Gunder Gunderson & Elida Anderson Gunderson

Gunder Charles Gunderson

Birth:� January 16,� 1879
Place:� Norway
Death:� May 11, 1951
Place:� Grand Rapids, Mi
Burial:� Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mi
Wife:� Elida Anderson
Marriage:� December 19, 1900
Place:� Marseilles Twp, LaSalle Co., Illinois
Occupation:� Molder- Hartman Foundry


Gunder Gunderson was born Jan. 16,� 1879, to Knute and Anna Gunderson, in Norway.� He was the eldest of eight children.� According to Knute Gunderson, in the 1900, LaSalle Co., IL census, Gunder, Anna, and himself immigrated to America in 1891.��Gunder married Elida Anderson on Dec. 19, 1900. (view marriage)� In the 1910�census�Gunder Gunderson(age 31), Lida(29), Anna(8), Jeneive(5), Carl(4), and Ada(9ms) were living in Ottawa, IL.� Gunder also states that 1891 was his year of immigration.� He states his occupation as a Farm Laborer.� The 1920�census still show them living in Ottawa, IL.� This time Gunder is listed as Charles Gunderson(42) with Elida(39), Jennie (15), Carl(13), Edith (11), Albert (8), Gustav (7), Edward (10ms).� Gunder lists his immigration year as 1881 this time.� Also he is now working in a foundry.� Sometime between 1920 and 1930, Gunder and Elida move to Michigan.� The 1930 census shows Gunder(52), Elida(48), Albert(19), Gustaf(17), Edward(12), and Gustaf Anderson(33, brother in-law), living in Grand Rapids, MI.� Gunder now states his year of immigration is 1890, and is working as a laborer at City Gas Co.� I have been unable to find any immigration records for Gunder and his parents, in any of the years he listed.� Gunder Gunderson passed away May 11, 1951, from a Cerebral Hemorrhage in Grand Rapids, Mi.

Elida Sigfide Julia Anderson

Birth:� October 26, 1882
Place:� Sweden
Death:� February 24,� 1942
Place:� Grand Rapids, Mi
Burial:� Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mi
Husband:� Gunder Gunderson
Occupation:� Housewife
Number of Children:� 7


Elida Anderson was born Oct. 26, 1882 (according to her death cert and marriage�cert)�to Charles and Johanna Anderson in Sweden.� The 1900 census of Ottawa, Illinois, shows her living with her parents, age 19.� It also states that her birthdate is Oct. 19, 1880, and that they immigrated to America in 1881.� Now I haven't been able to find any immigration records, or birth records.� She was not born in Illinois, I have several records stating there is no birth record for her there.� But if her birth date was 1882, and they immigrated in 1881, she would've had to of been born in the US.� On the otherhand, if her actual birth date was in 1880, she would've been 1yr old when they came to the US., therefore born in Sweden, like everything else states.� It is possible she was born on the trip to America.

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