Anna Spafford

Deceased Person

1842 – 1923

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Who was Anna Spafford?

Anna Spafford, born Anne Tobine Larsen Øglende in Stavanger, Norway, was a Norwegian-American woman who settled in Jerusalem, where she and her husband Horatio Spafford were central in establishing the American Colony there in 1881.

She was a survivor of the sinking of the French passenger steamer Ville du Havre in 1873. Her daughters Anna “Annie”, Margaret Lee “Maggie”, Elizabeth “Bessie”, and Tanetta were lost in the wreck. Afterwards Anna gave birth to three more children.

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Born
Mar 16, 1842
Stavanger
Also known as
  • Anne Tobine Larsen Øglende
Spouses
Died
Apr 17, 1923

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on July 23, 2013

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