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PAUL M.
NORBRYHN
PAUL M. NORBRYHN.--An enterprising merchant who has rendered an excellent service to the progressive and growing community of Rio Linda, is Paul M. Norbryhn, dealer in lumber, builders' materials, hardware, paints, oils, etc. He is the youngest member of the wide-awake town’s commercial field, and a true pioneer in the sense that, since his coming here, he has done much for the substantial building up and development of the community and environs, thereby expressing his great faith in Sacramento County. He owns a frontage of 300 feet, where he has recently erected two store buildings, since completing his warehouse and office building, in 1921. He also owns two ranches of five acres each, near the town.
Paul M. Norbryhn was born at Moorehead, Minn., on November 28, 1884, the son of Lodver and Martha Norbryhn, both natives of Norway and sturdy folks, who came to America in 1881. Mr. Norbryhn was a tailor, and he followed his trade at Moorehead, where he died at the ripe old age of eighty-one, highly esteemed by all who knew him and his honest workmanship. He is survived by a widow and two children, one of whom resides at Moorehead.
Paul Norbryhn enjoyed all the educational advantages obtainable in Moorehead, prior to his sixteenth year, when he entered the employ of the Wilcox Lumber Company, at Detroit, Minn., continuing with that well-known firm for eighteen years, becoming later a stockholder, and then, in 1911, the elected secretary of the company.
The marriage of Mr. Norbryhn to Miss Laura Lucille Gimblett occurred at Detroit, on July 14, 1905. She is the daughter of James Gimblett, who has resided in Rio Linda since 1921. Three children have blessed their union; Martha, Doris, and Jeane. Mr. Norbryhn is a member of the Odd Fellows, of Detroit, and was instrumental in the organization of the Rio Linda lodge of Modern Woodmen of America, in which, since January, 1923, he has served as counsel. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He also belongs to the Farm Bureau and to the newly organized Boosters’ Club of Rio Linda, and he is a member of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. In national politics, he is Republican.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 991.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.