Jens Johan (Andersen) Anderson (1888 - 1968)

Born 6 Jul 1888 in Nors, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark

Ancestors

Husband of Kate Litisia (Hillyard) Anderson — married 22 Dec 1922 in Ellscott, Athabasca County No. 12, Alberta, Canada

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1968 at age 80 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

Jens Johan (John) Andersen was born July 6, 1888 in Nors Parish, Hillerslev District, Thisted County, Denmark.^[1]

A copy of the birth certificate ^[2] was ordered from Denmark in 1955 by Mary (Anderson) Clark and this is the transcript of the translation (subject to corrections);

• Name: Andersen. Jens Johan, Birth: 1888, 6 July, Nors, Parish: Nors, District: Hillerslev and County: Thisted, Denmark
• Baptized: Nors Church, 1888 29th July
• Parents: Husmand Anders Christian Andersen - ag hustru Ane Jensen
• Compliance with the church register witnessed: Nors, the 30 June 1955
• Priest name: Jenns Ørgaard,
• Of Ministry Seal Nr. 56A. Ns01af0, Barfod & Co. publishing house Danish document, Stofkl. III. Styrkekl. III. (Body 3 - Strength 3 ???)

John appears on the 1901 Census^[3][4] with his family in Nors, then on the 1906 Census^[5] he is 17 years old and working as a Laborer on the Farm of Jens Nikolaj Sørensen in Gettrup Parish.

On March 7, 1908, at the age of 19, John registered his intent to Emmigrate to New Berlin, New York, USA with the Danish Police Emmigration Service.^[6] Transcript as follows;

• Name: Andersen, Jens Johan, Occupation: Laborer, Age: 19,
• Destination: N. Berlin, Contract No.: 69100, Registration Date: 3/7/1908,
• Birth Place: Nors, Native Parish: ?, Last Res. Parish: ?, Last Res. County: Thisted, Last Residence: Nors,
• Destination Country: USA, Destination City: New Berlin, Destination State: New York State
• Name of Ship: Indirect
• IDcode: I0708A2012 (I=Indirect, 07=1907, 08=1908, A=Andersen, 20=Page 20, 12=Line 12)

Then, on March 17, 1908, he left Liverpool on the S.S. Carmania^[7] and was due to arrive at the Port of New York on March 25, 1908 but it appeared to be delayed and his actual arrival was on March 27, 1908. He was carrying $10 in cash and was on his way to see his friend, K. Kristensen at RSA #5 Elmer Saelve in New Berlin. The manifest described John as in good physical and mental condition with a strong complexion, Blonde hair, Blue eyes, and 5 feet 8 inches in height. The manifest also stated that John had never been in the United States before.

John traveled again in October of 1911 at the age of 23, this time with his brother, Mathias Andersen (1892-1986), (age 19), on the Empress of Ireland.^[8] and arrived at the Port of Quebec City in Canada. The manifest stated that both brothers were laborers and were destined for Cedar Falls, Iowa. The manifest also stated that the religion of both brothers was Lutheran and that neither of them had been in Canada before.

The two brothers crossed the border into the USA on Oct 12, 1911.^[9]

In the 1916 Census,^[10] John and his brother, Mathias Andersen (1892-1986), were both listed as the head of their own individual farm households in the Cartier Municipality, in the district of Edmonton East, Alberta (existed from 1914 to 1947). The land location is given as Township 64, Range 20, W4. John's reported age was 26 and for Mathias, 25. Both reported immigration in 1912 and naturalization in 1916. The religion was Lutheran for both.

In the 1921 Census,^[11] John was farming in Cartier Municipality, district of Edmonton East. His brother Matthias (Matt), and Axel Lindgren, a 22 year old lodger from Sweden who is also independently farming, were staying in the farm household. The location of John's farm was 19-64-20-W4. Matt was working as a saw setter at a nearby Mill, but the name of the Mill is hard to decipher.

John married Kate Hillyard in 1922 in Ellscott, Alberta. ^[12]

In 1926, John and his family are found in the Huamha Municipality, Battle River District, Alberta in the 1926 Census.^[13] The Huamha Municipality is not easily identified, but an explanation is found on page 96 in the book "Rosyth Memories 1906-1965"^[14] as follows;

Huamha #393 was a Municipality in the Battle River Electoral District. In 1913, A.L. Blue was elected as a Councillor, and became Reeve of the first Municipal Council of Huamha. He helped form the Municipality that took into its boundaries several Local Improvement Districts. The new Huamha Municipality took its name from Hu as in Hughenden, Am as in Amisk and Ha from Hardisty; as all these towns were in the new district. Since then it has been incorporated into the Provost Municipality and the name Huamha lost.

There is a discrepancy in the land location given in the Census, Section 20-42-9-W4, and the land location found on the Homestead Map on page 10 of the book "Rosyth Memories 1906-1965"^[14], of SW-18-42-9-W4. It is believed that the Homestead Map is more accurate as another location discrepancy was found for a Mr. Wagner on the same page of the Census and same Map as well.

• John Anderson was born in Denmark, homesteaded in the Cash Creek District. Kathleen Hilliard worked for Mrs. Jacobsen in the same district and there they met and were married. They sold out and moved near Edmonton where John worked in the coal mines for years. Then he took another homestead, NW-22-64-19-W4. He still continued to work in the mines every winter. They had three daughters, Kathleen who died in 1935, Mary, Mrs. Glen Clarke, and Gertrude, Mrs. Don Burley of Ardmore. Kate passed away in the 1950's and John retired to Edmonton where he lived till his passing.

John died on Oct 19, 1968 in Edmonton, Alberta. A memorial obituary was published in the Edmonton Journal on October 22, 1968. The transcript is as follows;

• Memorial Obituary
  ANDERSON - On October 19, John Anderson, 9608 Jasper Avenue, formerly of Boyle, Alberta, age 80 years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Glen (Mary) Clark, Slave Lake, Alberta, and Mrs. Don (Gertie) Burley, Edmonton; three grandchildren; and a brother and several nieces and nephews in Denmark. Service Wednesday, at 3:30 p.m. at Hainstock's Chapel with Mr. M. McKee officiating. Internment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hainstock & Son, Limited, 10541-81 Avenue.

A funeral service was held at the Hainstock and Son Ltd Funeral Chapel in Edmonton, Alberta. ^[16] John was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[17] on Oct 23, 1968. A reception was held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gertie Burley, after the service.^[18]

Research Notes

Immigration: Date: Abt 1910 Post Office Address: Box 21, Boyle, Alberta, Canada About 1934 John's wife Kate separated from her husband. The children stayed on the farm with their father.

Sources

1. ↑ Thisted County, Hillerslev District, Nors Parish, Churchbook 1864-1869, New Edition, Page 37 - Born Men 1888.
   https://ao.sa.dk/ao/data.ashx?bid=28047951
   https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/churchbook/sogn1710/churchlisting134796/opslag14576279
2. ↑ "Birth Registration", Source: Personal Family Collection held by Bob Burley,

   Birth Certificate reproduction for Jens Johan Andersen

3. ↑ "Denmark Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6T-VZLP : 17 October 2017), Jens Johan Andersen, Nors, Hillerslev, Thisted, Danmark; from "1901 Denmark Census," database and images, MyHeritage ( https://www.myheritage.com : 2016); citing Rigsarkivet, København, Danmark (National Archives, Copenhagen), Denmark.
4. ↑ "Denmark Census, 1901", Source: Danish Family Search, Data obtained from Danish Demographic Database Ref. DDA-26525, Kipno. D5900. Parish: Nors. Hundred: Hillerslev. County: Thisted. Record no. 381 of 817. Karen Lis Andersen, https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/cid18547019,
5. ↑

