Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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JULIUS MICHELSON, 
 
Superintendent of the pipe factory of Lacy, Ward & Company, is a native of 
Denmark, born April 8, 1856. He attended school during boyhood and served an 
apprenticeship to learn the trade of a sheet-iron worker. He was employed at 
that trade in his native country, and also in Russia, Sweden, Finland and 
Germany. He
emigrated to America in 1882, came to Los Angeles the same year, and entered the 
employ of Harper, Reynolds & Co., remaining with this firm three years. He was 
then foreman in Holbrook's factory for a year and a half, and since then has 
been with Lacy, Ward & Co., and for the past year has held the position of 
superintendent. He is a thorough mechanic and understands every detail of the 
business. In 1886 Mr. Michelson married Miss Mary Neilson, a native of Denmark. 
They have one daughter, Edna.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 774
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler