William E Anderson (1858 - 1917)

Born Feb 1858 in Illinois, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

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Biography

Born 1859 Illinois, USA.

Aug 1860 William is listed as youngest son of four children of Emanuel and Elizabeth Anderson. They live in Macon Township, Illinois.^[1] Emanuel's brother Amos, his sister Christina and her family live next door.

• Emanuel Anderson (23? years, male, farmer, 1300 real estate, 675$ personal estate, born in Virginia)
• Elizabeth Anderson (25 years, female, born in Ohio)
• Mary T. Anderson (5 years, female, born in Illinois, attends school)
• Frank Anderson (4 years, male, born in Illinois)
• William Anderson (3 years, male, born in Illinois)
• Deborah J. Anderson (1 month, female, born in Illinois)

1870 William and his family are still moving around. They are listed in Township Seventy-Six, Iowa now.^[2]

• Anderson E. (43 years, male, white, farmer, born in Virginia)
• Anderson Elizabeth (33 years, female, white, born in Ohio)
• Anderson Mary (15 years, female, white, at school, born in Illinois)
• Anderson Frances (13 years, male, white, at school, born in Illinois)
• Anderson Wm L. (11 years, male, white, at school, born in Illinois)
• Anderson Clarence (4 years, male, white, at school, born in Illinois)

8 Dec 1875 William's mother Elizabeth dies in Webster County, Nebraska, USA.^[3] She was 38 years old.

William marries the 19-year-old Charlotte Mary Hunter about 1879.

1880 The young couple is listed as farmers in Milo, Bureau County, Illinois.^[4]

• Anderson Wm (white, male, 22 years, married, farmer, born in Illinois, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio)
• Anderson Charlotte (wife, white, female, 19 years, married, keeping house, born in Illinois, father born in New York, mother born in Pennsylvania)

William and Charlotte become parents of a little girl, Blanche, in 1881, but she dies in 1882.^[5]

Over the next years three more children are born: Charles (*1883), Hiram McClellan (*1885) and Ethelyn (*1892).

4 Jun 1900 William, his wife and their three children are listed owning a house in Tiskilwa Village in Indiantown Township, Bureau County, Illinois.^[6]

• Wm E Anderson (head of family, white, male, born Feb 1858, 42 years, married for 20 years, born in Illinois, father born in Germany?, mother born in Pennsylvania, farmer, can read, can write, can speak English, owns a house free of mortgage)
• Charolette Anderson (wife, white, female, born Nov 1860, 39 years, married for 20 years, three of her four children are alive, born in Illinois, father born in New York, mother born in Pennsylvania, can read, can write, can speak English)
• Charlie Anderson (son, white, male, born Sep 1883, 17 years, single, born in Illinois, parents also born in Illinois, attends school, can write, can speak English)
• Hiram C Anderson (son, white, male, born Dec 1885, 15 years, single, born in Illinois, parents also born in Illinois, attends school, can write, can speak English)
• Ethel Anderson (daughter, white, female, born Jul 1892, 8 years, single, born in Illinois, parents also born in Illinois, attends school)

In 1903 William's youngest daughter Inez is born.

29 Apr 1910 William, Charlotte, their two daughters and his mother-in-law are listed owning a house at Carroll Street in Henry City, Marshall County, Illinois now.^[7] William is currently unemployed. Only the 17-year-old Ethel is working. William's sons moved west to try their luck as farmers in South Dakota.

• William Anderson (head of family, male, white, 52 years, married for 25? years, born in Illinois, both parents born in Pennsylvania, speaks English, can read, can write, owns a house free of mortgage)
• Charlotte Anderson (wife, female, white, 49 years, married for 25? years, four of her five children are alive, born in Illinois, father born in New York, mother born in Pennsylvania, can read, can write, can speak English)
• Ethel Anderson (daughter, female, white, 17 years, single, born in Illinois, parents also born in Illinois, speaks English, can read, can write, works as a saleswoman at a department store)
• Inez Anderson (daughter, female, white, 7 years, single, born in Illinois, parents also born in Illinois, attends school)
• Rachel Hunter (mother-in-law, female, white, 71 years, widowed, born in Pennsylvania, father also born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Germany, speaks English, can read, can write)

Died 24 Jul 1917 in Henry, Marshall County, Illinois, USA.^[8]

Buried at the Henry Cemetery in Henry, Marshall County, Illinois, USA .^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBT-NWV?cc=1473181&wc=QZ2C-ZGQ%3A1589423252%2C1589423994%2C1589423738 : 24 March 2017), Illinois > Bureau > Macon > image 1 of 18; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6WG3-X2X?cc=1438024&wc=9223-SPP%3A518655701%2C518654602%2C519776401 : 22 May 2014), Iowa > Washington > Seventy Six > image 10 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12107418/elizabeth-anderson#source
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNQ-25R : 12 November 2020), William Anderson, Bureau, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 17, sheet 198A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,177.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK8-CMX4 : 28 September 2020), Blanche E Anderson, ; Burial, , Bureau, Illinois, United States of America, Hunter Cemetery; citing record ID 39955201, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39955201/blanche-e-anderson
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSSW-DP8 : accessed 6 January 2021), Wm E Anderson, Indiantown Township Tiskilwa village (part), Bureau, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 3B, family 75, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,238.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6L-Z1L : accessed 6 January 2021), William Anderson, Henry, Marshall, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 13A, family 299, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 311; FHL microfilm 1,374,324.
8. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3RQ-TQR : 8 March 2018), William E. Anderson, 24 Jul 1917; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,543,821.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #5394330 for William E Anderson; Burial, Henry, Marshall, Illinois, United States of America, Henry Cemetery