Peder was born in Smaalens, Aremark, Norway on May 28th, 1845, and named Peder Gunerius Iverson. Peder was a stonemason in Norway. Peder was counted in the 1865 Norwegian census as living on the Anonby farm in the Rud district of Oymark, Aremark parish, Ostfold fylke.
Peder left Norway, bound for America on June 14th, 1867. He made his way to Kenyon, Minnesota, and became a farmer. In America, he took the last name of Anonby, the name of the family farm in Norway. The rest of his family also emigrated from Norway after Peder's mother died.
Sometime before 1875, some of the Norwegian immigrants in the Kenyon area wanted to build another Lutheran church. Peder was asked if he would erect a stone building, provided the rest of the congregation would furnish the stone. He agreed, and the others hauled stone from a quarry some distance away. Peder the stonemason built the church now known as the "Old Stone Church", near Kenyon. It is still standing, and Peder's father, Iver Anonby is buried in the adjacent church graveyard.
Peder married Sophia Lien in Kenyon on July 17, 1877. In 1898, Peder bought his father-in-law's farm in Dodge County and sold his own farm to his daughter Johanna's husband, Julius Kyllo. Peder and Sophia had five daughters, and finally a son George, in 1902.
Peder Anonby was also known around Kenyon by the name Gunerius Anonby, but the name on his death certificate is Peder Gunerius, and apparently that was his legal name. Peder died on January 15th, 1920, in Kenyon. Both Peder and Sophia are buried in the Kenyon City Cemetery.
Peder left Norway, bound for America on June 14th, 1867. He made his way to Kenyon, Minnesota, and became a farmer. In America, he took the last name of Anonby, the name of the family farm in Norway. The rest of his family also emigrated from Norway after Peder's mother died.
Sometime before 1875, some of the Norwegian immigrants in the Kenyon area wanted to build another Lutheran church. Peder was asked if he would erect a stone building, provided the rest of the congregation would furnish the stone. He agreed, and the others hauled stone from a quarry some distance away. Peder the stonemason built the church now known as the "Old Stone Church", near Kenyon. It is still standing, and Peder's father, Iver Anonby is buried in the adjacent church graveyard.
Peder married Sophia Lien in Kenyon on July 17, 1877. In 1898, Peder bought his father-in-law's farm in Dodge County and sold his own farm to his daughter Johanna's husband, Julius Kyllo. Peder and Sophia had five daughters, and finally a son George, in 1902.
Peder Anonby was also known around Kenyon by the name Gunerius Anonby, but the name on his death certificate is Peder Gunerius, and apparently that was his legal name. Peder died on January 15th, 1920, in Kenyon. Both Peder and Sophia are buried in the Kenyon City Cemetery.
Peder was born in Smaalens, Aremark, Norway on May 28th, 1845, and named Peder Gunerius Iverson. Peder was a stonemason in Norway. Peder was counted in the 1865 Norwegian census as living on the Anonby farm in the Rud district of Oymark, Aremark parish, Ostfold fylke.
Peder left Norway, bound for America on June 14th, 1867. He made his way to Kenyon, Minnesota, and became a farmer. In America, he took the last name of Anonby, the name of the family farm in Norway. The rest of his family also emigrated from Norway after Peder's mother died.
Sometime before 1875, some of the Norwegian immigrants in the Kenyon area wanted to build another Lutheran church. Peder was asked if he would erect a stone building, provided the rest of the congregation would furnish the stone. He agreed, and the others hauled stone from a quarry some distance away. Peder the stonemason built the church now known as the "Old Stone Church", near Kenyon. It is still standing, and Peder's father, Iver Anonby is buried in the adjacent church graveyard.
Peder married Sophia Lien in Kenyon on July 17, 1877. In 1898, Peder bought his father-in-law's farm in Dodge County and sold his own farm to his daughter Johanna's husband, Julius Kyllo. Peder and Sophia had five daughters, and finally a son George, in 1902.
Peder Anonby was also known around Kenyon by the name Gunerius Anonby, but the name on his death certificate is Peder Gunerius, and apparently that was his legal name. Peder died on January 15th, 1920, in Kenyon. Both Peder and Sophia are buried in the Kenyon City Cemetery.
Peder left Norway, bound for America on June 14th, 1867. He made his way to Kenyon, Minnesota, and became a farmer. In America, he took the last name of Anonby, the name of the family farm in Norway. The rest of his family also emigrated from Norway after Peder's mother died.
Sometime before 1875, some of the Norwegian immigrants in the Kenyon area wanted to build another Lutheran church. Peder was asked if he would erect a stone building, provided the rest of the congregation would furnish the stone. He agreed, and the others hauled stone from a quarry some distance away. Peder the stonemason built the church now known as the "Old Stone Church", near Kenyon. It is still standing, and Peder's father, Iver Anonby is buried in the adjacent church graveyard.
Peder married Sophia Lien in Kenyon on July 17, 1877. In 1898, Peder bought his father-in-law's farm in Dodge County and sold his own farm to his daughter Johanna's husband, Julius Kyllo. Peder and Sophia had five daughters, and finally a son George, in 1902.
Peder Anonby was also known around Kenyon by the name Gunerius Anonby, but the name on his death certificate is Peder Gunerius, and apparently that was his legal name. Peder died on January 15th, 1920, in Kenyon. Both Peder and Sophia are buried in the Kenyon City Cemetery.
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