Johannes Pedersen Naarup

    Trinity Dates: 1892 - 1896

    Born: November 19, 1863 in Nårupskov, Verninge Parish, Odense County, Denmark.

    Parents: Peder Christoffer Jeppesen and Karen Sophie Christoffersdotter.

    Died: February 12, 1952 in Pasadena, California.

    Married: Amalie Nielsen in 1889. She died in May 1905. Married to Jensine Hansen in September 1905. She died in 1943.

    Ordained: July 28, 1889 by Rev. H. Hansen.

    Came to America in 1884.

    Dates and places of service:

    1884 - 1887
    		 Member of the first class of the newly established Trinity Seminary in Blair, Nebraska.

    1887 - 1888
    		 Studied at Chicago Theological Seminary in Maywood, Illinois.

    1888
    		 Missionary in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

    1889 - 1892
    		 Pastor at Watsonville, California.

    1892 - 1896
    		 Pastor at Dansk-Norsk Lutheran Church in Owatonna, Minnesota, and Lolland Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lemond Township, Minnesota, and Daniae Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church at East Prairie, Minnesota, and Brorson Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of rural Blooming Prairie, Minnesota.

    1896 - 1907
    		 Pastor at Danish Evangelical Lutheran in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Trefoldigheds (Trinity) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neenah, Wisconsin.

    1907 - 1910
    		 Pastor at Hutchinson Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hutchinson, Minnesota, and Saint Morten's Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in McLeod County, Minnesota.

    1910 - 1928
    		 Pastor at Vor Frelsers (Our Savior's) Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waupaca, Wisconsin.

    1928 - 1952
    		 Retired from the ministry and moved to Pasadena, California.

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