Daughter of Thomas Muat and Henrietta
Anna and her mother and younger sister Johanna immigrated to th United States in 1889. They traveled on the ship British Princess. They
landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. When
Anna's father Thomas Muat immigrated to the United States in 1890, the Muat reunited and moved to Houston Texas.
Anna Muat is referenced in Erik Larson's book published in 1999/2000 titled "Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History" (pages 236-237). "It is possible that during his search, Isaac encountered a Houston man named Thomas Muat, who came to Isaac's neighborhood looking for his own daughter, Anna, eighteen years old. She had arrived in Galveston a week earlier to visit friends and was staying at the home of David McGill, at 26th and Q, one block west of Isaac's house. McGill was a friend of the Muat family. The Muats had expected Anna home on Sunday night, but that afternoon learned that no trains had been able to leave Galveston. After a long, anxious night with no word from his daughter, McGill resolved to go to Galveston first thing Monday morning. They set out for 26th and Q, and soon found that the McGill house had been 'swept out of existence.' They searched further and located McGill's wife at a house a dozen blocks away. The last she saw of Anna, she told Thomas, was after the house had broken apart. Her husband and Anna had wound up on one segment of roof, McGill on another. Anna had cried for help, but Mrs. McGill could do nothing. She had not seen them since. In the absence of a body, there was always hope. Isaac continued his search. But as conditions worsened—as fears of disease grew and as more and more corpses turned up (among them Anna Muat's)—the hunt for miracles and bodies became more complicated. Hope receded, and simple emptiness took its place."
Anna and her mother and younger sister Johanna immigrated to th United States in 1889. They traveled on the ship British Princess. They
landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. When
Anna's father Thomas Muat immigrated to the United States in 1890, the Muat reunited and moved to Houston Texas.
Anna Muat is referenced in Erik Larson's book published in 1999/2000 titled "Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History" (pages 236-237). "It is possible that during his search, Isaac encountered a Houston man named Thomas Muat, who came to Isaac's neighborhood looking for his own daughter, Anna, eighteen years old. She had arrived in Galveston a week earlier to visit friends and was staying at the home of David McGill, at 26th and Q, one block west of Isaac's house. McGill was a friend of the Muat family. The Muats had expected Anna home on Sunday night, but that afternoon learned that no trains had been able to leave Galveston. After a long, anxious night with no word from his daughter, McGill resolved to go to Galveston first thing Monday morning. They set out for 26th and Q, and soon found that the McGill house had been 'swept out of existence.' They searched further and located McGill's wife at a house a dozen blocks away. The last she saw of Anna, she told Thomas, was after the house had broken apart. Her husband and Anna had wound up on one segment of roof, McGill on another. Anna had cried for help, but Mrs. McGill could do nothing. She had not seen them since. In the absence of a body, there was always hope. Isaac continued his search. But as conditions worsened—as fears of disease grew and as more and more corpses turned up (among them Anna Muat's)—the hunt for miracles and bodies became more complicated. Hope receded, and simple emptiness took its place."
Daughter of Thomas Muat and Henrietta
Anna and her mother and younger sister Johanna immigrated to th United States in 1889. They traveled on the ship British Princess. They
landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. When
Anna's father Thomas Muat immigrated to the United States in 1890, the Muat reunited and moved to Houston Texas.
Anna Muat is referenced in Erik Larson's book published in 1999/2000 titled "Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History" (pages 236-237). "It is possible that during his search, Isaac encountered a Houston man named Thomas Muat, who came to Isaac's neighborhood looking for his own daughter, Anna, eighteen years old. She had arrived in Galveston a week earlier to visit friends and was staying at the home of David McGill, at 26th and Q, one block west of Isaac's house. McGill was a friend of the Muat family. The Muats had expected Anna home on Sunday night, but that afternoon learned that no trains had been able to leave Galveston. After a long, anxious night with no word from his daughter, McGill resolved to go to Galveston first thing Monday morning. They set out for 26th and Q, and soon found that the McGill house had been 'swept out of existence.' They searched further and located McGill's wife at a house a dozen blocks away. The last she saw of Anna, she told Thomas, was after the house had broken apart. Her husband and Anna had wound up on one segment of roof, McGill on another. Anna had cried for help, but Mrs. McGill could do nothing. She had not seen them since. In the absence of a body, there was always hope. Isaac continued his search. But as conditions worsened—as fears of disease grew and as more and more corpses turned up (among them Anna Muat's)—the hunt for miracles and bodies became more complicated. Hope receded, and simple emptiness took its place."
Anna and her mother and younger sister Johanna immigrated to th United States in 1889. They traveled on the ship British Princess. They
landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. When
Anna's father Thomas Muat immigrated to the United States in 1890, the Muat reunited and moved to Houston Texas.
Anna Muat is referenced in Erik Larson's book published in 1999/2000 titled "Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History" (pages 236-237). "It is possible that during his search, Isaac encountered a Houston man named Thomas Muat, who came to Isaac's neighborhood looking for his own daughter, Anna, eighteen years old. She had arrived in Galveston a week earlier to visit friends and was staying at the home of David McGill, at 26th and Q, one block west of Isaac's house. McGill was a friend of the Muat family. The Muats had expected Anna home on Sunday night, but that afternoon learned that no trains had been able to leave Galveston. After a long, anxious night with no word from his daughter, McGill resolved to go to Galveston first thing Monday morning. They set out for 26th and Q, and soon found that the McGill house had been 'swept out of existence.' They searched further and located McGill's wife at a house a dozen blocks away. The last she saw of Anna, she told Thomas, was after the house had broken apart. Her husband and Anna had wound up on one segment of roof, McGill on another. Anna had cried for help, but Mrs. McGill could do nothing. She had not seen them since. In the absence of a body, there was always hope. Isaac continued his search. But as conditions worsened—as fears of disease grew and as more and more corpses turned up (among them Anna Muat's)—the hunt for miracles and bodies became more complicated. Hope receded, and simple emptiness took its place."
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