Sutter-Yuba County Biographies


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GUSTAF GRAHN
 
            An exterior and interior decorator whose expertness in technical 
details and artistic taste have enabled him to establish himself as one of the 
most successful contractors in Yuba County, is Gustaf Grahn, of Marysville.  He 
is a native of Sweden, born at Sm�land on January 18, 1884.  He is descended 
from an old and prominent military family in Sweden.  His great-grandfather 
Grahn was an officer in the Swedish army, as were his lineal ancestors for many 
generations back, dating from one of the oldest families in Sweden.  Our 
subject�s father was named Karl G. Grahn; and he was a painter and decorator who 
ranked among the best in his native land.  So the son, Gustaf, learned the 
painter�s trade under his sire, and has followed it all his life.
            In 1907 Gustaf Grahn crossed the ocean to the United States, and 
settling at Brockton, Mass., stayed there for two years.  Then he came out to 
California and was at Berkeley until 1917, during which period he decorated many 
of the finest homes in University City.  Since coming to Marysville, in January, 
1918, he has also done some very superior work in his line, including the 
residences of Ione Matthews, Dr. Hoffman, and many others; and because his work 
is always first class, he is always steadily employed.  He has been called, 
indeed, to many points throughout Sutter, Yuba and Butte Counties, so that his 
business reputation is more than merely local.
            In addition to his activity as a painter, Mr. Grahn is also becoming 
a successful horticulturist, developing a twenty-five acre peach orchard in the 
Hallwood district, in Yuba County.  Fraternally, Mr. Grahn is an Odd Fellow.  He 
is public-spirited, and is ready at all times to further the interests of the 
town and county in which he lives and labors.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 1115