Fanny (Campbell) Abrahamson (1883)

Born 13 May 1883 in Little Bay Islands, Twillingate, Newfoundland Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Elmer Abrahamson — married 28 Mar 1917 in Silver Bow, Montana, United States

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Biography

"Fannie was a tomboy whose great joy was to lift her long skirts and leap nimbly from row-boat to row-boat where they were moored, bobbing in the water at the dock. (Incidentally this was at great risk to her own safety and frowned upon by her father). She stayed in Newfoundland until 1907 but then at the age of 24 she ventured to the United States where she was later joined by her sister Amelia. After Amelia married she returned home to the island in response to her mother's wishes as she was finding it very lonely with her family gone. Fannie; finding it lonely ... later returned to the United States and settled in Butte Montana where her brothers Daniel and Chesley were working in the copper mines. The brothers also operated a rooming and boarding house and she cooked for them. One evening her brothers took her to a dance and then got interested in their own activities and, forgetting she was with them, left her alone with no one to attend her home. Butte was a very rough mining city and she was afraid to go home alone so she selected one of the young men who seemed to her to be reliable and asked him to escort her home. This was Charles E. Abrahamson whom she married after a brief courtship. They produced three children..."^[1]

Birth

Name Fanny Campbell
Event Date 13 May 1883
Event Place Little Bay Islands, Green Bay, Newfoundland
Gender Female
Father's Name Allan Campbell
Mother's Name Martha^[2]

Emigration record

Name Fanny Campbell
Event Date Nov 1908
Event Place North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender Female
Age 25
Birth Year (Estimated) 1883
Birthplace Newfoundland
Ship Name Bruce^[3]

Second class. Single. Profession: domestic.

Marriage

Name: Charles E. Abrahamson
Event Date: 28 Mar 1917
Event Place: Silver Bow, Montana
Age: 31
Father's Name: Victor Abrahamson
Mother's Name: Ida Anderson
Spouse's Name: Fannie Campbell
Spouse's Age: 33
Spouse's Father's Name: Campbell
Spouse's Mother's Name: Campbell^[4]

Residence 1920

Census of Stevens, Washington, United States. In household:
Charlis Abrahamson Head Male 23 Nebraska
Fannie Abrahamson Wife Female 32 Newfoundland
Victoria M Abrahamson Daughter Female 1 Montana
Charles C Abrahamson Son Male 0 Washington^[5]

Residence 1930

Census of La Grande, Union, Oregon. In household:
Charles E Abrahamson Head Male 38 Nebraska
Fannie Abrahamson Wife Female 46 New Foundland
Victoria M Abrahamson Daughter Female 11 Montana
Charles C Abrahamson Son Male 10 Washington
Richard E Abrahamson Son Male 6 Oregon^[6]

Residence 1940

Census of La Grande, Union, Oregon. In household:
Charles E Abrahamson Head Male 47 Nebraska
Fanny Abrahamson Wife Female 56 Newfoundland
Charles C Abrahamson Son Male 20 Washington
Richard E Abrahamson Son Male 16 Oregon^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ See the extended story of the Campbell family of Little Bay Islands. Fanny Campbell Abrahamson, 1980? Transcribed by Brad Foley, 2020.
2. ↑ "Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Y-MV72 : 8 May 2015), Fanny Campbell, 13 May 1883; citing Birth, Little Bay Islands, Green Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
3. ↑ "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QSV-GNZ : 27 December 2014), Fanny Campbell, Nov 1908; citing Immigration, North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, T-4836, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
4. ↑ "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3WX-LCM : 2 March 2021), Charles E. Abrahamson and Fannie Campbell, 28 Mar 1917; citing Marriage, Silver Bow, , Montana, various county courthouses, Montana; FHL microfilm 1,906,954.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJH-3N9 : 4 February 2021), Fannie Abrahamson in entry for Charlis Abrahamson, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCSD-BCF : accessed 30 October 2021), Fannie Abrahamson in household of Charles E Abrahamson, La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 4A, line 24, family 80, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1956; FHL microfilm 2,341,690.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRTD-TGC : 29 January 2020), Fanny Abrahamson in household of Charles E Abrahamson, La Grande, La Grande Election Precinct 11, Union, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-28, sheet 5A, line 11, family 119, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3381.