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Farm Horizons • Dec. 5, 2016 • Page 11
This aerial photo shows the Gabrelcik farm in 2016. It is located at 164 Co. Rd. 30 SE. The cover photo is from 1991.
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110 years of history on the Gabrelcik farm in Franklin Twp.
BY GABE LICHT Delano Herald Journal Editor
Gene Gabrelcik sits around the kitchen table with his wife, Lisa, and older brothers Gary and Don.
They’ re there to talk about the history of the family farm at 164 Co. Rd. 30 SE.
Gary studies the abstract for the property, while Lisa opens an area history book to the Gabrelcik chapter.
According to that book, the Gabrelcik brothers’ greatgrandfather Martin Gabrelcik was born in Oplein, Poland in 1851, though other records show he was born in 1849. Regardless, he came to the area in 1875, initially clearing land and building a cabin in what’ s known as Frelings Woods in Woodland Township, before settling in Franklin Township.
Martin married Elizabeth Koziol – who was born in
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