Hi all, I am scraping at the bottom of the barrel of childhood memories. Does anyone out there know of a relationship between the Andersons of PA and MD and the original owners of the Piggy Wiggly grocers. My grandfather, Howard John Anderson, b1894- d1974 in Phila. was a butcher and grocer by trade. I thought my dad made up the name Piggly Wiggly until I saw one during recent travels. As a child I was told that an uncle or cousin of Howard was one of the founders. So far much of what my Dad told me has not panned out. At this point I don't even know if my Andersons were Irish, Scots or Swedes. TIA and good hunting to all. Christine Anderson Robinson threadancr@aol.com Reston, Virginia

Hi Karen, I just couldn't let this go by without commenting. Your Zula would fit very nicely in my Anderson family in Rains Co,TX, but of course I'm sure that there's no relationship. How about Alonzo, Cicero, Diora, Viola, Monroe, Joe (Joel), and Izora. Even the time frame is right. Cicero b. 1875 was my grandfather. Mary Alice

Wadene, Your reply to Michael Burdge caught my eye. I too have a William Anderson b. 1765 & d. 18 Feb 1812, no locales. Mar'd Nancy Forshee b. 1766 & d. 1807 no locales. They had: Thomas Rachael 1805 lancaster, Pa m. Nicholas Bennett as 2nd wife. Hiram b. 1788 Maryland m. Mary Mulford Josiah Rebeca Is this William any of yours? Jack Stewart(futbofam@aol.com)

Does anyone out there have info on Zula? It's such an unusual name, a person's not likely to forget it! lol She would have been born around 1882 in Llano, Llano Co., TX. She was a resident of Arlie, Childress Co., TX at the time of my grandfather's birth (Frank Campbell Smith, b 31 Oct 1902). She was married to William Edward Smith. After this birth, they migrated to Pinon, NM to raise their family. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. Karen Dunn Little Rock, AR

In a message dated 7/6/99 8:32:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Snshin1885@aol.com writes: << Hello, I am new to this list and thought I would post my information to see if anyone could help me. I am searching for information on Robert Anderson b. 1818 in Tennessee (we think). He married Letty (?) White. They had the following children: William Wesley b. November 17, 1841, Robert Sherwood, b. August 1844, and Joseph Nathaniel b. 1846. Robert and Letty moved to Benton Co., Arkansas in 1851. Family tradition has it that during the gold rush Robert went to California and was never heard from again. After the boys were grown Letty signed the farm over to them and moved and no one knows where she went. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Hope to hear from someone soon. Brenda Park Snshin1885 >> Hi there, I have a Robert Anderson, born in TN. My Robert was born abt 1835. He died in Arkansas. Do you have siblings of your Robert? Our Anderson family was from VA, then moved to TN in early 1800's, then GA, then some of them moved to Cherry Grove, Arkansas. Linda

Hello, I am new to this list and thought I would post my information to see if anyone could help me. I am searching for information on Robert Anderson b. 1818 in Tennessee (we think). He married Letty (?) White. They had the following children: William Wesley b. November 17, 1841, Robert Sherwood, b. August 1844, and Joseph Nathaniel b. 1846. Robert and Letty moved to Benton Co., Arkansas in 1851. Family tradition has it that during the gold rush Robert went to California and was never heard from again. After the boys were grown Letty signed the farm over to them and moved and no one knows where she went. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Hope to hear from someone soon. Brenda Park Snshin1885

Hi - this is my 1st time posting for wanted info re: my husband's grandmother: Lena M./Linuth/ Anna Anderson. She was born April 1, 1860 in Norway. She, I believe, met my husband's grandfather Albert M. /Hulbert Simpson in Stoughton, Wisc approx 1880. They were married in Crookston, Mn May 28, 1882. Lena died Feb 3, 1887 and Albert died Aug 9, 1929 in Crookston, Mn. Both are buried at Hafslo Lutheran Cem in Harold, Mn. We have authenticated proof of deaths of Lena, Albert, Severt , Ed and Anna. The last three names are of their children. There is also a Gertrude Anderson that married Samuel Simpson and are parents to Andrew Simpson and Louie Simpson plus two other brothers and one sister residing in Viroque, Wisc in 1909. Andrew and Louie lived in Crookston, Mn. Can't prove any relationship - BUT - If anyone out there knows of any of these people and can give me any further info, it would be great. Thanking you in advance - really have been trying for years to get further info, but no luck. Rosemary Simpson

