Anna Schonbeck

The Schonbeck's lived at 402 E. Division St. in Chicago, near today's Seward Park.  In Chicago city directories of 1903, where addresses were given for an individual's home and employer, only one address was offered for Carl Schonbeck, that of the saloon where he worked.  It is possible his family of three lived there too, in the back.  Both parents were natives of Sweden. Carl immigrated to America in 1885 and Anna in 1890. They married April 10, 1895. Carl worked as a bartender and saloon keeper.

The double funeral was held on the afternoon of Monday, January 4, 1904. Anna and Elvira were reportedly buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago but this has not yet been verified.

The Schonbecks were part of a large influx of Swedish emigrants who settled in Chicago, an estimated 100,000 by 1900.  The volume decreased a bit during the 1890s but in 1903 the number of Swedish immigrants coming to America increased by nearly fifty percent.  The ticket cost for steerage passage had dropped, making emigration more affordable for servants and laborers.

Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998
Name Anna Schonbeck
Sex Female
Age 35
Death Date 30 Dec 1903
Death Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
Birthplace Sweden
Marital Status Married
Occupation Housewife
Race White
Entry Number 29092
Cemetery Rose Hill
Funeral Home Pirreos And Son