BIOGRAPHIES: Hans C. AALE, Elk Mound Township, Dunn Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Laura Abood <wabood@msn.com>  11 May 2005
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Hans C. Aale, the owner and operator of the Aale Farm in Sections 14
and 15, town of Elk Mound, was born at Frederickstad, Norway, Oct.
28, 1852, son of Hans Thorson and Christine Jacobson.  Both parents
died in Norway.  Hans C. was educated in a Lutheran school and
confirmed in the Lutheran church of his parish.  He grew to manhood
in his native land and was there married to Mena Sophia Aale.  In
1884 he came to the United States, landing May 17, and locating at
Badger Mills, Wis., where for eight years he was engaged in sawmill
work.  There his wife Mena died in 1888, leaving him with six
children.  On Sept. 19, 1891, he was united in marriage with Mary
Jenson.  In 1900 Mr. Aale bought his present farm of 120 acres in
Sections 14 and 15, town of Elk Mound, Dunn County.  It was an
improved farm with about 60 acres broken and with an old set of
buildings.  The latter he has greatly improved and he now has a fine
and comfortable residence; also a basement barn of 34 x 60 feet with
a lean-to for cows of 18 x 60 feet.  He also built a fine set of out-
buildings including a machine-shed, hog house, chicken house and milk
house, and has installed an acetylene gas plant for illuminating the
residence.  He has two drilled wells and on the whole his farm is one
of the nicest and best kept farms in the community.  As a dairyman he
keeps Guernsey cattle with a pure bred sire at the head of his herd. 
He also raises Poland-China and Chester-White hogs successfully.  Mr.
Aale conducted the farm himself until 1916, when he rented it to his
son George, but he still lives on it and leads an active life.  By
his two successive wives he has been the father of a large family of
children, those by his first wife, Mena Sophia, being as follows: 
Herman, who is single and resides in California; Mary, now Mrs.
Edward Johnson residing in Minnesota; Hannah, who is Mrs. Olaf Dahl
of Eau Claire; Carl, unmarried and residing in California; and Helen,
now Mrs. Steve Popier of Duluth:  Of Mr. Aale's second marriage, to
Mary Jenson, the children are:  Alma, now Mrs. Harry Davis of
Cloquet, Minn.; Martin, who served in the World War and is now in the
U. S. Hospital at Mendota; Kari, who was graduated from the Stout
Institute and the River Falls State Normal School and is now teaching
in Mendota; Ida, also a graduate of River Falls State Normal School
and a teacher; Esther, a graduate of Elk Mound High School and now a
teacher in the primary department; Hilda, who is a pupil in the Eau
Claire Normal School; Henry, now a patrolman on State Trunk Line No.
40; George, who conducts the home farm; and Ragna, who is residing at
home with her parents.  Mr. Aale and family are members of Big Elk
Creek Congregational Church, in which he holds the office of Deacon.
 
Transcribed from the "History of Dunn County Wisconsin, 1925" pages
920-921

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