Monday, June 9, 2014

Emma Sofia SANDER (c. 1915)

The portrait below of Emma SANDER, Brede and Siri's youngest daughter, was probably taken for her confirmation or high school graduation as she can be seen to be holding a rolled-up document which is most likely a certificate or diploma.


Portrait. Emma Sofia SANDER (c. 1915). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Obituary and Gravestones: Siri (Jukam) SANDER


Siri passed away on 14 Sep 1951 and was buried in the SANDER plot in Belleview Cemetery, Howard, SD beside her husband. At the time of her passing she was Miner County's oldest resident.


Obituary. Siri (Jukam) SANDER, "Pioneer, 94, Dies," (1951). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Right image: Inscription on the side of the gravestone. Left image: Individual gravestone for Siri (Jukam) SANDER (1857-1951). Images courtesy of Find A Grave.com.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Memorial: Serene "Marie" SANDER (1888-1980)




Memorial. Marie SANDER (Howard, SD: Willoughby Funeral Home, 6 Sep 1980). Images courtesy of Verla Williams.

Friday, June 6, 2014

Descendants of Brede Bredesen SANDER, Jr.


Descendants chart (page 1). Brede SANDER, Jr. Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.


Descendants chart (page 2). Brede SANDER, Jr. Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.


Descendants chart (page 3). Brede SANDER, Jr. Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Anton Bredesen SANDER


Visiting Card (Front and back). Anton Bredesen SANDER. (Decorah, IA: J. T. Relf, Bef. 1881). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Anton Bredesen SANDER was born 4 Oct 1851 in Grue, Hedmark, Norway and baptized on 26 Oct 1851 according to the Grue parish records.


Detail of Hedmark fylke, Grue, Ministerialbok nr. 8 (1847-1858), Fødte og døpte 1851, side 58. Image courtesy of Digitalarkivet.

When he was two years old, Anton, his parents, and his two older siblings migrated to America and settled in Madison Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa where they appear in the 1860 US Census as the "Braderson" family.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Anton B. SANDER: Luther College & 1870 US Census


According to Norlie (1922:208), Anton enrolled at Luther College in Decorah, IA in 1868 and graduated with an A.B. degree in 1874.


Luther College. Main I South Wing Dedication (1874). Image courtesy of Luther College Archives.

In 1870, Anton is listed at Luther College in the US Census.


1870 US Census. Anton B. Sander. Images courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Sander, A. B. / 18 / M / W / Student / Norway



Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: M593_426; Page: 96B; Image: 196; Family History Library Film: 545924.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Anton SANDER at Yale

After graduating from Luther College in the spring of 1874, Anton enrolled at Yale in New Haven, CT. Ancestry.com has several records from some of Yale's old catalogs and yearbooks that contain Anton's name. This page has him listed as a student of Philosophy and the Arts.


Yale College in 1874. (New Haven, CT, 1874), p. 14. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Educational Institutions. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Shown below are pages from two different yearbooks for 1875. Anton is listed as a graduate student in Philosophy and the Arts from Decorah, Iowa. He was living at 38 High Street.


Right image: Yale Pot Pourri (New Haven, CT, 1875), p. 17. Left image: Catalog of Officers and Students of Yale College 1874 (New Haven, CT, 1875), p. 21. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Various school yearbooks from across the United States.

In 1876, Anton was still living at 38 High St. Now, however, in addition to being a student in Philosophy and the Arts, he also is listed as a member of the Theology Department. At some point during the year he moved into 107 West Divinity Hall.


Right image: The Yale Banner (New Haven, CT, 1876), p. 11. Center image: Yale Pot Pourri (New Haven, CT, 1876), p. 18. Left image: The Yale Banner (New Haven, CT, 1876), p. 38. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Various school yearbooks from across the United States.

The stars in the following image from Google Maps show the locations of 77 Ashmun St., 38 High St., 107 West Divinity Hall, and their relationship to the Yale campus. Today 77 Ashmun St. would be across the street from the Paolillo Service Station and presumably part of the Grove Street Cemetery.


Environs of Yale University campus, New Haven, CT. Image courtesy of Google Maps.


It is interesting that there still is a residence at 38 High St. as the image below from Google's street view shows. Whether it dates to the 1870s, however, is unknown.


38 High St., New Haven, CT. Image courtesy of Google Maps Street View.

According to Wikipedia:
When the [Theological] department was organized as a school in 1869, it was moved to a campus across from the northwest corner of the New Haven Green composed of East Divinity Hall (1869), Marquand Chapel (1871), West Divinity Hall (1871), and the Trowbridge Library (1881). The buildings, designed by Richard Morris Hunt, were demolished under the residential college plan and replaced by Calhoun College.
The star on the map above representing Calhoun College is where West Divinity Hall (shown below) was located.


Old Divinity School building of the Yale Divinity School, the school's second home. East Divinity Hall (right, 1870), Marquand Chapel (center, 1872), and West Divinity Hall (left, 1874). Image courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division and Wikimedia Commons.

Ancestry did not have any records for 1877 which is when he earned his doctoral degree. But there are two pages for 1878 that suggest he may have stayed for another academic year as an instructor. By the fall of 1878, Anton had returned to Decorah to teach at Luther.


Right image: Yale Pot Pourri (New Haven, CT, 1878), p. 12. Left image: Yale Pot Pourri (New Haven, CT, 1878), p. 22. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Educational Institutions. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.