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Note: familysearch.org 1940 census Name: Etta Anderson Titles & Terms: Event: Census Event Year: 1940 Event Place: Tract 2, Austin, Justice Precinct 3, Travis, Texas, United States Gender: Female Age: 48 Marital Status: Married Race (Original): White Race (Standardized): White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Inmate Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Inmate Birthplace: Texas Estimated Birth Year: 1892 Residence in 1935: Same House Enumeration District Number: 227-17 Family Number: Sheet Number and Letter: 3B Line Number: 79 NARA Publication Number: T627 NARA Roll Number: 4148 Digital Folder Number: 005458062 Image Number:
Etta spend several years in and out of mental hospitals. The last one was the Austin State Hospital
ADMISSION RECORD, FILE #15059 Admitted: July 3, 1933 Harris County (Indefinite Commitment) Diagnosis: Dementia Praecox, Simple Type Discharge: Dec. 112, 1969-Section 80 (d) TMHC Official Correspondent: Mr. M.A. Anderson (husband), Route 2, Box 173, Baytown, Texas
RE-ADMISSION, AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL Name: Anderson, Mrs. Etta Case #15059 Age on re-admission: 36 Occupation: Housewife Family history: Two sisters died in the San Antonio State Hospital. One brother there now. Duration of present attack before admission: 5 years No. of previous admissions: 1 Date of previous hospital residence: Dec. 12, 1922, San Antonio State Hospital Diagnosis: Psychosis with Mental Deficiency Furloughed: Nov. 25, 1923 Discharged: May 21, 1925, as Restored
Height: 5 ft. 5 in. Weight: 155 lbs. Condition of person: admitted with lice on her; clothes clean Behavior: quite It is, therefore, considered and so ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that the defendant, Mrs. Etta Anderson, be and she is hereby declared a person of unsound mind and that she be placed under restraint and sent to the State Asylum for the insane and until such time as she can be received at the Asylum it is ordered that she be placed in the County Jail for care, treatment and restraint. It is further ordered that attorney be allowed the sum of five dollars for representing the defendant in this case and that all costs herein be adjudged against Harris County. The above and foregoing minutes examined and approved by me June 15th, 1933. W.H. Ward County Judge, Harris County, Texas HISTORY OF STATEMENT Name of Patient Mrs. Etta Anderson County Harris Sex Female Race White Date June 1, 1933 Name of nearest relative or friend M.A. Anderson Relationship to patient Husband Address Goose Creek, Texas Number of children living 4 Age of oldest 18 Age of youngest 6 Education Poor Occupation Housewife Religion Methodist Birthplace of patient Cedar Bayou, Texas Date of birth Jan. 26, 1897 How long in U.S. Life How long in Texas Life Name of patient's father Charlie Engleman Birthplace of father Germany Cause of death Operation Maiden name of patient's mother Tillie Henry Birthplace of mother Middle Bayou cause of death Pneumonia
Wass. Neg. Kline Pos.-## Found of unsound mind June 15, 1933 Kahn Neg. Diagnosis Syphilitic Psychosis Date June 6, 1933. Clothing County furnished. May go in Dormitory Diagnosis: Dementia Praecox, Simple Type
Austin State Hospital, Austin, Texas History Statement
Name in full Etta B. Anderson How long in Texas Always Religion Baptist Date of birth Jan. 26, 1897 Was birth normal Yes Health Nervous breakdown in 1921 Education (grade attained) 3 Age started 10 Age stopped school 12 Age began work 12
Information concerning patient's father Name Charles Engleman Birthplace don't know If dead, give cause & age at time of death 76 years old Education none Occupation Fisherman
Information concerning patient's mother Maiden name Tilly Henry Birthplace Texas If dead, give cause & age at cause of death pneumonia Number & age of children 11 Were they normal at birth don't know Education hardly any
There were 11 children in her family and all but 4 have been in San Antonio State Hospital
Psychiatric Social Service History 7-13-33 Prepared by Fern Black Name: Anderson, Mrs. Etta Age: 36 years Born: Texas Residence: Harris Co. Address: Goose Creek, Texas Admitted: July 3, 1933 Case: #14848 Marital Status: Married Sex: Female Occupation: Housewife Color: White Religion: Methodist Nationality: German Admission: Second Diagnosis: Dementia Praecox, Simple Type
A letter was sent to the De Pelchin Faith Home and Children's Bureau in Houston, Texas.
