Mabel Caroline Hoff
May 24, 1893
Mabel Caroline Hoff was born to Engebret and Bertha (Nielson) Hoff on a farm near Guard Meadow, Minnesota, on May 24, 1893. She was baptized in the Bear Creek Lutheran Church. There she attended Sunday School and was confirmed on April 28, 1907. The same year she came with her parents, brothers and sister to a farm in Yellow...
John William "J. Bill" Nelson
May 14, 1893
John William Nelson was born at Melby, Minnesota, on May 14, 1893, son of Jens N. and Kjersti (Anderson) Nelson. He was the fifth in a family of six children. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christina Lake Lutheran Church. He spent his youth on the farm and on August 4, 1917, just prior to his entry into...
Minnie D. Rogge
Apr 19, 1893
Minnie Schlee Eggen Rogge was born to Ludwig and Wilhelmina (Tomes) Schlee on April 19, 1893, near Adair, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith, and spent her younger years near Adair. Her marriage to Albert Eggen was terminated after five years when he passed away during the flu epidemic in 1918. She was then a...
Alma (Gautefall) Johnson
Mar 3, 1893
Alma (Gautefall) Johnson was born in Hazel Run Township on March 3, 1893, the fourth child of Eric and Anna (Kjelleberg) Gautefall. She grew to womanhood in her farm home four miles south of Hazel Run and was confirmed by Rev. Lokensgaard at Hanely Falls. On March 20, 1912, she was united in marriage to Halvor C. Johnson. To...
Arne Ole Gordon
Apr 4, 1892
Arne O. Gaarden/Gordon was born May 16, 1876, in Gol, Hallingdal, Norway. At the age of two years he sailed with his parents, brothers and sisters to America in the year 1878. The Gaardens settled on a farm five miles south of Clarkfield, in the Spring Creek community. Mr. Gordon grew to manhood in this community. He was baptized...
Theodore Leppke
Mar 16, 1892
Mr. Theodore Leppke was born September 30, 1868, in the Province of Posen, Germany. As a child of five years, he lost his father and at the age of 12, his mother passed away. He was baptized and confirmed in Germany. At the age of 19, in 1888, he immigrated to America and settled at Wecata, South Dakota, where...
Lars L. Winson
Nov 14, 1891
Lars L. Winson was born March 2, 1867, in Iowa, the son of Lars and Anna (Larson) Winson. Together with his parents they took up homestead in Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Later they moved to a farm in Lisbon Township. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On November 14, 1891, he was united...
Charley Bernard Reese
Nov 5, 1891
Charley Bernard Reese was the son of Peter and Christine (Nelson) Reese. He was born in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on November 5, 1891. He was baptized by Rev. Bengtson and confirmed in Swede Home Church by Rev. Shaleen. He resided on his farm until his death on Saturday, January 29, 1966, when he died at...
Thorvald Alfred Kompelien
Sep 5, 1891
Thorvald Alfred Kompelien, son of Ole Kompelien and Siri (Thone) Kompelien, was born in Westerheim Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, on September 5, 1891. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in St. Lucas Lutheran Church. On February 5, 1914, he was united in marriage to Emma Johnson. To this union, one son, Earl, was born. Both his...
Dorothy A. (Hansen) Halvorson
Jul 1, 1891
Dorothy Halvorson was born on July 1, 1891, in Sanden, Norway, to Olai Johan and Olava Hansen. She came to America in 1915 and was united in marriage to Mons Halvorson on June 5, 1915. The couple had no children. They resided all their married life in Clarkfield and made two visits back to Norway where they had many...
Malon Stevens
Apr 2, 1891
Malon Stevens, the son of Ole and Marie (Larson) Stevens, was born on April 2, 1891, at Hanley Falls, Minnesota. He was baptized on May 17, 1891, at the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls by Rev. Knut Thorstenson and confirmed in 1906 before the same congregation by Rev. J.D. Runsvold. Malon Stevens served his country during the...
Herbert W. Wilson
Feb 22, 1891
Herbert Wilson was born to Oliver C. and Carrie (Jorgenson) Wilson at their farm home in Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on February 22, 1891. He was baptized by Rev. Ole Lokensgaard and confirmed by Rev. Fjelstad in Bergen Church. Mr. Wilson attended the Minnesota School of agriculture and Mankato Business College. He was united in marriage...
Martha Randina (Stevens) Olson
Feb 5, 1891
Martha Randina (Stevens) Olson was born December 19, 1870, to Guri H (Glaim) Stevens and Stephen J Stevens of Hanley Falls, Minnesota. She was the oldest of ten children. She was baptized and confirmed at the Hanley Falls Church and grew to womanhood in that community. On February 5, 1891, she married John Olson of Cottonwood. The couple lived...
Leo Vincent Legros
Nov 13, 1890
Leo Vincent LeGros was born in Lismore, Minnesota, on November 13, 1890, to George and Catherine (Sweeny) LeGros, parents of a family of 13. The family moved to Adrain, Minnesota, when Leo was a child and it was in that community where he attended school, completing his high school education in 1909, after which he enrolled in the University...
Thomas Olai Benson
Sep 21, 1890
Thomas Olai Benson was born August 23, 1875, in Stony Run Township to Ole and Elizabeth (Thorstenson) Benson. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith and confirmed in Bergen Lutheran Church on September 21, 1890, by Rev. Ole Lokensgaard, and was a life member of the same church. On June 27, 1906, he was united in marriage to Bertina...
John Drange
Jul 28, 1890
John Drange was born in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on July 28, 1890, to Kristen E. and Malene (Haugland) Drange. He was baptized in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church in August, 1890, by the Rev. Carl J. Moen and was confirmed in the same church by the Rev. J.B. Reinertson on Palm Sunday in 1905. He attended common...
Mary Mathilda Adeline (Drusch) Ziemann
Apr 14, 1890
Mary Mathilda Adeline Drusch was born in Germany February 3, 1876, the daughter of William and Albertina Drusch. When she was seven years old the parents, together with two brothers and two sisters of deceased came to Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. Here Mary attended public school and the Christian Day School, and on April 14, 1890, she was confirmed at...
Thora Erickson
Feb 18, 1890
Thora Erickson, the daughter of Erik and Borghild (Danielson) Erickson was born at Vikedahl, Norway, on February 18, 1890. She was baptized at the Lutheran Church of Vikedahl on April 6, 1890, and confirmed at the same congregation on October 16, 1904. She immigrated to America about 1912 with her brother, Johannes, and was engaged in the occupation of...
Sarah Johanna (Lund) Haaland
Jan 18, 1890
Sarah Johanna Haaland, daughter of Samson and Hannah (Korslund) Lund was born on January 18, 1890, in Thor, Iowa, where she was baptized in the Lutheran faith. In 1901, she, together with her parents, moved to Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, settling in Tyro Township. She was confirmed by Rev. J. B. Reinertson at Clarkfield Lutheran Church in 1905. On...
Susanna Martine Droen
Nov 30, 1889
Miss Susanna Martine Droen was born on the Droen farmstead in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Anders Larson Droen and Inger (Olson) Droen on November 30, 1889. She was baptized at the Bergen Lutheran Church by Rev. O. Lokensgaard on December 26, 1889, and confirmed at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church on April 16, 1905, by Rev. J....
