Finnestad Ancestry

Here is a census with two branches of the Finnestad/Vallem tree, Elabata Bertina (Vallem) Olson and Walter Orlando Sanderson.    Both families were living in Milan township, DeKalb county, Illinois during the 1940 US census. Ella and family, found on lines 42 - 51 included husband George Olson and their children George Jr, Harold, Vernon, Stanley, Dorothy, Duane, Genevieve and Eugene.    George Sr was employed as a farmer and George Jr, Harold and Duane were farm laborers.   Vernon was a laborer for the 'corn dept' which I wonder whether that was DeKalb Ag Research which was a large employer in the area.    Stanley was employed as a manager of a poultry company and Dorothy was employed as a teacher at a rural school. Walter Orlando Sanderson, found on lines 55 - 64 was living with wife Mildred (Lindass) and their children, Donna, Wilma, Luann, Norma, Walter Jr and Mary Ann.   Also residing with the Sanderson family was a hired h...