a stockholder of this concern, which has a capital stock of $50,000. Wiker is a member of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church.

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History of the Scandinavians in the U.S.; Compiled & Edited by O.N. Nelson; Vol II; 1897; Biographies of Scandinavians in Iowa; pg 300-301