Gordon Emanuel Anderson (1923 - 1983)

Born 19 Jul 1923 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Meredith (McGinnis) Thayer — married 10 Jul 1943 in California, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1983 at age 60 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Gordon was born in 1923 and grew up in West L.A., graduating from University High School in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a pilot during WWII. In 1943 he married Peggy Mcginnis, with whom he shared a passion for dancing and bridge, and they had three children. His occupation was banker, and he was active in the American Institute of Banking. He was forced into early retirement by health issues, mainly a vascular tumor near his brain. He and his wife did a lot of camping and other traveling during his last decades of life. He passed away in 1983.

Sources

• First-hand information

• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLW-122Z : 9 December 2020), Gordon Emanuel Anderson, 19 Jul 1923; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.

• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL7-PPGS : 9 December 2020), Gordon Emanuel Anderson, 19 Jul 1923; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVC-NWD : accessed 24 February 2021), Gordon E Anderson in household of Carl Anderson, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 85, sheet 34A, line 49, family 566, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 135; FHL microfilm 2,339,870.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9W5-PLX : 5 January 2021), Gordon Anderson in household of John Anderson, Santa Monica Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-775, sheet 18A, line 3, family 485, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 257.

• Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 40 Accessed on ancestry.com, November 2022.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMF9-FPY : 5 December 2014), Gordon E Anderson, enlisted 17 Nov 1942, Glendale, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FL-C1P : 8 December 2017), Gordon E Anderson and Meredith Mcginnis, 10 Jul 1943; citing Orange, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,051,278.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG1S-ZDJ : 26 November 2014), Gordon Emanuel Anderson, 02 Sep 1983; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG3H-QM9 : 11 January 2021), Gordon Anderson, Sep 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).