1860 US Federal Census: Brede Bredesen Family

The 1860 Census shows the Brede SANDER family living in Madison Township in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Apparently they were using the patronymic name for a surname and the census taker was not a particularly great speller.


Detail of 1860 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

400 / 378 / Brad Braderson [Brede Bredesen] / 39 / M / Farmer / Norway
Karine do [ditto] / 40 / F / Norway
Jane do / 13 / F / Norway
Brad do / 11 / M / Norway
Anton do / 9 / / M / Norway
Ann S. do / 7 / F / Iowa
Ellen M. do / 3 / F / Iowa
Gertrude E. Oleson / 15 / F / School Teacher / Norway

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Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Madison, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: M653_345; Page: 845; Image: 293; Family History Library Film: 803345.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. 
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

1880 US Federal Census: Brede B. SANDER Family

1880 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.


Detail of 1880 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

100 / 101 / Sander, Brede B. / W / M / 58 / Farmer & Miller / Norway
_____, Brede B. jr. / W / M / 32 / Son / At home / Norway
_____, Anne / W / F / 24 / Daughter / Keeping House / Iowa
_____, Ellene / W / F / 22 / Daughter / At home / Iowa
Sander, Henrietta / W / F / 19 / Daughter / At home / Iowa
_____, Berndt / W / M / 16 / Son / At home / Iowa

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Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Glenwood, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: 370; Family History Film: 1254370; Page: 136A; Enumeration District: 346; Image: 0461.
Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Anna Sophia (SANDER) Peterson

Visiting Cards. Left image: Anna SANDER (Decorah, IA: A. W. Adams, c. 1875). Right image: Anna SANDER (Decorah, IA: J. T. Relf, c. 1880). Images courtesy of Verla Williams. Digitally retouched by Mark D. Williams. [Asa W. Adams was in business in Decorah from 1863-1884. Relf went into business on his own in 1880.]

Anna Sophia SANDER was the first of Brede and Karen's children to be born in America (29 Apr 1854, Winneshiek Co., IA). The 1860 and 1870 Censuses show her living with the family on their farm in Madison Township. As mentioned before, in 1870, the census taker apparently got her mixed up with her older brother Anton who was attending Luther College. In 1871 the family moved to Glenwood Township and were still living there in 1880.


Portrait. SANDER sisters (Decorah, IA: J. T. Relf, c. 1880). From left: Anna, Henrietta, and Ellen. Image courtesy of Verla Williams. Digitally retouched by Mark D. Williams.

On 20 Nov 1889, she married Sophus Christian Nels Peterson (b. 17 Jul 1864, MN). He was ten years younger than Anna. Perhaps they met while he was attending Luther College from 1880-1886. According to Norlie (1922: 321, 336), he was the Business Manager for Chips, the student newspaper, and also on the baseball team. He received an A. B. degree in 1886, went to Luther Seminary, and was ordained a minister on 25 Oct 1889.


Visiting Card. Sophus Christian Nels Peterson (Decorah, IA: J. T. Relf, c. 1885). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Norlie (1922: 453) also has him listed as President of S. F. Luth. N. S. [Sioux Falls Lutheran Normal School] from 1892-1893.