Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....A. A. Malde [Molde] November 25 1835 - 
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Mike Oiseth MOISETH@mn.rr.com March 10, 2005, 8:38 am

Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota

A. A. MALDE is a native of Norway and was born November 25, 1835, being
a son of Andrew and Barbara, who were prosperous farmers in the old
country, and there passed the whole of their lives. They were
respectable people of good families and their lives were above reproach.
A. A. Malde spent his early days on the farm of his father, leaming the
business of agriculture, and in the meantime securing a fair education
at the local schools. While yet a child in Norway he was confirmed in
the Lutheran church. In 1866 he crossed the Atlantic ocean to the United
States and after stopping for a few months at Beloit, Wisconsin , he
came on to Rock Dell township, where he made up his mind to settle
permanently. In the fall of the same year he was united in marriage to
Miss Martha Bottelson, a native of Norway. Mr. Malde first rented a
tract of railroad land in section 5, and farmed the same for four years.
He then bought, in 1870, a tract of 160 acres in section 3, and there he
made his home and reared his family. The following were the children:
Andrew, born July 1, 1869, married Mary Rasmussen, whose parents were
Danes, and were pioneers of Rochester township, they have two living
children and are farming in Salem township; Louisa, born June 5, 1871,
confirmed in St. Olaf's Church, and is with her parents; Bessie, born
January 12, 1874, confirmed in the church; Martin, born July 24, 1877,
confirmed in the Lutheran church, now on a homestead of 160 acres in
Bowman, North Dakota; John C., born August 16, 1879, married Clara
Sorenson, and is a farmer in Salem township. Mr. Malde has retired from
hard work, but is yet sound and hearty. He owns stock in the Zumbro
Creamery Company and in the Farmers' Lumber Yard at Hayfield. He is a
Republican and works for the best interests of his party. His farm is
devoted to grain and live stock. The family attend East St. Olaf
Church.

Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many
of its pioneers, 
citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association,
1910.

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