My name is Vicki Jones and I am the Webmaster of this site. I invite you to look around ... there is plenty of interesting information -- birthdays, anniversaries, even photos. This website began in November 2007 and will continue to be a work in progress as I accumulate new information and photos! Although it is named "Andresen Family Website" it has many extended family members as well. If you know any information about our heritage or have old family photos, please email me at vickirjones@comcast.net so I can post them for all of us to enjoy! If any of the information I have posted is incorrect, please email me and I will fix it as soon as possible.
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I recently received some great info from my Mom's cousin with geneology older than my grandfather who was born in Norway. I noticed that the women all had middle names that ended with -dtr. (or "datter"). Found some interesting info on naming traditions in Denmark and Norway in the attached article.
Leila Marie Andresen was born to Martha and Theodore Andresen on October 20, 1912 in Omaha, Nebraska. She completed two years of high school and then went to office practice training. She worked in Omaha and then, in 1935, moved to Rockford, Illinois to continue working.
She married Arvine Jorgensen in Creston, Illinois, on March 12, 1938. They farmed near Rochelle over the years, living in three different homesteads. John was born February 7, 3939; Sharon on August 4, 1942, and Jean on August 19, 1945.
Leila was a homemaker and partner in farming. she went to work at the Rochelle National Bank in the bookkeeping department when she was 53, where she worked until her retirement at 65.
They moved north to Leaf Lake near Lake Park, Minnesota in 1978 to a house they built. After eighteen years, they moved to an apartment in Fargo. The third retirement area has been Walhalla, where Leila enjoyed North Border Estates for many months before entering t...
Ruth K. Andresen, 87, of Rockford, Ill., formerly of DeKalb, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at Alden Alma Nelson Manor in Rockford. She was born Nov. 10, 1922, in Evanston, the daughter of Syvert and Rachel (Johannson) Erickson. Ruth married Theodore P. Andresen on Oct. 27, 1945, in Winnetka. Ruth was a homemaker and member of First Evangelical Free Church in Rockford. She loved to cook, and grow her flower garden and her African violets. Ruth was a former member of Bethany Baptist Church in DeKalb, where she served as social chairwoman and Sunday school secretary. She also was a Sunday school teacher and member of the choir. She is survived by her husband, Ted, of Rockford; daughter, Vicki (Chuck) Jones of Rockford; son, Jerry (Maudie) Andresen of Malta; seven grandchild...
Ruth K. Andresen, 87, of Rockford, Ill., formerly of DeKalb, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at Alden Alma Nelson Manor in Rockford. 