OLAVA PEDERSDATTER LEE (1856-1943)
Olava Karen Pedersdatter was born at Benerud in Eidsvoll, Norway, daughter of Peder Pettersen and Anne Soffie Jonsdatter. She was baptized and confirmed at the Eidsvoll Church and attended realskole at Eidsvoll. She came with her parents to New York on the Haakon Adelsten, arriving on June 24, 1875, and then proceeded by train to Sparta, WI, where they were met by Lars Anderson and brought to the Cashton area. On August 10, 1975, she wrote a letter to her aunt and uncle, Ole and Christiane Blikkelsrud, telling about the trip. On March 7,1876, she married Joseph Lee (1847-1946), who had come from Eidsvoll in 1869. They lived on a farm near Portland Center until they retired and moved to Cashton.
Olava and Joseph Lee had ten children: Leonard (1877-1942); Aletta, Mrs. Peter Peterson (1879-1975); Ole (1881-1947); Johann Alfred (1883-83); Emma, Mrs. Henry Peterson (1886-1978); Lenora, Mrs. Carl Homstad (1888-1976); John (1891-1921); Louis (1893- 1984); Paul Albert (1895-1995); and Stella, Mrs. Fred Andersen (1897-1996).
Homestead / Location Information
Olava & Joseph Lee farm: Current address – 28251 Navajo Road Cashton, WI 54619-7249. After the farm they lived at 408 Coe St. Cashton, WI.
Leonard & Clara Lee: a Cashton area farm, then 401 Coe St. Cashton, WI 54619.
Alette & Peder Pederson : now 9977 Ogden Ave. Cashton, WI 54619-6001. In 2017, the family celebrated 150 years of the family farm.
Ole & Melida Lee: South Street – next to Trinity Lutheran Church, Cashton, WI.
Lenora & Carl Homestead: 332 Coe Street, Cashton, WI.
John and Edna (Olson) Lee: probably Route 2; now 28752 Navajo, Cashton, WI 54619
Louis & Clara Lee: LeVita CO 1920- 1929; then 2501 Forest St. Denver, CO 1929-1959
Paul & Phoebe Lee: 3423 W. Villard Ave. Milwaukee, WI
Stella (Lee) & Fred Andersen: 813 Ontario and then 405 Broadway both Cashton, WI
Burial Locations
Leonard & Clara Lee, Paul & Phoebe Lee, Stella & Fred Andersen, Ole & Melida Lee and John Lee are buried at Moen Cemetery.
Alette & Peder Pederson and Emma & Henry Peterson are buried at North Coon Prairie Cemetery, Newry.
Olava & Joseph Lee are buried at Portland Lutheran Church Cemetery on Hwy. 33.