Brief Life History of Anna Mae
When Anna Mae Erickson was born on 4 January 1901, in Alden, Hardin, Iowa, United States, her father, Lewis Marshall Erickson, was 34 and her mother, Mary Adelaide Steadman, was 25. She married George Osborne Musson on 6 March 1920, in Hamilton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Oakland, Franklin, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Jackson Township, Boone, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 17 March 1991, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Aura Musson in household of O George Musson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Anna Mae Erickson, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Anna Mae Erickson, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
Spouse and Children
1898–1959 Male
1901–1991 Female
Children (4)
1920–1999 Female
1923–2008 Male
1926–2012 Female
1936–2021 Male
Parents and Siblings
1866–1951 Male
1875–1958 Female
Siblings (7)
1899–1978 Male
1901–1991 Female
1903–2002 Female
1906–1987 Female
1910–2007 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
Age 1
1907 · Pike's Market
Age 6
1927
Age 26
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .
English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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