Anna A. Korn
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English: Anna Amanda Korn (1891–1987), Mrs. Isaac E. Korn née Andersson, was a Swedish-American socialite and matriarch in Chicago, Illinois, first cousin of C.Erik Ridderstedt, his clergy brothers and their sister Mrs. Nils Bolander. Korn was her husband's hostess from 1918 till 1952 in their lakefront Chicago apartment building (he was a successful attorney and acquainted with Al Capone). Anna Korn was also the hub in a widely spoked network of relatives and family members, from her native Dalecarlia in Sweden to San Luis Obispo CA to Freeport NY, including Stanley M. Truhlsen's second cousins, Guy Wallace's second wife and Korn's cousin once removed J. T. Demitz, a network with which she corresponded from 1910 until she was well into her 90s.
Svenska: Anna Amanda Korn född Andersson (1891-1987) var en svenskamerikansk societetskvinna och matriark i Chicago, kusin till bröderna Ridderstedt och Nils Bolanders änka. Korn var gift med framgångsrike advokaten Isaac E. Korn (1878-1952), en bekant till Al Capone, och var värdinna i deras bostadhus vid Michigansjön. Anna Korn var också navet i ett vitt utbrett nätverk av släktingar och familjemedlemmar, alltifrån hennes fädernejord i Dalarna till San Luis Obispo i Kalifornien och Freeport i New York, inklusive Stanley Truhlsens sysslingar, Guy Wallace andra fru och Pelle Hedmans systerdöttrar, och med det nätverket upprätthöll hon kontakt från 1910 tills hon var i 90-årsåldern.
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Korn in her widow's portrait of 1953
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Korn at her ancestral farm (girl second from left in front row) in 1904
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Korn among portraits of emigrant aunts, uncles and cousins who left Sweden for America
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Having an outdoor fika with an aunt before emigrating from Sweden
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With her husband & sons vacationing in Florida about 1937
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Korn at Christmas with Birgit Ridderstedt & family in 1957
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Dancing with her cousin C. Erik Ridderstedt in 1965 at his 50th birthday party in Sweden
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Korn's grave at Mount Emblem, Elmhust, Illinois, in 1988
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Korn's son Roy & grandson Michael examine family tree at Swedish home of her brother Axel in 1993