LEE COUNTY IOWA GENEALOGY
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    Scandinavian Cemetery    Montrose Township, Lee County, Iowa
    Norwegian Burials

    Scandinavian Immigrants to Sugar Creek,
    Lee County Iowa
    First Norwegian Settlement in Iowa, at Sugar Creek, Lee County

      

    Our Scandinavian settlers left their homeland parish,  family and friends to emigrate to America.  Their dream was for a better life,  they were poor,  lacked enough food and they were tired of submitting to a rigid church and the political climate of their homeland.  There were also those who were adventurous and wanted to see the world.


    Here they found a place much like home. The southern part of the county has one of the largest wooded areas in the state of Iowa. Lee counties eastern border
    is the Mississippi River and the western border is the Des Moines River.  These large bodies of water compared to the great lakes of Norway and Sweden.

        
    ROW I
    
    Lot 66 near SE Corner
    Owned by M. Larson
    
    
    B.A. Nelson burial shown
    
    
    Lot not numbered, SE corner
     
    NELSON          
    Marjorie Helen     02 14 1923     01 13 1927
    
        
    
    ROW II
    
    Lot 59
    Information: WPA, Family, Other Sources
    
    VIDAL           
    Fred      Died 09 15 1927
    73 years            
    Pedro           
    Pauline         
    James S.  Died in Wyoming 09 26 1909
    (Mother was from Norway)
    
    
    Lot 57                  
    Owned by Engstrom, no stone         
                        
    
    Lot 52
    Unknownn grave S.E. side
    
                
    Lot 51                  
    Owned by Stonewall
    (Stonevall on 1880 Census)          
    
    
    Lot 50          
    Owned by Erickson and K. Olson            
                        
    ERICKSON            
    Engebret     01 21 1874     03 10 1902
    28yr. 2mon. 10day.              
        
    
    OLESON          
    Ollie     
    Carrie, wife of Ollie     Died 12 13 1887
    69 years            
    
    
    Lot 49
    Sjure Pearson     11-24-1872  
    23y 9m 25d
    
    
    Lot 48                  
    JACOBSON            
    Andrew                       01 29 1843     01 29 1913
    Anna (Munson) his wife     01 26 1842     10 08 1906 (Lars Munson)
    Carolyn, daughter of A ∓ A   08 13 1868     12 11 1939
    Tomene, daughter of A ∓ A          1866     1867
    
    
    Lot 47                  
    OLESON          
    Ommund                     02 17 1817     09 24 1889
    Signa, wife of O. Oleson   03 07 1807     02 07 1888
    
    
    Lot 45
    LIND ??                 
    Two stones, unreadable          
    
    
    Lot 44                  
    RUNGSTROM  (Swedish??)       
    Charles G.     07 11 1841     07 24 1894
                        
    
    
    ROW III         
    
    Lot 37                  
    LARSON          
    Berant C.               02 01 1832     12 28 1906
    Gertrude, his wife      08 12 1825     01 29 1898
    Both born in Norway         
    Corneluis B. their son  06 21 1864     03 04 1889
    Bertha ANDERSON                        03    1884
    Other Source            
    
    
    Lot 35  
    HANSON          
    Lewis, Father                  09 04 1850     10 05 1930
    Mary Ann, Mother  (Oleson)     09 25 1855     03 22 1938  
                        
    Ralph S., Brother       03 06 1899     05 13 1917
                        
    Caroline             11 18 1844     07 06 1910
                
    Bertha M.            03 19 1877     01 09 1962
                        
    Anna L.              12 21 1874     09 28 1953
                        
    Ella Amelia          12 03 1882     01 22 1927
                        
    Hans                 03 10 1845     03 26 1896
    Martha, his wife     01 23 1852     10 31 1909
                        
    Edward, son of H. ∓ M.     1880
                        
    
    Lot 34
    TESTMAN         
    Stone unreadable            
    Stone unreadable            
                        
