Anna Marie (Britton) Erickson (1922 - 2015)

Born 10 Jan 1922 in Linn, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Vernon Edward Erickson — married 24 Jan 1946 in Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, USA

Died 11 Aug 2015 at age 93 in Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Anna Marie Britton was born January 10, 1922 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Charles Britton and Margarett Shaw.

In April, 1930, Anna Marie Britton was living with her parents and attending school in Rock Island in Rock Island County, Illinois. They rented a house on 10th Street. They owned a radio. Charles Byron Britton was employed as a laborer at a tractor factory. Enumerated in the household were:

• Charles Byron Britton (29)
• Margarett Lucele Shaw (25)
• Anna Marie Britton (8)

In April, 1940, Anna Marie Britton was living with her parents in a rented house at 1630 1/2 9th Avenue, Her father was employed as a grinder at Farm Implement Company, earning $1,050.00 in 1939. Enumerated in the household were:

• Charles Byron Britton (39)
• Margarett Lucele Shaw (35)
• Anna Marie Britton (18)

During World War II she worked at the Service Rubber Factory and also as a cashier at the Le Claire theater.

Anna Marie Britton married Vernon Edward "Erick" Erickson on January, 24th 1946 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. He was the son of Edward William Erickson & Mertyl Erickson.

Following her marriage to Vernon Edward "Erick" Erickson , they moved to Missouri to the Cora and Mt. Zion communities where together they engaged in farming and raising a family.

Two daughters were born:

• Pamela Kay Erickson (1948 -)
• Margaret Mae Erickson (1954 -)

Vernon Edward "Erick" Erickson died on 23 Feb 1989 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA. He is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, Sullivan County, Missouri.

Anna Marie Britton died on 11 Aug 2015 in Sullivan County, Missouri, USA. She is buried with her husband in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, Sullivan County, Missouri.

Sources

• Birth
  • Find-A-Grave Memorial #170277888 (see link below)
• Marriage
  • Family Records in possession of Mark Shaw
• Residence
  • 1930 United States Federal Census (Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL)
  • 1940 United States Federal Census (Moline, Rock Island County, IL)
• Death & Burial
  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 13 October 2020), memorial page for Anna Marie Britton Erickson (10 Jan 1922–11 Aug 2015), Find A Grave: Memorial #151047724, citing Mount Zion Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .