JULIUS C. GILBERTSON is a successful physician of Luverne, Minnesota. He is a native of Norway, but has lived in this country ever since he was six years of age and by education and assimilation is thoroughly American. His ancestors were of the Norwegian peasantry. Engebret Gilbertson, his father, was a farmer and was very poor when he came to America in 1867 with his wife and his young family. He settled in Goodhue County, Minnesota, but after two years moved across the river to Pierce County, Wisconsin, where he still lives in comfortable circumstances, having become independent and at the same time raised a large family.

Young Julius went to the district school in the neighborhood in the winters and worked hard on the farm during the rest of the year. In 1880, when nineteen years old, he had advanced so far as to be able to secure a certificate to teach in the county schools. However he did not avail himself of this opportunity but entered Red Wing Seminary the next year and graduated in 1884. At this time his father offered to mortgage his farm in order to secure the means for Julius to further pursue his studies but the son would not hear of it, and went to teaching school, at the same time studying as much as might be in his spare time. In the spring of 1885 he opened a small general store at Esdaile, Wisconsin, but after two years he tired of mercantilism and sold his business to Mr. A. A. Ulvin.

He attended special lectures at the University of Wisconsin the following winter and in 1888 entered the medical department of the University of Minnesota. Three more years of hard work ensued and in 1891 he graduated, receiving the class honors. After graduation from the University and having passed successfully the examination of the state medical board, Dr. Gilbertson settled in Luverne and at once engaged in the practice of his profession.  He has been very successful and has built up a large and lucrative practice—probably as large as any in that part of the state. He has no specialty and his practice is general, but he has been especially successful in the treatment of nervous disorders. 

Dr. Gilbertson was married on November 27, 1895, to Miss Thea H. Helgeson at Blair, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Lutheran church. In political belief he is a Republican.  He has never held an office except that of town clerk in Wisconsin from 1885 to 1887.