G2G: Anna Christina Olson (1893 - 1968) “Christina’s World”

+6 votes
1.3k views

Per Wikipedia  “Christina's World is a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth. The woman in the painting is Anna Christina Olson (May 3, 1893 – January 27, 1968). Anna had a degenerative muscular disorder which meant that she could not walk since she was roughly 30 years old. She was firmly against using a wheelchair, so she would crawl everywhere. Wyeth was inspired to create the painting when he saw her crawling across a field while he was watching from a window in the house.”

A very interesting story. We need collaboration connecting her to the Wikitree family. Is she a notable? 

WikiTree profile: Anna Olson
in Genealogy Help by Golden Owl (1.0m points)
retagged by Andrew Simpier

Possible her maternal Hathorn lineage is related to Nathaniel Hawthorn?

See Wikitree profile for Andrew Newell Wyeth (1917 - 2009)


2 Answers

+6 votes
 
Best answer

Here's her father in his birth parish:

Name Johan Olausson
Event Date from 1871 to 1894
Event Place Gällinge, Halland, Sverige
Event Place (Original) Gällinge, Hallands, Sweden
Birth Date 7 Oct 1863

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFL-KCPX

by Owl (223k points)
selected by Andrew Simpier

Father is Swedish born (census shows him born in Sweden). She has Swedish ancestry! The father married a Hathorn which I believe has colonial American roots possibly related to Hawthorn.

+5 votes
by Owl (168k points)

I’m curious as to why she didn’t want to use a wheelchair? Was she angry which is understandable or another reason? Very interesting person.

Related questions

+1 vote
1 answer
+8 votes
2 answers
+6 votes
3 answers
asked 4 days ago in Genealogy Help by Newt (310 points)
+3 votes
1 answer
+7 votes
2 answers
+6 votes
1 answer
asked Apr 19, 2022 in Photos by Newt (790 points)
+4 votes
2 answers
...