Vor Frelsers (Our Savior's) Confirmation Classes 1878-1891 Confirmation information from 1876-1884 was transcribed into Vor Frelsers/Concordia records from the Lake Park ministerialbøk. There are no known pictures for the following confirmation classes. Vor Frelsers erected the church in 1883-4 and began keeping its own records at that time. Vor Frelsers and Moland merged to create Concordia Congregation in 1891. 1876 Lake Park Churchbook page image* Churchbook transcription* Confirmation Date: August 20, 1876 Place: Unknown | # | Name of Confirmand | Age | Parents Names | Confirmand Birthplace | Knowledge | Effort | Behavior | | 3 | Alexander Theodor | 17 | Tarje & Geline Grover | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 4 | Ole | 16 | Gunder & Ingeborg Mule | Norway | good | good | good | | 5 | Edvard Gilbert | 15 | Tarje & Geline Grover | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 6 | Gunner | 17 | Aamund & Tone | Norway | excellent | good | good |
1878 Lake Park Churchbook page image* Churchbook transcription* Confirmation Date: 5 May 1878 transcribed from the records of Lake Park (MN) parish, pages 99-100 Pastor P. A. T. Nykreim confirmed the following students in the log school that would later become Moland Town Hall. | # | Name of Confirmand | Age | Parents Names | Confirmand Birthplace | Knowledge | Effort | Behavior | | 1 | Gurine Maria | 16 | Tarje Johnson | Norway | good | good | good | | 2 | Gunhild | 16 | Knud | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 3 | Oline | 16 | Ole & Berthe Studlien | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 4 | Gilbert Olaus | 15 | Andreas & Tone Kastenborg | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 5 | Aavold | 16 | Bendik & Anne Gunderson | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 6 | Aanund | 16 | Ole & Sigrig | Norway | good | good | good |
1879 Lake Park Churchbook page image* Churchbook transcription* Confirmation Date: December 21, 1879 Place: Unknown | # | Name of Confirmand | Age | Parents Names | Confirmand Birthplace | | 25 | Kittel V Lisland | 17 | Vetle & Gunhild Lisland | Norway | | 26 | Gustav O Lee | 15 | Ole & Askjer Lee | Minnesota | | 27 | Andreas Bendikson | 15 | Bendik & Anne Gunderson | Minnesota | | 28 | Kristian Alfred Grover | 15 | Tarje & Geline Grover | Minnesota |
1880 Lake Park Churchbook page image* Churchbook transcription* Confirmation Date: December 5, 1880 Pastor Knut Bjorgo confirmed the following students in the new Kassenborg frame school house. | # | Name of Confirmand | Age | Parents Names | Confirmand Birthplace | Knowledge | Effort | Behavior | | 25 | Julia Serine | 14 | Ole & Askjer Lee | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 26 | Gunhild | 16 | Vetle & Gunhild Lisland | Norway | good | acceptable | good | | 27 | Anne Maria | 17 | Anders & Tone Kastenborg | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 28 | Tilde Sofie | 13 1/2 | Ole & Gunhild Juve | Minnesota | good | very good | good | | 29 | Oline Mathilde | 14 | Ole & Marethe Kiland | Norway | good | good | good | | 30 | Oline | 16 | Ole & Gunhild Juve | Minnesota | good | very acceptable | good | | 31 | Jakob | 16 | Erik & Brita Thune | Norway | good | passable | good | | 32 | Knut | 18 | Ole & Bergit Tveten | Minnesota | good | very acceptable | good |
1883 Lake Park Churchbook page image* Churchbook transcription* Confirmation Date: July 8, 1883 Pastor Knut Bjorgo confirmed the following students in a new log stable built by Andreas Kassenborg. | # | Name of Confirmand | Age | Parents Names | Confirmand Birthplace | Knowledge | Effort | Behavior | | 1 | Josef Storaasli | 15 | Joseph & Gjertrud Storaasli | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 2 | Erik | 16 | Engebridt & Ingilev Olson | Norway | good | good | good | | 3 | Olaus | 16 | Bendik & Anne Gunderson | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 4 | Hilbert Olaus | 14 | Ole & Askjer Lee | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 5 | Nikolaus | 14 | Ole & Gunhild Juve | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 6 | Mathilde Taurine | 