    Sjsan, daughter of H.P. ∓ Lucy  03 19 1850
    5yr, 6mon, 2day         
    John E., son of H.P. ∓ Lucy     03 06 1876
    3yr, 5mon, 14day            
    Lucy, wife of H.P. Testman      01 07 1885
    36yr, 3mon, 9day            
                    
    Christine, wife of     03 15 1824     12 31 1887
    Hans Testman 
    Hans                         1813     1860
    
    
    Lot 32                  
    NELSON          
    Bertha C., daughter of Christen ∓ Anna     01 08 1886
    29yr, 9mon, 6day            
    Christen  Born in Norway   1820     08 03 1887
    Anna, wife of Christen     1818     03 30 1882
    
    
    Lot 30                  
    JOHNSON             
    Andrew M.           12 24 1839     08 22 1921
    Caroline            11 23 1848     06 05 1928  (Hans Testman)
    his wife                
    
    
    Lot 29  
    TESTMAN         
    Samuel     09 28 1851     12 08 1934
    Marie C.   04 12 1871     09 14 1895
    Two Sons            
    
    
    Lot 27                                  
    OLESON          
    Sjur                  11 20 1819     05 02 1888
    Juliane, his wife     01 05 1845     05 16 1908
    Jennie N.             05 26 1874     01 26 1913
    Charles, 10 Days
    Carrie Serena         05 15 1880     07 20 1881
    Theresa                     06 09 1882      
    
    
    Lot 26                  
    ANDERSON            
    Andrew                  05 01 1845     02 28 1926
    Carrie N., his wife     11 05 1854     09 07 1876   (Brudewold)
    Martha, his wife        12 15 1871     03 08 1911   (Olson)
                        
    Serena, Sister          05 27 1848     11 17 1917
                        
    Anna, wife of K., Our Mother           12 01 1889
                        
    Knute, Born in Norway   10    1798     01 10 1867
                        
    Melinda, daughter of K. 03 27 1844     12 29 1854
    Martha, daughter of K.  08 10 1850     12 28 1854
                        
    Unknown Grave           
    
    
    Lot 24                  
    OLESON          
    Edward     1815     1888
                        
    Canute                     02 15 1832     06 13 1906
    Anne, his wife             05 18 1842     07 21 1907 (Knute Anderson)
    Isabel, their daughter     09 21 1869     01 08 1875
    Rachel     1867     1943
    Andrew     1875     1951
    Irving     1879     1955
    Biana      1872     1960
    
    
    Lot 23                  
    NELSON          
    Nels                    09 26 1834  11 04 1905
    Bertha, his wife      02 18 1841    03 06 1915  
    
    
    Lot 22                  
    NELSON          
    Aad                   04 02 1818    03 21 1889
    Chierstin, wife of Aad  05 10 1819  03 11 1907
    Both Born in Norway
    
    Ann                        Died 1858
    Ann E.     08 07 1861     01 13 1866
    Children of A. ∓ C.         
    
                        
    Emila, on Nelson or Jacobson?           
    
    
    ROW IV
    
    Lot 21                  
    ELSTER          
    Nellie C.                    05 27 1869    03 29 1951
    Ole                        06 06 1819      05 02 1878
    Mary, wife of Ole              03 25 1826      10 24 1907
    Mary J., daughter of O. ∓ M. 01 20 1871      08 09 1876
                        
    Other Source            
    Lewis G.            
    Minnie  11 05 1860      08 30 1949
                        
    
    Lot 17                  
    HELLEIKSON          
    G. Jermund, born in Norway          11 12 1809  03 08 1887
    Ingeborg, wife of G., born in Norway  03 09 1805    10 03 1886
    Marie, their daughter, born in Norway 05 15 1836    04 21 1890
                        
    
    Lot XXXX
    TESTMAN         
    Hans Peter     01 09 1844   02 28 1924
    Julia            06 18 1852 05 21 1928
    
    
    Lot 3                   
    LIND            
    Jacob                 03 07 1831    07 15 1899
    Rundy, his wife     08 07 1843  07 06 1910      (Lars Munson)
    Martha          05 18 1879  10 25 1879
                        
    Mable                 09 06 1880    11 19 1913
    
    
    Lot 2                   
    JACOBSON            
    Carolyn, daughter of A. ∓ A.            
                        
