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Oakland Cemetery
Sect. 12 - Lessor Township
Polk County, Minnesota


Located 7 1/2 miles north of McIntosh, 1 1/2 miles east on County Road 5, and 1/4 mile north

Thanks to Ann for walking this cemetery, transcribing it and taking the pictures - August 2004

This cemetery is located on land once owned by Andrew Thoreson.   Andrew's daughters are two of the earliest burials.  On the west side of the brick pillars are plaques that say "IN MEMORY OF CARL CHRISTIANSON" and "IN MEMORY OF DUANE CHRISTIANSON."

Notes in parenthesis are from the township death records and other sources.

CEMETERY LISTING

NAME

BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

REMARKS

Thoreson, Lille Viola

Mar 29, 1901

Jul 3, 1902

 (Daughter of Andrew & Julia Thoreson)

Thoreson, Alfa Josefine

Jul 14, 1899

Jun 16, 1903 

(Daughter of Andrew & Julia Thoreson)

Thoreson, Andrew

March 3, 1861

August 1, 1940

 

Thoreson, Julia

January 12, 1872

July 22, 1949

 

Graham,  Helen S.

1898

1982 

Wife

Graham, William

1891

1955 

Husband

Sundsdahl, Hannah

1861

1945 

Mother

Christianson

   

Father   Mother  (one stone, no dates)

Sundsdahl, William O.   

Dec 3, 1859

Nov 20, 1915      

 

Sundsdahl, Ole W. 

Jun 28, 1891

Dec 19, 1920

 

Rustan, Anna T. 

Aug 10, 1884

May 4, 1914

 

Omland, Gunder 

1883

1954 

(Owned land in Section 10)

Omland, Erick 

1877

1929 

(Owned land in Section 10)

On one stone:

     

Matson,  Christian 

1828

1916

 

Matson, Karen 

1833

1913 

 

Matson, Obed 

Jun 24, 1910

Jan 11, 2004 

TEC 5, US ARMY, World War II, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Matson, Nina C.  

Feb 24, 1913

Oct 10, 1988

 

On one stone:

Johnson, Percival I. “Percy” 

May 6, 1916

Jul 13, 2003  

 

Johnson, Alvina C. “Toots”

Nov 29, 1929

 

Married Jun 9, 1951 (Daughter of Carl and Alma Christianson)

One stone:

Christianson, Johanna 

 Jun 28, 1863

Oct 27, 1914

 

Christianson, Ole

Feb 14, 1861

Jul 27, 1931

 

Christianson, Dagne 

1896

1924

 

Christianson, Baby

     

Finseth,  Julian 

1889

1967 

Father

Finseth, Elizabeth 

1897

1995 

Mother (Daughter of Ole and Johanna Christianson)

Christianson, Carl 

Sep 14, 1903

Mar 1, 1971

(Son of Ole and Johanna Christianson, husband of Alma Grover Christianson)

Christianson, Alma 

Nov 8, 1902

Jul 27, 1983 

Mom (nee Grover, wife of Carl Christianson)

Christianson, Duane N. 

 Jan 31, 1934

Jun 19, 1982

 PVT US ARMY

Christianson, Wallace L. 

 May 20, 1938

 Aug 6, 1992 

US ARMY

Thoreson, Julia 

1872

1949

(Wife of Andrew)

Thoreson, Andrew 

1861

1940 

(Laid to rest in the cemetery adjacent to his former farm home, born near Farmington, MN in 1861, move near McIntosh in 1891, died Thursday, August 1st, wife Julia, children Tina, Selma Berry, Bertha Gerodimas, Lily Peterson & Len, preceded in death by two infants and Alpha McShane of Michigan and Alphonso)

Thoreson, Alphonso 

1908

1940 

(Died of accidental carbon monoxide gas, at the time of his death he lived in Lessor Twp. with six children, five sons and a daughter, his father and his sister)

Posted by Shirley Dorgan, 2004
Updated March 27, 2006, S. Dorgan
Updated May 22, 2015, K. Kittleson