Anna Louise van Raaphorst (1940-)
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Anna hiking in Mesa Verde National Park, 2017
Individual Facts
- Name: Anna Louise van Raaphorst
- Sex: Female
- Also Known As: Annie, Louie
- Birth: 12 Dec 1940, Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA
- Residence: 1940-1951, Marysville, Michigan, USA
- Migration (Domestic): Bet 1951 And 1952, Marysville, Michigan, to Los Angeles County, California
- Migration (Domestic): 1967, Southern California to Monmouth County, New Jersey
- Migration (Domestic): 1969, Monmouth County, New Jersey, to San Francisco Bay Area
- Migration (Domestic): 2001, San Francisco Bay Area to El Dorado County, California
- Migration (Domestic): 2003, El Dorado County, California, to San Francisco Bay Area
- Migration (Domestic): 2007, San Francisco Bay Area to Boulder County, Colorado
- Migration (Domestic): 2009, Boulder County, Colorado to San Francisco Bay Area
Michigan, Anna's birthplace
Anna's most memorable Fourth of July
For Anna van Raaphorst, the most memorable Fourth of July will always be the one where her braids almost stole the show.
Anna's pigtails
It was July 4, 1949 — Port Huron, Michigan's centennial year. The city celebrated with the Blue Water Festival, built around one of sailing's great events: the Port Huron–to–Mackinac race, the world's longest continuously run freshwater yacht race, first sailed in 1925. Port Huron always turned out to cheer the fleet off, but for the centennial the whole city went a little extra.
Along with the parade and the sailboat send-off, the Festival added contests for kids. Anna's mother entered her in the longest-pigtail category — other categories included most freckles, reddest hair, and curliest hair. She came in runner-up.
The prize was a ride in an airplane — Anna's very first. She loved flying.
Beyond that centennial summer, Anna treasured many other July 4th memories — but that Blue Water Fourth always shone the brightest.
Shared Facts
- Marriage: (Richard Harold Johnson) 22 Jun 1963, Downey, Los Angeles, USA
- Children: 3
Anna and Dick in Seville, Spain, 2012
Relationships
- Father: Johan Nicolaas van Raaphorst (1896-1986)
- Mother: Nettie Augusta Riedel (1906-2000)
- Spouse: Richard Harold Johnson (1942-)
- Child: Ellen Margaret Johnson (1965-)
- Child: Timothy Richard Johnson (1966-)
- Child: Gillian Allison Johnson (1975-)
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