    Tomeme, daughter of A. ∓ A.     1866     1867
                        
    Andrew          
                        
    Unreadable
    
    KNUDSON         
    Karen, born in Norway     12 23 1881     07 15 1888
    daughter of A. ∓. A.
    
    
    ANDERSON
    Berge     07 05 1799     06 30 1875                 
                
    
    Lot 1                   
    LARSEN          
    Christian                09 26 1827     05 08 1902
    Severine, his wife       01 02 1831     08 29 1910
    Grandmother SANDSTROM    09 30 1802     10 31 1869
    Emilea               06 12 1866     09 30 1867
    Marie                      01 30 1856       09 15 1869
    Martin               01 07 1872     08 26 1872
    Andrew W.                07 15 1861     02 17 1879
    One Infant          
    Children of C. ∓ S.         
    
    
    Lot one was the first lot when you entered the cemetery from the old road.                      
            
    BRUDEWALD from other sources            
    S.E.  77yr, 8mon, 23day         06 12 1851  03 05 1929
                        
    ALVIS           
    Jobe                       01 21 1833     05 01 1891
    Siveranna, wife of Jobe         
    Other Source            
                        
    John J.                    1879     1945
    Gladys G.     09 14 1904       08 09 1906
    daughter of J.J. ∓ Mable
                    
                    
    OTHER SOURCES           
    
    Oleson, Evelyn Ruth  WPA                        01 08 1927
    Peterson, Sjuro                          1799     11 25 1872
    Moberg, Albert, son of Anna Swan           1881     03 11 1907
    Nelson, Margory Helen, daughter of    02 14 1923    01 13 1927
    Benjamin A. Nelson          
                        
                            
    NEW SECTION WEST SIDE OF CEMETERY           
                        
    NELSON          
    Lawrence Edward     07 19 1915     09 05 1997
    Elizabeth M.      11 14 1915        
                        
    LIND            
    Merton J.           11 11 1911           2000
    Marjorie A.         03 11 1914      
                        
    TESTMAN         
    Walter C.           12 05 1925  10 17 1970
                        
    TESTMAN         
    Waldemere C.      10 23 1888    04 15 1961
    Carrie M. (Peterson)  07 11 1884    11 15 1964
                        
    TESTMAN         
    Glenn E.          08 01 1914    08 23 1998
    Margaret V.       06 16 1910      12 21 1991
                        
    
    HANSON          
    Walter Andrew         1886    1966
    Mable C.(Peterson) Hanson Jeffers   1896    1986
                        
    HANSON          
    Harvey O.     06 14 1881    04 18 1964
    
    
    This early stone is in the oldest area. There is a Viking head carved in the stone.
    
    JOHNSON
    John     Died 10 05 1869
    Son of K ∓ R Johnson  (Rundy Munson)
    
    There is a John Peterson listed in the 1856 Census, born in Norway
    PETERSON
    John Peterson     05 05 1817    09 23 1895
    
    
    Its been reported that stones had been thrown into a deep ravine near this oldest section of the cemetery.                  
        
    It's been reported there was a cemetery on the Lauman farm, the farm of an early Norwegian Immigrant. 
    
    Burial stones have also been reported on or near another early Norweigen farm
    
    
    BARLIEN
    Hans     Died August 1842
    was reported as being buried at Sugar Creek
    
    Other names the historians say are buried at Sugar Creek are
    
    LAUMANN
    Joseph Johan     09 02 1792     12 11 1842
    most likely buried on his farm
    
    OLESON 
    Jacob (Hetletvedt)     Died August 1857
    
    ERICKSON
    Knute     1801     1863
    
    MUNSON
    Lars (Ygre)     1856 or 1857

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