Historical records matching Anna Carena Anderson
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About Anna Carena Anderson
Her story from from Dr. Craig Stevenson's History compiled 1984 is online at: http://kittymunson.com/index.php?page=anna-stevenson-anderson
an excerpt: The children of Edward and Anna recall how hard their parents worked. But they also remember the enjoyable times when “Pa would hitch up the surrey" and they would be off to church, followed by a visit to the aunts and uncles where they had been invited for Sunday dinner.
Alma talked in some of her letters about a real “Red Letter Day” being when the folks would announce a trip to Morris to get outfitted with shoes and clothes. This event happened twice a year. In the meantime, if something was needed, the Sears and Wards catalogs were relied upon. The mail service was quite good, Alma reported, and an order sent to Chicago was usually received in a day or two.
Minnie remembered rides to Morris on Saturday afternoons (only if all the chores were done). Pa would buy balogna and crackers and the family would have a “feast” on the way home.
LaVerne recalled later trips, when the surrey had been replaced by the “modern” automobile. The first car that Edward and Anna bought was a Hanes, and LaVerne stated that you had to strike a match to see if the lights were on. Night trips required carrying extra lanterns along. These could be dangled from the front of the car if the lights failed completely, which they frequently did.
Later the family acquired a Model T and LaVerne remembered a trip they took to Ford County to visit Uncle Oliver and Aunt Maggie. They left home by 7:00 a.m. and traveled on dirt roads, as there were no paved roads back then. Traveling with five children meant numerous “comfort stops” at school houses along the way, in addition to frequent “nuisance stops” to fix flat tires--no easy task in those days. The tire was removed and patched, and the inner tube was repaired if necessary. Then the tire was placed back on the car and pumped up by hand. After all of the delays, the Andersons arrived at their destination in time for supper. Aunt Maggie thought they had made “marvelous time”. They had driven a distance of about 100 miles.
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Anna Carena Anderson's Timeline
| 1871 |
March 9, 1871
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Kendall, IL, United States
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| 1896 |
January 3, 1896
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Grundy, IL, United States
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| 1897 |
December 24, 1897
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Grundy, IL, United States
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| 1901 |
November 9, 1901
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Kendall, IL, United States
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| 1907 |
February 18, 1907
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Kendall, IL, United States
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| 1911 |
March 14, 1911
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Kendall, IL, United States
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| 1914 |
February 25, 1914
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Kendall, IL, United States
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| 1945 |
October 29, 1945
Age 74
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Newark, Kendall, IL, United States
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