Brandsvold Cemetery

Brandsvold Cemetery

Brandsvold Township, Section 14, Polk County, MN

Brandsvold Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran congregation was organized on March 14, 1892 in the Paul Fossbakken home. Charter members were Ole Nelson, John Widness, Arne Widness, John H. Lee, John Tuveng, Andrew Wold, K.O. Bratvold, Michael Ekern, Ole Mellesmoen, Esten Bergebakken, Christian Moe, Erik Fjerstad, Ole Hove, John Jackson, Sam Swaleson, Ole Bakken, Ole Erickson, Albert Thompson, Bernt Hauge, Sam Lovaas, Ole Olson, Toole Hanson, Johannes Hove, Engbret Sagmoen, Henry Disrud, Esten Leet, Andrew Emerson, John Emerson, Christian Rustad, Martin Torgerson, and Christ Thoreson among others . The church was built in 1897 on 1 ½ acres of the Ole O. Berge farm. Brandsvold Lutheran Church merged with Landstad Lutheran Church in 1936 and they later merged with Poplar River Lutheran Church in 1941 to form Hope Lutheran Church which is still active today, located in Fosston. Additional information in ( ).

This cemetery walked and transcribed by Ann, August 2002, and updated in June 2006

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LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	REMARKS
One stone Fjerstad Fjerstad Fjerstad	Leroy Francis David Diane	Apr 3, 1944 Apr 2, 1951 Apr 3, 1951	Jun 11, 1945 Apr 2, 1951 Apr 3, 1951
Fjerstad	Sadie	1908	2000
Fjerstad	Lloyd	1906	1988
Fjerstad	Francis	Oct 13, 1913	Jun 24, 1965	Minnesota TEC 5 HQ CO 20 ARMD INF BN World War II BSM
Fjerstad	Patricia Ann	Apr 9, 1949	Mar 11, 1961
Fjerstad	Christina M	1871	1960	Mother
Fjerstad,	Erick O	1865	1933	Father
Olson	Olaf R	1909	1974
Olson	Sitona A. Fjerstad	1909	1948
Mykleod	Viola	1913	1981
Ekern	Michael	1848	1924
Ekern	Lina	1851	1919
Hove	Milton	1920	1920	Infant (Son of Roy and Olga Hove)
Hove	Marilyn	1920
Wandschncider	Marilyn	1946	1946	Infant
Hove	Olga	1898	1978	Mom
Hove	Roy	1898	1987	Dad
Myklejord	Viola A	Jan 16, 1913	Aug 26, 1981
Myklejord	Oscar A	Apr 28, 1902	Jun 11, 1987
Emerson	Anton	Jul 6, 1891	Apr 26, 1975
Emerson	Synneva	1855	1945
Emerson	Andrew	1853	1931
Naastad	Daniel A	Dec 2, 1946	Feb 23, 1975
Naastad	Minette K	Nov 12, 1922
Naastad	John P	Mar 9, 1921	Jan 8, 1986
Olson	Henry	Aug 29, 1903	Apr 17, 1973	Father
Olson	Joanne	Aug 23, 1909	Aug 7, 2004	Mother
Olson	Lorna Mae	1937	1945
Berge	Olav O	1902	1989
Berge	Lisbeth	1905	1965
Berge	Ole O.	Jul 30, 1860	Sep 3, 1948
Berge	Randi Widseth	Apr 15, 1880	Oct 31, 1906
Berge	Sigrid Storli	Dec 4, 1859	Jun 23, 1939
Mangskau	Ida Elvira	Mar 15, 1897	Aug 11, 1900
Berge	Hans O.	1890	1969
Berge	Signe	18901	1967
One large stone Berge Berge Berge Widseth Mangskau	Ole O. Randi Widseth Sigrid Storli Olav Ida Elvira	Jul 30, 1860 Apr 15, 1880 Dec 4, 1859 Apr 14, 1887 Mar 15, 1897	Sep 3, 1948 Oct 31, 1906 Jun 23, 1939 Jan 13, 1902 Aug 11, 1900	Grungedal Vinji Telemark Norway Stangvik Aalesund Norway Grungedal Vinji Telemark Norway Stangvick Aalesund Norway
Berge	Carrie Lee	1870	1957
Hove	Segrid O.	Sep 26, 1867	Jun 1, 1901
Hove	Ole O	1863	1920
Hove	Lucy	1880	1957