RETURN FROM FURLOUGH September 8, 1953 To: Dr. Stenberg Re: Mrs. Etta Anderson Furloughed Sept. 14, 1951 Returned Sept. 8, 1953
AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL RETURN FURLOUGH REPORT APRIL 20, 1959 Date of last admission: July 3, 1933 Date of last furlough: Jan. 13, 1959 Date of return: April 9, 1959 Diagnosis: Dementia Praecox, Simple Type Informant: Daughter in law, Mrs. M.A. Anderson, Jr. Next of kin: Mr. M.A. Anderson, Jr., Rt. 2 Box 173, Baytown, Texas
This patient was admitted to San Antonio State Hospital on Dec. 12, 1922. She was given the diagnosis of Psychosis with Mental Deficiency. She was furloughed after eleven and one half months and was discharged in May of 1925.
AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL RETURN FURLOUGH REPORT Sept. 12, 1968 Case #15059 Age 71 Religion: Methodist 1st admission date July 3, 1933 Last Furlough date April 19, 1967 Corresp. M.A. Anderson, Jr., son Pt. accomp. by: Ash Ambulance Dr & attendant
AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL SOCIAL SERVICE NOTE
Mrs. Etta Anderson The above named patient has been on furlough to a local nursing home since Oct. 18, 1968 until she was transferred to a Foster Care Home (Mrs. Clyde Sprouse, 7311 Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas) Feb. 1969. State Dept. of Public Welfare is providing funds for her care and a medical plan.
OFFICE OF BEVERLY B. KAUFMAN, COUNTY CLERK, HARRIS CO., Texas; COUNTY CIVIL COURT AT LAW INQUIRY SYSTEM
Docket # 011015 Style of probate Anderson, Etta Mrs. *MI* Applicant's Name/Address Anderson, M.A. Nature of Proc. Date 11-16-1922
Dockett # 020462 Style of probate Anderson, Etta *MI* Applicant's Name/Address Crawford, C.E. Goose Creek, Texas Date 6-5-1933
CERT OF DISCHARGE FROM AUSTIN STATE HOSP FILED MRS ETTA Anderson*MI*
Docket # 079999 Style of probate Anderson, Etta Mrs. *NCM* Applicant's Name/Address Anderson, M.A. Jr. Attorney/Address Little Zorn & Girarde 2703 W. Main Street Baytown, Texas Nature of Proc. GDN Date 2-21-1963 Court appt. M. A. Anderson, Jr. guardian
Office of Beverly B. Kaufman, County Clerk, Houston, Harris Co., Texas In the Estate of Mrs. Etta Anderson, a person of unsound mind, In the Probate Court of Harris Co., Texas To the Honorable Judge of Said Court: Now comes M. A. Anderson, Jr., hereinafter called Applicant, and files this his Application to be appointed Guardian of the Estate of Mrs. Etta Anderson, and would respectfully show the Court the following: I. That the said Mrs. Etta Anderson is a person of unsound mind, now ___ years of age, and whose legal residence is in Harris Co., Texas. II. That the said Mrs. Etta Anderson is a widow, her former husband M. A. Anderson now being deceased; that this Applicant, M. A. Anderson, Jr., is a son of the said Mrs. Etta Anderson and desires to be appointed as her Guardian; that this Applicant resides in Chambers Co., near Baytown, Texas, and that his address is Route #2, Baytown, Texas. III. Your Applicant would further show that the said Mrs. Etta Anderson was adjudged to be a person of unsound mind in Case No. 20462 in the County Court of Harris County, Texas, by a final judgment entered in said cause on the 15 day of June 1933, as shown by the Judgment of said Court of record in Volume__at Page___, of the minutes of said Court. That by said Judgement and pursuant thereto the said Mrs. Etta Anderson was confined to the Austin State Hospital, Austin, Texas, where she has been confined since said Judgment and where she is still at this time confined; She has never been declared to be a person of sound mind since the above mentioned Judgement. IV. Applicant would show that he is not disqualified to receive Letters of Guardianship and to act as the Guardian of the Estate of Mrs. Etta Anderson, for the reason that he is the natural son of said Mrs. Etta Anderson and that she is a widow and for the further reason that it would be for the best interest of said Mrs. Etta Anderson that a Guardian be appointed in that she has certain property hereinafter described, which property has been condemned by the State of Texas for highway purposes and it is necessary for a Guardian to be appointed in order to protect the interest of the said Mrs. Etta Anderson in and to said property and to further reason that a Guardianship is necessary in order to convey good title to said property to the State of Texas, the said property owned by her being: Lots 39, 40, and 41 in Block 7 in Busch Terrace, a subdivision out of the William Scott Upper League in Harris County, Texas, a plat of which is of record in Volume 9, pages 10 and 11 of the Map Records of Harris County, Texas; and being the same land described in the Deed from Humble Oil & Refining Company to M. A. Anderson dated October 13, 1948, and recorded in Volume 2001, page 319 of the Deed Records of Harris County, Texas. V. Applicant