Anna Marie Byrne nee' Gillespie was born in County Roscommon, Ireland on Dec 13, 1890. She arrived on the SS Indiana at Philadelphia, PA on Nov 16, 1892 at age 1 10/12 years old with her mother Annie Gillespie and 3 1/4 yr old brother, James. They were met by their Father, James J Gillespie, and within a few weeks Father, Mother and Anna became naturalized US citizens.
Anna Marie grew up in Minneapolis and enjoyed writing. She submitted several short stories to the local papers and they were published. One example from the Minneapolis Journal of 30 May 1903 is:
PICTURESQUE TRAVELING -
If I could live in any age I wish to, I would bring back the colonial age and the time of the revolutionary war. I like to read and hear of this war more than any other. If I had lived then I might have known General Washington, and also seen England's sons depart from the free soil of the colonies after they had been obliged to surrender to us. Then, too, the home life was delightful. The log house the cheerful fireplace with the great logs crackling in it, and the hum of the spinning wheel mingled with the pleasant voices of the household, made it a great pleasure to live in those days. The outdoor life in the fall was very pleasant, too.
We could have gathered bushels of nuts and apples and saved them to roast before the fire to make the long winter nights pleasant. The people dressed in bright colored velvets and satins, and the ladies wore large hoopskirts, with powdered hair. I should like to have lived in this age because things were more primitive. Instead of street cars and trains, they used stagecoaches. Altho they could not go as fast as trains, I think they were far more pleasant to ride in.
B Seventh Grade ....................................................................................... --Annie Gillespie
Seward School ........................................................................................ 2508 Twenty-ninth Avenue S.
According to the 1910 US Census she was working as a stenographer, the office was unidentified. A 1913 photograph shows her working in the US Forestry Service office in the State Capitol Bldg. That 1913 photo includes her eventual husband, William M. Byrne, who was a relatively new employee at the time.
They married August 17, 1920 at Holy Rosary church in Mpls and then moved to St Paul. They raised five children in a small house on St Clair Avenue: Mary Alice 1923; William J 1925; Raymond S 1927; James F 1928; Genevieve K 1930. She was a kind, loving wife. mother and grandmother. When she passed away her family had grown to include 15 grandchildren.
She is buried next to her husband, William, a veteran of WWI.
Military Information: SGT, US ARMY
Anna Marie grew up in Minneapolis and enjoyed writing. She submitted several short stories to the local papers and they were published. One example from the Minneapolis Journal of 30 May 1903 is:
PICTURESQUE TRAVELING -
If I could live in any age I wish to, I would bring back the colonial age and the time of the revolutionary war. I like to read and hear of this war more than any other. If I had lived then I might have known General Washington, and also seen England's sons depart from the free soil of the colonies after they had been obliged to surrender to us. Then, too, the home life was delightful. The log house the cheerful fireplace with the great logs crackling in it, and the hum of the spinning wheel mingled with the pleasant voices of the household, made it a great pleasure to live in those days. The outdoor life in the fall was very pleasant, too.
We could have gathered bushels of nuts and apples and saved them to roast before the fire to make the long winter nights pleasant. The people dressed in bright colored velvets and satins, and the ladies wore large hoopskirts, with powdered hair. I should like to have lived in this age because things were more primitive. Instead of street cars and trains, they used stagecoaches. Altho they could not go as fast as trains, I think they were far more pleasant to ride in.
B Seventh Grade ....................................................................................... --Annie Gillespie
Seward School ........................................................................................ 2508 Twenty-ninth Avenue S.
According to the 1910 US Census she was working as a stenographer, the office was unidentified. A 1913 photograph shows her working in the US Forestry Service office in the State Capitol Bldg. That 1913 photo includes her eventual husband, William M. Byrne, who was a relatively new employee at the time.
They married August 17, 1920 at Holy Rosary church in Mpls and then moved to St Paul. They raised five children in a small house on St Clair Avenue: Mary Alice 1923; William J 1925; Raymond S 1927; James F 1928; Genevieve K 1930. She was a kind, loving wife. mother and grandmother. When she passed away her family had grown to include 15 grandchildren.
She is buried next to her husband, William, a veteran of WWI.
