| Parents: Marriage: Occupation: |
Edward Balder Catherine Mary Voerding Cora Elizabeth Scherberg November 28, 1917 Benton County, Minnesota Farmer in general farming [Source: 1920 Federal Census, NA Film No. T625-824, p. 6B] Farmer [Source: Source: 1930 Federal Census, NA Film No. T626-1078, E.D. 10, p. 3A] |
| Children: | Myrtle Katherine | May 17, 1918 | † Apr. 27, 2004 |
| Charles Otto | May 7, 1919 | † June 12, 2008 | |
| Raymond Ellsworth | July 8, 1922 | † Oct. 20, 1976 | |
| Grace Marie | Aug. 15, 1923 | † Oct. 19, 2008 | |
| Edith Lucille | Oct. 20, 1925 | † Oct. 29, 1982 | |
| John | Dec. 28, 1930 | † Dec. 28, 1930 | |
| Norma Francis | Oct. 10, 1933 | † Feb. 19, 1994 | |
| Notes: | On July 11, 1895 in the Minnesota State Census, Otto Balder is listed as being 3 months old, the youngest of 9 children still living at home in the |
| 4th Ward, St. Cloud, Sterans, Minnesota with parents Edward and Catherine Balder. His
father, aged 37, was listed as working as a railroad yard man.
At the time of the January 26, 1920 federal census, Otto was 24 years old and living with his wife Cora and their two children on a rented farm in St. George Twp., Benton County, MN. He said that he was born in Minnesota as was his mother, but his father was born in Germany. Otto was working as a farmer in general farming [Source: 1920 Federal Census, NA Film No. T625-824, p. 6B]. At the time of the April 7, 1930 federal census, Otto was 34 years old and living with his wife Cora and their five children, ages ranging from 11 to 4-1/2 years old on a rented farm in Minden, Benton County, MN. Otto was working as a farmer. He stated that he and Cora were married when they both were 22 years old. The family did not own a radio [Source: 1930 Federal Census, NA Film No. T626-1078, E.D. 10, p. 3A]. Otto and Cora lived in Foley before moving to the Hillman vicinity in 1937. He lived there until 1962 when he moved to Brainerd. For the last five and a half years of his life, Otto lived with his daughter Edith in Bethel, MN. |
| Ancestry: | The Balder Line |
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