Niels Sørensen Nielsen

    Trinity Dates: 1890 - 1892

    Born: July 25, 1859 in Øster Snede Parish, Vejle County, Denmark.

    Parents: Søren Christian and Ane Kathrine Nielsen.

    Died: September 8, 1943 in Selma, California. Buried at North Selma Cemetery in Selma.

    Married: Maren Clausen in 1888. She died in 1931.

    Ordained: 1887 by Rev. H. Hansen.

    Came to America in May 1873.

    Dates and places of service:

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

    1887 - 1890
    		 Pastor in Hampton, Nebraska area.

    1890 - 1892
    		 Pastor in Owatonna, Minnesota area including Brorson Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota.

    1892 - 1896
    		 Pastor at Vor Frelsers (Our Savior's) Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waupaca, Wisconsin.

    1897 - 1905
    		 Pastor at Nazareth Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Beresford, South Dakota, Saint Paul's Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Greenfield, South Dakota, and Saint Paul's Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ethan, South Dakota.

    1907 - 1908
    		 Pastor at Bethesda Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Iowa.

    1908 - 1913
    		 Pastor at Pella Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Selma, California, and Pella Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Del Rey, California.

    1913 - 1924
    		 Pastor at Ebenezer Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Reedley, California.

    1924 - 1943
    		 Retired to Selma, California.

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