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| Frieda Hann, Chicago, c. 1917 |
Pausing today to remember my paternal grandmother, Frieda Caroline Hann Loe, who was born 115 years ago today at 93 Webster Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.
Her Austrian father, Gottfried Hann, died two months before she was born. Her Swedish mother, Anna Lovisa Larsdotter Hann, raised my grandmother and two older siblings with the help of her sister, Hedda Larsdotter.
I found a baptism record for my grandmother in the parish records of St. Teresa's Catholic Church, where she was baptized on 31 Jan 1897 as Friderica Carolina Martha Hahn.
Finding this record helped me with my Austrian brick wall because her godfather was her uncle, Ehrenreich Hann, who, unlike his brother, lived a long life and prospered in Chicago as a saloon owner.
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| Frieda Hann's baptismal record, St. Teresa's, Chicago, 1897. |
Along she was raised in great poverty, my grandmother was one of the most generous and gentle people I've ever known. Happy birthday, Grandma Loe!
What a treasure are the records from St. Theresa. I am searching records from St. Thomas, Braddock PA and although it was founded. c. 1854, the're missing records of early marriages, ten year period of marriages in the early 20th centtuary and no death records till 1948.
ReplyDeleteI can only theorize that my great grandparents were married there.