BIOGRAPHY OF A.P. OLZENDAM of Manchester NH
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Manchester, A Brief Record of its Past and A Picture of Its Present, 
including an account of is settlement and its growth as town and city; 
a history of its schools, churches, societies, banks, post-offices, 
newspapers and manufactures; a description of its government, police 
and fire department, public buildings, library, water-works, 
cemeteries, streets, streams, railways and bridges; a complete list of 
the selectmen, moderators and clerks of the town and members of the 
councils, marshals and engineers of the city, with the state of the 
cote for mayor at each election; the story of its part in the war of 
the rebellion with a complete list of its soldiers who went ot the war; 
and sketches of its representative citizens; Manchester N.H.; John B. 
Clark; 1875
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A.P. OLZENDAM
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Abraham Peter Olzendam was born October 10, 1821 in Barmen, Prussia.
he is the son of Abraham P. and Johanna (Rittershaus) Olzendam, and one
of a family of two sons and five daughters of whom he is the sole
survivor.  His early life was spent in the acquirement of a 
common-school education and in learning the arts of manufacturing,
dyeing and coloring.  In 1848 he left his native country and came to
America, landing at New York.  For ten years he lived in Massachusetts,
putting in practice in different mills the knowledge of his trade
which he had gained at home, and then, in 1858, came to Manchester
that he might better his fortunes.
  Here he was employed at dyeing and color-mixing in the Amoskeag and
Manchester mills until 1862, when he began an independent business,
starting a hosiery-mill and countinuing to operate it ever since.
Mr. Olzendam was sent by the Republicans of ward three as a
representative to the state legislature in 1873 and 1874. He was been
a trustee of the People's Savings Bank since its organization in
August 1874. He married, October 1, 1851, Therese Lohrer of Dresden,
Saxony, by whom he had eight children, of whom five, Clementine,
Alexander H., Gustavus, Sidonia and Lewis survive, and are living at
home. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Olzendam married,
May 8, 1872, Mrs. Suzie J. Carling.
  Mr. Olzendam has risen to a very honorable position in this city,
primarily by closely attending to his business as a manufacturer,
and since then in addition by showing himself an excellent citizen,
liberal, high-minded, disposed to do what he can to aid every
benevolent object and to futher the growth and prosperity of the city.
Manchester is better for his coming and his staying. A genial
gentleman, he enjoys the acquaintance and confidence of a large number
of warm personal friends. Many men, as fortune favors them, withdraw
more and more from society and give out less and less towards it,
but society feels his prosperity and enjoys with him his success.

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