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During his youth, Bertel attended school in Denmark until he was 14 and assisted
on the home farm for two more years, after which he started learning to be a
carpenter. At the age of 19 he immigrated to the New World, first locating at
Irvine, Warren County, PA, where for three years he was engaged in the
manufacture of handles and spokes. He then returned to Denmark. During the 8
months he was there, he attended high school because he knew how essential a
good education was to a successful business career. On again coming to America

the following spring, Bertel took up residence in Titusville, PA, where he was
employed in a cabinet factory through the summer. The next year he worked for
K.G. Shutt as a carpenter in Irvine, PA. Subsequently he went to Howard, PA,
where he erected a plant for the manufacture of handles and spokes. He
successfully engaged in that business until the fall of 1896, when he moved to
Centre Hall and established a similar plant, B. Poulsen & Co

BIO: Bertel POULSEN, Centre County, PA

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JO

Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including the
Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing Biographical

Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. Chicago: J. H. Beers,
1898.

BERTEL POULSEN. Among the representative and prominent business men of
Howard borough, Centre county, is numbered the gentleman whose name
introduces this sketch - a member of the well-known firm of B. Poulsen & Co.,
who own and operate a sawmill and are engaged in the manufacture of handles,

spokes, etc., at Centre Hall. A business man of known reliability, he has the
confidence and respect of all with whom he comes in contact.

Mr. Poulsen was born January 25, 1857, in Ravehede, near Aalborg, Denmark, a
son of Poul Christian and Maren (Bertelsdatter) Neilsen, who were also natives of
that country, where they still reside. During his active business career, the father

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