Military Information: SGT, US ARMY
Anna Marie Byrne nee' Gillespie was born in County Roscommon, Ireland on Dec 13, 1890. She arrived on the SS Indiana at Philadelphia, PA on Nov 16, 1892 at age 1 10/12 years old with her mother Annie Gillespie and 3 1/4 yr old brother, James. They were met by their Father, James J Gillespie, and within a few weeks Father, Mother and Anna became naturalized US citizens.
Anna Marie grew up in Minneapolis and enjoyed writing. She submitted several short stories to the local papers and they were published. One example from the Minneapolis Journal of 30 May 1903 is:
PICTURESQUE TRAVELING -
If I could live in any age I wish to, I would bring back the colonial age and the time of the revolutionary war. I like to read and hear of this war more than any other. If I had lived then I might have known General Washington, and also seen England's sons depart from the free soil of the colonies after they had been obliged to surrender to us. Then, too, the home life was delightful. The log house the cheerful fireplace with the great logs crackling in it, and the hum of the spinning wheel mingled with the pleasant voices of the household, made it a great pleasure to live in those days. The outdoor life in the fall was very pleasant, too.
We could have gathered bushels of nuts and apples and saved them to roast before the fire to make the long winter nights pleasant. The people dressed in bright colored velvets and satins, and the ladies wore large hoopskirts, with powdered hair. I should like to have lived in this age because things were more primitive. Instead of street cars and trains, they used stagecoaches. Altho they could not go as fast as trains, I think they were far more pleasant to ride in.
B Seventh Grade ....................................................................................... --Annie Gillespie
Seward School ........................................................................................ 2508 Twenty-ninth Avenue S.
According to the 1910 US Census she was working as a stenographer, the office was unidentified. A 1913 photograph shows her working in the US Forestry Service office in the State Capitol Bldg. That 1913 photo includes her eventual husband, William M. Byrne, who was a relatively new employee at the time.
They married August 17, 1920 at Holy Rosary church in Mpls and then moved to St Paul. They raised five children in a small house on St Clair Avenue: Mary Alice 1923; William J 1925; Raymond S 1927; James F 1928; Genevieve K 1930. She was a kind, loving wife. mother and grandmother. When she passed away her family had grown to include 15 grandchildren.
She is buried next to her husband, William, a veteran of WWI.
Military Information: SGT, US ARMY
Anna Marie grew up in Minneapolis and enjoyed writing. She submitted several short stories to the local papers and they were published. One example from the Minneapolis Journal of 30 May 1903 is:
PICTURESQUE TRAVELING -
If I could live in any age I wish to, I would bring back the colonial age and the time of the revolutionary war. I like to read and hear of this war more than any other. If I had lived then I might have known General Washington, and also seen England's sons depart from the free soil of the colonies after they had been obliged to surrender to us. Then, too, the home life was delightful. The log house the cheerful fireplace with the great logs crackling in it, and the hum of the spinning wheel mingled with the pleasant voices of the household, made it a great pleasure to live in those days. The outdoor life in the fall was very pleasant, too.
We could have gathered bushels of nuts and apples and saved them to roast before the fire to make the long winter nights pleasant. The people dressed in bright colored velvets and satins, and the ladies wore large hoopskirts, with powdered hair. I should like to have lived in this age because things were more primitive. Instead of street cars and trains, they used stagecoaches. Altho they could not go as fast as trains, I think they were far more pleasant to ride in.
B Seventh Grade ....................................................................................... --Annie Gillespie
Seward School ........................................................................................ 2508 Twenty-ninth Avenue S.
According to the 1910 US Census she was working as a stenographer, the office was unidentified. A 1913 photograph shows her working in the US Forestry Service office in the State Capitol Bldg. That 1913 photo includes her eventual husband, William M. Byrne, who was a relatively new employee at the time.
They married August 17, 1920 at Holy Rosary church in Mpls and then moved to St Paul. They raised five children in a small house on St Clair Avenue: Mary Alice 1923; William J 1925; Raymond S 1927; James F 1928; Genevieve K 1930. She was a kind, loving wife. mother and grandmother. When she passed away her family had grown to include 15 grandchildren.
She is buried next to her husband, William, a veteran of WWI.
Military Information: SGT, US ARMY
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