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Anna Dorothea Marie <I>Timm</I> Laabs

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Anna Dorothea Marie Timm Laabs

Birth
Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
14 Jan 1961 (aged 73)
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Burial
Davenport, Lincoln County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Laabs, Anna Dorothea Marie Timm: (1888-1961);

Wife of Charles Wesley Laabs; daughter of August Wilhelm Timm and his wife Dorothea Buhr; {"Anna Dorothea Marie Timm, born in Holdenstedt, Hanover, Germany on Jan 2, 1888, passed away Jan 14, 1961. Charles Wesley Laabs, born in Virginia, Minnesota on April 16, 1883, passed away July 22, 1925. Anna and Wesley were married in Davenport on Feb 26, 1903. They lived in Davenport where Lawrence was born on March 12, 1904; moved to Anna's folks farm where Viola was born on Dec 3, 1907; moved to Eltopia, WA where they bought a quarter section of land, 11 miles northwest of the Eltopia homestead, and built a two-room shack covered with tar paper. They later added another room to it. They moved three miles north of this before Geneva was born on June 3, 1911. In 1915 they moved 12 miles southwest of Odessa, WA to the California Fruit Ranch, a wheat farm. Leonard was born here on Sept 4, 1917. In 1921 they moved to Odessa for one year and then to Harrington before Eugene was born there in 1923. Wesley died in 1925 at Grandpa Timm's house. Anna married William Parr in 1940 and they were divorced in 1941. Anna moved to Seattle to be near her children and worked there for more than 16 years as a nurses' aid. She died there January 14, 1961." (excerpts of the Anna Timm Laabs History, as found in the Harrington City Library).}

Laabs, Anna Dorothea Marie Timm: (1888-1961);

Wife of Charles Wesley Laabs; daughter of August Wilhelm Timm and his wife Dorothea Buhr; {"Anna Dorothea Marie Timm, born in Holdenstedt, Hanover, Germany on Jan 2, 1888, passed away Jan 14, 1961. Charles Wesley Laabs, born in Virginia, Minnesota on April 16, 1883, passed away July 22, 1925. Anna and Wesley were married in Davenport on Feb 26, 1903. They lived in Davenport where Lawrence was born on March 12, 1904; moved to Anna's folks farm where Viola was born on Dec 3, 1907; moved to Eltopia, WA where they bought a quarter section of land, 11 miles northwest of the Eltopia homestead, and built a two-room shack covered with tar paper. They later added another room to it. They moved three miles north of this before Geneva was born on June 3, 1911. In 1915 they moved 12 miles southwest of Odessa, WA to the California Fruit Ranch, a wheat farm. Leonard was born here on Sept 4, 1917. In 1921 they moved to Odessa for one year and then to Harrington before Eugene was born there in 1923. Wesley died in 1925 at Grandpa Timm's house. Anna married William Parr in 1940 and they were divorced in 1941. Anna moved to Seattle to be near her children and worked there for more than 16 years as a nurses' aid. She died there January 14, 1961." (excerpts of the Anna Timm Laabs History, as found in the Harrington City Library).}

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s/w Charles Laabs



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