Anna M. Heitkam ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of January 1869 and a birth location of Indiana.

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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Indianapolis, IN on 9 February 1870. ⁷

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.
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• She has alternate birth date of 26 January 1871 and a birth location of Indiana.

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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Indianapolis, IN on 12 June 1880. ⁸

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.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Indianapolis, IN on 6 June 1900. 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.
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Rockford, IL on 16 April 1910. 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.
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• Her obituary was published in the Rockford Republic on 16 December 1919 in Rockford, IL.

¹¹ 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 John Fanning and Eva, on 24 March 1893 in Chicago, IL.^{1 2 3} (John Thomas Fanning was born in August 1868 in Ohio ^{2 3} and died on 1 June 1942 in Elgin, IL.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 24 March 1893, in Chicago, IL. ¹

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Indianapolis, IN on 6 June 1900. 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
John T. Fanning..Head..Aug 1868..31..OH..Colletor, Insurance
Anna Fanning..Wife..Jan 1869..31..IN..2/2
Josephine Fanning..Dau..Oct 1894..5..IN
John R. Fanning..Son..Oct 1898..1..IN
Ida Fanning..Sis..Mar 1866..34..OH..Single..Trained Nurse
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Rockford, IL on 16 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 3A, Roll 336, District 171, Dwelling 42, Family 53
Rockford, Winnebago County, 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..Dau..16..IN..Finisher, Tannery
Russell Fanning..Son..11..IN
Helen Fanning..Dau..7..IL
Elizabeth Fanning..Dau..5..IL
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  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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John and Anna were married in and lived in Chicago where all of their children were born.

Their daughter Josephine's marriage to Frank Roy Holmes was "arranged" when she was 18. Frank's first wife had died and left him with 2 young daughters to raise so Frank needed a wife to assist him.

Helen met Kenneth John Carey in Chicago and they were married in Ken's home town of Rockford.

Russell was a journalist for The Boston Herald and married Evelyn Brown.

Their fourth child, Dorothy Elizabeth, died at the age of 15.
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