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Illinois, maybe Cook County, Oldest boy of 12 kids left home at the age of 12, about 100 years ago.
My great Grandfather, seemed to give false information about his past. My goal is to find a relative of his anywhere. We do not have proof of anything as fact, but here are some thing that may help us find family. If you know of anything to be similar let me know, AGAIN all of this may be false, but its all I have to go on.
We knew him as Alf (Andy or Alfred) Anderson, That name does not show up on any census until he was about 30 so we believe some or all of that name to be false.
He gave his birth date as June 24th, 1893.
He gave his Mothers name as Annie or Ann Skowranske (other spellings he gave was S. Kowrenski, Skowrensi, Skarenski, Skowrenske etc.)
His parents may have Emigrated from Russia, Poland, Denmark or Sweden, those are just guesses
He said he came from Cook County in , Illinois (maybe Chicago?)
He moved away from home around the age of 12, but may have stayed in the area for a while
We believe he was an older or oldest of about 12 children.
We listed possible siblings names of Mike, Benson, Patricia, and/or Joe
We believe at least one of those siblings may have moved to California and had a Political job
He may have been in Canada between 1918-1921 working as a Tailor (maybe gold mining area).
We knew him as Alf (Andy or Alfred) Anderson, That name does not show up on any census until he was about 30 so we believe some or all of that name to be false.
He gave his birth date as June 24th, 1893.
He gave his Mothers name as Annie or Ann Skowranske (other spellings he gave was S. Kowrenski, Skowrensi, Skarenski, Skowrenske etc.)
His parents may have Emigrated from Russia, Poland, Denmark or Sweden, those are just guesses
He said he came from Cook County in , Illinois (maybe Chicago?)
He moved away from home around the age of 12, but may have stayed in the area for a while
We believe he was an older or oldest of about 12 children.
We listed possible siblings names of Mike, Benson, Patricia, and/or Joe
We believe at least one of those siblings may have moved to California and had a Political job
He may have been in Canada between 1918-1921 working as a Tailor (maybe gold mining area).
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Permalink Reply by Shari McLaws on
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Yes, that SSDI is my Great Grandpa Alf Anderson. I never met him but my Aunt asked lots of questions from the right people to even get this much "maybe" information. We have him in the 1930 Census in Idaho. He was married and had 5 children who lived to adulthood. None of the children or his wife ever met any of his siblings or his parents. Its been accepted that most of the given information is false. I've had a close friend search everything she could find on Ancestry.com I do not have the individual census or obituary, I've got a few pictures of him. THe different spellings of his mothers name were off of his IGI, Index cards, and other church items he filled out. I'll add more as I find it.
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Permalink Reply by Holly Hartrick Childs on
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It is possible to get a copy of a (deceased) person's application for Social Security. That application is supposed to contain the names of the applicant's parents, including his mother's maiden name. The name you have for her (Ann Skowranske) is certainly distinctive (however it is spelled!). I assume you have tried to find her and/or a marriage record for her? She might have been born around 1870, if Alf was about the oldest and born in 1893.
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How do you request a copy of a SS application? I've never heard of that before.
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Thank you for the copy of the census. Yes Eva Anderson is his wife. I have her emigration story all written by her sister. Julia on the Census is my Grandmother she passed just 5 years ago. 2 daughters are still alive but have altimers (spelling?) and I am unable to get any other information from them. I will ask for copies of their obituaries, death certs, and or marriage certificates, if they are available, if that will help.
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Permalink Reply by Unknown Ancestor on
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Could you post some of your research log, especially the areas of easily available Chicago and Cook County birth indexes that include 1893, military records, border crossings, 1978 civil deaths, 1900 Chicago census, 1922 Salt Lake marriages, 15 Dec 1978 burial in Cache County, UT etc.? He interacted with the government and other organizations frequently.
If your goal is living relatives, what did you learn from Margene Anderson (Pedigree Resource File) and Jolene Anderson (Ancestral File) and other descendants? Since he had 2 children die within the past 5 years, his grandchildren should be available. -
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I am in contact with most of his direct descendants, but do not know anything about his parents or siblings. Jolene Anderson is my Aunt who I've been getting all of my information though, beside what I've researched myself and with friends. I don't have the actual documents of anything yet.
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I was looking the census over again, and noticed that Eva's sister, Lucy Seamons, is on the same census page! What A rich find! Thank you again!
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Ok I've Scanned most of Julias Papers and Pictures here are her Marriage Cert and Birth Cert
I don't have copies of anything that was Alf's yet. Thank you for Eva's Census. This was after her mother died. -
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