Bio of STRAND, Martin (b.1876), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 745
MARTIN STRAND
Martin Strand is prominent in the financial circles of Minneapolis as cashier of
the Pennsylvania Avenue State Bank. He was born in Douglas county, Minnesota on
the 21st of October, 1876, a son of G. O. and Thone (Hougen) Strand, the former
a native of Norway and the latter of Wisconsin. The father came to the United
States at the age of seventeen years, and he followed agricultural pursuits
until his demise in 1907. Mrs. Strand survives her husband and is making her
home with her son, Martin. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Strand two sons were
born, Martin being the eldest.
The public schools of Douglas county afforded Martin Strand his early education
and subsequently he enrolled in Park Ridge College at Fergus Palls, this state.
Upon the completion of an academic course he accepted a position as clerk in a
hardware store at Kensington, where he remained for a time. In 1912 he went to
Fort Clark, North Dakota, as cashier of a bank there and he was active in that
capacity until he came to Minneapolis to accept a like position with the
Pennsylvania Avenue State Bank. He has been with this institution since it was
opened and has played a prominent part in the continued success of the
institution. He tends strictly to the many duties of his position and his genial
and pleasing personality have won many friends for the bank.
The political allegiance of Mr. Strand is given to the republican party and the
principles for which it stands. Although he has never sought nor desired
political preferment, he is active in party affairs and is conversant with all
important questions and issues of the day. Fraternally he is identified with the
Masons and the Modern Woodmen of America. He holds membership in the Crystal
Ccmmercial Club, the Odin Club, and along strictly business lines is connected
with the National and State Bankers Associations. During the World war Mr.
Strand gave generously of his time and money in the furtherance of the
government's interests and he was on the committee for the promotion of Liberty
Loan drives. His religious faith is that of the Lutheran church and he is a
generous contributor to its support. His greatest recreation he finds in
hunting. Mr. Strand is unmarried.