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October 30th, 1890 - February 21st, 1977

She is a Scorpio.

Anna Kristine Salkjelsvik was born in Salkjelsvik Skodje, Romsdal County, Norway as Anna Kristine Johanson. She was christened on November 23rd, 1890 in the Church of the Norway tradition. She was the daughter of Ole Iver Johanson Grodås (born 1850), a carpenter, and Anne Marie Brigitte (née Karlsdatter (1857 - 1906) who had married on January 13th, 1881 in Spodje, More og Romsdal. Her known siblings were: Ole Andreas (January 17th, 1883), Karen Marie (August 30th, 1885), Olivia Karoline (March 28th, 1888), Karl Johan (February 8th, 1893), Johan Olaf (March 28th, February 1894).

Aboard Titanic/April 14th-15th, 1912:
Olivia had emigrated in the summer of 1910, arriving in Quebec aboard the Laurentic before traveling to and settling in Proctor, Duluth, Minnesota. She later saved enough money to send back home for Anna to join her. Anna boarded the RMS Titanic at Southampton on April 10th, 1912 as a 3rd class passenger having travelled from Ålesund to Newcastle via Bergen. Traveling with her was a family friend, Adolf Humblen, and she also became acquainted with several other Norwegian passengers, including: Karen Marie Abelseth and Olaus Abelseth and his brother-in-law Siguard Moen, and the latter's cousin Peter Søholt. Anna and Karen shared a cabin with some Swedish girls.

On the night of the sinking Anna had been asleep and noticed nothing out of the ordinary. The men in her travelling group were aware of a problem, being berthed at the bow of the ship, and they travelled aft to stern to warn their female friends. The group made their way to the aft well deck where they awaited instructions. A steward later asked for women and children to follow him and Anna and Karen complied but had to leave their male companions behind. Whilst en route to the boat deck Anna and Karen were separated: Karen ended leaving the ship in lifeboat 16 but Anna was wandered to the bow of the boat deck where she was left in collaspable C.

After The Sinking/Later Life/Death:
Anna eventually arrived in Minnesota and was reunited with her sister in Proctor. Here she met a fellow Norwegian, William Larsen (May 4th, 1884) who had arrived in the USA on July 9th, 1909 aboard Saxonia, landing at Boston. He worked as a machinist in the car shop of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway where he would work until retirement in 1954.  The couple were married on September 7th, 1912 at Our Saviou's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Duluth, Minnesota (she was listed Anna Olson at the time of their marriage).

They went on to have 4 children: Margaret L. (May 27th, 1913 - 1994; later Mrs Fred Nelson), Astor Melvin (June 20th, 1915 - 1991), Ernest (born 1917/1918), and Vivian Janet (August 9th, 1919 - 1999; later Mrs Gordon Sanderno and later again Mrs Harry G. Olafson). The family lived in Midway, St Louis, Minnesota and their address in later years was on Ustad Road and they were members of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Proctor. Anna was widowed on September 11th, 1965 and she herself spent her last years in a care home.

She never cared to discuss the Titanic disaster to any great length but did grant the very occasional newspaper or television interviews. She died following a stroke on February 21st, 1977 at the age of 86. She is buried at Oneota Cemetery in Duluth.

Sources:
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

Rest In Peace Anna Kristine Salkjelsvik.