   https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/cid159,0477

6. ↑ "Extract from the DDD Migration Database", Source: The Digital Danish Emigrant Archive, Copenhagen Police Emigrant Protocols, Jens Johan Andersen
7. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXG2-6WT : 30 January 2018), Jens Johan Andersen, 1908.
8. ↑ "Passenger Lists for the Port of Quebec City and Other Ports, 1865-1922", Source: Library and Archives Canada, Department of Immigration and Colonization: Border Entry Records, 1908-1918 and 1925-1935 (RG 76 C5a), Transcript, Document Image
9. ↑ "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2J8-SQ3 : 27 November 2014), Jens Johan Andersen, 12 Oct 1911; from "Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Ship Empress Of Ireland, arrival port Quebec, England, line 28, NARA microfilm publication M1464, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, RG 85, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 166.
10. ↑ "1916 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada,
    LAC Record, accessed 2023-12-01,
    Anderson, John, Age: 26, Birth: 1890, Item ID number: 42498355, Province: Alberta, Dist# 36: Edmonton East, Sub-Dist# 13, Pg: 14, Line: 7, Microfilm: T-21950, Ref: R233-47-9-E, Image number: 31228_4363979-00464
11. ↑ "1921 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada,
    LAC Record, accessed 2023-12-01,
    Anderson, John, Age: 31, Birth: 1890, Item ID number: 62640781, Immigration: 1912, Province: Alberta, Dist.#5: Edmonton East, Sub-Dist# 41: Cartier, Pg: 9, Line: 1, Microfilm: T-25756, Ref: RG31, Statistics Canada, Image number: e002857974
12. ↑ "Alberta Marriage Index", Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta, [ https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/ Main Page], Transcribed, Hillyard, Kate, John Anderson, Place of Marriage: Ellscott, Index No: 1596, Year: 1922, Bride, Groom
13. ↑ "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5Y-17R8 : 18 April 2019), John Anderson, Battle River, Alberta, Canada; citing Census, Battle River, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Document Image
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} "Rosyth Memories 1906-1965", Farm Women's Union of Alberta, Rosyth Local Book Committee (1965), https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/1140301
15. ↑ "Forest, Furrows and Faith: A History of Boyle and Districts", Boyle and District Historical Society; 1st edition (1982), P.176, ASIN: B003MXWCU8 - ISBN 1553832205, 9781553832201, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~abarchiv/athabasca-bookindex-forests.html
16. ↑ "Funeral Program for John Anderson, Oct 23, 1968", Source: Personal Family Collection held by Bob Burley, Publisher: Hainstock & Son Ltd Funeral Chapel, Edmonton Alberta,

    John Anderson Memorial.

17. ↑ "Edmonton Municipal Cemeteries, Burial Record", Source: City of Edmonton, ANDERSON, JOHN Date: 10/23/1968 Cemetery: Mount Pleasant, Sec: 0G, Block: 0232, Plot:0002, http://coewebapps.edmonton.ca/cemeteries/default.aspx
18. ↑ Lorraine Nagle"Personal recollection, 28/04/2021

See Also;

• "Danmark Kirkebøger, 1484-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGDQ-NBJJ : 12 June 2020), Jens Johan Andersen, 1888.

• "Danmark Kirkebøger, 1484-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGDQ-NHHM : 12 June 2020), Jens Johan Andersen, 1888.

• "Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H2N1-88T2 : 23 June 2020), Jens Johan, 1888.

• "Denmark Census, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6L-HYJV : 17 October 2017), Jens Johan Andersen in entry for Anders Christian Andersen, Nors, Hillerslev, Thisted, Danmark; from "1890 Denmark Census," database and images, MyHeritage ( https://www.myheritage.com : 2017), film 01063; citing Rigsarkivet, København, Danmark (National Archives, Copenhagen), Denmark.

• "Denmark Census, 1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLXH-2KK3 : 19 October 2017), Jens Johan Andersen, Gettrup, Refs, Thisted, Danmark; from "1906 Denmark Census," database and images, MyHeritage ( https://www.myheritage.com : 2016), film 00182; citing Rigsarkivet, København, Danmark (National Archives, Copenhagen, Denmark).

• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM5F-CC4 : 23 February 2021), John Anderson, Alberta, Canada; citing p. 14, line 7; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,965.

• "1931 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada,
  LAC Record, accessed 2023-11-25,
  Anderson, John, Age: 42, Birth: 1889, Item ID number: 84715296, Province: Alberta, District name: Athabaska, District number: 212, Sub-district name: [Unnamed], Sub-district number: 70, Township: 64, Page number: 10, Line number: 26, Image number: e011744932