LYON COUNTY GENEALOGY
First Births and Baptisms
The following is a copy of the first
births and baptisms amongst the early settlers,
along the Big Sioux River in Lyon County, Iowa as they were recorded by early
pastors, and are still kept and preserved in the files of the Lutheran congregation,
at Canton, South Dakota, where the first resident pastor Reverend Eilef Olson lived.
Oline, born July 14, 1869, baptized
October
31, 1869, parents, Hans Jacob and
Thorborg Olson
Lara Christian, born August 2, 1869,
baptized October 31, 1869, parents Simon
Tobiason and Ingeborg Birkeland
Simon, born November 3, 1869, baptized
December 25,1869, parents Ole and Margit
Sorenson
Karl, born November 17, 1869, baptized
December 25,1869, parents Morten and
Curo Hanson
Hans Martinius, born January 20, 1870,
baptized March 2, 1870, parents Tosten
Hansen and Ambjor Kaarstad
Ole, born May 8, 1870, baptized June 6,
1870, parents Aanend and Oline Syversen
Tollef Edward, born October 10, 1870,
baptized November 27, 1870, parents
Haagen and Maren Dortea Pauline
Tollefsen
Jesine, born October 23, 1870, baptized
November 27, 1870, parents Theis Jacob
and Torbor Tobiasen
Elise, born November 12, 1870, baptized
November27, 1870, parents Knut and
Begge Helgesen
Margit, born April 18, 1869, baptized
July 20, 1869, parents, Ole and Ane Knudson
Signed by Mrs. Simon Foss, Historian, and
B.H.F. Habel, Pastor. Sworn and
subscribed to by Mrs. Alma Thorson Foss and Pastor Bernhard H.J. Habel,
at Inwood, Iowa, this 18 day of April 1955.
Source: First birth and baptisms amongst the early settlers along the Big Sioux
River in Lyon County, Iowa as they were recorded by early pastors, and are still
kept and preserved in the files of the Lutheran congregation, at Canton, South Dakota.
Microfilm Number 985414