Re: Mount Valley Bethel Lutheran Church
TOKERUD, TAKKERUD
Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email) In Response To: Mount Valley Bethel Lutheran Church (Dave Gunderson)
Date: 11/15/2017 at 23:32:08
Since it has been over five years since you posted this query, I also checked online family trees for updates. I located over 20 trees, none of which had an exact date of death for Ole Olsen Tokerud in 1894 so I assume you and others are still looking.
This is what I located [scanned image of church register sent to your email]:
Ole Olsen Tokerud
Died on 12 March 1894
Buried on 14 March 1894
age - 89 years
Place of death - Winnebago County, Iowa
Born in NorwaySource: Church records of the Beaver Creek Lutheran Church, Joice, Worth County, Iowa
So, part of your query has been solved. The other part is where he was actually buried. His wife died in 1880 and is buried in the Winnebago Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Mills, Winnebago County, Iowa.
Ole is listed on findagrave twice in two different cemeteries.
#1 - Ole Olsen Tokerud
Birth: Feb 1805, Gran kommune, Oppland fylke, Norway
Death: 1894 Winnebago County, Iowa
Burial: Winnebago Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Mills, Winnebago County, Iowa
Memorial ID# 144056953#2 - Ole O Takkerud
Birth: 1805
Death: 1894
Burial: Beaver Creek Cemetery, Joice, Worth County, Iowa
Memorial ID# 35387237Since the source for the date of death I located was the church records of death for the Beaver Creek Lutheran Church, Joice, Worth County, Iowa, it is quite possible that someone entering individuals in the findagrave database assumed that the church death record also meant a church burial record in the same church's cemetery. It is quite possible his funeral was out of Beaver Creek Lutheran Church and burial in Winnebago Lutheran Church Cemetery, especially since Rev. J. M. Dahl was the minister for both churches in 1894.
A map search shows Beaver Creek Lutheran is 5 miles south east of Winnebago Lutheran just across the Winnebago/Worth county line.
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I located further church history:
"At a service south of Lake Mills, very likely in someone's home, on Sunday, September 3, 1865, the Rev. Torgerson and a small group of interested people decided to organize the Winnebago Evangelical Lutheran Congregation. At this time, six adults with their families expressed a desire to become members. The congregation grew rapidly in area and membership, thus creating the two districts of Winnebago and Beaver Creek. These districts then became affiliated with the Norwegian Synod.
For twenty three years Winnebago Lutheran Church supplied the spiritual needs for this large area. The Rev. J. M. Dahl, who was called to be pastor of the Winnebago Congregation in 1872, also conducted services occasionally in school-houses throughout the area served by him.
In September of 1888 the Winnebago Lutheran Church was destroyed by fire. Following this disaster, a number of families living in the Beaver Creek District began planning to establish their own congregation. They felt a need for more adequate services to their community.
For sometime the services for the Beaver Creek Area people were conducted in the Larson schoolhouse. A meeting was held in the Fjeld schoolhouse on February 15, 1889, when it was formally decided to organize a new congregation. The Rev. J. M. Dahl served as chairman and A. N. Hauge was temporary secretary. The name adopted for this new congregation was "Beaver Creek Norwegian Lutheran Congregation, Worth County, la." It was decided that Beaver Creek, a small creek approximately 1 mile west of the present church site, would be the boundary line between Winnebago and Beaver Creek Congregations. Those who owned land on both sides of the creek could choose to which congregation they preferred to belong. .... Rev. J. M. Dahl served both churches....."
Source:
http://iagenweb.org/worth/Churches/BeaverCr.htmlGlad I could help resolve your research dilemma.
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