| An early history of our
family
was written in 1939 titled: "The Wald History"
by Cleva Darling. Our grandfather, Ferdinand
Oliver
Wald, was born 27 July, 1896 in Fertile Iowa (a cousin to Cleva
Darling).
Ferdinand married Velma Howe on 31 December,
1925.
On his birth records from Fertile Iowa his last name was originally
written
"Wold". This name was later crossed
out
and changed to "Wald" in the county court records. Ferdinand's father
was
named Ole Olson Wold, and signed his name "O. O.
Wold".
He was a Lutheran minister who served in Moreland Illinois for two
years,
and then in Fertile Iowa and surrounding
towns
from 1892 until 1908 when he died of pneumonia. Pastor Wold's parents
were
both born in Norway and came to America with the great Norwegian
immigration
of the 19th century. His father, Ole J.
Olsen
(Wold) Volden, came from Årdal,
Rogaland County, Norway. His mother, Udbjørg
Bertine Andersdatter Gaard, came from the island of Talgje,
also Rogaland County, Norway. On 7 July,
1891,
O. O. Wold married Augusta Simerson,
daughter
of Frederick Simensen Molstad and Pernille
Larsdatter Braten from Belmond Iowa. Both
her
parents were born in Hedmark County Norway
in
the township of Veldre. |
