Meraker Lutheran Norwegian
Cemetery
Recorded March 1987 by Ron Houghtelin,
Owatonna, Minnesota
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This cemetery is located in Deerfield twp
on the west side of section 27 along the township road about a mile
south of
Steele County Road 6 and the town hall. This is the former site of the
Meraker
Lutheran Church and now the cemetery is called the Meraker Norwegian
Cemetery.
The church building is no longer here.
The size of the cemetery is about 140' east
and west x about 120' north and south. Fenced on the west, north and
east sides
with a gate in the south /west corner that is no longer used as the
south side
is open to a farmer's driveway. All of the burials of this cemetery are
along
the east fence and in the north/west corner area.
I have provided a layout map with this
report that was compiled from two sources. One source is from my survey
and
measurements of the all the markers visible in regards to their
location in the
cemetery from fences and relative to their location to the other stone
markers
and I recorded the information written on the stone markers.(Names and
Dates)
The other source was information
provided by Esther (Eliason)(Larson) Grunz of Owatonna whose parents,
Rose and
Elias Eliason, are buried in plots 41, 42. Her grandparents are buried
in
plots 28, 29, and Esther’s
great-grandparents, EO Bye, are buried in plot 10. Esther died Jan 1
2000 and is buried in
plot 43 in this cemetery. The information Esther provided listed all
the
persons buried and their burial location with or without markers.
All of the burials in Row 1 are exactly as
listed in Esther's cemetery data. Row 2
is listed exactly the same as her data except the first two sites on
the north
which have stone markers in place and I must assume the markers are in
the
right place. Row 3 is the same as her data except markers again prove
where one
person was actually buried. Row 4 is the same as the data and Row 5
which are
Esther's parents is correct except her data showed the person buried in
plot 44
as in another location. But John C Eliason
is buried in plot 44.
The data for the unmarked graves do not
list any dates, only the names of the person buried on that plot or
site. I am
not certain that the exact location of the plots or even if the burials
were
exactly as laid out but for the purpose intended is as accurate as
needed.
Meraker Norwegian
Cemetery Layout
Deerfield Twp/west side of
Section 27 Steele Co Minnesota
East Fence 120'
North/South
o-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- --*-o
R1
!01!02!03!04!05!06!07!08!09!10!11!12!13!14!15!16!17!XXX!18!19
8'
*---------------------------------------------------
----
>
R2 !20!21!22!23!24!25!26!27! Row-1 is 8' and Row 2-10'
10'*---------------------------
R3 !28!29!30!31!32!33!34!35!36! Row 3-10'
10'*---------------------------
>
R4 !37!38!39!40!
Row 4-12'
12'*------------
R5 !41!42!43!44!
Row 5-14'
14'*------------
!
>
*
!
*
!
North
Farm >
Fence
Drive >
140'East/West
east/west >
!
*
!
Open Area
*
!
>
*
!
>
*
!
SCALE about
1/2"=10'
*
>
!
*
!
*
!
> *
!
>
o-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<><><>-o
West Fence 120' north/south
Gate
<--one
mile to Steele County Road 6 and
Town Hall (north/south) Township
Road)
Meraker
Norwegian Cemetery in Deerfield
Twp, Steele County Minnesota
Recorded
March, 1987 by Ron
Houghtelin, Owatonna, Minnesota
Burial Records are listed according to
numbered plot locations on Meraker Cemetery map. Most unmarked graves
have only
the names and no dates. Grave sites or plots with markers are indicated
with an
"*" preceding the plot number.
Row 1
(north/south just west of the
East Fence) width approximately 8'
1
J Johnson
2
Magnes Moe
*3
baby Woldmoe (Beret
Marie Woldmoe)
Fodden 15 June 1885
Dodden 26 April 1886
4
baby Larson
5
Thomas J Gillan
6
Mrs Anna Graftaas
7
John Woldmoe
8
Ole Graftaas
9
Bert Graftaas
*10
Elias O Bye 1825-1897
(EO Bye)
inscription/name? s/o EO & DW
Bye died Aug 12 1888/87 2years
note: Elias O Bye is the
father of Peder/Peter Eliason on plot
(29)
11
Thomas Woldmoe
12
Marit Woldmoe
13
Molly Sagmoe
14
Ole Krogen and twin
babies of Norman Hanson
15
Margaret Krogen
16
baby Hanson (twin
sister of Dorothy (Tuttle) Hanson)
17
Mrs Olina Mellick
note: next two open plots are not
counted
18
Sara Woldmoe
19
Peter Woldmoe
Row 2 (North and South) width
approximately 10'
*20
John Kleven died 1883
(baby Bastervold removed)
*21
Paulina (Johnson) Moe died 1887
22
baby Eliason
23
baby Woldmoe
24
baby Larson
*25
Ole K Solemsaas (child)
Nov 11 1896
May 2 1898
*26
Julia Paulina Blastervold
1892-1919
*27
Peter R Blastervold Minn PVT 332
Field Arty 86 Div WW1
June 23 1885 Aug 29 1951
Row 3 (North and South) width approximatly
10'
*28
Sigrid Eliason (w/o
Peder/Peter 29) 1852-1913
*29
Peder/Peter Eliason
1854-1935 note: son of EO Bye
(10)
*30
Martha Eliason (w/o
Peter 29) 1891-1955
*31
Peter Larson Sept 20 1846 June 20
1974
*32
Mattie w/o Peter Larson Aug 23
1856 May 20 1919
*33
Lena Larson 1886-1920
*32
Annie Larson 1877-1963
*34 Elizabeth Larson 1880-1966
*35
Bertha Larson 1883-1969
36
open plot
Row 4 (North
and South) width approximately 12'
37
open plot
38
open plot
*39
Annie Blastervold 1875-1926
*40
Ole Blastervold 1873-1940
Row 5 (North
and South) width approximately 14'
*41
Rosie Eliason
1878-1957 on same marker
*42
Elias M Eliason
1879-1970 “
“
“
note: son of
Peder/Peter Eliason and Sigrid
on 28/29
43
Esther Grunze dau of
R&E Eliason (Larson) Esther
was born Feb 14 1908 -
died January 1, 2000
- age 93yrs. Esther contributed this cemetery’s information
in1987
(Esther’s
mother was an Olson woman from
near Duluth. MN, and her
daughter is Elaine Beich, ND
and Owatonna).
*44
John J Eliason Minnesota PFC Co L
106 infantry WW 2
(Bronze marker) US
American Legion
The information in this report was
recorded and correlated
Revisited and corrected January 2002.