Tofterå Slettemoen genealogy
Anna Kristine Nilssen
1884 - 1961 (77 years)
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Name Anna Kristine Nilssen Born 4 Jul 1884 Fertile, Cerro Gordo, Iowa 
Gender Female Died 18 Aug 1961 Tacoma, Pierce, Washington Person ID I28246 Tofterå Slettemoen Last Modified 9 Jan 2019
Father Andreas Nils. Glæsnes, b. 1843, Glesnes, Sund , d. 1901, Glesnes-Tuo, Sund (Age 58 years) Mother Brita Rasmusdtr. Lerøy, b. 15 Jun 1847, Lerøy, Sund , d. 28 Jun 1889, Ellington Township, Hancock, Iowa (Age 42 years) Married 15 Apr 1872 Sund Family ID F10755 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Olaf Engebrets. Tveter, b. 16 Apr 1876, Rælingen, Akershus , d. 14 May 1945, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington (Age 69 years) Married 24 Apr 1909 Washington Last Modified 6 Jan 2019 Family ID F7986 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Anna stayed in Iowa when her father returned home, and lived with the Olson Family, first in Humbolt, Iowa, later in Ottason, Iowa. At 16 she went to Clear Lake and worked at a bakery. She was sent money to go to Tacoma to married, but the groom was not there to meet her, so she found a job as a housekeeper. While in Tacoma she met Olaf Tveter who was going to North Dakota to homestead, she got a ticket on the same train, and went to Minnesota. Here she met Charles Finder. They both worked on a farm, he outside, she inside. They married in May 1906 in Iowa. Charles enlisted in the Army in Feb 1907, Bernard was born in April. Family history says that the Lady of he house gave her money to leave him when she got pregnant.
Anna came back to Tacoma, and Olaf found her again. Bernard was three years old when they married, and Olaf adopted him. Olaf and Anna had the children Elmer, Agnes, Harriet, Wilbur, Raymond and Esther.
- Anna stayed in Iowa when her father returned home, and lived with the Olson Family, first in Humbolt, Iowa, later in Ottason, Iowa. At 16 she went to Clear Lake and worked at a bakery. She was sent money to go to Tacoma to married, but the groom was not there to meet her, so she found a job as a housekeeper. While in Tacoma she met Olaf Tveter who was going to North Dakota to homestead, she got a ticket on the same train, and went to Minnesota. Here she met Charles Finder. They both worked on a farm, he outside, she inside. They married in May 1906 in Iowa. Charles enlisted in the Army in Feb 1907, Bernard was born in April. Family history says that the Lady of he house gave her money to leave him when she got pregnant.