I am searching for information on Andersons of Warren County, Georgia. I am looking for information on William and Sarah Anderson of Warren County. William died about 1819. S.Fountain hma@accucomm.net omm.net

forwarding to the list for a non-subscriber In a message dated 99-07-05 21:58:54 EDT, you write: << Subj: {not a subscriber} [ANDERSON-L] J.J. Anderson (Burchett/Burgis?), 1850-1927, VA Date: 99-07-05 21:58:54 EDT From: nlafon@dgif.state.va.us (Nelson Lafon) To: ANDERSON-L@rootsweb.com Here's a mystery that has puzzled my family for years. I am going to my ANDERSON reunion this weekend, but perhaps it should have been called our BURGIS or BURCHETT reunion! James J. "J.J." Anderson was born 4/7/1850 in Franklin County, Virginia. His 6/19/1873 marriage license with Martha Ellen Shepherd (d/o Addison and Margaret C. Collins Shepherd) in Montgomery County, VA states that his parents were James T. and Caroline B. Anderson of Franklin County. This would have been a normal cue for more research up the ANDERSON line, but grandchildren of J.J. remember hearing that he was a BURGIS or BURCHETT and that he had been adopted by Andersons! I am finding that this is next to impossible to prove, but can readily see from Franklin County records that he was not really the son of James T. and Caroline B. Anderson. James T. Anderson, s/o Jesse and Polly Anderson of Tennessee, was married to Caroline B. Gilliam, d/o Arch and Nancy Gilliam of Franklin County, on 10/20/1853 - three years after J.J.Anderson's birth. J.J's birth in 1850 is established by his tombstone, several census records, and his marriage record. An infant was not shown with Caroline B. Gilliam and her mother in the 1850 census, as surely J.J. would have been shown if he was born to her out of wedlock. Short of a guardian record for J.J., which I have not found at Franklin County Court House, these facts lead me to believe that he was adopted,maybe informally, by James T. and Caroline B. Anderson shortly after their marriage. I found an infant named James Burchett in the poor house in the 1850 Franklin County census. He was 8 months old in December when the census was taken, meaning he should have been born in April, as the tombstone for my J.J. Anderson shows. This fits everything I currently know about J.J., except that (1) there is still no proof this is the right one, and (2) several family members contend his name was BURGIS (BURGESS), not BURCHETT. I could not find adoption records at Franklin County by either spelling, but perhaps I wasn't looking in the right place. In case anyone else if interested, with James Burchett in the Franklin County poor house in 1850 were the following BURCHETT'S (among other surnames): Frances, 35 (his mother); Martha, 16 (his mother or sister?); Sarah (14); Susan, 4; and Eliza, 8 months (his twin sister?). Chilren of this mystery James J. (Burgis/Burchett) Anderson were recorded in his family bible, which I have seen. Perhaps this will help others or clue someone in on this line. Children: (1) William Albert Anderson, 3/27/1874, Peppers Ferry,VA -3/30/1943; m. Annabelle Robinson/Robertson (my direct line). (2) Mary L. Anderson, b. 5/31/1876, Prices Fork, VA (3) Nannie C. Anderson, b. 9/5/1878, Pepper's Ferry, m. a Hughett (4) Margaret A. Anderson, b. 8/15/1880, Green Valley, VA (5) Ellie J. Anderson, b. 3/16/1883, " " " (6) James C. Anderson, b. 3/16/1883 (twin of above), " " " (7) Lucy Lee Anderson, b. 10/18/1887' " " " (8) Charles B. Anderson, b. 10/9/1891, Pembroke, VA. Note: Pepper's Ferry and Price's Fork are in Montgomry Co., Green Valley and Pembroke are in Giles County, VA. If anyone has any clues or suggestions about the heritage of J.J. Anderson, please let me know. My family and I would love some news for this Saturday's reunion! Nelson Lafon, Staunton, VA >>

To Michael Burdge, I don't have any information on a Thomas born at that time. My John Anderson born abt 1655 in Scotland had a son Thomas born 3 May 1697. I don't have any information on his descendents . I only have the information of my William #l, #II and #III. William #III moved his family to Pennsylvania in about 1785. Our Thomas was born in Bedford Co. PA in 1789. If I find any thing about your Thomas, I will submit to Anderson list. Wadene Bennett

In a message dated 7/4/99 9:24:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, alisondmartin@uswest.net writes: > Would anyone know how I might get in touch with Twila Wilfong who is an > Anderson researcher . The Andersons were in Greenbrier County and she > submitted some info to the historical society and i would like to contact > her in regard to that. Thanks for your help. I bet she is on the Anderson list, maybe she can write to you. DO NOT REPLY TO ME!! Sandy in Fla

