The Andersen family.
Photographs, land patents and family trees of the Andersen family, arranged by generation, from the oldest to the youngest. Undated pictures keep their place in the family; dates and names are as recorded. 17 photographs · 4 land patents · 11 family trees.
The homesteaders' parents
The generation before the valley, who helped their children settle. From the accounts of Andrew & Sophia Andersen.
View photograph ↗Andrew and Sophia Larsen Andersen
Names printed beneath each portrait.
From: Andrew & Sophia Andersen ↗The homesteading generation
The men and women who took up land in the valley. From the accounts of Andrew "Otto" Andersen, John C. & DeSena Andersen, Lars Magnus Andersen, Ezra Taft Andersen & Sarah Eveline "Eva" Arbon, George Lionel Andersen, Anna Amelia "Annie" Andersen & Charles "Bruce" Pett, Henry Waldemar Andersen.
View photograph ↗Andrew "Otto" Andersen
Identified by the archive record (file name).
From: Andrew "Otto" Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗John C and Desina Andersen Family
John C and Desina Andersen Family
From: John C. & DeSena Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Lars Magnus Andersen
Identified by the archive record (file name).
From: Lars Magnus Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Ezra Taft Andersen and "Sarah"
Two portraits. The left one's archive title reads "Ezra Taft Andersen 1882-1964"; the file is named "Ez-and-Sarah-Andersen". The archive records Ezra's marriages to Sarah Eveline "Eva" Arbon (1904) and to Sadie Priscilla Renshaw (1919), and does not say who the woman in the second portrait is.
From: Ezra Taft Andersen & Sarah Eveline "Eva" Arbon ↗
View photograph ↗Ezra Taft "Ez" Andersen
Archive file titled "Ezra Taft Andersen 1882-1964" (his life dates, not the date of the photograph).
From: Ezra Taft Andersen & Sarah Eveline "Eva" Arbon ↗
View photograph ↗George Lionel Andersen
Identified by the archive record (file name).
From: George Lionel Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Photograph from Anna Amelia "Annie" Andersen & Charles "Bruce" Pett
Shown on their biography; not otherwise captioned.
From: Anna Amelia "Annie" Andersen & Charles "Bruce" Pett ↗
View photograph ↗Henry Waldemar Andersen
Badly faded original. Identified by file name.
From: Henry Waldemar Andersen ↗The second generation
Children of the homesteaders. From the accounts of A. Mark Andersen, Willard & Mamie Andersen, Harvey George Andersen.
View photograph ↗Mark Andersen family
Printed caption: back row Lyle, Lucile, Reese and Dean; front Mark and Delores Andersen.
From: A. Mark Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Photograph from Willard & Mamie Andersen
Shown on their biography; individuals not captioned.
From: Willard & Mamie Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Harvey Andersen family
Handwritten beneath: Virgie(?), Reed, LaRene, Harvey, Ted.
From: Harvey George Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Harvey G. Andersen's headstone
His name and the dates 3 May 1909 and 15 Sept. 1989 are carved on the stone.
From: Harvey George Andersen ↗The third generation
Grandchildren of the homesteaders. From the accounts of Earl Dean Andersen, Lynn & JoAnn Andersen, David Revell Andersen.
View photograph ↗Earl Dean Andersen
Identified by file name.
From: Earl Dean Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Photograph from Lynn & JoAnn Andersen
Shown on their biography; individuals not captioned.
From: Lynn & JoAnn Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗David Revell Andersen
The same portrait accompanies his 2017 obituary.
From: David Revell Andersen ↗More family photographs
Pictures the records do not tie to one generation, in date order; undated ones last.
View photograph ↗The sons of Andrew Andersen and Sophia Larsen
FamilySearch memory titled "Sons of Andrew Andersen and Sophia Larsen". Six young men with their first names handwritten below; the archive's family records name the brothers Otto, John, Magnus, Ezra, George and Henry.
FamilySearch (uploaded by a relative)Land patents
Federal patents to the family’s land, from the General Land Office records, in date order.
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to Andrew O. (Otto) Anderson, 1909
Federal land patent signed 17 June 1909 (BLM serial IDBL 0000618). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to John C. Anderson, 1909
Federal land patent signed 4 May 1909 (BLM serial IDBL 0000612). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to George L. Andersen, 1912
Federal land patent signed 16 September 1912 (BLM serial IDBL 0003519) for the north half of the southeast quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of Section 26, Township 11 South, Range 33 East: a strip one mile long and a quarter mile wide, just as George described it. Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to Catharine S. Anderson, 1915
Federal land patent signed 27 April 1915 (BLM serial IDBL 0003518) to "Catharine S. Anderson, formerly Catharine S. Poulson," for the south half of the southeast quarter and the south half of the southwest quarter of Section 26: the mile-long strip adjoining George's on the south. Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)Family trees
The family-tree charts drawn for the family histories, oldest generation first.
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Andrew & Sophia Andersen
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Andrew & Sophia Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Andrew "Otto" Andersen
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Andrew "Otto" Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from John C. & DeSena Andersen
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: John C. & DeSena Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from A. Mark Andersen
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: A. Mark Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Willard & Mamie Andersen
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Willard & Mamie Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Lynn & JoAnn Andersen
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Lynn & JoAnn Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Ezra Taft Andersen & Sarah Eveline "Eva" Arbon
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Ezra Taft Andersen & Sarah Eveline "Eva" Arbon ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Harvey George Andersen
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Harvey George Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from George Lionel Andersen
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: George Lionel Andersen ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Anna Amelia "Annie" Andersen & Charles "Bruce" Pett
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Anna Amelia "Annie" Andersen & Charles "Bruce" Pett ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Henry Waldemar Andersen
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Henry Waldemar Andersen ↗Help put names to these pictures.
Many of these photographs still need names, places and dates. If you know who is in one, open it and choose “Help identify this photograph”. If your family keeps photographs of the valley, the archive would love to see them.