Anna Lovisa Larsson

[Lisbeth Thorlid Gustafsson]

Anna Lovisa Larsson, born 26th of September in 1856 in Träslöv parish (close to Varberg, County Halland).
She emigrated in 1883 on the 13th of July from Gothenburg, Sweden to America and she came back to visit her family during springtime 1893.
1910 Census, she was found as Anna Lawson,living at Park Avenue 67, New York (city) State; NY .
If someone can help me - I would very much like to know if;
* Was she still living at this address until she died?
* If she moved - where?
* When she died - who sponsored her burial?
* Did she married?
* She worked with a family in NY as a housekeeper/cook - is it possible to find out the name of this family?
 
Lisbeth

[Chris Bingefors]

It looks like the head of the family in 1910 was Lilly Baisley, widow. Her son Ashbel is a banker and the other son Jame is in real estate. They have 9 servants.

[Chris Bingefors]

Try the NY Death register for her death, it does not cover everybody. I could not immediately see anyone who fits:
 
http://www.italiangen.org/NYCDeathSearch.asp

[Lisbeth Thorlid Gustafsson]

Chris............Thank you so much for your help!The information was so interesting!
Are there any information about if she moved from NY?
 
Was there a woman named Anna Lawson with the same dates at that time in the State of Minnesota - could she have died in that area?
How can I search to find out that?
 
Lisbeth

[Karen Kelsey]

Hi Lisbeth!  Why do you think that Anna went to Minnesota?  Are you sure that the Anna Lawson that you found in NY is the person you are looking for?  The census imprint on Heritage is very hard to read, so that is why I was questioning it.  Did she use Lawson as her name when she returned to Sweden for a visit?
   Karen

[Lisbeth Thorlid Gustafsson]

Karen..... She used the Lovisa Larsson name when she left Sweden in April 1893 (CD The Emigrants; Code 50:430:53905) and that was the last time her family heard anything from her.  
We are quite sure that our Anna was the lady found in NY - 1910 Census! But in Census 1920 - she wasn?t there.  
We got some help in our research from The Emigrant centre in Växjö, Sweden and they told us that there was a Anna Lawson in Minnesota too in 1920. Anna Lawson - is perhaps a common name?  
Lisbeth

[Karen Kelsey]

No, Lawson, is not a common name for Swedish immigrants to take.  I am wondering if she continued to use Larson, but the census-taker in New York spelled it incorrectly.  If she traveled to Sweden in 1893, she ought to be listed in the Ellis Island database, but I cannot find her.  That should tell you what name she was using.  There is a listing in HeritageQuest for an Anna Larson, age 63 (Jan. 1920), who lived in Hennepin county, Minnesota in 1920.  She was a servant and listed her marital status as widowed.  Hennepin county is Minnepolis.  The date of immigration is UN - for unknown.
   The problem with finding these servants is that their employer is filling out the census, and they often do not know much about their own employees.  What does the 1910 census say about her year of immigration?  My 1910 copy is too blurry to read.

[Karen Kelsey]

I will search the census under Louisa (or Louise) Larson this evening.  I have a feeling that the NY census taker misspelled her last name on the 1910 census.  That would explain why you did not find her on the 1900 census.

[Lisbeth Thorlid Gustafsson]

Karen........Thank you so much! I appreciate all the help I can get.
I have tried but couldn?t find Anna Lovisa in the Ellis Islands records either.
Lisbeth

[Karen Kelsey]

I have searched the surnames of Larson, Larsson and Lawson, and searched by given names - Anna, Louisa, and Louise across the U.S. for 1900 - 1920.  There was an Anna Lawson, a servant, in the 1900 census (New York) who was born in Sept 1855, rather than 1856, but the census said that she immigrated in 1875.  There was also a listing for a Louise Lawson, 44 years old in 1900, from New Hampshire, Strafford Co (6-WD Rochester), but it was indexed incorrectly in HeritageQuest, and I could not view the census record.  I will go to the library and see if I can view that record in Ancestry.  Otherwise, I had no luck searching the 1920 census either.  There was one listing for a 63 year old Anna Larson, a servant, in 1920 who lived in Hennepin County, MN.  Her date of immigration was unknown, but it says that she was a widow - so Larson would have been her married name. I cannot find her in the Ellis Island database for 1893.  Was she listed in anyone's will in Sweden, so there might be an address?

