Anna Vasser

b. 25 January 1882, d. 28 November 1944
  • Anna Vasser was born on 25 January 1882 in Austin County, Texas, or possibly 1881.
  • William H. Vasser and Dora B. Abercrombie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Austin County, Texas. Other members of the household included Anna Vasser, Fannie Elena Vasser, Willie Vasser and George Richardson Vasser.
  • She married Robert Franklin Smith, son of J. Lyle Smith and Sarah Murray, circa 1904.
  • Robert Franklin Smith and Anna Vasser appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in College Station, Brazos County, Texas.
  • It appears that Dora and William Vasser moved to College Station sometime between 1920 and 1923 to be near their daughter, Anna Vasser Smith, whose husband was teaching at A&M. Also, Dora's widowed brother Abner, and the widow of her brother George, were living in adjacent Bryan.
  • She officially witnessed the death of William H. Vasser on 7 May 1923 in College Station, Brazos County, Texas.
  • She officially witnessed the death of Dora B. Abercrombie on 21 May 1924 in College Station, Brazos County, Texas.
  • Robert Franklin Smith and Anna Vasser appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in College Station, Brazos County, Texas, at College Park with one domestic servant and two roomers, single women working at the college.
  • She was a public school teacher, according to the 1930 census.
  • She officially witnessed the death of Robert Franklin Smith on 1 August 1931 at A&M University in College Station, Brazos County, Texas.
  • At the time of her death Anna Vasser was living in College Station, Brazos County, Texas, at 109 Aberdeen.
  • Anna Vasser died on 28 November 1944 at age 62 in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Bryan City Cemetery, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 7 Feb 2009

Family: Robert Franklin Smith b. 1 June 1858, d. 1 August 1931