Anna Maria Wåtz[1]
1874 - 1957 (82 years)-
Name Anna Maria Wåtz [2, 3, 4, 5] Born 23 Sep 1874 Lofta, Kalmar, Sweden [2, 3, 4, 5] Address:
Överum- age 35 in 1910, 45 in 1920, 50 in 1925, 55 in 1930
Gender Female Emigration 6 Apr 1890 United States Arrival 1891 [3] Immigration 1891 Manhattan, New York, New York Residence 1910 Plumb, Wabaunsee, Kansas [2] Residence 1920 Waterloo, Lyon, Kansas [3] Residence 1925 Waterloo, Lyon, Kansas [4] Residence 1930 Waterloo, Lyon, Kansas [5] Death 1957 Died 1957 Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas Person ID I14 Swanstrom Last Modified 17 Oct 2021
Father Johan August Wåtz, b. 7 Jul 1843, Lofta, Kalmar, Sweden , d. 4 Jul 1914, Lofta, Kalmar, Sweden (Age 70 years) Mother Klara Mathilda Svanström, b. 10 Aug 1847, Gärdserum, Östergötland, Sweden , d. 24 Nov 1913, Lofta, Kalmar, Sweden (Age 66 years) Married 7 Nov 1873 Lofta, Kalmar, Sweden Family ID F60 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eric Edward Olson, b. 1859, Nyhuttan, Västmanland, Sweden , d. 1943, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas (Age 84 years) Married Bef 1903 Sweden Married Bef 1903 Children 1. Clarence E. Olson, b. Abt 1904, Kansas , d. Yes, date unknown 2. Agnes Marie Olson, b. 1 Nov 1906, Kansas , d. 14 Jan 2000, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas (Age 93 years) Last Modified 8 Dec 2021 Family ID F9 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - She came to Kansas as a young girl at the invitation of her uncle (probably Petter Magnus Svanström) in the area of Leonardsville. She might have traveled in the company of her cousin Adolf Svanström, who came to America the same year.
Björn Wootz, her nephew, wrote "Through the open door in the year 1893 in an early morning Anna, her parents, Johan and Matilda and hers sister and brothers Augusta, John, Axel and Albin walked heavily loaded to the railwaystation in Överum and took the small local train up to the main railwaystation some four hours away.
"The railway was constructed in 1879 so this was probably one of her first trips. Because a blacksmith in Sweden during those days was very poor and in the Wootz family was seven persons. You can imagine the feeling to see the train starting, slowly accelerate and disappear into the big forests in this part of Sweden. And the whole family understood deeply that they will never meet again. In Anna's case she came back during the summer of 1955. All five Wootz children was still alive. I visited that reunion. I was 11 years old and remenber a lot of tears and feelings."
Anna later worked in Chicago before going to Topeka. In Topeka she married Eric Olson. In 1903 they moved to Wilmington, a few miles west of Burlingame. They lived on a farm there until they moved to the Stotler community, a community of Swedes, about seven miles south. They had two children: Clarence and Marie. Marie never married and is the source of this information.
- She came to Kansas as a young girl at the invitation of her uncle (probably Petter Magnus Svanström) in the area of Leonardsville. She might have traveled in the company of her cousin Adolf Svanström, who came to America the same year.
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Sources - [S1406] Marie Olson (1993).
- [S8] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Plumb, Wabaunsee, Kansas; Roll: T624_459; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374472.
- [S3] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Waterloo, Lyon, Kansas; Roll: T625_538; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 64.
- [S11] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1925 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1925_85; Line: 28.
- [S6] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Waterloo, Lyon, Kansas; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0029; FHL microfilm: 2340444.
- [S1406] Marie Olson (1993).