Anna (Kjellgren) Ralston
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Anna Thora E. (Kjellgren) Ralston (1891 - 1918)

Anna Thora E. Ralston formerly Kjellgren
Born in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, United Statesmap
Wife of — married 15 Aug 1917 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, United Statesmap
Died at age 27 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Anna (Kjellgren) Ralston died of Influenza in the 1918 Flu Pandemic on Oct 19, 1918
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Swedish Roots
Anna (Kjellgren) Ralston has Swedish ancestors

Anna was born in 1891. She was the daughter of Swedish immigrants Andrew Kjellgren and Christina Sällberg . [1]

She married Stuart Ralston in 1917. [2]

Anna was a school teacher and librarian at Rockford High School.

In 1918 while her husband was over seas, Anna contracted Influenza and died. She and her sister Blanda had been volunteer nurses at a makeshift hospital at Camp Grant during the Spanish Flu Pandemic.

Her sister died of Influenza a day before she did. [3]

Sources

  1. "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2LK-FCT : 10 February 2018), Anna Kjellgren, 07 Mar 1891; Birth, citing Winnebago, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,091.
  2. Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-58NB : 17 October 2017), Stuart A Ralston and Anna E Kjellgren, 15 Aug 1917; citing Winnebago, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,061.
  3. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3ZL-LFM : 8 March 2018), Anne Ralston, 19 Oct 1918; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,544,465.

See also:

  • Find A Grave: Memorial #166983607: accessed 05 March 2019), memorial page for Anne Kjellgren Ralston (7 Mar 1891–19 Oct 1918), citing Scandinavian Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Linda Magley (contributor 46945111) .
  • Daily Register-Gazette (Rockford, IL) 19 October 1918, page 3 GenealogyBank: accessed 5 March 20




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