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Bethania Cemetery
Badger, Roseau County, Minnesota

Lat: 48° 47' 28"N, Lon: 96° 00' 28"W
Skagen Twp, T161N R42W Section 1

Contributed by Marjorie Broten, Aug 28, 2010, last edited Aug 31, 2010 [mjbroten@centurylink.net]. Total records = 75.

The cemetery directions leaving Roseau on Highway #11 driving west for 11 miles you see the cemetery on your right (west side) before you cross over the railroad tracks, ahead will be the town of Badger on your right side (west).

This cemetery was established in 1898 on approximately 1 acre of land which was given by Peter Sjoberg. Also known, as the Swedish Cemetery or Bethany Cemetery. There is no church present by cemetery today.

The Bethania Swedish Lutheran Church owns and maintains this cemetery and it is still used for burials. It is in very good condition. I did not see a cemetery sign, a cement post by driveway may have been where the sign had been at one time.

I did a complete walk thru, reading all existing and visible headstones as of Aug 28, 2010. A digital camera has been used for pictures.

- Marjorie Broten

Legend:

b. = born d. = died d/o = daughter of ( ) = author's comments

s/o = son of s/w = stone with w/o = wife of

Alberg, Chad, b. 1 Aug 1960, d. 14 Apr 2002, Dad Son Brother Uncle
Alberg, Stanley K., b. 24 Jun 1924, d. 2 Feb 2004, Tec 4 US Army WWI
Anderson, Alf M., b. /d. 29 Aug 1910, aged 1 year 2 mos
Anderson, Anna M., b. 1879, d. 1968
Anderson, August, b. 5 Dec 1855, d. 2 Oct 1923
Anderson, Axel E., b. 20 Oct 1888, d. 2 Feb 1971, Pvt WWII
Anderson, Cecelia (Pearson), b. 1853, d. 1950
Anderson, Gary Duaine, b. 14 Nov 1945, d. 7 Jan 1973, married 15 Nov 1969, h/o Rebecca (Olmstead)
Anderson, Johanna Amanda, b. 25 Jun 1860, d. 7 Oct 1932
Anderson, John M., b. 15 Sept 1853, d. 27 Mar 1934
Anderson, John R., b. 1915, d. 2001
Anderson, Mildred, b. 1925, d. 2003, she served God & others one day at a time
Anderson, Nels, b. 10 Oct 1860 (1861), d. Mar 1941
Anderson, Richard Allen, b. 19 Sept 1944, d. 28 Oct 1992, s/o John & Mildred
Baarstad, Harold A., b. 1937, d. 1941
Berg, Curtis John, b. 18 Nov 1964, d. 22 Aug 2006, Gone But Not Forgotten
Bergland, John, b. 1 Jan 1883 (1882), d. 2 Dec 1940
Bergstrom, Claus W., b. 1884, d. 1944
Bjornson, Carl Lawence, b. 12 Sept 1930, d. 26 Aug 1931, son
Bjornson, Carl R. Fritiof, b. 5 Jan 1894, d. 22 Aug 1934, father
Bjornson, Minnie Teckla, b. 28 Mar 1896, d. 24 Nov 1979, mother
Carlson, Anna, b. 1875, d. 1939
Carlson, Annie, b. 5 July 1867, d. 3 Sept 1908
Carlson, Arthur, b. 19 Aug 1894, d. 10 July 1979, Pvt US Army WWI
Carlson, C. Otto, b. 1865, d. 1950
Carlson, Erick, b. 1875, d. 1939
Carlson, Lillie Marie, b. 21 Sep 1906, d. 4 Dec 1995, grandmother family friend & sister
Carlson, Marie, b. 1896, d. 1989
Clinton, Delbert, b. 1910, d. 1923, son
Danielson, Arthur B., b. 1903, d. 1978
Danielson, Carl J., b. 1900, d. 1973
Danielson, Denis, b. 1859, d. 1939
Danielson, Ellen, b. 18 July 1877, d. 3 Jan 1941
Erickson, Andrew, b. 1861, d. 1956, father
Erickson, Andrew O., b. 29 Jan 1872, d. 31 Aug 1963, father
Erickson, Andy, b. 1906, d. 1994
Erickson, Christine, b. 3 Dec 1870, d. 24 Apr 1931, mother
Erickson, Earl M., b. 1904, d. 1985, father
Erickson, Edith Amelia, b. 12 Oct 1901, d. 30 Nov 1911, d/o Andrew & Christina
Erickson, Edna Viola, b. 1903, d. 1935, daughter
Erickson, Emily, b. 14 Aug 1893, d. 17 Feb 1909, d/o Andrew & Mathilda
Erickson, Erick O., b. 7 Feb 1893, d. 6 Mar 1919, Pvt Inf WWI
Erickson, Eva Olivia, b. 1887, d. 1916, daughter
Erickson, Lawrence, b. /d. 1898, son
Erickson, Mathilda, b. 1 Feb 1868, d. Dec 1936, w/o Andrew, mother
Erickson, Oline (Christianson), b. 13 Dec 1907, d. 1 Dec 2005
Erickson, Palma O., b. 1905, d. 1961, mother
Gadeholt, Emma, b. 26 Jan 1904, d. 17 Oct 1905, small old white marker
Gadeholt, Knut, b. 1862, d. 1953
Gadeholt, Laura, b. 1882, d. 1966
Hammer, Henry P., b. 1887, d. 1951, father
Hammer, Martha O., b. 1889, d. 1955, mother
Hammer, Nannie Amanda, b. 8 Mar 1900, d. 5 Dec 1995
Hammer, Ole, b. 3 May 1897, d. 29 Jan 1991, Pvt US Army WWI
Hammer, Palmer E., b. 1898, d. 1995
Hammer, Theoline, b. 30 Apr 1900, d. 5 Oct 1991
Hansen, Adeline M., b. 1920, d. 1979
Hansen, Ida E., b. 1893, d. 1982
Hanson, Ivar, b. Jun 1889, d. 28 Sept 1986
Hedlund, Anna C., b. 8 Dec 1856, d. 29 Aug 1941, w/o Lars
Hedlund, Lars Gustav, b. 6 Jan 1887, d. 26 May 1909
Johnson, Mary Ann Gail, b. 19 Dec 1938, d. 16 Jan 1939
Mattson, Erick H., b. 6 Mar 1862, d. 6 Feb 1931
Mattson, Johanna, b. 14 Oct 1864, d. 24 Oct 1947
Nelson, Anna A., b. 27 Sept 1883, d. 14 May 1945, mother
Nelson, John M., b. 7 Oct 1872, d. 17 Nov 1948, father
Nelson, Swan, b. 1865, d. 1934, newspaper stated his burial @ Swedish Cemetery
Olson, F. A., b. 3 Jan 1843, d. Nov 1933
Olson, Maria, b. 1851, d. 1916, moder, w/o F.A. Olson
Olson, John A., b. 8 Mar 1888, d. 30 Aug 1976, s/o F.A. & Maria
Peterson, Peter N., b. 12 Oct 1881, d. 21 Sep 1918
Petterson, Henry Carl, b. 8 Oct 1884, d. 8 Aug 1897
Petterson, Johanna C., b. 23 Feb 1845, d. 9 Apr 1921, mother
Petterson, John A., b. 12 Jan 1849, d. 23 Mar 1928, father
Petterson, Lydia Emelia, b. 15 1882, d. 4 Jun 1918

Misc:
-grave with last name missing, Elmer A.; b. 8 May 1880, d. 5 Mar 1958 (letters stpet funeral home marker) Petterson ? grave between Lydia E. Petteson & Emma Gadeholt
-concrete marker, no name no dates
-concrete marker, no name no dates
-unknown grave no name dates between F.A.Olson & Maria Olson
-unknown grave no marker next to Erick Carlson

Ref:
-Atlas of 1913, 1935, 1942, 1960, 1973, 1978, 1998
-Deed Record No. 17 dated 9 Jun 1902 from Peter Sjoberg
-Local News Papers
-Pioneers I & II
-Remembrances Anthology of RC MN
-Roseau County Heritage Book 1992
-Roseau County Highway Map 2008
-Roseau County Court House
-Roseau County Museum