Eduard Møller Nielsen

Brorson/Trinity Dates: 1919 - 1920

Born: December 13, 1873 in Tyregård, Vinding Parish, Ringkøbing County, Denmark.

Parents: Andreas Nielsen and Caroline Mariane Møller.

Died: July 29, 1935 at Ringsted, Iowa.  Buried on August 1st at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Ringsted, Iowa.

Married:  June 10, 1904 to Anne Kirstine Jensen (1871-1959).

Ordained: June 5, 1904 at Hutchinson, Minnesota by Rev. G.B. Christiansen.

Came to America in 1890.

Dates and places of service:

1896 – 1898
 Studied at Elk Horn, Iowa.

 1898 – 1900
 Studied at Dana College, Blair, Nebraska.

1900 – 1904
 Theological training at Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, Maywood, Ill.

1904 – 1907
 Pastor at Zion Danish Evangelical Lutheran in Newport, North Dakota, and Bethesda Danish Evangelical Lutheran in McKinney, North Dakota.

1907 – 1911
 Pastor at Lazarus Danish Evangelical Lutheran in Poy Sippi, Wisconsin, and St. John’s Danish Evangelical Lutheran in Saxesville, Wisconsin.

1910
 added Den Danske Evangeliske Lutherske Church of Maple Valley, Wisconsin.

1911 – 1914
 Pastor at Danish Evangelical Lutheran in Oregon, Wisconsin.

1914 – 1919
 Pastor at Immanuel Danish Evangelical Lutheran in Sidney, Michigan, and Salems Danish Evangelical Lutheran in McBride, Michigan, and Vor Frelser’s Danish Evangelical Lutheran in Edmore, Michigan.

1919 – 1920
 Pastor at Brorson Danish Ev. Lutheran near Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, and St. Ansgar Danish Ev. Lutheran in Summit Township, Minnesota, and Godthaab Danish Ev. Lutheran in Geneva, Minnesota.

1920 – 1925
 Pastor at St. John’s Danish Lutheran in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, and Fredsminde Danish Lutheran in Brookville, Minnesota.

1925 – 1928
 Pastor at St. Paul’s Danish Evangelical Lutheran in Ringsted, Iowa.

1929 – 1935
 Pastor at Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran in Viborg, South Dakota, and Maple Grove Danish Evangelical Lutheran near Viborg, South Dakota.

1935
 Died from the effects of a stroke while visiting his son in Ringsted, Iowa.

Pastor and Mrs. Nielsen's Tombstones at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Ringsted, Iowa

Old St Paul's Lutheran Church, Ringsted, Iowa (1900-1952)

St Paul's Lutheran Cemtery, Ringsted, Iowa

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