would further show that the said Mrs. Etta Anderson is now without a Guardian of her estate; that a Guardian should be appointed for her in order to control, preserve and take care of the property owned by the said Mrs. Etta Anderson, and that a Guardian should be appointed in order to protect her interest in said property. VI. Applicant would further show that this Court has venue over this proceedings for the reason that at the time the said Mrs. Etta Anderson was adjudged to be a person of unsound mind as herein above set out she was a legal resident and domiciled in Harris County, Texas, and that all of her property as above described is located in Harris County, Texas. Wherefore, premises considered, Applicant prays that Notice be given as required by law, and that upon hearing herein, this Applicant be appointed by Guardian of the Estate of Mrs. Etta Anderson, that Letters of Guardianship be issued to this Applicant, and for such other and further relief to which this Applicant may be justly entitled. M. A. Anderson, Jr. Applicant Office of R. E. Turrentine, Jr., County Clerk, Harris County, Texas Personal Citation, State of Texas To the Sheriff or any Constable of Travis County--Greeting: You are hereby commanded to summon Mrs. Etta Anderson, Austin State Hospital, Austin, Travis County, Texas, to be and appear before the Honorable County Court of Harris County at 9:00 o'clock AM at the Courthouse in Houston, Texas on March 18, 1963, then and there to answer or contest the petition of M. A. Anderson, Jr. filed in said court February 21st, 1963 as Guardianship of the Estate of Mrs. Etta Anderson, as per copy of Petition hereto attached.
Officer's Return Came to hand on February 26, 1963 at 8:56 o'clock AM and executed on February 20, 1963 at 1:35 o'clock PM by delivering to Mrs. Etta Anderson at the Turner Nursing Home, 5115 North Lamar, Austin, the within named Defendant, in person, a true copy of this Citation and Petition. D. P. Davis, Deputy No. 79999 In the Estate of Mrs. Etta Anderson, A person of Unsound Mind In the Probate Court of Harris Co., Texas On this, the 20th day of March, A. D. 1963, came on to be considered the application of M. A. Anderson, Jr. to be appointed Guardian of the Estate of Mrs. Etta Anderson, and came the Applicant in person and by his attorney, and it appearing to the Court and the Court being satisfied after due hearing that Mrs. Etta Anderson was duly served with citation in accordance with law; that more than ten days have elapsed since the date of service and this date, and the Court being fully satisfied that all prerequisites of law have been duly Compiled with, and the Court having further determined and here now determining that the said Mrs. Etta Anderson is a person of unsound mind and is now without a Guardian of her Estate, and having determined that the said Mrs. Etta Anderson was duly declared to be a person of unsound mind in Cause No. 20462 by a final judgment duly entered in said cause on June 15, 1933, as shown by Judgement of said Court of record in volume___at page___of the Minutes of the County Court of Harris Co., Texas; and determining that said judgment has not been revoked, and in addition having determined that the said Mrs. Etta Anderson has never been judicially declared to be sane after the rendition of said judgment, but to the contrary having determined that the said Mrs. Etta Anderson is still a person of unsound mind and is still confined in the Austin State Hospital, Austin, Texas, where she has been confined since said Judgment and being of the further opinion and having so determined that this Court has venue and jurisdiction over these proceedings and of all persons whom the law requires that jurisdiction be had; and having further determined that it would be for the best interest of the said Mrs. Etta Anderson that a Guardian be appointed over her estate in order to manage, control, protect and preserve the same; it is therefore ordered that M. A. Anderson Jr., applicant, be and he is hereby appointed Guardian of the Estate of Mrs. Etta Anderson, a person of unsound mind, and that Letters of Guardianship issue to him on his giving bond in the sum of $10,000.00 dollars, which is the proper sum hereby ordered and fixed, in accordance with the requirements of law, and it is further ordered that said Guardian take the oath of office as required by law with twenty (20) days. It is therefore, ordered that _______ and _____who are disinterested persons, citizens of this County, be, and they are hereby appointed Appraisers, to make due appraisement of such estate, and they are ordered to return the same to this court within the time required by law. It is further ordered that the Clerk of this Court issue letters of Guardianship to the said M. A. Anderson, Jr. when he has been duly qualified as Guardian, in accordance with law.
Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Mrs. Etta Anderson, NCM, produced before the undersigned Appraisers on the 2nd day of May, A.D. 1963, by M. A. Anderson Jr., Guardian of said Estate of Mrs. Etta Anderson, NCM. 1. Cash belonging to Estate---none 2. Real property belonging to Estate as follows: Lots 39, 40, & 41, Block 7, Busch Terrace Subdivision, Harris Co., Texas-----$900.00 We, the undersigned appraisers, do solemnly swear that the foregoing is a full and fair appraisement of the estate of _______NCM, produced before us by (Appraisers Waived). List of Claims---None
Account for Final Settlement M. A. Anderson, Jr., Guardian of this Estate, presents this verified Account for Final Settlement pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Probate Code: 1. The property belonging to this Estate which has come into my hands is that property listed and described in the Inventory, Appraisement and List of Claims and Annual Accounts previously filed herein, reference to which is here made for all purposes, and that which is listed on the Annual Account filed July 27, 1987, with an ending balance of $1,866.92. 2. The following debts of the Estate have been paid by authorization of the Court as follows: None 3. The previously unreported receipts of the estate are as follows: Interest on saving account No. 00965376, Citizens Bank & Trust Co. in amount of $110.57 as of September 28, 1988 4. The previously unreported disbursements of the Estate have been as follows: None 5. The expenses still owning by the estate are as follows: Mr. & Mrs. M. A. Anderson, Jr. Reimbursement for funeral expenses $2,114.00 Attorney Fees (Robert L. Steinberg) 500.00 Total $2,614.00 6. The property of the Estate remaining on hand is as follows: Community Personal Property --- 0 Separate Personal Property ------ Bank Account No. 0096537600, Citizens Bank and Trust Co., 1300 Rollingbrook Drive, Baytown, Texas 77522-0150 $1,977.49 on account as of September 28, 1988 Community Real Property--None Separate Rea Property--None 7. Attached to this Account are Verification from all depositories where money or other personal property belonging to this Estate are being held in safekeeping. 8. With respect to Inheritance Taxes due and owing to the State of Texas none are due. 9. After paying out the current expenses of the Estate, no funds will be left, therefore a judgment declaring heirship will be unnecessary.
Applicant prays that citation should be served as required by law, following which, the Court should audit, settle, and approve this Account and authorize the payment of all unpaid debts and expenses.
Baytown Sun, Baytown, Texas, Aug. 25, 1987 Services for Etta Anderson, 90, of Austin are set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Earthman Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Logan Garrett officiating. Mrs. Anderson died Monday at an Austin nursing home Survivors include a son, M. A. Anderson Jr. of Cove; a daughter Corine Duncan of Baytown; and a sister Violet Newberry of Baytown. Eleven grandchildren and 17 greatgrandchildren also survive. Burial will be at Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Lawson Anderson, Virgil Reynolds, Ernest Winfree Jr., Gene R. Fontaine, Curtis Newberry, and Norman Mascorro. Services are under the direction of Earthman Funeral Home.
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