Anna M. Heitkam ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   Cause of her death was myocarditis.

  Death Notes:

Name: Anna Fanning
Sex: Female
Age: 48
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1871
Birth Year (Estimated): 1871
Birthplace: Indianapois, Indiana
Residence Place: Rockford, Illinois
Burial Date: 19 Dec 1919
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Dec 1919
Event Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original): Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Source Details: cn 42681

"Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1948", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ4T-1J7 : Mon Jan 27 21:41:07 UTC 2025), Entry for Anna Fanning and Charles A. Keitkam, 16 Dec 1919.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1870 US Census, 9 February 1870, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. ⁵ 1870 US Census
Page 33, Dwelling 171, Family 228
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Emma Heitkam..3..IN..At Home

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - I know for a fact that her given name was Anna and not Emma. Perhaps the thick German accent of her parents caused the census enumerator to think it was Emma.

2. 1880 US Census, 12 June 1880, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. ⁶ 1880 US Census
Page 42B, Roll 0296, District 129, Dwelling 384, Family 432
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
120 Franklin Street
Anna Heitkam..Daughter..12..IN..At School

(Living with parents.)

3. 1900 US Census, 6 June 1900, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Page 6A, District 138 , Dwelling 102, Family 118
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
407-1/2 South Noble Street; house rented
Married 9 years
Anna Fanning..Wife..Jan 1869..31..IN..2/2

(Living with husband, 2 children, and unmarried sister-in-law.)

NOTE - If is believed that her birth date was 26 Jan 1867 instead of 1869.

4. 1910 US Census, 16 April 1910, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 171, Dwelling 42, Family 53, Roll 336
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
830 Mulberry Street; house rented
married 17 years
Anna F. Fanning..Wife..39..IN..4/4..Finisher, Leather Factory

(Living with husband and 4 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 26 Jan 1867, then her age should have been 43 instead of 39.

5. Obituary: Rockford Republic, 16 December 1919, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States. ⁸ Mrs. Anna Fanning, wife of John Fanning of 306 North Henrietta Avenue, succumbed to an illness of heart trouble and dropsy this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at St. Anthony hospital. She had been suffering for over a year. Mrs. Fanning was born in Indianapolis, Ind., January 26, 1871 (sic) and had made her home here the past thirteen years.

Surviving her are, besides the husband, four children, Mrs. Frank R. Holmes, 806 Elm Street; Rusell, Helen, and Elizabeth Fanning of this city and four sisters, Mrs. William Hart, 306 North Henrietta Avenue; Mrs. Minnie Kane, Mrs. Fred Kinnan, and Mrs. Wm. Mayer, all of Indianapolis, and two brothers, Charles and Martin Heitkam, of Indianapolis. The deceased attended St. Mary's church.

No funeral arrangements have been made.

(Source: Rockford Republic, 16 Dec 1919, Rockford, IL)
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Anna married John Thomas Fanning, son of Thomas W. Fanning and Mary A. McGarry, on 24 March 1893 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.^{1 2 3} (John Thomas Fanning was born in August 1868 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States,^{2 3} died on 1 June 1942 in Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States ⁹ and was buried on 5 June 1942 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 24 March 1893, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. ¹

2. 1900 US Census, 6 June 1900, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Page 6A, District 138, Dwelling 102, Family 118
Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
407-1/2 South Noble Street; house rented
married 9 years
John T. Fanning..Head..Aug 1868..31..OH..Colletor, Insurance
Anna Fanning..Wife..Jan 1869..31..IN..2/2
Josephine Fanning..Daughter..Oct 1894..5..IN
John R. Fanning..Son..Oct 1898..1..IN
Ida Fanning..Sister..Mar 1866..34..OH..Single..Trained Nurse

3. 1910 US Census, 16 April 1910, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 3A, Roll 336, District 171, Dwelling 42, Family 53
Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
830 Mulberry Street; house rented
married 17 years
John Fanning..Head..41..OH...Boilermaker, Boiler Factory
Anna F. Fanning..Wife..39..IN..4/4..Finisher, Leather Factory
Josephine Fanning..Daughter..16..IN..Finisher, Tannery
Russell Fanning..Son..11..IN
Helen Fanning..Daughter..7..IL
Elizabeth Fanning..Daughter..5..IL

  Marriage Notes:

Name: John Fanning
Spouse's Name: Anna Heitkam
Event Date: 24 Mar 1893
Event Place: St Patrick's Church, Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Citing this Record
"Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2P6-C1F : 10 February 2018), John Fanning and Anna Heitkam, 24 Mar 1893; citing St Patrick's Church, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,502,547.
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