Birth : 5 Mar 1815 Skanevik, Etne kommune, Hordaland fylke, Norway
Death : 2 Mar 1882 Hetland, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA
Burial : Old Nordland Cemetery, Hetland, Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate : 44.3690000, -97.1994000
Plot : Grave #4, WPA survey, 1940
Inscription : The inscription on Lars Christopherson's stone is a combination of two hymns (some of the words based on scripture). Thanks to Blane Conklin for this.

The first four lines match the third stanza from this hymn
Description : Lars Gjelmervig (Gjelmervik, Hjelmervik) Christopherson was born in 1815 in Skånevik, Hordaland, Norway. He died in 1882 in Denver Township, Kingsbury County, Dakota Territory. He married Ingaborg Johannesdtr in 1846. The daughter of Johannes Samsonson and Anna Monson., she was born in 1818 in Leknes, Skånevik, Hrdl, Norway, and died in 1874 near Helmar, in Big Grove Township, Kendall County, IL.
Lars & Ingaborg left Norway in 1849 and Lars and his three sons and daughter moved to Dakota Territory in 1878 and homesteaded near Hetland, SD. Lars died in... Read More

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  • Where is Lars Christopherson Gjelmervig's memorial?

    Lars Christopherson Gjelmervig's memorial is located at: Old Nordland Cemetery, Hetland, Kingsbury County, USA.

  • When did Lars Christopherson Gjelmervig death?

    Lars Christopherson Gjelmervig death on 2 Mar 1882 in Hetland, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA

  • Where are the coordinates of the Lars Christopherson Gjelmervig's memorial?

    Latitude: 44.3690000
    Longitude: -97.1994000

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Lewis G. Larson

(1854 - 1934)

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Anna Larson Arneson

(1857 - 1929)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Old Nordland Cemetery
Hetland, Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3690000, -97.1994000

2. Nordland Cemetery
Hetland, Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3699989, -97.2089005

3. Hetland Cemetery
Hetland, Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3917007, -97.2403030

4. Lake Whitewood Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3198000, -97.2288000

5. Arlington Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3511009, -97.1268997

6. Nielsen Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4347500, -97.1894000

7. Bangor Lutheran Cemetery
Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3119011, -97.1243973

8. Spring Lake Covenant Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2690000, -97.2295000

9. Hinderlie Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4488983, -97.2893982

10. Odden Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4197006, -97.3302994

11. North Preston Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4407740, -97.3106400

12. Pleasant View Cemetery
Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2627983, -97.1686020

13. Badger Cemetery
Badger, Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4850006, -97.2142029

14. Lake Thisted Cemetery
Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4841995, -97.1472015

15. United Cemetery
Oldham, Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2685000, -97.3010000

16. Spring Lake Colony Cemetery
Arlington, Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2378290, -97.1791270

17. United Cemetery
Badger, Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4996986, -97.1288986

18. Saint Andreas Cemetery
Oldham, Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2400017, -97.2799988

19. Oakwood Zion Cemetery
Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4267006, -97.0119019

20. Saint Peters German Lutheran Church Cemetery
Badger, Kingsbury County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5010986, -97.2878036

21. Bethel Cemetery
Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4994011, -97.0997009

22. Laketon Mission Covenant Cemetery
Arlington, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4994440, -97.0997220

23. Mission Covenant Cemetery
Arlington, Brookings County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4995900, -97.0998400

24. Trasta Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.4852982, -97.0689011