Anna S (Becklund) Silva (1923 - 1959)

Born 27 Feb 1923 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Otto Georg (Bäcklund) Becklund and Signe Matyra (Andersson) Becklund

Wife of Eugene Thomas Silva — married 1939 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died 8 Feb 1959 at age 35 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Anna Becklund was born on February 27, 1923 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts. She was a daughter of Otto Bäcklund and Signe Andersson.^[1] She lived with her parents and siblings in Worcester.^[2]

Anna married Eugene T Silva in 1939 in Worcester, Massachusetts.^[3] In 1940, they lived with her sister Doris and her husband in Worcester.^[4] In 1950, they and four of their children lived on Heywood Street in Worcester.^[5][6] Their children:

1. Audrey J- b. 1941
2. Eugene- b. 1943
3. Caroline- b. 1947
4. Maureen- b. 1948

She died on February 8, 1959 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3Z2-5LDC?cc=1928860 : 30 December 2022) Anna S Becklund, 27 Feb 1923..
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQTF-FPD : accessed 20 November 2020), Anna S Becklund in household of Otto Becklund, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 44A, line 8, family 630, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 970; FHL microfilm 2,340,705.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data:Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Marriages [1916–1970]. Volumes 76–166, 192– 207. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2966/images/41263_2421406273_0197-00361?pId=6334945
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4KR-7NM : 11 February 2020), Anna Silva in household of Francis R Hickey, Ward 9, Worcester, Worcester City, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-195, sheet 7B, line 63, family 187, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1719.
5. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 3263; Sheet Number: 75; Enumeration District: 30-207
6. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSB-GFKV : Mon Jan 30 07:14:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Eugene Silva and Anna Silva, 13 April 1950.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140656768/anna-silva: accessed 27 August 2022), memorial page for Anna Becklund Silva (1923–1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140656768, citing Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Margo Reasner (contributor 48205047).

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between SLW and her maternal female 3rd cousin, DE. Their most recent common ancestors are SLW's great-great grandparents and DE's great-great grandparents, Per A Bäcklund and Lovisa Eriksdotter. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd-4th Cousins, based on sharing 71 centimorgans shared across 5 DNA segments.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between SLW and her maternal female 3rd cousin, JS. Their most recent common ancestors are SLW's great-great grandparents and JS's great-great grandparents, Per A Bäcklund and Lovisa Eriksdotter. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd-4th Cousins, based on sharing 73 centimorgans shared across 6 DNA segments.