Gilbertson, Christ Prof. died 1908

GILBERTSON

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 4/26/2013 at 01:12:47

Postville Herald, 13 Nov. 1908.

There died at the County Farm near Decorah last week a man who will be remembered by many old time dance goers of this section. We refer to Prof. Christ Gilbertson, who for many years was first violinist of ( next sentence or two unreadable). -ysis twelve years ago incapacitated him for playing and deprived him of his livelihood. Decorah friends raised funds at the time and sent him to his old home in Norway, but the authorities there deported him as a dependent, and since his return he has been a county charge.

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Added by Joy Moore June 4, 2019

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Nov. 13, 1908, FP, C7

Prof. Christ. Gilbertson died Monday last at the County Poor Farm in Freeport. Mr. Gilbertson was well known in Northeastern Iowa and Southern Minnesota, as well as Decorah, having for many years been first violinist with Ervin’s orchestra which, in its travels covered a large portion of the country. About a dozen years ago he had a stroke of paralysis which incapacitated him for further work in orchestras, and left him without means of making a living, his misfortune even affecting his speech. His friends here raised a purse of money and sent him to his old home in Norway where it was thought he could end his days in peace with relatives and friends, but the authorities there immediately deported him as a dependent, and he spent his last days at Freeport. He was an excellent violinist and was a man well liked in his day. —Decorah Journal.