Prompt #14 (Apr 2-Apr 8): "Why?" - Ernst Robert Anderson
Ernst Robert, born 12 Dec 1892 in Håcksvik Sweden, went by Robert in the States. He had immigrated there in 1913. He was my grandmother Lydia's maternal cousin, the son of Linus Andersson and Lena Johanna Karlsdotter. He settled in Chicago and married, having three daughters.
April 10, 1949 Robert committed suicide.
Why? His wife had died eight years previously and he had lost a daughter at a young age. Robert still had two young daughters remaining who were just 12 and 18. Why? Depression? Financial difficulties? Why? We will never know.
my cousin twice removed
Robert Ernst Anderson
b. December 12, 1892 in Håcksvik, Ålvsborg, Sweden
d. April 10, 1949 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois
So Sad
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