Kari Sanderson
Margit
Sanderson
Ellen
Sanders
Harriet
Sanders
Sondra
Sanders, Sr.
Asse
Sanderson
Ole
Sanderson
Ole (George) Sanderson
The missing orphans of Osten & Aase Sondresson
Ole was born on Bakkajord on February 28,
1835. He was just over two years of age when the family
undertook the voyage to America. He was with the family
on the Brig "Noord" and arrived in New York
Harbor on August 25, 1837.
It is known that after his arrival in
America, and after his parents died in Beaver Creek
Settlement, he assumed the anglicized name of George. He
undoubted found his way to LaSalle County after the death
of his parents.
In the U. S. Census for 1850 there is
listed a George Sanderson ( a brother to Osten came to
America a few years after this family and assumed the
name of Sanderson rather that the shortened name of
Sanders as our family did. There are a number of the
decedents of Holje Sanderson that are native to LaSalle
County, Illinois)). Ole, or George, could be that person
listed in the 1850 census. It shows him living with a
family by the name of Marcus Morrill.
No other knowledge of this child is known
until the mid 1860's when he reportedly joined a cattle
drive going to California. He went through Salt Lake City
and stopped at a store in South Cottonwood and asked
about his brother and two sisters. Ole was aware that his
brother and two sisters had become Mormons and was
hostile to the Church. The storekeeper offered to send a
messenger to his brother who lived nearby and summon him.
Ole did not want to see his family. He told the
storekeeper that he was on his way to California. By the
time the message got to Sondra, his brother, he was on
his way and a search by Sondra failed to locate him. The
family was sad that he did not want to see them.
No other information is know of Ole, or
George, from that date. It is presumed that he went to
California and is lost to history.