Erik Bergersen SANDER (c. 1739-1818)

Berger and Marte's son, Erik, was baptized early in the year 1739. Unfortunately my Norwegian isn't quite good enough to decipher exactly what date the document shown below indicates. Note the upper left hand corner. Ancestry.com (Norway, Select Baptisms, 1634-1927) has the date as 23 Jan 1739.


SAH, Grue prestekontor, Ministerialbok nr. 1, 1712-1748, s. 366-367.

Erik married Eli Sørensdtr Årstad, daughter of Søren Toresen Årstad and Marte Tostensdtr Fuglerud, on 25 Oct 1768 (outlined in red). This is also confirmed in the Brandval-Hokåsen bygdebok (Amundsen & Neskvern, 2012: 23).


SAH, Grue prestekontor, Ministerialbok nr. 2, 1749-1774, s. 411-412.

Eli was baptized on Septuagesima Sunday, the 9th Sunday before Easter in 1744. If my calculations are correct, that would have been on 2 Feb.


SAH, Grue prestekontor, Ministerialbok nr. 1, 1712-1748, s. 434-435.

They had at least two children, Brede (b. 7 Mar 1779) and Eli (b. 20 Apr 1789). Erik, his wife Eli, son Brede, and daughter Eli along with two servants are listed in the 1801 Norway Census. 

Eli, died c. 1809 and was buried 8 Jan 1809 (outlined in red).


SAH, Grue prestekontor, Parish register (official) no. 5, 1805-1814, p. 138-139.

Erik died ten years later on 8 Jan 1818 and was buried on 20 Jan (See entry #7).


SAH, Grue prestekontor, Ministerialbok nr. 6, 1814-1830, s. 102.

Brede Eriksen SANDER (1779-1862)

The Grue parish records show the baptism of Erik and Eli's son, Brede Eriksen SANDER in Mar 1779. Ancestry.com (Norway, Select Baptisms, 1634-1927) confirms the date as 21 Mar 1779.


SAH, Grue prestekontor, Parish register (official) no. 3, 1774-1792, p. 112-113.

On 3 Jan 1808 Brede married Anne Larsdtr Skaare, the daughter of Lars Pedersen Skaare and Eli Olsdtr Digernes. She was born on 25 Jan 1784 and baptized on 22 Feb (See entry #16).


SAH, Grue prestekontor, Ministerialbok nr. 3, 1774-1792, s. 248-249.

Brede and Anne had six children: Lars, Eli, Erik, Brede, Ole, and Maren. For their vital information please refer to the family group sheet below.


Family group sheet. Brede Eriksen SANDER (1779-1862). Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.

The bygdebok for Brandval [Brandval-Boka II], mentions that in 1831, the widow Anne Arnesdatter deeded the property of Nord-Sjøli Søndre to Brede Eriksen Sander for 500 spd. He sold it again to his son, Lars Bredesen, in 1845 (Mandt, 1968: 512). Some of Lars' offspring would adopt the surname "Sjøli" which was then anglicized to "Shirley."

Brede's wife, Anne, died on 1 Apr 1848 and was buried on the 13th (See entry #56).


SAH, Grue prestekontor, Ministerialbok nr. 8, 1847-1858, s. 282.

Brede died on 8 Apr 1862 at the ripe old age of 83 and was buried on the 17th (Ancestry.com: Norway, Church Records, 1812-1938; See entry #56).


SAH, Grue prestekontor, Ministerialbok nr. 9, 1859-1863, s. 265.