Nielson, Anna Sophie Agusta (b. , d. ?)

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Note: Her name as next of kin on Walter's WW 1 draft registration was Mattie. She was enumerated as May Bevier in the census of 1930. Walter and May resided in Marion County, Mehama Pct. in Oregon.

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Note: The Minnesota Death Index indicates she died August 29, 1925.

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Note: Sylvia graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. After graduation she was a music teacher in Duluth, MN. Later, she was Supervisor of Music in New Hampton, Iowa Public School system. Charles worked for International Harvester Co. for 37 years. Moved with his wife to Endocino, California in May 1952.

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Note: He was a pianist and composer. He studied piano in Berlin, Germany under famous professors. Later, he was accompanist for prima donna contralto, Jeanne Gordon, of the Metropolitan Opera Co. In 1900, he resided in Oshkosh, Wisconsin where he played many concerts as a piano soloist. He later moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he taught piano in the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and the Auditorium Conservatory of Music in Chicago. He later moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where he taught music at U. of Nebraska..
There was no issue of his marriage. In 1955, he was found dead in his apartment in Los Angeles, an apparent suicide.

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Note: She was a music teacher and music critic. She taught at Holmby College. She was also a noteworthy soprano soloist with "a beautiful voice of rare sweetness and flex ability and a wide range."

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Note: She died at age 17.

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Note: In the census of 1870, he was a flour and feed dealer. The family resided in Rondout, Ulster County, New York. His wife Sarah Jane is not mentioned, so presumably she passed on. There was a housekeeper named Margaret Hornbeck, age 36, living with them. Possibly Margaret was a sister of Lewis.

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