Renville County MN Archives Biographies.....Matzdorf, Louis A. June 20, 1870 - aft 1916
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Source: The History of Renville, Minnesota, Volume 2
Author: Compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge

Louis A. MATZDORF, hardware dealer, of Olivia, was born June 20, 1870 in Newton
township, Marquette county, Wis., the son of William J. and Augusta (Klucus)
Matzdorf.  In 1888 he purchased 120 acres in the southeast quarter of section
19, and 160 acres in the northwest quarter of section 18, Preston Lake township,
where he remained until 1904, when he entered the hardware business at Buffalo
Lake.  Five years later he sold this business and removed to Olivia in 1909,
working in Heins & Byers hardware store three years.  In 1912 he purchased an
interest in the Olivia Hardware Company and is now devoting his time to this
business.  He was village treasurer of Buffalo Lake four years and constable six
years.  On Sept. 3, 1896, Mr. Matzdorf was married to Mrs. Mary A. (Wallner)
Brigger, born Nov. 15, 1871, at Minnesota Lake, Faribault county, the daughter
of John and Anna (Tutz) Wallner.  They have two children:  Esther, born April
20, 1897;  Irene, born Aug. 26, 1903.  John Wallner was born in Austria, came to
this country and died Nov. 11, 1896, at the age of 54 years.  He married Anna
Tutz, who is now 70 years old.  She lives at Buffalo Lake.

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The History of Renville, Minnesota, Volume 2

Chicago  -  H. C. Cooper Jr. & Co.  -  1916
Compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge


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