16 | Jens & Signe Agerholm | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 7 | Anne Marie | 14 | Tarje & Geline Grover | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 8 | Signe Helene | 15 | Tarje & Gunhild Skrei | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 9 | Karoline Severine | 15 | Gunnar & Signe Svenkeson | Norway | good | good | good | | 10 | Margit | 16 | Thorkild & Gro Snartland | Norway | good | good | good | | 11 | Julia Sofie | 13 1/2 | Aadne & Jorand O Lee | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 12 | Torine Theresia | 14 | Ole & Marthe Kiland | Minnesota | good | good | good | | 13 | Karoline Sofie | 15 | Amund & Ingeborg Kragends | Minnesota | good | good | good |
1884 Churchbook page image* Confirmation Date: 30 November 1884 Place: Vor Frelsers, Clay County MN | # | Name of Confirmand | Birthdate | Baptism Date | Parents Names | Confirmand Birthplace | Knowledge | Effort | Behavior | | 1 | John Olai Lee | 13 March 1869 | 20 June 1869 | Berge O. Lee and Oline B Lee | Ottertail County MN | acceptable | satisfactory | good | | 2 | Andreas Hilbert Aanundsen | 4 April 1870 | 8 May 1870 | Anund Gundersen & Thone Gundersdtr | Houston County MN | very good | very satisfactory | excellent | | 3 | Martin Johnson Sannes | 4 August 1869 | | John M. Sannes & Anna Olsdtr | | acceptable | satisfactory | good | | 4 | Kjetil K. Nape | 12 March 1867 | 15 March 1867 | Kjetil G. Nape & Thorbjør Olsdtr | Moland, Telemark NOR | very good | very satisfactory | excellent | | 5 | Edward L Kassenborg | 19 Nov 1868 | | A. G. Kassenborg & Thone Kassenborg | Houston County MN | acceptable | satisfactory | good | | 6 | Gunhild G Svenkesen | 11 Nov 1870 | 22 Jan 1871 | G. C. Svenkesen & Signe Vetlesdtr | Highland Prairie MN | excellent | excellent | excellent | | 7 | Martha G. Wellesen | 4 Dec 1868 | 24 Jan 1869 | Gabr. Wellesen & Abigail Isaksdtr | Christiansand NOR | acceptable | very satisfactory | excellent | | 8 | Aslaug Andrea Tveit | 10 Aug 1869 | | Ole N. Tveit & Thone Gundersdtr | Nissedal, Morken NOR | excellent | excellent | excellent | | 9 | Anna Thoresdtr | 16 Nov 1869 | | Thore Aavoldsen & Anna Olsdtr | Moland, Telemark NOR | good | very satisfactory | excellent | | 10 | Andrea Johanne Holte | 13 Oct 1870 | | T J Holte & Anna Margrethe Holte | Houston County MN | excellent | excellent | excellent |
" 1886 Churchbook page image * Confirmation Date: 6 June 1886 Place: Vor Frelsers, Clay County MN | # | Name of Confirmand | Birthdate | Baptism Date | Parents Names | | Confirmand Birthplace | Knowledge | Effort | Behavior | | 1 | Theodor Hilbert | 15 Dec 1870 | 21 Jul 1871 Pr Ostby | Tarje T Skrei & Gunild Halvorsdtr | Clay County MN | excellent | very satisfactory | excellent | | 2 | Saamund Andreas | 23 Aug 1869 | 30 Oct 1869 | John Saamundsen & Anna Fraalsdtr | Houston County MN | acceptable | satisfactory | excellent | | 3 | John | June 1870 | baptized by Pr Sauer | Andres A. Sauer & Ragnhild A Sauer | Iowa | poor | passable | good | | 4 | William Edward | 23 Oct 1870 | 19 Feb 1871 | John Saamundsen & Anna Fraalsdtr | Houston County MN | very good | very satisfactory | excellent | | 5 | Saave | 22 January 1871 | 26 March 1871 | Torkel O. Snartland & Gro Saavesdtr. | Telemark NOR | excellent | excellent | excellent | | 6 | Christian Julius Gerhard | 11 Sept 1870 | ?? | Jens J Aggerholm & Signe G. Loftie | Houston County MN | excellent | satisfactory | good | | 7 | Olaf | 2 Mar 1871 | 25 Mar 1871 | Thore Aavoldsen & Anna Olsdtr | Telemark NOR | excellent | very satisfactory | excellent | | 8 | Harald Gustinius | 27 Jul 1869 | 12 Sept 1869 | Tarjus Haraldson & Aase Aslaksdtr | | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 9 | Gilbert Olaus | 7 Aug 1870 | baptized in Houston | A O Kragnes & Ingeborg Olsdtr | Houston County MN | acceptable | satisfactory | excellent | | 10 | Gustav Olaus | 11 Feb 1871 | | Gulbrand Gulbrandsen & Else Ketilsdtr | Houston County MN | excellent | very satisfactory | excellent | | 11 | Lisa Thonette | 28 Mar 1871 | 25 Apr 1871 | A. G. Kassenborg & Thone Olsdtr | Houston County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 12 | Torbjor | 16 Jun 1871 | baptized in Telemark | Tjøstolf Christiansen & Anna Olsdtr | Moland, Telemark NOR | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 13 | Liv | 5 Sep 1870 | baptized in Telemark | Ole G Rue & Jorand Johnsdtr | Moland, Telemark NOR | very good | satisfactory | excellent |
