An excerpt from
"Dols Family History 1689-1989"
by Betty Dols
Page 35 "The Dols Family in Minnesota"
"The land records in Carver County show that on May 31, 1962 Jan Lambert Dols paid $800.00 cash for 80 acres of land in Section 6, Dahlgren Township, Caraver County from John O'Brien. On the same day, Michael Borka paid $300.00 cash for 40 acres in the same section from the same John O'Brien. Forty acres must have seemed like a lot of land to immigrants who owned 7 to 10 acres in Holland, as this was the usual purchase. Within a few years, they would buy additional acres as did both Jan Lambert (now called John L) Dols and Michael Borka. Michael had been a carpenter in Holland and it is likely he continued this occupation in Dahlgren but the land was considered an investment as well as a means of raising food for one's family." |
