BIOGRAPHIES:   Andrew O. STRAND, Menomonie, Dunn Co., WI

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ANDREW O. STRAND, a retired business man of Menomonie, who has been
a resident of Dunn County for over half a century, was born in
Norway, Nov. 18, 1848, son of Ole Olsen and Henrietta (Jenson)
Strand. He attended school in Norway, where he subsequently did farm
labor, and in 1870, seeking to better his fortunes, he came to the
United States. After a three months' stay in Lansing, Iowa, he came
to Menomonie, Wis., where he found Knapp, Stout & Co. (subsequently
the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company), vigorously pushing their operations
in the woods and mills, in both of which branches of the lumber
business he was employed by them for five years. He then conducted a
saloon for two years, but in 1878 established himself in the butcher
business at 520 Main Street, which occupation he followed, remaining
in that location, for 30 years. Then in April, 1908, he retired,
selling the business to the Schneider brothers. He has since been
retired and has a fine residence at 1102 Eighth Street. Mr. Strand
was married June 22, 1879, at Elk Mound, Dunn County, to Mary
Ludvigson, who was born Feb. 23, 1857, at Waupun, Wis., daughter of
Hans and Helen (Johnson) Ludvigson. Her parents, natives of Norway,
came to this country in the spring of 1850, settling at Waupun, where
they resided for eight years. In 1858 they came to Dunn County, and
settled on a farm at Elk Mound, where they were engaged in farming
for the rest of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Strand have been
the parents of a large family numbering ten children, as follows;
Hilda, born July 1, 1880, now Mrs. Albert Barbo, is a widow. She
resides in Menomonie and has three children, Marion, Agdur and
Ingmar. Myrtle, born Nov. 23, 1881, died Dec. 2, 1887. Carl, born
July 3, 1883, is in the employ of the Winton Lumber Co. at St. Joe,
Idaho. Emma, born Aug. 30, 1885, is Mrs. Julius Rockman of Barron,
Wis., and has four children, Julian, Helen, Natley and Jane. Evelyn,
born Sept. 12, 1887, is the wife ! of John Strand of Abercrombie, N.
D., and the mother of four children, Morine, John A., Elder and
Evelyn L. Eugene, born Sept. 13, 1889, married Nora Bissonnette and
resides at Barber, Mont. He has four children, Mary E., Eugene,
Loraine and Margaret. Myrtle, born Nov. 23, 1891, is employed in the
dental office of Dr. C. F. Clark. Oscar, born March 19, 1895, is
engaged in farm labor. Morris, born April 29, 1898, resides at home.
The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

-Transcribed from the "History of Dunn County Wisconsin, 1925," page 482

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