Unknown people who attended Henry Jacobson's 75th birthday party, 1958, Clarkfield, MN

This is a photo from Henry Jacobson's 75th birthday on 10-6-1958. The reason we are posting this is because there are so many people from the Clarkfield, MN area. Unfortunately the photo is a bit blurry- there's no fixing it as far as we know. We recognize quite a few people from the church photos in this photo but are unsure of their names.

Who we know for sure:
Henry and Emma Jacobson are third row up from the bottom above the dog. Mabel Danielson is third row up, third in from right.

To see the church photos, go here: Spring Creek Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, MN

Spring Creek Lutheran Church confirmation class, Yellow Medicine County, MN

 This is a confirmation class from Spring Creek Lutheran Church in Yellow Medicine County. We're thinking it's from the mid-1930s based on our relatives age. The one person we know for sure is Arden Gunderson, who is third from left in the top row. We feel confident the man sitting in the front row and in the photo below is Reverend Jorgen Emil Hanson Akre. We know Arden attended Spring Creek Lutheran Church and found Rev. Akre's obituary online stating he worked there from April 1929 to June 1951. His obituary link is below. The remainder of the people are unknown. 


Rev. Jorgen Emil Hanson Akre's obituary

Clarkfield School, January 1926, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

 

The only thing we know about this photo is: it's the Clarkfield School in January 1926. The calendar in the back shows the date. It looks like they were pen-pals with a class in China per the blackboard. Wish we could say more!

Clarkfield Class Picture, March 29, 1912. Clarkfield, MN. Yellow Medicine County.

This is one of our favorites! The photo we had with name of teacher and date on it. We also have a paper (The Clarkfield Advocate), where it talks about this picture. Henry Appleseth is the person who wrote into the paper stating who everyone is (with married names as well). We've added commentary to help further identify. Enjoy!

Clarkfield Class Picture: March 29, 1912 of the country school then known as the Simon B. Gunderson district. 38 pupils were enrolled in the eight grades
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(Left to right)

Front row: Alvin Dotseth, Halvor Hegna, Leonard Peterson, Raymond Larson, Arnold Berg and Walter Topper.

2nd row: Carl Appleseth (standing slightly away from group), Hilda Topper, Ida Thorhaug Amundson, Lydia Selness Tingval, Minnie Larson (with white ribbons in hair), Inga Appleseth Johnson, Mabel Vallen Davidson, Bennie Gunderson, and Andrew Dahlberg. (Benie and Andrew are the taller boys standing on the end holding something- a bag/clothing?)

3rd row: Selmer Foss, LeRoy Peterson, Ludwig Gunderson, Millard Wallen, Ingval Leroen, Louis Hegna, Norris Berg (appears to be very hidden in the photo), and Oscar Foss.

4th row: Melvin Foss (is actually just below the teacher-looks like he is in the row below), Estella Ralston Troke (teacher from 1911-1912, lighter dress, slightly behind Gurina Gunderson), Gurina Gunderson Mauland (tall girl towards back), Nettie Peterson Wait, Myrtle Haugen, Hannah Larson Gunderson (has lighter ribbon on the side of her hair), Ida Haugen.

5th row: Joseph Selness (with a cap), and Reuben Foss (with a bat).

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