Anna Gannon, of Irish heritage, was born to James & Bridget (McIntyre) Gannon in Richmond, Missouri and baptized at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church when 10 days old.
Anna was the 2nd child of Bridget and James but the first to survive into childhood as an older sister born one year prior died at age 3 weeks. I've been unable to find a home location for the Gannon's when Anna was born, but suspect they lived in a mining company's housing as James was a coal miner.
Some time before 1910 the family moved to nearby Lexington in Lafayette County, another coal mining town. (They lived on the same street as Bridget's father.)
At age 19, Anna appears in the 1910 Census with her parents and siblings: James Jr. (15), Katherine (11), and Thomas Raymond(4). Anna's occupation is shown as a waiter in a dining room. It seems likely the children started working at a young age as her 15 year old brother was working as a laborer and newsboy in 1910. In 1911, Anna's youngest sister, Helen, was born.
Sometime between 1910 and 1912 the family moved to Kansas City, Kansas (KCK). In 1912 (October 20th), Anna married John S. Edwards at St. Thomas Catholic Church in the Armourdale section of KCK. John was a painter and worked for some time in one of the large packinghouses in KCK. The large brick church was still standing in 2011 but is no longer an active church.
Anna and John had 7 children: John Charles Russell (died in infancy), Frank (my father), Martha Elizabeth, George, Arthur, Willis (Bill), and Barbara.
In 1920 the family moved by car to California (John & Anna, the 4 oldest children, and Anna's sister, Katherine ("Kate"). They settled first with John's mother & stepfather in the Lucerne Valley, then later in Los Angeles.
By 1930 the 2 younger children were born and times were hard. The Great Depression made finding work difficult and John, a house painter now, was frequently unemployed. From family stories the children pitched in and worked at odd jobs to help out. But John evidently could not cope with the difficulties and left home in 1933 never to be seen by Anna again.
Anna cared for her children as best she could and in the days before welfare made ends meet with the help of her working children. Most of the children were married in the 1940's and helped support her with whom youngest daughter Barbara lived until her untimely death in 1950 of leukemia. All of her sons served overseas in Word War II and survived their tours of duty.
Anna lived the rest of her life in various rented houses in Los Angeles and Compton. She lived what seems to have been a hard life, but enjoyed her children and grandchildren in her later years which hopefully eased the hard times of her earlier life.
January 2013: Draft
Vicki Edwards, Los Angeles
Granddaughter
Anna was the 2nd child of Bridget and James but the first to survive into childhood as an older sister born one year prior died at age 3 weeks. I've been unable to find a home location for the Gannon's when Anna was born, but suspect they lived in a mining company's housing as James was a coal miner.
Some time before 1910 the family moved to nearby Lexington in Lafayette County, another coal mining town. (They lived on the same street as Bridget's father.)
At age 19, Anna appears in the 1910 Census with her parents and siblings: James Jr. (15), Katherine (11), and Thomas Raymond(4). Anna's occupation is shown as a waiter in a dining room. It seems likely the children started working at a young age as her 15 year old brother was working as a laborer and newsboy in 1910. In 1911, Anna's youngest sister, Helen, was born.
Sometime between 1910 and 1912 the family moved to Kansas City, Kansas (KCK). In 1912 (October 20th), Anna married John S. Edwards at St. Thomas Catholic Church in the Armourdale section of KCK. John was a painter and worked for some time in one of the large packinghouses in KCK. The large brick church was still standing in 2011 but is no longer an active church.
Anna and John had 7 children: John Charles Russell (died in infancy), Frank (my father), Martha Elizabeth, George, Arthur, Willis (Bill), and Barbara.
In 1920 the family moved by car to California (John & Anna, the 4 oldest children, and Anna's sister, Katherine ("Kate"). They settled first with John's mother & stepfather in the Lucerne Valley, then later in Los Angeles.
By 1930 the 2 younger children were born and times were hard. The Great Depression made finding work difficult and John, a house painter now, was frequently unemployed. From family stories the children pitched in and worked at odd jobs to help out. But John evidently could not cope with the difficulties and left home in 1933 never to be seen by Anna again.
Anna cared for her children as best she could and in the days before welfare made ends meet with the help of her working children. Most of the children were married in the 1940's and helped support her with whom youngest daughter Barbara lived until her untimely death in 1950 of leukemia. All of her sons served overseas in Word War II and survived their tours of duty.
Anna lived the rest of her life in various rented houses in Los Angeles and Compton. She lived what seems to have been a hard life, but enjoyed her children and grandchildren in her later years which hopefully eased the hard times of her earlier life.