Widseth	Olaf	1886	1902	Brother
Hove	Orvin F.	1920	1990
One stone Hove Hove	Otto Myrtle	Jan 21, 1905 Jun 9, 1911	Sep 14, 1987 Mar 19, 2001
Rinkenberger	William	1889	1889
Rinkenberger	Rose	1897	2000
Erickson	Olaf A	1896	1993	Son
Hove	Johannas R	1854	1917
Hove	Britha	1861	1949
Thompson	Ernest B	Nov 6, 1907	Oct 9, 1996	Dad
Thompson	Clara	Apr 3, 1913	Jan 28, 1983	Mom
One stone Thompson Thompson	Albert A. Mildred	1854 1869	1936 1949	Father Mother
Thompson	Melvin	Feb 2, 1896	Jan 14, 1915
Thompson	Edna T.	1892	1926	Daughter
Thompson	Elizabeth	Sep 2, 1904	Jun 30, 1976
One stone Norem Norem	Sonva Edward	1892 1892	1977 1975
Lovaas	Gertie	1861	1952
Lovaas	Sam	1864	1937
Lovaas	George	Apr 1, 1901	Sep 28, 1903
Erickson	Albert	1886	1949	Son
Erickson	John W	1893	1971	Son
Erickson	Willie A.	Nov 4, 1889	Jan 11, 1975	PVT U.S. ARMY
Erickson	Anna	Apr 27, 1862	Aug 7, 1919	Mother
Erickson	Ole	Jul 23, 1847	Jul 21, 1944	Father
Anderson	Erling E.	1904	1991
Anderson	Johanna B.	1907	1985
Torblaa	Anna M.			Mother
Torblaa	Lloyd E.			Dad
Mienert	Adelyn M.	1925	2003
Mienert	William Paul	Apr 24, 1888	Oct 10, 1967	Father
Mienert	Clara Margreta	Oct 20, 1893	Jan 4, 1965	Mother
Mienert	Carol Marie	Jun 10, 1966	Dec 22, 1970
Mienert	Gary Dean	Jul 20, 1966	June 1, 1985	SR U.S. Navy
Mienert	LeRoy Sidney	Feb 11, 1931	Aug 2, 1994	A1C U.S. Air Force Korea
Siverson	Christ A	1878	1950	Father
Siverson	Emma	1883	1969	Mother
Siverson	Olaf S.	Jan 12, 1913	Aug 24, 1996
Siverson	Carl Edward	Jan 10, 1915	Nov 11, 2002	S. SGT U.S. ARMY World War II
Siverson	Dale A.	Aug 4, 1955	Apr 10, 1983
Siverson	Lillian	Apr 24, 1918	Mar 11, 1997
Hove	Olaf	1894	1967
Hove	Petra M	1896	1990
Bergebakken	George	Oct 24, 1888	Feb 25, 1968
Bergebakken	Gena Marie	Jul 29, 1882	Jun 7, 1958
Bergebakken	Gertrude	Feb 20, 1859	Jan 5, 1926
Bergebakken	Esten	Nov 27, 1859	Aug 23, 1945
Bergebakken	Emma Ann	Jun 14, 1886	May 9, 1944
Bergebakken	Ella	Jul 27, 1895	May 20, 1906
Bergebakken	Christine	Nov 24, 1890	Jul 14, 1936
Bergebakken	Lillian	Jul 17, 1903	Aug 18, 1963
Bergebakken	Sigurd	Jun 15, 1898	Mar 15, 1941
Bergebakken	Gertrude E.	Jan 5, 1901	Sep 25, 1982
Olson	Laurits	Mar 2, 1853	Sep 9, 1918
Moe	Oscar	Dec 24, 1895	Oct 24, 1973	MN PVT U.S. Army World War I
Moe	Gina J.	Mar 29, 1892	Mar 22, 1984
Peterson	Lena Moe	1885	1955
Moe	Anne C.	1858	1944
Moe	Christen	1851	1897	(Died Oct 25, 1897)
Moe	Anna D.	1888	1934
Moe	Ole C.	1880	1948
Moe	Delores L.	1926	2005
One stone Tuveng Tuveng	Berdie Palmer	1906 1902	1984 1976	Mom Dad
Tuveng	Mable	1901	1982
Tuveng	Edwin	1899	1973
Lein	Ida	1889	1909
Svaleson	Peter N.	1882	1964
Bolstad	Sophie N.	1882	1957
Bolstad	Nels J.	1869	1947
One stone Jackson Jackson	Johan L. 1877 – 1895 August L. 1887 – 1900	1877 1887	1895 1900	(Death records list this person as Ludwig Lenord, died Aug 11, 1895, age 17 years 6 months, son of John Jacobson and Birtha Jacobson) (This name is listed in death records as August Leonar Jacobson, son of John Jacobson and Birta Mary Pelery )
Nelson	Ole	Apr 24, 1848	Apr 12, 1897
Nelson	Male	Sep 9, 1851	Aug 22, 1934
