The front lawn on the north side of the parsonage is not actually a sprawling yard but our church graveyard.

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The Church Records concerning those who were buried in "The Cemetery at New Bleking" are incomplete.  The following names are taken from the Parish Register and from a record kept by Elmer Westman.

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As best as can be determined, buried in the graveyard are:

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GEORGE OSCAR PETERSON- died on January 24, 1878 at the age of 29 years, of "pneumonia"

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OSCAR EMANUEL PETERSON- died on August 13, 1878, the 6 month son of George Oscar & Anna                                                           Christina, of "pneumonia"

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ANNA CHRISTINA- died on September 8, 1878, the 24-year-old widow of George Oscar Peterson, of 

                                "pneumonia'

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LARS JOHAN PETERSON- died on January 6, 1879, at the age of 49. "Killed by a railroad train;"

                                             husband of Sara Catherina (Pehrodatter) and father of Pehr, Eva                                                             Christine, Johan, Hulda Caroline, Jennie Marie, Karina (Catharina)

                                             Augusta, and Ella Amanda (who preceded him in death)

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ELLA AMANDA PETERSON- died in August of 1875, at at he age of 2 years; daughter of Lars Johan 

                                                & Sara Catharina

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KURT JOHAN ERIC OLSON- who died at birth, a son of Martin "Captain' & Emilia Marie

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JOHAN ROS- husband of Stina Ruth (Johanson) and father of Anders Magnus, Johanna Gustafva,

                        and Carl Johan; he farmed east of Tustin on the old John Stenman farm.

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CARL JOHAN JOHNSON- buried in the cave-in of a well and died after rescue from exposure and

                                           injury

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AUGUST HYBERG- died on November 7, 1879, at the age of 21 year, of "asthma"; son so Jons &

                                 Karsten

 

OLAUS JOHANSON- died on Christmas Day in 1880, of "typhoid fever", at the age of 47  years; he

                                   was the husband of Carolina and the father of Carl Alfred, Maria Carolina, and

                                   Alfred

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If there is any information about other people who were buried in the graveyard, please contact us.