John’s paternal family tree - narrative

Notes

Note: 1

Anderson Joseph George: there are only two instances of this name recorded in the Bayanne database.

Note: 2

Anderson Joseph George (1901): Emigrated to Canada to work in the harvest and then moved to New York to be with his brother. Had some training as an accountant, was out of work, then was a cashier. (See residences and census). I cannot find a reference to a marriage but 1940 census has him with a wife and three children. The wife is "Inde B" which might be India B. Masses, whose Greek family were living and working in the same area, the family had a florists. As his eldest child was 7 in 1940 thus would suggest a marriage date between 1930 and 1933. (In 1931 India Masses was still single.)

Note that there may be another Joseph George Anderson in that part of New York at the same time, but born a few years earlier. Also, India Masses date of birth appears to vary.

Not sure what happens during or after WWII. JGA was drafted with reference to his next of kin being "Inde", his wife. I don't think that he had taken citizenship by 1940. There is a Social Security Application and Claims Index 1936-2007 regarding Joseph George Anderson, India B. Masses and Robert G. Anderson, one of the sons.

Two rabbit holes: the Massas family in Yonkers with Inde Massas marrying Maurice Langbart in Greenwich Connecticut on 16 Feb 1932. Langbart died in Boston in 1972.

Marriage between Joseph George Anderson in Hillsborough, Florida on 20 Jun 1949 to Diane Elaine Grosch. They divorced in May1969, Pinellas Florida.

Son Richard marries in Aug 1958, mother Indo Anderson

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description
Birth	20 Nov 1901	Burravoe, Mid & South Yell, Shetland	Birth of Joseph George Anderson (1901)
Birth
Census (Family)	2 Apr 1911	5 Brough, Mid & South Yell, Shetland	1911 Census: Joseph George Anderson (1870, Grocer's manager?) with wife and 7 children
Census (Family)
Immigration	12 Aug 1923	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	Arrival of Joseph George Anderson (1901)
Immigration	Note Anderson Joseph George (1901): Travelled to Canada on the SS Marburn (http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=marbu) from Glasgow, having left on 3rd August (https://www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration/shipsdetail.php?Ships_Name=Marburn&Departure_date=1923-08-03). He arrived with £5 in his pocket, his travel having been paid for by a friend. He planned to travel by Canadian Pacific Railway to Winnipeg to work in the harvest. He was single and stated that it was his intention to remain permanently in Canada.
Immigration	2 Nov 1923	Buffalo, New York, USA	Arrival of Joseph George Anderson (1901)
Immigration	Note Anderson Joseph George: Arrived in Buffalo on 2nd November 1923, having travelled from Sinclair, Manitoba, Canada. His occupation was a farm labourer. He was going to join his brother Robert in Newark, New Jersey (evidence of Robert being there?) The address given was 27 Gillett Place. He intended to remain permanently. Described as being 6 feet tall, medium complexion, brown hair, brown eyes. He claims to have arrived in Quebec, Canada in August 1921 on the SS Metagama but that doesn't agree with his Canadian immigration form, in which he stated he hadn't been to Canada before. See https://www.gjenvick.com/Passengers/CPR-CPOS/Metagama-PassengerList-1921-09-06.html but this database may not be complete.
Residence	1928	7 Cedar Place, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA	Anderson Joseph George (1901): Renting, occupation: Clerk
Residence
Residence	1929	7 Cedar Place, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA	Anderson Joseph George (1901): Renting, occupation: Clerk
Residence
Census	1 Apr 1930	27 Cedar Place, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA	Anderson Joseph George (1901): Accountant for a transportation company, but unemployed.
Census	Note Anderson Joseph George (1901): Census form says that his year of immigration into US was 1924 although he was still not an American citizen - "alien". He was a boarder at the stated address.
Residence	1931	7 Cedar Place, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA	Anderson Joseph George (1901): Renting, occupation: Clerk
Residence
Census	1 Apr 1940	640 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA	1940 Census - Anderson Joseph George (1901): Renting, Occupation: Cashier, with wife Inde and three children
Census	Note Anderson Joseph George (1901): Rented an apartment for $50 per month. This is the first record of his wife and three children. The information for the census came from his wife and his age is either given or recorded wrongly as 36. Still classed as an alien, his wife is a US citizen. He is fully employed by a company I can't decipher.
Military Service	15 Feb 1942	Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA	Anderson Joseph George (1901): Draft
Military Service	Note Anderson Joseph George (1901): age, birth date and place of birth is correct. Ruddy complexion, haxel eyes, brown hair, 6' 1.5" tall. Employed by John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co 205 E 85 st N.Y.C a company which still exists.
Death		USA
Death

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Anderson, Joseph George	5 May 1870	31 May 1932
Mother	Humphray, Margaret	11 Oct 1872	15 Oct 1949
Sister	Anderson, Barbara Ann	18 Jul 1895	28 Jul 1987
Sister	Anderson, Mary	20 Dec 1896	27 Jan 1987
Brother	Anderson, Robert John	10 Nov 1898	3 Dec 1979
	Anderson, Joseph George	20 Nov 1901
Sister	Anderson, Margaret Helen	15 Sep 1903	16 Nov 1981
Sister	Anderson, Lizzie Jane	8 Dec 1905	28 Jul 1983
Sister	Anderson, Williamina Catherine	16 Aug 1907	1 Sep 1995
Sister	Anderson, Nora	12 Mar 1913	22 Oct 2011

Families

Family of Anderson, Joseph George and Massas, Inde B.

Married

Wife

Massas, Inde B. ( * 1 May 1911 + 3 Jun 1993 )

Event	Date	Place	Description
Marriage	estimated 1932		Marriage of Jospeh George Anderson (1901) and Inde B. Massas
Marriage
Residence	15 Feb 1942	81 Bruce Avenue, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA	Anderson Joseph George (1901) and Inda B
Residence