Andreas Nielsen

    Trinity Dates: 1921 - 1924

    Born: 16 April 1888 in Hellerup, Finderup, Viborg, Denmark.

    Parents: Niels Peder Nielsen and Inger Marie Mathiesen.

    Died: 19 March 1950 at Eben Ezer Home, Brush, Colorado.

    Buried: Eben Ezer Home Cemetery.

    Married: Johanna Dahl in 1916.

    Ordained: June 1916 in Harlan, Iowa by Rev. G.B. Christiansen.

    Came to America in May 1890.

    Dates and places of service:

    1909 - 1916 Student at Dana College and Trinity Seminary in Blair, Nebraska.
    1916 - 1919 Pastor at Danish English Lutheran in Maple Valley, Wisconsin and Coleman Dansih Ev. Lutheran in Coleman, Wisconsin.
    1919 - 1920 Pastor at Den Danske Lutheran in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
    1919 Filled in At Cedar Falls and Neenah, Wisconsin churches.
    1921 - 1924 Pastor at Brorson Danish Ev. Lutheran of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, and Godthaab (Good Hope) Danish Ev. Lutheran of Geneva, Minnesota, and Saint Ansgar Lutheran of Summit, Steele County, Minnesota. (1921 - 1923).
    1924 - 1925 Pastor at Emmaus Lutheran, Kennard, Nebraska.
    1925 Retired due to effects of chronic encephalitis.
    1939 Moved to Brush, Colorado.



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