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Object Name |
Collar |
Donor |
Sorensen, Estate of Anna |
Description |
The women's collar is made from crocheted off-white ecru cotton thread. The design has seven abstracted flower-like shapes surrounded by curved lines that create a scalloped edge. |
Dimensions |
W-5.375 L-22.25 inches |
Material |
crochet thread |
Search Terms |
collar |
Provenance |
No object-specific provenance for this piece. Anna Abelona Sorenson was also known as Abbey Sorenson. ----------------------------------------------- Family History: Anna Abelona Sorensen was born in Morris or Laurens, Otsego Co., NY on 1 August 1913, according to the US Public Records Index at Ancestry.com, confirmed by her Social Security Death Index entry, and other documents. She died in Colorado on 15 May 1990. She is found living with her parents, Danish immigrants Theodore and Gertrude (née -?- ) Sorensen, in Windsor, Weld County, Colorado in the 1920 and 1930 censuses and was apparently their only child. She appears to have resided in Windsor her entire life. According to the two above censuses Theodore Sorensen (born Theodor Sørensen) immigrated to the US in 1901. His original emigration and immigration records have not been found. Theodore was naturalized on 30 November 1907 was naturalized in Kimball Co. NE. At some point between then and 1912 he returned to Denmark, where he apparently married Gertrude. The couple arrived back in the US on 16 January 1913 on the S/S Oscar II. In this record their destination was Kimball Co. NE; since Theodore was a citizen, no questions were asked about where he had been in Denmark. However, the family appears to have spent some time in Otsego County, NY, where Anna Abelona was born. There, Theodor Sørensen joined Danish Brotherhood lodge #300 in Laurens on September 6, 1913. He remained a member of this lodge, despite later residency in Weld County, CO, until his death on November 7, 1964 (Danish Brotherhood records and death index). His 1918 WWI draft registration card gives a birth date of June 7, 1880, which is also confirmed in his SS death entry for Nov. 1964. His Danish Brotherhood membership record states that he was born in "Jandrup" in Ribe Co.. At that time he was a citizen and working for the G.W. Sugar Co. as a laborer. In the 1920 census he was employed in a sugar boiler factory, and in 1930 he was listed as a foreman in a sugar beet factory. Theodore was born Eling Theodor Sørensen in Kjærup, Janderup parish on 7 June 1880, the 4th child of smallholder Jens Sørensen and wife, Abelone Jakobsen. In January 1913 he petitioned to have his name officially changed to Teodor Sørensen; this was noted alongside his birth and baptismal entry. Gertrude K. P. (-?-) Sorensen immigrated to the US in 1913, following her marriage to Theodor, which has not yet been found. She was born on 27 July 1890 and died in Weld Co. CO in January 1973. In 1925 9-year-old Abelone accompanied her parents on a trip to Denmark, arriving in New York on the S/S Oscar II on August 14th. In 1936, at the age of 25, Anna Abelona Sorensen returned from another trip to Denmark on the S/S Pilsudski, arriving in New York on August 11th. |
Date Received by Museum |
1991 |
Images |
233\UER2014028001.JPG |
Accession number |
UER.2014.028 |
Object Identification Number |
UER.2014.028.001 |