Anna Geneva Thompson

  Research Notes:

1. 1920 & 1930 US Census

- with her mother in 1930 Census

2. MN Birth Index, ancestry.com

- gives marriage and children for Anna Thompson, as well as grandchildren (can also get location - Lansborro MN for Paul N Bostrack and for Phillip (J) Bostrack


3. 1940 US Census - Whalen, Holt Twp, Fillmore Co

- Millerd, age 28 born in MN, 4 yrs of high school, wasn't at work the wk of Mar 24; 4 wks on unemployment, usual job as a Gravel Checker for the Highways, worked 16 wks in 1939 earning $500; owns home at value of $1600
- Anna, age 28 born in MN, 3 yrs of high school, Homemaker
- Marilyn, daughter, age 5 born in MN
- Luther, son, age 2 born in MN
- Geraldine, daughter, age 3 months born in MN

NOTE --- Anna is listed as living in rural Fillmore Co in 1935; but Millerd and Marilyn are listed as living in the same house. Why was Anna at a different place ??????? - error in the enumeration ???


Anna G Thompson OBIT, The Winona Daily News, issue 25 Apr 1993, page 4

- died at age 81 at nursing home in Rushford MN; formerly from Whalan
- born 13 Mar 1912 in Peterson, MN; married to Hillerd Bostract - they had 7 children
- interment, Crown Hill Cemetery, Preston [MN]


1950 US Census, Whalan*, Fillmore County, MN; ED 23-41; sheet 71; dw 37 [line 8]
Millerd H Bostrack, age 38 b in MN [all family born in MN]; foreman with highway dept
wife Anna G, age 38
dau Marilyn A, age 15
son Luther D, age 12
dau Geraline V, age 10
dau Margulle [sp??].K, age 5
dau Carolyne D age 3
son, Paul N, age 3

* Whalan - about 25+ kms west of Petersen


4. Obit - Millerd H J Bostrack, 1997; posted on Findagrave, id 73924834 [links to wife, and 2 children]

- born 6 Aug 1911 at Whalan, MN
- 2 July 1932 he married Anna Thompson of Peterson
- they made their home in Whalan
- his wife died on 23 Apr 1993
- survivors are his 3 sons, Luther of Reno, NV, Paul of Lansboro (MN), and Philip of Winona; 4 daughters, Marilyn Simpson of Eden Valley [ Meeker Co, abt 50 kms south and west of St Cloud ], Geraldine Allen of Lake San Marcos, CA [ San Diego Co, abt 75 kms north of San Diego ], Marjule Boehnke of Burnsville [ Dakota Co, MN, suburb to the south of Minneapolis ] and Carolyn LeBrun of St. Paul; 16 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren



5. Ancestry.com Public Member Tree 'Jan's Family for FTM 2017'; [jjmatson] ; accessed, 11 Nov 2022;
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/113637909/person/250115710862/facts

- provides no citations
- records Anna's mother with surname Bye (no first name) and father as Thompson (no first name)
- marriage etc, 7 children, 4 females, 3 males - all living
- death at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford - burial at Whalan
- notes an obituary with the Post Bulletin in Rocherster [MN] on 24 Apr 1993 (also notes an obituary with the Post Bulliten on 7 Oct 1997 for Millerd)

NOTE: there are a numbe of Family Trees on Ancestry - some with more detail than the above [ 11 Nov 2022] ^2943,2944

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence - 1935, 1 Apr 1935, Fillmore Co, Minnesota, United States. ²⁹⁴⁵

2. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Whalan, Holt Twp, Fillmore Co, Minnesota, United States. ²⁹⁴⁵ Enumeration on 2 Apr 1940

Anna married Millerd Hubert Bostrack on 2 Jul 1932 in Fillmore Co, Minnesota, United States.²⁹⁴¹ (Millerd Hubert Bostrack was born on 6 Aug 1911 in Whalan, Fillmore Co, Minnesota, United States,^2944,2946 died on 5 Oct 1997 in Rushford, Fillmore Co, Minnesota, United States ^2944,2946 and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Preston, Fillmore Co, Minnesota, United States ²⁹⁴⁷.)