Our journey to Minnesota, day 2: Anders and Christina Edholm

Now we come to the main reason we made the trip out here. Brian's great grandparents immigrated from Sweden to Braham, Minnesota.  They are buried in the Royalton Township Memorial Cemetery which is just outside Braham. We were hoping to find the church where they attended with the hymnals that are in Swedish.  We asked around Braham about the church (which was in a couple of movies) and found it next to the cemetery. It was locked so Brian went across the dirt road to a farmhouse to ask how we could see inside. The nice woman directed us to another farm down the road and thankfully we found the home and he was able to let us in.

Christina Martha Edholm's headstone

Across the street from the cemetery. Beautiful farmland.

Magnus Edholm's headstone, Anders' son

Helen B. Edholm's headstone,  wife of Magnus

The small church at the cemetery

Swedish hymnal