Changes: Anna Swenson

	Anna Swenson
	; Anna Swenson in 1970.
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Anna Swenson (née Varberg; 5 October 1860 – 18 June 1971) was a Norwegian-American supercentenarian claimant, currently unverified.

Biography

Anna Swenson was born in Eidfjord, Ulvik, Hordaland, Vestlandet, Norway, as Anna T. Varberg on 18 June 1971. Her parents were Thormod Ommundsen and Gunvor (Sjursdatter) Varberg.

She emigrated to United States in 1881. She was married to an active politician, Nicolai Swenson, who was also a Norwegian emigrant. The couple lived in a farm in Hannaford, North Dakota, and had seven children in total. One of them, Gladys Stowman, lived to be 105 years old. Nicolai died of tuberculosis in 1918 at the age of 63.

On Swenson’s 108th birthday, it was reported that she resided in a nursing home and was wheelchaired. She died on 18 June 1971, at the age of 110 years, 256 days.

References

Youngstown Vindicator, October 5, 1968
Times-Record, January 23, 2006 ^{[dead link]}
Nicolai Swenson • Swenson, Nicoloai Web Family Tree
Nicolai Swenson Find A Grave
Anna Swenson Find A Grave
SAB, Ulvik Sokneprestembete, H/Haa: Parish register (official) no. A 13, 1853-1863, p. 76 Birth registration &
SAB, Ullensvang Sokneprestembete, H/Hab: Parish register (copy) no. C 1, 1855-1871, p. 19 Birth registration

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+|caption = Anna Swenson in 1970.
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+|nationality = Norwegian
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-|birthyr = 1860
+|nationality3 = Norwegian-American
-|birthplace = Eidfjord, Ulvik, Norway
+|birthyr = 1860 |birthplace = Eidfjord, Ulvik, Norway
-|deathyr = 1971
-|deathplace = North Dakota, USA
+|deathyr = 1971 |deathplace =  Hannaford, North Dakota, USA
-|sort = Behrends, Mark}}
+|sort = Swenson, Anna
+}}<!--
-'''Anna Swenson''' (October 5, 1860 – June 18, 1971) was a Norwegian-American supercentenarian claimant, currently unverified. She was born in Eidfjord, Ulvik, Norway, as Anna Varberg. Her parents were Thormod and Gunvor Varberg.
+-->'''Anna Swenson''' (née '''Varberg'''; 5 October 1860 – 18 June 1971) was a Norwegian-American [[supercentenarian]] claimant, currently unverified.
+==Biography==
-She emigrated to United States when she was 16 years old. She was married to an active politician, Nicolai Swenson, who was also a Norwegian emigrant. The couple lived in a farm in Hannaford, North Dakota, and had seven children in total. One of them, Gladys Stowman, lived to be 105 years old. Nicolai died of tuberculosis in 1918 at the age of 63.
+Anna Swenson was born in Eidfjord, Ulvik, Hordaland, Vestlandet, Norway, as Anna T. Varberg on 18 June 1971. Her parents were Thormod Ommundsen and Gunvor (Sjursdatter) Varberg.
+She emigrated to United States in 1881. She was married to an active politician, Nicolai Swenson, who was also a Norwegian emigrant. The couple lived in a farm in Hannaford, North Dakota, and had seven children in total. One of them, Gladys Stowman, lived to be 105 years old. Nicolai died of tuberculosis in 1918 at the age of 63.
-On Swenson’s 108th birthday, it was reported that she resided in a nursing home and was wheelchaired. She died on June 18, 1971, at the age of 110 years, 256 days.
+On Swenson’s 108th birthday, it was reported that she resided in a nursing home and was wheelchaired. She died on 18 June 1971, at the age of 110 years, 256 days.
 ==References==
 *[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7GNcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rVYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4758,1340488&dq=anna+swenson+1860&hl=en Youngstown Vindicator, October 5, 1968]
-*[http://www.times-online.com/articles/2006/01/23/news/02stowman.txt Times-Record, January 23, 2006]
+*[http://www.times-online.com/articles/2006/01/23/news/02stowman.txt Times-Record, January 23, 2006] <sup>[dead link]</sup>
+*[http://www.webfamilytree.com/Griggs_County_Centennial/bartley_township/swenson.htm Nicolai Swenson] • [http://www.webfamilytree.com/Hannaford_Centennial/family_histories/swenson_nicoloai.htm Swenson, Nicoloai] Web Family Tree<br>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60112636 Nicolai Swenson] Find A Grave
-[[Category:Female supercentenarians]]
+*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60112690/anna-swenson Anna Swenson] Find A Grave
-[[Category:American supercentenarians]]
+*<small>[https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/8315/77 SAB, Ulvik Sokneprestembete, H/Haa: Parish register (official) no. A 13, 1853-1863, p. 76] Birth registration &<br>[https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/11751/19 SAB, Ullensvang Sokneprestembete, H/Hab: Parish register (copy) no. C 1, 1855-1871, p. 19] Birth registration</small>
-[[Category:1860 births]]
-[[Category:1971 deaths]]
+[[Category:Vestlandet births]]
-[[Category:Norwegian supercentenarians]]
+[[Category:North Dakota deaths|Swenson]]
-[[Category:Unverified supercentenarians]]
+[[Category:Supercentenarians with centenarian children]]
+[[Category:Emigrant supercentenarians]]
+[[Category:Norway births]]
+[[Category:United States deaths]]