Spring Creek Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, MN, Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, January 1960

These three photos were taken at Spring Creek Lutheran Church in Clarkfield, MN.

Photo #1 Above ~

Sixth row up from bottom (left to right): Bennie Gunderson, Hannah Gunderson (with dark hat/white flower), Shirley "Tina" Gunderson (with glasses, dark dress, and light scarf in hair).
Fifth Row up from bottom: Mrytle Haugen (White hat, dark dress, and glasses), next to her is Iver Haugen.
Fourth row up from bottom (left to right): Gerhard Larson, Raymond and Ella Larson (all wearing glasses).
The remainder are unknown at this time.

Photo #2 Above~

Front Row (right to left): Henry and Emma Jacobson.
Second Row (right to left): unknown, Mabel Danielson, Belma and Alfred Larson.
Fifth Row: on the right behind the child we believe this to be Henry A. Jacobson. Please see this post- 3rd photo down- and you can decide for yourself: Henry A. Jacobson

Photo #3 Above ~
Unknown people other than listed above...


We also have a photo from Henry Jacobson's 75th birthday party in 1958 that contains a lot of unknown people, many of whom appear in these photos. To see the photo from Henry's party, go here: Henry Jacobson's 75th birthday party

Larson & Tinderholt, Norway, Iowa, Minnesota

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2017:
Been in contact with a Larson family member (not sure if I can say her name- have to ask), but want to say she says this is Peter's brother and his family. The photo was labeled Hans Larson in pencil (not Arden's writing, which is who we inherited the photo from, so unknown source of the writing). So you will have to be the judge as to who is in this photo.

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Original post below:
Some people in the photo we can identify, others we can't. Be warned the story that goes with this family may be difficult to read.
Who we can identify in the photo: Hans Peter Larson is the child in front in the middle standing, next to him is his father Peter Larson Tinderholt, to the other side of Hans is his mother Marie Larson, and his sister, Anna Marie Larson, is sitting in the mom's lap.
We are unsure of the remainder of the people in the photo- possibly Peter's siblings or other relatives. We do not know about Marie's relatives. This photo would have been taken around 1867, about a year prior to Anna's death at the hands of her father (He beat her to death). After Anna's death, Marie divorced Peter. This photo would have been taken in Ossian, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States as that is where the family was living at the time.
As for the different last names, some records indicated the last name is Larson, while others indicate Tinderholt, or a combo of Larson Tinderholt. Per our written history (the Larson's), all of Peter's children took the last name Larson.