In 1940 Ellen Marie 'Mary' (Vallem) Sanderson was living near her step-son, Stanley. Both families were living in Milan township, DeKalb county, Illinois. Mary can be found on lines 41 - 43 living with husband, Seward Oscar Sanderson and their youngest son, Gordon. Both Seward and his son were employed as farmers. Found on lines 67 - 68, Stanley Harland Sanderson was living a few homes away with wife Myrtle Edna (Colby). Stanley was also employed as a farmer. Ellen Marie (Vallem) Sanderson was the daughter of of Rachel (Olsdatter Finnestad) and Lewis (Lars Pederson Valheim) Vallem and granddaughter of Mari Iversdatter Nordskår and Ole Olson Finnestad. Stanley Harland Sanderson was the son of Martha (Cody) and Seward Oscar Sanderson. He was born September 23, 1892, two and a half years before Mary (Vallem) married Seward Sanderson.
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