Willmar tribune., 1909-06-16


1861. The young minister arrived
to his field of labor early in July.
On July 10 a congregational meet
ing was held at Peter Larson Sr. s
place at Nest Lake, when the church
became affiliated with the Angus
tana Synod, then just organized.
The members of the church were
scattered from Foot Lake, where
the Andrew Nelson and the Swan
Swanson families lived, thru the
Solomon Lake, Eagle Lake, Nest
Lake, Norway Lake, West Lake
and Lake Prairie settlements and as
far north as Lake Johanna, where
John Olson Sandvigen, wife and
four sons were enrolled and two
families in Stearns county, the
Anfinson and Wrolson families.
were also included. 1t was there
fore deemed necessary that the
church be divided.
The Eagle Lake and Nest Lake
with adjoining settlements were
continued as the New Sweden par
ish with an enrolment of 1O3 men,
bers, including the following heads
of families and others: Magnus
Anderson, wife and six children;
Sven Helgeson Backlund and wife;
John Svenson Backlund, wife and
three children; Carl Johan Carlson.
wife and three children; Lars En-
dreson, wife and six children; Carl
Peter Jonason and wife; Magnus
Kyllerstrom, wife and three child
ren; Jonas Johnson, wife and four
children; Peter Larson ST., wife
and seven children; Andrew Lorent-
son, wife and two children; Lars
Larson, wife and child; Johan Mel
son, wife and four children; An
drew Nelson; Andreas Peterson,
wife and two children; Erick Pehr-
son. wife and five sons; Kersti Pers-
datter; Mrs. Brita Stoner; Mrs.
Sandstrom, with four children; Co.
ran Thompson, wife and two child
ren; Thomas Thompson. wife and
two children; and to them were
added shortly before the outbreak
Mons Olson, wife and four children.
The Norway Lake and West Lake
settlers were organized as the Nor
way Lake parish with As members,
with heads of families as follows:
Anders Peter Broberg, wife and
four children; Daniel Peter Broberg.
wife and three children; Even Rail.
son Glesne, wife and two children
Haavel Halvorson and wife johannes
Iverson, wife and five childen; Sven
Johanson Oman, wife and two child.
ren; Andreas Larson Lundborg, wife
and five children; Johannes Lund'
borg and wife; Thomas Osmundson.
lwife and son.
The Lake Prairie settlement wa:
) called the Lake Prairie parish anc
IS members are enrolled in the par
ish book as follows: Gulbrand An
finson; Carl Johan Carlson, wife ant
! three children; Johannes Dahlrink
wife and three children; Marcu
Danielson, wife and two children
Anders Johnson, wife and four child
ren; Marcus johnson, Sr., wife ant
six children; Peter johnson; Ericl
> Olson, wife and three children; An
! dreas Olson, wife and one child; Lar
Olson, wife and three sons; John OF
son Sandvigen, wife and four sons
Thorbjorn Wrolson, wife and fiv
children.
, Trustees and deacons were electe
+. for each parish. The religious ed
7 ucation of the young people had i
= many cases been interfered wit
u by the emigration Of the familie
+ and years of isolation on the fron
tier, and the first confirmation clas
: included some grown-up men VIII
then must take their catechism an
, study during the warm summe
I months in order to be able to pas
: a satisfactory examination. Th
first confirmation was held in q 10
} cabin between George and Ne.
\ Lakes Nov. II, 1861. The class il
Z cluded people from all the parisht
4 in Monongalia county and sever,
! from the Lake Ripley settlement {
4 Meeker county. One of the latte
j was Christine Sampson, who fe