Scott Anderson

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Biography

Scott spends way too much time on WikiTree.

Scott Anderson is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Francis Cooke.

Notable Ancestors

Francis Cooke, Mayflower passenger is Scott's tenth great grandfather.

Notable Relations

Burl Ives singer/actor is a 4th cousin 3x removed.

Winston Churchill is a 5th cousin 3x removed.

Courteney Cox actress is a 7th cousin.

Henry Fonda actor is a 7th cousins twice removed.

John D. Rockefeller Sr businessman is a 7th cousin 3x removed.

Johnny Depp actor is an 8th cousin 1x removed.

Humphrey Bogart actor is an 8th cousin 1x removed.

Stevie Nicks singer is an 8th Cousin 1x removed.

Kevin Bacon actor is an 8th Cousin 1x removed.

Ernest Hemingway author is an 8th cousin 2x removed.

Lucille Ball actress is a 9th cousin 1x removed.

Walt Disney cultural icon is a 9th cousin 2x removed.

John Wayne actor is a 9th cousin 2x removed.

Taylor Swift singer is a 10th cousin.

Elon Musk is a 10th cousin once removed.

Norman Rockwell artist is a 10th cousin 2x removed.

John Steinbeck author is a 10th cousin 2x removed.

Clyde Barrow of Bonnie and Clyde is a 19th cousin 2x removed.

Brickwall Destruction

Grandparents

Charles Anderson has been a brickwall for our family for over 40 years. This wall came down Aug 2018 with the creation of Charles Swope after DNA evidence proved his identity conclusively.

Great-Grandparents

Mabel Shadd has been another 40+ year brickwall for our family. It was smashed within about 20 minutes of receiving my Ancestry DNA results in Dec 2017. A match with the Shadd surname had posted an obituary showing Mabel's connection to the Shadd family.

Thomas Jones has been a mystery for many years. The family knew he came from Wales but to find a Jones in Wales is next to impossible. What finally broke this for me was finding a Family Search profile with his correct birthdate on it but nothing else recognizable. This was significant because the only source for his DOB I had found was his death record which no one else had. This led me to Arvonia, Kansas where I found 70 of the towns 100 residents to be named Jones. Oh, joy! After contacting several people through Ancestry with the Family Search Thomas Jones in their trees I finally found the source of the birthdate. A hand written history which is posted on his profile.

2nd Great-Grandparents

Caroline Zanto was a brickwall for many years. I was able to break through by deep diving a group of unidentifed Ancestry matches known to be related but not direct descendants of her. Research revealed a common surname of Santo in their trees. This wall came down Dec 2019.

Sarah Lipsett Browne is a long time brickwall. This brickwall came down Jul 2022 after working with another descedant of Sarah's father. I had already connected Sarah with 4 of her siblings all living in New Brunswick and the person I was working with had 7 children, all living in Ontario, of the man we now agree is the father of all of them. The key was one of Sarah's brothers I was sure belonged with her other 4 siblings but was being claimed as one of the Ontario group. Several hours of searching finally turned up a transcription of baptism records from Ballyshannon containing the dates of birth and/or baptism for all 12 children plus 4 more neither of us had seen before. This along with some DNA matches between descendants of the New Brunswick and Ontario group helped tie the two groups together.

Ongoing Brickwalls

Scott Anderson migrated from WikiTree to Rabbit Holes.

2nd Great-Grandparents

Herman Zastrow is a new brickwall for me created when Charles Swope was indentified. I have not spent much time on him.

Jane Jacob is a new brickwall for me created when Thomas Jones was indentified. I have not spent much time on her.

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Scott Anderson and his father Edward Anderson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Parent/Child, based on sharing 3455 cM across 74 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Scott Anderson and his 2nd Cousin 1x removed LB. Their MRCA is Scott's 2nd great-grandmother and LB's great-grandmother Caroline Zanto. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 102 cM across 7 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

WikiTree DNA Matches

With 2G-Grandparents:

Bill L. Mitchell MRCA William Minter Flewett Ancestry match to member Bill Mitchell.

Robert Smeltzer MRCA Isaac Barnhart Ancestry match to member Robert Smeltzer.

With 3G-Grandparents:

Kim M MRCA Jerimiah H Dowell Ancestry match to member 4944martin.

Nicholas Day MRCA Jesse Austin Shirley*

With 4G-Grandparents:

John Pereira MRCA John Servis Shirley*

With 5G-Grandparents:

With 6G-Grandparents:

Kim M 2nd MRCA Jonathan Downing Ancestry match to member 4944martin.

With 9G-Grandparents:

Kay Johnson MRCA Moses Mansfield Confirmed by GEDMatch 7.1cm. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 7.5

(*) Not an Ancestry DNA match.

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Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Scott Anderson.