John
Gerard
Anderson
Born in Orphir, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Edith Sarah (Wood) Anderson
— married
17 Apr 1873 in Queensland, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Maud Edith (Anderson) Ashton, Gerard Anderson, Arthur Anderson, Margaret Mary Anderson and Edith Susan Gerard (Anderson) Boyd
Died
at age 75
in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2022
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Biography
John Gerard Anderson was born on 12 February 1836 in Orphir, Orkney, Scotland, the son of Susan (Gerard) Anderson and James Anderson.[1]
John emigrated to Australia on the Cairngorm in 1863.[2]
He was an educationist.[1]
He married Edith Sarah Wood on 17 April 1873 in Queensland, Australia.[1] Their children were:[citation needed]
- Maud Edith Anderson (1874– )
- Gerard Anderson (1876–1878)
- Arthur Anderson (1877–1953)
- Margaret Mary Anderson (1878–1880)
- Edith Susan Gerard Anderson (1880– )
John died on 23 August 1911 in Brisbane, Queensland, aged 75 years.[3] His remains were buried at South Brisbane Cemetery in Dutton Park, Queensland.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rupert Goodman, 'Anderson, John Gerard (1836–1911)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/anderson-john-gerard-2883/text4123, published first in hardcopy 1969, accessed online 1 July 2023 by Clare Spring.
- ↑ Queensland, Australia, Immigration Indexes, 1848-1972
- Name John Anderson
- Age 27
- Birth Year abt 1836
- Arrival Date 1863/07/02
- Arrival Place Queensland, Australia
- Ship Cairngorm
- Title Assisted Immigration 1848 to 1912
- ↑ Queensland death Registration #1911/B/14569. Parents registered for his death as James Anderson & Susan Gerard.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48718329/john-gerard-anderson: accessed), memorial page for John Gerard Anderson (12 Feb 1836–23 Aug 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48718329, citing South Brisbane Cemetery, Dutton Park, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by Searching Days Gone By † ღ©1990-2023 (contributor 47144938).
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