Losses for Anna

In 1934, Anna lost not only her husband but also her mother. Her mother died on December 16, 1934. Anna was left with her two kids and part of her support system gone. Anna lived in an apartment building in the Bronx. She lived there with her two children, her sister and her husband Frank, her sister's brother-in-law William Grunenthal (Uncle Billy) and his wife Tootsie and another couple, Walter and Alice Gillespie. Anna's sister married Frank Grunethal on July 21, 1927.

These three families were very involved in each others lives. Uncle Billy and Aunt Helen had a baby boy a few months after Kathryn was born. His name was Frederick. The three children grew up very close, especially Fredrick and Kathryn.

The picture above shows from right to left: Walter Gillespie, Alice Gillespie, Anna Dunn and Tootsie Grunenthal.

Anna's Siblings

Anna had seven brothers and sisters. They are listed below with dates. Anna was very close to her sister Helen. Helen and Anna used to ride around New York in one of their mother's cars. Their mother it was told to me had a moving and taxi business.I heard stories that they often would run out of gas and have to walk to get gas for the car to get moving. Back in those days, cars did not have gas gauges.

Anna had another sister Josephene, who was named after her father's sister. My grandmother, Anna, never really talked about her sister Josephene. Josephene was engaged to be married in September 1921. On September 12, 1920 she was walking on a cliff, fell and died. There was some question on whether it was an accident or if it was suicide. Here is a link to the newspaper story from the Daily Argus in 1920.