Ole Christiansen Schonhovd

    Trinity Dates: 1877 (assisted)

    Born: March 31, 1834, at Vardal, Toten, Oppland, Norway.

    Parents: Christian Pedersen and Helene Olsdatter Schonhovd.

    Died: October 29, 1912, at Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo, Iowa.

    Buried: Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, Iowa.

    Married: Inga Andersdatter Fremstad in 1862. She died in 1889.

    Ordained: 1874.

    Came to America in 1874.

    Dates and places of service:

    ? - 1874
    		 Teacher in Norway..

     1874
    		 Attended Augsburg Seminary.

    1874 - 1877
    		 Pastor for congregations in North LaCrosse, Wisconsin area.

    1877
    		 Assisted Pastor Østby with his many congregations including Straight River/Brorson Danish Ev. Lutheran Church near Blooming Prairie, Minnesota..

    1877 - 1881
    		 Pastor for congregations in the Houston, Minnesota area.

    1881 - 1882
    		 Pastor for congregations in Saint Ansgar, Iowa area.

     1882 - 1889
    		 Pastor for congregations in Clear Lake, Iowa area.

     1889
    		 Retired from ministry due to poor health.

    Here is Pastor Schonhovd's Find-A-Grave memorial.

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