Alexander Oliver Jacobson
Mar 23, 1888
Alexander Oliver Jacobson was born in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on March 23, 1888, the son of Olaf C. and Anna (Halovorson) Jacobson. He was baptized at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church of Hanley Falls on June 17, 1888, by Rev. Knut Thorstenson and confirmed at Spring Creek Lutheran Church in 1903, by Rev. John Salhus. Alex homesteaded...
George Almond Lund
Feb 10, 1888
George A. Lund was born at Thor, Iowa, on February 10, 1888, the son of Samson and Hannah (Korslund) Lund. He was baptized at Thor. His early years were spent in the village of his birth, Thor, Iowa. Here he attended the public school and assisted his father in the local post office. In the year 1901, the Lunds...
Cecil Simeon Sims
Oct 10, 1887
Cecil Simeon Sims was the second child of Clara M. Rogers Sims and Asbury Bishop Sims. He was born on October 10, 1887, near Gilbert, Story County, Iowa. He moved with his parents to Pocahontas County near Rolfe, Iowa, in 1892, where he grew to manhood and learned both the carpenter and blacksmith trades. Following the death of his...
Marie A. Glaim
Oct 8, 1887
Marie A. Glaim was born in Alesund, Norway, on October 8, 1887. At the age of sixteen, she came to the United States with her Aunt and worked in the Clarkfield, Minnesota area until her marriage to Hellick J. Glaim on October 28, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Glaim continued living in the Clarkfield area until Mr. Glaim's death in...
Lester Anton Anderson
May 23, 1886
Lester Anton Anderson was born in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on May 23rd, 1886, the son of Pete and Ingar (Nelson) Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed by Rev. B.F. Bengtson in the Swede Home Church. He was united in marriage to Minnie Christina Swanson by Rev. Olof Hoel of Canby, Minnesota, on June 12, 1912....
Helena (Tiemann) Leppke
Apr 18, 1886
Mrs. Helena (Tiemann) Leppke was born October 7, 1882, in DeWitt, Nebraska, the daughter of William Tiemann and Lottie (Noris) Tiemann. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith by Rev. A. Fleishmann. When six months old she moved with her parents to Faulk County, South Dakota. On April 18, 1886, her mother passed away and she was taken by...
Albert Hanson
Mar 5, 1886
Albert Hanson was born on March 5, 1886, in Michigan, the son of James and Hannah Hanson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith of the Augustana Synod in Michigan. He completed the eighth grade and worked as a boat builder in Manistee, Michigan. His parents passed away when Albert was about 16 years of age. He...
Julian Ueland
Jan 24, 1886
Julian Ueland was born in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, the son of Reinert and Kari (Listul) Ueland, on January 24, 1886. He was baptized on March 14, 1886, at the same church in Hanley Falls by Rev. Knut Thorstenson and confirmed there in 1901 by Rev. S.J. Njaa. Julian lived in the Hanley Falls community all his life except for...
Annie Marie (Afdem) Fagerlie
Nov 25, 1885
Annie Marie Fagerlie was born on November 25, 1885, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, the daughter of John E. and Belle (Brakke) Afdem. She was baptized by Rev. R.K. Fjelstad and confirmed by Rev. O.C. Farseth in the Clarkfield Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. She attended school in Clarkfield and completed her high school education at Windom Institute in Montevideo, Minnesota. She...
Fred Oftedahl
Oct 5, 1885
Fred Oftedahl, the son of Christian and Annie (Carlson) Oftedahl, was born at Pemberton, Minnesota, on October 5, 1885. He was baptized at the Medo Lutheran Church of Pemberton by Rev. Mellby. A few years later, the family moved to Cottonwood where he was confirmed at the Silo Lutheran Church by Rev. Martin Romstad in 1899. On March 26,...
Albertine Friberg
Aug 30, 1885
Albertine Friberg was born in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on August 30, 1885, the son of John and Saraline (Nelson) Friberg. He was baptized on October 25, 1885, and confirmed in the Lutheran faith July 8, 1900, by Rev. B.F. Bengtson. On November 1, 1916, he was united in marriage to Ednah Nelson. To this union four...
Mathilda "Tillie" Regina (Droen) Anderson
Jun 9, 1885
Mathilda Regina "Tillie" Anderson was born on the Droen homestead in Lisbon Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on June 9, 1885, of the parents Anders and Inger (Olson) Droen. She was baptized in 1885 in the Bergen Lutheran Church and confirmed on May 27, 1900, in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church by Rev. O.C. Farseth. She attended country school in...
Louise W. (Kelm) Koepp
Jun 22, 1884
Louise W. Kelm was born in Ratschine, Posen Township, Germany to William and Louise Kelm on June 22, 1884. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith in infancy. At the age of seven, she came to America with her oldest sister, Emma, and then made her home with an aunt near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, until she was 14. Louise...
Mary (Grevstad) [Applewick] Peterson Peterson
May 4, 1884
Mrs. Mary Peterson was born in Sykkylven, Norway on May 4, 1884, the daughter of Lars and Hannah (Tonstad) Grevstad. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith by Pastor Osby at the Sykkylven Church and confirmed by Pastor R
Tollef Olson
Mar 20, 1884
Tollef Olson, the son of Nels and Aase Olson, was born on March 20, 1884, at Callendar, Iowa. He was baptized on April 9, 1884, at the Vinge Synod Church at Callendar, Iowa, by Rev. Gramstad and was confirmed at the same church in 1899. Tollef left his home in Callendar to homestead in Portal, North Dakota, where he...
Mollie Emelia (Anderson) Reimestad
Jan 22, 1884
Mollie Reimestad, the daughter of Andrew and Julia (Hellickson) Anderson was born in Vallers Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, on January 22, 1884. She was baptized at the St. Lucas Lutheran Church, Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on March 16, 1884, by Rev. Knute Thorstenson and confirmed in the same church by Rev. Martin Romstad in 1897. She lived...
Barbara Margrethe (Fenn) Haaland
Nov 12, 1883
Barbara Margrethe Fenn was born to Isak and Malene (Sandbakk) Fenn on the gaard Kirkeide, Nordfjord, Norway, on November 12, 1883. Her mother passed away when she was eight years old; she then made her home with her maternal grandparents. She was baptized and confirmed in the Nedstryn Lutheran Church in Nordfjord, Norway. She was a member of the...
Henry Olai Jacobson
Oct 6, 1883
Henry Olai Jacobson, son of Olaf and Annie (Halvorson) Jacobson, was born in Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, on October 6, 1883. He was baptized at the St. Lucas Lutheran Church by Rev. Knut Thorstenson on November 22, 1883, and confirmed at the Hazel Run Lutheran Church in 1898 by Rev. J.S. Strand. On November 24, 1909, he...
Nels Olai Halvorson
Sep 1, 1883
Nels Olai Halvorson was born in Norway on September 1, 1883, the son of Halvor and Herborg (Halversdatter) Okland. He was baptized on September 23, 1883, and confirmed October 10, 1897, in Austevolds church. He came to America in 1898 and made his home in Clarkfield where he lived until his death on October 7, 1955. He was occupied...
