Christina had come to this country with her family from Sweden a few years after the Barquists, settling in Illinois. She must have been very close to her parents, Elin Johansdotter Anderson and Anders Anderson because, shortly after Anders and Christina moved to Iowa, Christina's parents followed.
In the March 14, 1903, issue of the Saturday Mail out of Stanhope, we see the following death notice:
At the home of A. G. Barquist (Anders), on Thursday, March 13, Mrs. Ellen Anderson, aged 81 years, died. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. A. G. Barquist and A. H. Anderson, and the stepmother of G. P. Anderson, while two other sons reside at a distance--one in Kansas and the other in Galesburg, Illinois. Mrs. Anderson was born in Sweden and came to America in 1864, making her home in Galesburg until 1882 when she came with her family to this county. She was highly esteemed by all who knew her, and her death, which resulted from the infirmities of advanced years, will be learned with sorrow by every acquaintance. The funeral will be held at Stratford tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.And from the Stratford Courier, March 14, 1903, the following:
Mrs. Andrew Anderson died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. G. Barquist, Thursday morning, March 12, at 4:15 a.m. She had been confined to her bed for some time and had before her last illness been weak and sickly.
Deceased was born January 12, 1822, in Vastergotland, Sweden, and in July 1864 migrated to America, locating in Galesburg, Illinois, and in 1882 moved to Iowa. Her husband died March 28, 1893, and she had since lived with her daughter here. She left one daughter and 4 sons to mourn her death; also 19 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
The funeral was held from the Lutheran church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Christensen of Dayton. The remains were interred in the Olson Cemetery.Even though her mother had been quite ill for a very long time, Christina Anderson Barquist had a very difficult time with her grief. And, within a month of her mother's death, Christina took her own life. She was just 57 years old. The news articles below give some of the details to this very sad end:
From the April 9, 1903, Stratford Courier:
And a second obituary, source unknown:DROWNS HERSELF IN A POND.Mrs. A.G. Barquist Suicides While Temporarily Insane.Stratford was horror struck Tuesday to learn of the suicide of Mrs. A.G. Barquist by drowning herself in a pond containing less than two feet of water. She had lately been very despondent and subject to mental derangement and it was while in one of these spells that she committed the deed.She got up about six o'clock to fix some bread, she said, and when her husband came down a little later, she could not be found. He at once hitched up and drove to where a son, Edwin farms, two miles east of town, but she had not been there. On his return he found her lying a short distance from the family home in a small pool of water.A coroner's jury was impaneled and the decision rendered was "that the deceased came to her death by drowning herself." Peter Cannnon was deputized as coroner.
Barquist
Mrs. A.G. Barquist was born in Westergötland, Sweden, September 20, 1845. In 1864 she, with her parents, came to this country. On November 6, 1866 she was married to A.G. Barquist and they resided in Galesburg until 1881 when they moved to a farm six miles east of Stratford, moving to Stratford a few years ago. She leaves a husband, four brothers, and six children to mourn her death. The children are - Emma J., Minnie, Agnes C., Arthur, Frank A. and Edwin H.
Deceased was all that the best woman is - a kind and loving wife and mother, a sympathizing friend to all, loved by everybody. The funeral will be held from the Lutheran church this afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev. J.A. Christenson of Dayton.Christina left a husband, Anders Barquist, who died in 1924; and 6 children, the youngest, Agnes, being just 15 years old.
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