Anna Maria Gabrielsdatter Rasmussen

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Anna Marie Gabrielsen (1819-1888) aka Anne Maria Kjarvaldsen; aka Anna Marie Gabrielsen of Lund; Immigrant from Farsund, Norway to Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1882 (b. July 19, 1819, Farsund, Vest-Agder, Norway - d. August 29, 1888, 5:00 am, 25 Pleasant Place, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA)

Birth: Anna may have been born on July 19, 1819 to Gabriel Gabrielson of Lund; and Anna Margretha Skaugaard.

Baptism: She may have been baptised on August 15, 1819 under the name "Ane Marie Gabrielsen". [http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=958&idx_id=958&ui...]

Possible Marriage: She may have married "Hans Christian Andreasen" on October 08, 1841.

Possible Marriage: She may have married Jens Jacob Hansen (1823-1864) on December 14, 1845 in Farsund, Norway.

Children: Together Jens and Anna had the following children: Hans Kristian Jensen (1844-?) who may have been born from a previous marriage; Hans Gabriel Jensen (1846-?) who was born on May 12, 1846 and was baptised on May 21, 1846; Anton Severin Jensen (1848-1906) who was born on December 19, 1848; Juliane Amalie Jensen (1852-?) who was born on November 20, 1852; Anne Marie Jensen (1854-c1895) who married Peter Olsen (1844-1892) and emigrated to Chicago; Johanna Katrine Jensen (1857-1912) aka Catharine Jensen, who was born November 14, 1856 and emigrated to Chicago and married Steffen Barca (c1855-c1895); Jens Julius Jensen (1859-c1903) who married Anna Olsen (1860-?) and emigrated to Chicago; Andrew Havig Jensen (1861-1930) who emigrated to Chicago and married Lena Elaine Olsen (1860-1938); Johan K. Jensen (1863-?); Henry Jensen (c1866-?); Kristina Jensen (c1866-?); and Tillie Jensen (c1866-?) who may have married John X and had as her children, Pearl, Norman, Stella, and Alice. Other children may exist but have to be confirmed with a death certificate.

Death of Husband: The following is from an undated church biography: "Jens Jacob Hansen, who passed away in Norway in 1864, an adherent of the Lutheran faith, was a talented violinist, the entire family with one exception being musicians ... Anna Marie (Kjarvaldsen) after her husband's death came to America in 1882 and passed away six years later, aged 63 years, having previously embraced the Methodist faith."

Vestregade Street, Farsund, Norway: The family appears in the 1865 Norway Census living in "Ladestedet Farsund" on Vestregade Street in a house owned by Jens J. Hansen. Ann was already a widow and living with the following children: Hans Kristian Jensen; Hans Gabriel Jensen; Anton S. Jensen; Juliane A. Jensen; Anne M. Jensen; Johanne K. Jensen; Jens J. Jensen; Andreas Jensen; and Johan K. Jensen. They are listed as: "Anne Marie Hans."; "Johanne K Jens."; "Hans Gabriel Jens."; "Juliane A. Jens." and "Andreas Jens.". [http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=11...]

Norway to USA: She moved from Farsund, Norway to Chicago, Illinois in 1882 with her children.

Death: Anna died on August 29, 1888 at her home at 25 Pleasant Place in Chicago of "exhaustion from carcinoma of uterus", she had been sick for three years. She was listed under the name "Anna Marie Jensen". Her Illinois death certificate number was "4936".

Burial: She was buried at Mount Olive Cemetery in Chicago.

Relationship: Anna Marie Gabrielsen (1819-1888) was the great-grandmother of Muriel Elaine Jensen (1928- ). She was the great-grandmother of Sandra Elaine Shanahan (1935- ). She was the great-grandmother of Daisy Lorraine Holm (1926- ). She was the great-grandmother of Bette Parker Patten. She was the great-grandmother of Arthur Bruce Jensen II (1939- ).

Source: Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on June 29, 2004.