1887 Churchbook page image 1* Church book page image 2* Confirmation Date: 23 Oct 1887 Place: Vor Frelsers, Clay County MN | # | Name of Confirmand | Birthdate | Baptism Date | Parents Names | | Confirmand Birthplace | Knowledge | Effort | Behavior | | 1 | Ole Emanuel | 12 Jan 1873 | baptized in Houston | A O Kragnes & Ingeborg Olsdtr | Houston County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 2 | Engebret Magnus | 22 Jul 1871 | baptized in Houston | John Sannes & Anne Olsdtr | Houston County MN | very good | satisfactory | good | | 3 | Andreas Gilbert | 27 Apr 1872 | 30 Jul 1872 | O S & Askjer Lee | Clay County MN | very good | satisfactory | good | | 4 | Edward | 10 Dec 1870 | baptized in Houston | Olaus Enkrem & Mari Jensen | Houston County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 5 | Endrew Hilbert | 9 Jan 1872 | 31 Jul 1872 | B Gunderson & Anna Aasvoldsdtr | Clay County MN | excellent | excellent | excellent | | 6 | John Theodor | 28 Apr 1873 | 2 Jun 1873 | T J Holte & Anna M Jakobsdtr | Houston County MN | excellent | excellent | excellent | | 7 | Simon Theodor | 4 Sep 1872 | baptized in Houston | O T Kiland & Martha Tarjesdtr | Houston County MN | very good | satisfactory | good | | 8 | Maren Sofie | 27 Sep 1872 | 13 Oct 1872 | G C Svenkesen & Signe Wetlesdtr | Clay County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 9 | Sofie | 26 Jul 71 | 27 Aug 71 | T Aavoldsen & Anna Olsdtr | Moland, Telemark NOR | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 10 | Torbjor Johanna | 6 Aug 71 | Nissedal NOR | O N Tvedt & Thone Gundersen | Nissedal,Telemark NOR | excellent | excellent | excellent | | 11 | Inger Marie | 18 Feb 73 | Houston Congreg. | O J Juve & Gunhild Olsdtr | Houston County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 12 | Gurine Oline | 23 Nov 7 | Houston Congreg. | A O Lie & Jorand Olsdtr Juve | Houston County MN | excellent | excellent | excellent | | 13 | Elisa Andrea | 14 Sep 73 | Houston Congreg. | T A Grover & Geline Gulbrandsdtr | Houston County MN | very good | excellent | excellent | | 14 | Emma Geline | 27 Mar 73 | 6 May 73 | Halvor Salveson & Gunhild A Salveson | Clay County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent |
1889 Churchbook page image* Confirmation Date: 10 Nov 1889 Place: Vor Frelsers, Clay County MN | # | Name of Confirmand | Birthdate | Baptism Date | Parents Names | | Confirmand Birthplace | Knowledge | Effort | Behavior | | 1 | Edwin Haraldson | 12 Jun 1874 | 19 Jul 1874 | Tarje Haraldson & Aase Aslaksdtr | Worth County IA | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 2 | Fredrik Olaus Lee | 18 Feb 1875 | Houston Congreg. | A O Lee & Jorand Juve | Houston County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 3 | Andrew William Knudsen | 13 May 1873 | baptized (Norway) | Knud Aadvoldsen & Thone Gundersen | Nissedal NOR | good | passable to satisfactory | respectable | | 4 | Nils Tveit | 10 Nov 1874 | Nissedal NOR | O N Tvedt & Thone Midgarden | Nissedal NOR | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 5 | Salve Buell Salvesen | 30 Oct 1874 | baptized in Nov | Wetle Salvesen & Signe Bjorgosdtr | Clay County MN | excellent | excellent | excellent | | 6 | Jakob Andreas Holte | 21 Apr 1875 | 19 May 1875 | Tarje J Holte & Anna M Jakobsen | Houston County MN | excellent | excellent | excellent | | 7 | Julia Ogenia Kastenborg | 13 Mar 1874 | baptized in Houston | A G Kastenborg & Thone Kastenborg | Houston County MN | very good | excellent | excellent | | 8 | Thone Nilsen | 25 Jan 1874 | Solum NOR | Nils Gjermundsen & Bergit Paulson | Solum NOR | very good | excellent | excellent | | 9 | Mathilde Eriksen | 11 Nov 1874 | baptized in Houston | Olaus Eriksen & Marie Jensen | Houston County MN | good | satisfactory | excellent | | 10 | Gunhild Snartland | 25 Sep 1875 | 24 Oct 1875 | Torkjel O Snartland & Gro Saavesdtr | Fyresdal, Telemark NOR | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 11 | Thilda Sophia Salvesen | 20 Dec 1874 | 1 Jan 1875 | Halvor Salvesen & Gunhild Andresen | Clay County MN | good | satisfactory | excellent | | 12 | Johanna Knudsen | 3 Jul 1875 | baptized by Pr Nykreim | Knud Aadvoldsen & Thone Gundersen | Clay County MN | good | satisfactory | excellent | | 13 | Sina Tilde Gelina Gundersen | 21 Apr 1874 | 26 May 1874 | Bendik Gundersen & Anna Aavoldsen | Clay County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 14 | Willa Serine Svenkesen | 23 May 1875 | in Vor Frelsers Cong. | G C Svenkesen & Signe V. Lisland | Clay County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent |
1890 Churchbook page image* Confirmation Date: 2 November 1890 Place: Vor Frelsers, Clay County MN | # | Name of Confirmand | Birthdate | Baptism Date | Parents Names | | Confirmand Birthplace | Knowledge | Effort | Behavior | | 1 | Hilbert Olaus | 28 Aug 1875 | 3 Oct 1875 | Tarje J Skrei & Gunhild Halvorsdtr | Clay County MN | excellent | satisfactory | excellent | | 2 | Olaf | 18 Mar 1876 | 16 Jul 1876 | B. Gunderson & Anna Aavoldsen | Clay County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 3 | Aavold | 5 Apr 1875 | 17 May 1875 | Thore Aavoldsen & Anna Olsdtr | Moland, Telemark NOR | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 4 | Alfred Olaus | 19 Mar 1874 | | John Somondsen & Anna Vraalsen | Houston County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 5 | Signe Andrea | 7 Jan 1876 | | Ole N Tvedt & Thone Gundersen | Nissedal NOR | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 6 | Oline Randine | 23 Jun 1876 | 23 Jul 1876 | O A Midgarden & Aasne H | Fillmore County MN | excellent | satisfactory | excellent | | 7 | Anne | 28 Aug 1875 | 26 Sep 1875 | Bendik S Kroen & Kari Olsdtr | Fyresdal, Telemark NOR | excellent | satisfactory | excellent | | 8 | Ingeborg | 23 Dec 1876 | | A O Lee & Jorund Olsdtr Juve | Houston County MN | excellent | satisfactory | excellent | | 9 | Thilde Maline | 18 Oct 1875 | 19 Nov 1875 | T A Grover & Geline Gulbrandsdtr | Clay County MN | excellent | excellent | exemplary | | 10 | Ingeborg Maline | 5 Dec 1876 | 19 Jan 1877 | A G Kassenborg & Thone Olsdtr | Clay County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent |
1891 Churchbook page image* Confirmation Date: 26 November 1891 Place: Vor Frelsers, Clay County MN Pastor J. O. Hougen | # | Name of Confirmand | Birthdate | Baptism Date | Parents Names | | Confirmand Birthplace | Knowledge | Effort | Behavior | | 1 | Carl Martin | 20 Oct 1876 | baptized in Houston | Olaus Eriksen & Marie Eriksen | Houston County MN | good | satisfactory | excellent | | 2 | Carl Jens Peter | 24 Sep 1875 | 31 Oct 1875 | Mogens Jensen & Caroline Maria Hansen | Kjobenhoven DEN | good | satisfactory | excellent | | 3 | Andreas Oliver | 19 Sep 1877 | baptized by Pr Bjorgo | T O Rice & Serine Kiland | Clay County MN | good | satisfactory | excellent | | 4 | Paul | 6 Juli 1877 | baptized in Fyresdal NOR | Nils G Midbo & Bergit Paulson | Fyresdal NOR | excellent | satisfactory | excellent | | 5 | Richard Oliver | 22 Dec 1877 | 13 Jan 1878 | Ole A Midgarden & Aasne Halvorsen | Clay County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 6 | Jorgen | 8 Mar 1876 | 30 Apr 1876 | Ole Th Tveit & Anna Kjetilsdtr | Nissedal, Telemark NOR | poor | satisfactory | excellent | | 7 | Gunlaug | 17 Apr 1877 | 20 Mar 1877 | Ole Th Tveit & Anna Kjetilsdtr | Nissedal, Telemark NOR | excellent | satisfactory | excellent | | 8 | Joraand | 27 Jan 1877 | 18 Mar 1877 | B T Kroen & Kari Olsdtr Grydem-- | Fyresdal NOR | excellent | satisfactory | excellent | | 9 | Helen Olava | 30 Mar 1877 | baptized by Pr Bjorgo | G C Svenkesen & Signe V Lisland | Clay County MN | very good | satisfactory | excellent | | 10 | Anna Caroline | 27 Jan 1877 | baptized in Hurdal NOR | Gustav Jensen & Maria Jensen | Hurdal, Norway | poor | satisfactory | excellent |
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