Anna Letitia (Perkins) Schmidt (1867 - 1936)

Born 14 Feb 1867 in Wisconsin, USA

Ancestors

Died 1936 at about age 68 in Washington, USA

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Biography

Anna Letitia Perkins was born 14 Feb 1867 in Wisconsin, USA. ^[1] Anna was a student living with Margaret Bolton and her daughter Mary, 11 in Augusta, Eau Claire. She was also enumerated with her parents! ^[2] She may have stayed with the Boltons while attendinsg school and with her parents generally.

Anna Loutisha Perkins and John Wesley Abbott, son of John Abbott and Malinda Brown, were married 14 Oct 1885 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ^[3]

In 1900 Anna L. Abbott was a widow and lived in Portland with her daughter Winnifred Abbott. In 1910, Annie Abbott was a housekeeper for Sarah Henderson in Portland.

When her sister Ella died, the obituary said she lived in Seattle. In 1920 Anna Abbott was a housekeeper for William L. Schmidt. Anna and William Schmidt were married in 1921. ^[4] In 1930 they lived in Portland.

Anna died in Washington in 1836 and was buried in Old Vancouver City Cemetery in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. ^[5]

Children of Anna and John Wesley Abbott:

Raymond Abbott was born in 1886 in Wisconsin and died of diptheria in 1889. ^[6]

Berenice C Abbott was born in 1890 in Washington and died of diptheria in 1893. ^[7]

Winnifred Abbott was born about 1895. She married and divorced a Mr. Fawcett before she married Maurice Ambrose O'Connor on 6 Dec 1920 in San Francisco, California. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ George A. Perkins M. D., "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswitch, Massachusetts"; Second Edition with Additions; digital images, "North America, Family Histories," Ancestry (accessed 2 Apr 2023); page 145.
2. ↑ 1880 US census, Otter Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Family History Library Film 1255425, NA Film Number T9-1425, p. 530A
3. ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR5C-7YN : 30 January 2020), John Wesley Abbott, 1885.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158684753/william-lewis-schmidt: accessed 02 March 2023), memorial page for William Lewis Schmidt (13 Sep 1862–30 Nov 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 158684753, citing Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA; Cremated; Maintained by Lamplighter (contributor 47319652).
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99453160/anna-l-schmidt: accessed 02 March 2023), memorial page for Anna L Perkins Schmidt (Feb 1867–1936), Find a Grave Memorial ID 99453160, citing Old Vancouver City Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Jan Grant (contributor 47682890).
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143764657/raymond-abbott: accessed 02 March 2023), memorial page for Raymond Abbott (1886–21 Oct 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143764657, citing Old Vancouver City Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265).
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143764508/berenice-c-abbott: accessed 02 March 2023), memorial page for Berenice C Abbott (1890–9 Oct 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143764508, citing Old Vancouver City Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265).
8. ↑ "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLHM-SFZ3 : 22 July 2021), entry for Maurice Ambrose O'Connor and Winnifred Abbott Fawcett, 06 Dec 1920; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004355207.