Anna
Elling was the sixth child of nine brothers and sisters. Seven years
younger than our grandfather Albert, Anna was born on July 16, 1896.
In the 1920 census, Anna was 21 years old and working as a private family servant for William Campbell, a widowed lawyer in Napoleon, Ohio. William was 66 and listed as the Head of the Household which also consisted of his son Bancroft, 26, and his wife, Isabel, 18, as well as William's other son, William, 14.
By September 22, 1920, Anna would marry Edwin Koppenhofer. On the same page of the 1920 census, just down the road or around the corner, lived Anna Elling's brother, Albert, and his wife Ida and children, Paul and Alma! Do you think brother Albert gave any help as a matchmaker for his sister Anna?
Anna and Edwin had four children: Madeleine, Luella, Lucille and Alton. Anna died in 1956 and and Edwin in 1972. They are buried at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, near Okolona, Defiance County, Ohio.
Thank you for your work and for posting this. Edwin Koppenhofer was my "Grandpa Ed", married to my father's (Donald) mother, Frieda (Tietje) Bischoff. It's nice for me to read about his first wife. Before, I only knew her as a name on their tombstone. I knew all three of his daughters, but I don't remember ever meeting or knowing anything about his son. Thanks again for your work. Jeffrey Bischoff
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