{"id":427,"date":"2014-11-12T22:22:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T04:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bemidjihistory.com\/wordpress\/?p=427"},"modified":"2015-01-13T18:08:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T00:08:42","slug":"richard-albrant-1875-1907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bemidjihistory.com\/wordpress\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"Richard Albrant (1875-1907)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard J. Albrant was born at Winchester, Ontario on\u00a0October 10, 1875.\u00a0He moved to St. Thomas N. D., in 1893, then lived in Fargo, N.D. and moved to Bemidji in 1900 when he went into business with\u00a0his brother Charles\u00a0E.. Albrant and purchased the Bemidji Steam Laundry. Richard was a carpenter by trade. As the <em>Bemidji Pioneer<\/em> reported on June 14,\u00a01900, \u00a0&#8220;The\u00a0steam laundry has recently been\u00a0equipped with new and important machinery, making it in every particular\u00a0a first-class establishment. The proprietors, Albrant Bros., bought this\u00a0laundry of D. B. Thompson. It had\u00a0changed hands several times \u00a0previous, but we believe it is now where\u00a0it will stay. A good laundry is a\u00a0necessity to a\u00a0town&#8217;s future.\u00a0With their new machinery, it will give general\u00a0satisfaction to their patrons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Albrant was married on Dec 11, 1901 to Rosetta Josephine Moon in Bemidji, and three children were born to\u00a0them.<\/p>\n<p>As of Jan 1, 1902, the Albrant brothers dissolved the partnership of the steam laundry. C. E. Albrant assumed\u00a0sole charge. The laundry continued to do a big business, and the public would dislike to see either leave town.<\/p>\n<p>In Feb 1905, R. J. Albrant\u00a0was hospitalized at Blackduck with\u00a0hemorrhage of the lungs and his Bemidji friends hoped for a rapid recovery.\u00a0His brother, William C. Albrant, an architect by profession and only a few years older than Richard, died in Fargo in August 1905. About the same time, Mr.\u00a0Albrant became\u00a0an invalid,\u00a0his health being so poor that he\u00a0was\u00a0practically unable to perform any duties of an arduous nature or engage in business. In September of 1906,\u00a0\u00a0he visited Rochester, Minn., and consulted the Mayo brothers. They treated\u00a0him, and were of the opinion that they could strengthen his heart, having found that he was afflicted with an enlargement of that organ.\u00a0Mr. Albrant felt somewhat better after returning to Bemidji, but\u00a0after he\u00a0became afflicted with la grippe, the disease made rapid inroads on his\u00a0weakened constitution and he died on Feb 3, 1907.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, his daughter Hazel contracted spinal meningitis and then pneumonia and died in December 1907. She\u00a0was buried next to her father at Greenwood Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Josephine Albrant was married to Antone A. Licht\u00a0on Jan 1, 1909 and moved to their claim at Bannock, near International Falls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard J. Albrant was born at Winchester, Ontario on\u00a0October 10, 1875.\u00a0He moved to St. Thomas N. 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