1.AnnaMariaBard, born February 05, 1875 in Kopen, Bringetofta Parish, Jönköpings Län, Småland, Sweden; died March 17, 1953 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of 2. JohannesBard and 3. EmmaKristinaAbrahamsdotter. She married (1) ClausAugustAndersson June 30, 1897. He was born July 07, 1862 in Gunnarstorp, Bringetofta Parish, Jönköpings Län, Småland, Sweden, and died August 12, 1937 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York. He was the son of Anders Johan Andreasson and Elisa Mathilda Johannesdotter.
Notes for Anna Maria Bard:
Swedish records indicate she emigrated to America on 12 June 1890. According to Viola Anderson (wife of Julian Bard Anderson) her mother-in-law, Anna Maria Bard, immigrated with her sister Hulda. They came through Canada and traveled down the St. Lawrence to Montreal and from there, to Chicago (where they had relatives). They eventually moved to Jamestown, NY [conversation between Paul Frost and Viola Anderson, Jamestown, NY March 11, 1985].
Records of the First Covenant Church show Mrs. Anna Maria Bard Anderson was a member but her husband was not. She arrived from Sweden in 1890 and was received as a member on 30 June 1897. Her residence was listed as 9 Lincoln Street.
Lake View Cemetery records show she died at 611 Mohawk Drive, Erie, PA., of coronary thrombosis.
Notes for Claus August Andersson:
Swedish records show him as Claus August Andersson. After he came to the USA he became known as August Claus Anderson.
A May 23, 1982 letter from Viola Anderson to Gail and Paul Frost says "The Anderson family came to this country through New York about 1871. Julian's father, August Claus (your great-grandfather) told of them coming. His father, Anders Johan, was a tenant farmer and decided to come to this country. So they packed up and were at the dock when the landlord had him arrested for jumping his lease. August was seven at the time so they sent him along on the ship with some neighbors who had many children. August had a great time as he had little supervision from the neighbors but became popular with the sailors who fed him and let him roam the ship. Food was a problem as the immigrants had to carry their own supplies so having the sailors feed one member was a big help. When the ship arrived in NY the parents were waiting as they had been released and taken a faster ship."
Viola also said the family came to Jamestown, NY because friends and relatives were alreay there. She says August went to school until age 12 and then left home and made his own way. He worked for farmers in the area and after working in various dry goods clothing stores, opened his own store along with his brother Charles. According to Viola's letter, the store was "...very popular as the two men made it a point to know people by name. They spoke Swedish and English and always had one or two clerks who could speak Italian as that was the time the Italians came to this country. Unfortunately the store did not survive the depression..."
Viola goes on to say "August had little schooling but he was one of the best educated men I have ever known. Read the classics in both English and Swedish, well-versed in history and current events, a good command of the language - much better than many college graduates, excellent in spelling. Not much in higher math (calculus etc) but good basic math." Viola also mentioned, August "always mentioned that the reason he left home was because his mother was such a cranky disagreeable person. Maybe she was homesick?"
His obituary says he for the past 40 years he was in the dry goods business, with Scofield & Adams Dry Goods Company and later with Charles F. Abrahamson and then with his brother, Charles A. Anderson (under the name A.C. & C.A. Anderson).
Lake View Cemetery Records show that August C. Anderson died at WCA Hospital, Jamestown ,NY 12 August 1937, cause of death: cardiac dilatation pulmonary edema. He was a dry goods merchant. The funeral was 14 August 1937 and the undertaker was Henderson & Lincoln.