One stone Leet Leet	Edwin John	Feb 22, 1889	Oct 24, 1892 Apr 22, 1896	(Son of Esten and Guro Leet) (Died Apr 22, 1896, age 11 years 3 months 26 days, son of Esten and Guro Leet, this stone is extremely weathered and almost unreadable)
Torgerson	Nina Pauline	Jul 5, 1882	Jul 15, 1893	(Daughter of Martin and Ingri Torgerson)
Torgerson	Nina Pauline	Jul 15, 1896	Feb 21, 1986
Torgerson	Hulda Amanda Ruth	Sep 17, 1900	Jul 20, 1917
Torgerson	Ingri	Jun 1, 1858	Nov 6, 1917
Torgerson	Martin	Apr 10, 1860	Mar 2, 1922
Disrud	Michael	1893	1894	(Died Oct 14, 1894)
Disrud	Henry	1897	1912
Disrud	Agnes B.	1866	1948	Mother
Disrud	Henry H.	1864	1946	Father
Disrud	Olga J	1902	1977
Disrud	Selmer	1899	1979
Disrud	Almer	1904	1990
Hauge	Berent	1866	1908	Father
Hauge	1862	1929	Mother	(Mrs. Severine)
Hauge	Nina	Feb 19, 1902	Jul 25, 1979
Hauge	Oscar	May 11, 1898	Jul 23, 1979
Fossbakken	Iva	Jun 16, 1901	Jul 21, 1901
Fossbakken	Palmer	Aug 12, 1898	Aug 12, 1898	(Son of Paul and Ellen Fossbakken)
Fossbakken	Ellen	May 27, 1856	Aug 19, 1898
Fossbakken	Paul	Oct 20, 1860	Feb 27, 1908
Fossbakken	Mollie	Jul 19, 1885	Mar 13, 1954
Fossbakken	Christoffer	Nov 22, 1887	Mar 25, 1952
Fossbakken	Lewis	Jul 11, 1890	Nov 25, 1949
Torgeson, Mother
Thoreson/Torgeson	Christofer	1861	1921
Emerson	Deanna J.	Feb 18, 1938	May 29, 1944
Tuveng,	Dennis E.	Sept 11, 1960	Nov 18, 1960
Tuveng	John E.	1860	1944	Father
Tuveng	Elaine O	1874	1951	Mother
Tuveng	Gene Curtis		1930
Tuveng	Olga	1903	1940
Wold	Bennie	Mar 1, 1904	Sep 4, 1949
Wold	Alfred	Jan 26, 1898	May 24, 1967
Wold	Edwin	Dec 4, 1890	Aug 2, 1982
Emerson	Noble Loury	Sep 26, 1923	Dec 26, 1945	Minnesota Apprentice Seaman U.S. Navy
One stone Emerson Emerson Emerson	Selmer Berte Adolph Olaus	Mar 18, 1897	Died Feb 1, 1900 Jan 17, 1903	(Born Mar 18, 1897 - Died Feb 1, 1900, son of Andrew Emerson and Susie Halvers No information (Died Jan 17, 1903, son of Andrew Emerson and Susie Halverson)
Emerson	Axel E	1879	1929
Emerson	Amy		1913
Emerson	Vernie	1886	1927
Olson	Margaret		1922
Olson	Ole J.	1872	1950
Olson	Agnes M	1880	1950	Mother
Olson	Henry		1916
Olson	Walter H	1912	1919
Widness	Maren Ereksdatter	Aug 17, 1831	Mar 11, 1910
Widness	11 Sep, 1836	May 21, 1918
Rustad	Christian Nelson	Jun 13, 1836	Sep 30, 1907
Bakken	Lise Olsen	Jun 24,1823	Mar 22, 1902
Bakken	Anna	Feb 1, 1891	Jul 6, 1903
Mellesmoen	Bersven	1837	1924
Mellesmoen	Ingrid	1871	1947
Mellesmoen	Ole B	1859	1942
Mellesmoen, Baby
Unmarked Graves
Svaleson	Baby Boy	Sep 8, 1917	Sep 8, 1917	Baby Boy Born Sep 8, 1917 – Died Sep 8, 1917, 12 hours, parents Peder Svaleson and Annie Nilson
Svaleson	Nils	Oct 19, 1835	Sep 18, 1910	age 74 yrs.
Rustad	Malla Mathilde	May 27, 1910	Jun 4, 1910	daughter of Martin Rustad and Anna Anderson
Possible Unmarked Burials
Hauge	Baby Girl	Aug 9, 1922	Aug 9, 1922	Born and Died Aug 9, 1922, daughter of Oscar Hauge and Mina Olson
Hauge	Erling Hendry		Apr 7, 1904,	Died Apr 7, 1904, age 4, son of B.S. Hauge
Wold	Baby Boy		Mar 22, 1908	Died Mar 22, 1908, age 2 days, son of Andrew and Marie Wold

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