January 2013: Draft
Vicki Edwards, Los Angeles
Granddaughter
Anna Gannon, of Irish heritage, was born to James & Bridget (McIntyre) Gannon in Richmond, Missouri and baptized at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church when 10 days old.
Anna was the 2nd child of Bridget and James but the first to survive into childhood as an older sister born one year prior died at age 3 weeks. I've been unable to find a home location for the Gannon's when Anna was born, but suspect they lived in a mining company's housing as James was a coal miner.
Some time before 1910 the family moved to nearby Lexington in Lafayette County, another coal mining town. (They lived on the same street as Bridget's father.)
At age 19, Anna appears in the 1910 Census with her parents and siblings: James Jr. (15), Katherine (11), and Thomas Raymond(4). Anna's occupation is shown as a waiter in a dining room. It seems likely the children started working at a young age as her 15 year old brother was working as a laborer and newsboy in 1910. In 1911, Anna's youngest sister, Helen, was born.
Sometime between 1910 and 1912 the family moved to Kansas City, Kansas (KCK). In 1912 (October 20th), Anna married John S. Edwards at St. Thomas Catholic Church in the Armourdale section of KCK. John was a painter and worked for some time in one of the large packinghouses in KCK. The large brick church was still standing in 2011 but is no longer an active church.
Anna and John had 7 children: John Charles Russell (died in infancy), Frank (my father), Martha Elizabeth, George, Arthur, Willis (Bill), and Barbara.
In 1920 the family moved by car to California (John & Anna, the 4 oldest children, and Anna's sister, Katherine ("Kate"). They settled first with John's mother & stepfather in the Lucerne Valley, then later in Los Angeles.
By 1930 the 2 younger children were born and times were hard. The Great Depression made finding work difficult and John, a house painter now, was frequently unemployed. From family stories the children pitched in and worked at odd jobs to help out. But John evidently could not cope with the difficulties and left home in 1933 never to be seen by Anna again.
Anna cared for her children as best she could and in the days before welfare made ends meet with the help of her working children. Most of the children were married in the 1940's and helped support her with whom youngest daughter Barbara lived until her untimely death in 1950 of leukemia. All of her sons served overseas in Word War II and survived their tours of duty.
Anna lived the rest of her life in various rented houses in Los Angeles and Compton. She lived what seems to have been a hard life, but enjoyed her children and grandchildren in her later years which hopefully eased the hard times of her earlier life.
January 2013: Draft
Vicki Edwards, Los Angeles
Granddaughter
Anna was the 2nd child of Bridget and James but the first to survive into childhood as an older sister born one year prior died at age 3 weeks. I've been unable to find a home location for the Gannon's when Anna was born, but suspect they lived in a mining company's housing as James was a coal miner.
Some time before 1910 the family moved to nearby Lexington in Lafayette County, another coal mining town. (They lived on the same street as Bridget's father.)
At age 19, Anna appears in the 1910 Census with her parents and siblings: James Jr. (15), Katherine (11), and Thomas Raymond(4). Anna's occupation is shown as a waiter in a dining room. It seems likely the children started working at a young age as her 15 year old brother was working as a laborer and newsboy in 1910. In 1911, Anna's youngest sister, Helen, was born.
Sometime between 1910 and 1912 the family moved to Kansas City, Kansas (KCK). In 1912 (October 20th), Anna married John S. Edwards at St. Thomas Catholic Church in the Armourdale section of KCK. John was a painter and worked for some time in one of the large packinghouses in KCK. The large brick church was still standing in 2011 but is no longer an active church.
Anna and John had 7 children: John Charles Russell (died in infancy), Frank (my father), Martha Elizabeth, George, Arthur, Willis (Bill), and Barbara.
In 1920 the family moved by car to California (John & Anna, the 4 oldest children, and Anna's sister, Katherine ("Kate"). They settled first with John's mother & stepfather in the Lucerne Valley, then later in Los Angeles.
By 1930 the 2 younger children were born and times were hard. The Great Depression made finding work difficult and John, a house painter now, was frequently unemployed. From family stories the children pitched in and worked at odd jobs to help out. But John evidently could not cope with the difficulties and left home in 1933 never to be seen by Anna again.
Anna cared for her children as best she could and in the days before welfare made ends meet with the help of her working children. Most of the children were married in the 1940's and helped support her with whom youngest daughter Barbara lived until her untimely death in 1950 of leukemia. All of her sons served overseas in Word War II and survived their tours of duty.
Anna lived the rest of her life in various rented houses in Los Angeles and Compton. She lived what seems to have been a hard life, but enjoyed her children and grandchildren in her later years which hopefully eased the hard times of her earlier life.
January 2013: Draft
Vicki Edwards, Los Angeles
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