[Lisbeth Thorlid Gustafsson]

Anna Lovisa came back to her old home in the end of 1892. Her father had died and she was here during the estate inventory proceeding
She left Sweden  from Gothenburg on the 11th of April in 1893. Her younger brother Anders Johan Larsson ( he was called Johan) 28 years old went with her plus a neighboor boy Gustav Källström, 17 years old. The men were both from the parish Träslöv(close to Varberg). But the brother left after a couple of years in America. They travelled with a ship named Cameo, that?s what   old relatives have told.  
Lisbeth

[Chris Bingefors]

She travels as Lovisa Larson, America when she leaves Gothenburg 1893.
 
Are these something to follow-up on:
New York Supreme Court Naturalization
Name: Anna Lovisa Larson  
Address: 266 Madison Ave  
Date: 23 Apr 1918  
Volume #: 299  
Page #: 107  
 
Minnesota Death Index.
 
Name: Anna Lovisa Larson  
Death Date: 22 Sep 1916  
Death County: Hennepin  
State File Number: 020648  
Certificate Number: 020648  
Certificate Year: 1916  
Record Number: 201059

[Karen Kelsey]

If the above Anna Lovisa Larson is your relative, then she died in MN, not NY.  That makes finding more about her easy, since the MN death index is on-line, and I go to the MN Historical Society frequently.  One problem about this - she died in Hennepin County, which is west of Minneapolis.  That means that an obituary will not provide much information - just a few lines.  I will search for it the next time I'm there.  Why don't you try the Växjö institute again, and search for Anna Louisa Larson in the Minneapolis (Medina township) Lutheran churches around 1920?  I printed out the 1920 census that shows Anna Larson, age 63, living in Medina township of Hennepin County.  I'll try to get a copy of the above-named death certificate, but I am unsure if it will arrive before we visit Halland.

[Karen Kelsey]

I have ordered the 1916 death cert. for you, Lisbeth, in case this is your relative.  If the other person (in the 1920 census) is your relative, then maybe I'll find more about her later.

[Lisbeth Thorlid Gustafsson]

Chris ,,,,,a question for you!
When you looked up the Baisley family in NY - Census 1910. The Anna Lawson you found there was she born in 1856 on the 26th of Sept in Sweden -or?
Lisbeth

[Chris Bingefors]

Her age is given as 54 years so she is either born 1855 or 1856. The census was taken in April so that would mean 1855, but age data are often wrong in the census.

[Lisbeth Thorlid Gustafsson]

Chris............you gave me a couple of days ago
a reference to naturalizition document for:  
Anna Lovisa Larson,  
Address: 266 Madison Ave  
Date: 23 Apr 1918  
Volume #: 299  
Page #: 107  
 
How can I find and get a copy of that document?
   
Lisbeth

[Chris Bingefors]

Jag hittade det på Ancestry. Om man vill ha en kopia av själva handlingen skriver de att man ska göra så här (ganska krångligt):
 
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[Karen Kelsey]

Hello Lisbeth!  I will call that office today and find out what fee is involved, and if they want a self-addressed return envelope.  I'll get the process started for you, and I will talk to you about it when I meet you in September in Sweden.  Thanks, Chris, for finding this information.  I obtained a copy of the MN death certificate for the above mentioned Anna L. Larson (that you discovered), and it was NOT Lisbeth's relative.  Therefore, after scanning the censuses, I feel that the Anna Larson that you found in the naturalization database, must be Lisbeth's Anna Louisa.