Wilhelmine Caroline (Hahn) Anderson (1885 - 1962)

Born Mar 1885 in Nemaha, Nebraska, United States

Wife of Alvin Lewellyn Anderson — married about 1907 in Nebraska [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1962 at age 76 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Wilhelmine “Minnie” Caroline Hahn was born in March of 1885 in Nemaha Nebraska, the daughter of Katherine Friedrike Mannschreck and Johann Friedrich Hahn. Her siblings were:

• Marie Katherine Hahn, b. 1883
• George Christian Hahn, 1888-1933
• Clara Hahn, b. 1891
• Rose A. Hahn, 1894-1975
• Robert Phillip Hahn, 1894-1972
• Elsie Hahn, b. 1896
• Arnold Hahn, b. 1902

In the 1900 United States Census for Washington Precinct Johnson village, Nemaha, Nebraska, Minnie was 15, living with her father Fred, 39, her mother Kate, 34, and 6 siblings: “Mary”, 17, George, 12, Clara, 19, Robert, 6, Rosa, 6, and Elsie, 4. The Census stated that her father was born in Illinois and her mother was born in Germany.

Minnie married Alvin Anderson in about 1907 in Nebraska. They had five children:

• Wilma Anderson, b. 1908
• Gladys Rose Anderson, 1909-1983 (twin)
• Glenn Robert Anderson, 1909-1977 (twin)
• Lyle M. Anderson, 1916-1976
• Norma M. Anderson, b. 1923

The 1910 United States Census for Lincoln Ward 2, Lancaster, Nebraska shows Minnie, 25, living with her husband Alvin, 24, and 3 children: Wilma, 2, and twins Gladys and Glenn, 11 months. This record states her mother’s birthplace as Iowa, not Germany.

The 1920 United States Census for Windsor, Traverse, Minnesota shows Minnie, 34, living with her husband Alvin, 34, and four children: Wilma, 12, Gladys, 10, Glenn, 10, and Lyle, 4.

The 1930 U. S. Census shows Minnie, 45, living in Arapahoe, Furnas, Nebraska with Alvin, 44, and five children: Wilma, 22, Gladys and Glenn, 20, Lyle, 14, and Norma, 7.

In the 1940 U. S. Census held in Ward 11, Racine City, Racine, Wisconsin, Minnie was 55 and Alvin was 54. With them lived one daughter, Norma, 17.

Minnie died in Racine, Wisconsin on 2 January 1962.

Sources

"United States Census, 1900”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BX-G27), Minnie Hahn in household of Fred Hahn, Washington Precinct Johnson village, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 127, NARA microfilm pub T623 (Washington, D.C.: Natl Archives and Records Admin, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,935.

"United States Census, 1910”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML42-LL2), Minnie Anderson in household of Alvie Anderson, Lincoln Ward 2, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States; citing enum district (ED) ED 54, sheet 6B, family 155, NARA microfilm pub T624 (Washington D.C.: Natl Archives and Records Admin, 1982), roll 850; FHL microfilm 1,374,863.

"United States Census, 1920”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW1R-3LC), Minnie C Anderson in household of Abahl (Alvin) L Anderson, Windsor, Traverse, Minnesota, United States; citing ED 196, sheet 2A, line 11, family 23, NARA microfilm pub T625 (Washington D.C.: Natl Archives and Records Admin, 1992), roll 863; FHL microfilm 1,820,863.

"United States Census, 1930”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQKJ-FNR), Minnie C Anderson in household of Alvin L Anderson, Arapahoe, Furnas, Nebraska, United States; citing enum district (ED) ED 2, sheet 1A, line 10, family 3, NARA microfilm pub T626 (Washington D.C.: Natl Archives and Records Admin, 2002), roll 1280; FHL microfilm 2,341,015.

"United States Census, 1940”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7JD-NHL), Minnie Anderson in household of Alvin Anderson, Ward 11, Racine City, Racine, Wisconsin, United States; citing enum district (ED) 51-51, sheet 10B, line 44, family 199, 16th Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital pub T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: Natl Archives and Records Admin, 2012, roll 4516.

"Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZP-KK7M), Minnie Hahn in entry for Fred Adelbert Kingsley and Wilma Helen Anderson, 17 Sep 1933; citing Arapahoe, Furnas, Nebraska, United States, various county courthouses, Idaho; FHL microfilm.

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