Has anyone on this list ever heard of the following Anderson genealogy book? Not sure if it ever got published, so the authors are all we have at this point. Appears to be 3 people involved. Carolyn (Anderson) Clark, researching Augusta Co. and Greenbriar Co. VA Andersons | I have a copy of the following letter. The original is with my aunt. | Barbara Scott Wyche | | My dear Cousin, | | I am very desirious of having your branch of our family to embody in the | genealogy I and others are preparing., I hope you will send me | everything you can. All military records, political honors, occupations | professions etc. I shall ask you the following questions. 1. Birth | Marriage and death of your mother Margaret C. McCue. My list says she | was born 2 Nov. 1829. What does the "C" stand for? 2. Birth and death | if he is dead of your father Wm. Bolivar Dorman. 3. Births Marriages | and deaths of their children your brothers and sisters Charles Preston, | William, John McCue Winters, Minerva, Amanda, Elizabeth Bell, and | James. 4. Birth and Marriage of yourself and husband and your children | should you have any. | | Any information that you may send me of any branch of our large family | will be most heartily appreciated. >>> Your kinsman Wm. T. McCue Staunton Va. and Dr. John J. Halsey [Halfey?] Lake | Forest, Ill. are co-operating and aiding me in this matter.<<< I will say | that we three have joined in the preperation of the Anderson pedigree | for publication. The children of John and Jane Anderson were 1 Esther | 2 Mary 3 Margaret [who married Cap James Allen and whose daughter | Elizabeth Allen married Rev. John McCue father and mother of John McCue | your grandfather born 17 Feb 1793] 4 John, 5 Jane [who first married Lt. | Hugh Allen killed at Pt. Pleasant and 2nd Wm. Craig.] 6 Robert moved to | So Carolina Col. in Revolution etc. 7 James Cap in Revolution etc. 8 | Andrew Ensign, Lt. and Cap. in Revolution and 9 William Cap in the | Revolution etc. You yourself and W. T. McCue are descended from | Margaret Anderson and Cap. James Allen. Dr. John J. Halsey is a | descendant of Col. Robert Anderson of So. Carolina and I am a descendant | of both John Anderson and Cap William Anderson. You see from this that | we are cousins even though it be a little far off. | | Hoping you will aid us and co-operate with us I am Yours Most truly and | Cordially | >>>James Blythe Anderson<<<

Roll call and searching for ancestors and origin of: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------ John1 Anderson, of Scottish or Scotch-Irish ancestry, came to America and settled in Watertown, Mass. [Scotch-Irish defined as their Scotch ancestors spent one or more generations in Ireland before immigrating to America.] John1 Anderson married on 16 July 1706, [Watertown VR] for his first wife, Rebecca Waite (or Waight), b 1680, d ?, daughter of John & Mary (Woodward) Waite . It would appear that the Waight's and the Woodward's were both early settlers of Watertown, Ma. John1 Anderson lived in Watertown and Newton, Ma. until after 1715, when he moved to Groton, Ma. He married 30 July 1716 [Watertown VR] for his second wife, Mary Applin, b 11 Oct 1677, d ? , daughter of schoolmaster John and Bethshuah (Bartlett) Applin. Again, Mary Applin's ancestors seem to have come from the Watertown, Ma. area, with Bethshuah Bartlett's father having been Ensign Thomas Bartlett, an original proprietor of Watertown, Ma. who died 26 Feb. 1654. Children of JOHN and REBECCA (WAITE) ANDERSON, all born in Watertown, MA, are: 1. HANNAH ANDERSON (b 13 Aug 1707 d )[Watertown VR] 2. ABRAHAM ANDERSON (b 18 Aug 1708 d 25 Dec 1768) [Watertown VR says b. 18 Aug 1709 while Bond's Watertown and others list 18 Aug 1708. Note next child's birth at 7 or 19 months. We assume Bond is correct.] 3. REBECCA ANDERSON (b 29 Mar 1710 d )[Watertown VR] 4. MARY ANDERSON (b 29 Aug 1711 d )[Watertown VR] Children of JOHN and MARY (APPLIN) ANDERSON are: 1. RICHARD ANDERSON (b d ) 2. JOHN ANDERSON (b d ) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------- Bob Anderson Anderson email address - anderson@qni.com Web Site URL - http://www.qni.com/~anderson/ "Colonial Massachusetts and Maine Genealogies"

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DBD9A2A95F152AFE61D88125 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------DBD9A2A95F152AFE61D88125 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <377F7DF6.C1EADE59@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 11:29:58 -0400 From: Michael Burdge <mburdge@earthlink.net> Reply-To: mburdge@earthlink.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en]C-DIAL (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: fr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dbrit89828@aol.com Subject: Re: Thomas Anderson References: <9610a673.24b0ab45@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am also looking for info about a Thomas ANDERSON, also from Maryland. I would appreciate any help. Does anyone out there have any connection? Thomas T. ANDERSON, b. ca 1793 Md, d. ca 1860, m. Margaret "Peggy" MILLER. Peggy b. ca 1796 Va, d. after 1870 -- both died in Montgomery Co, Ky. (Peggy's parents believed to be Brice MILLER & Elizabeth BRADSHAW-- both born in Va, died Montgomery Co, Ky.) Children of Thomas T. ANDERSON & Margaret "Peggy" MILLER: James ANDERSON, b. ca 1826, d. after 1870, m. Elizabeth STEVENS Alli Jane ANDERSON, b. ca 1816 Lena ANDERSON, b. ca 1824 Abina P. ANDERSON, b. ca 1830 Brice D. ANDERSON, b. ca 1831 Mary ANDERSON, b. ca 1834 Margaret ANDERSON, b. ca 1837 Newton ANDERSON, b. ca 1844, son of James ANDERSON & Elizabeth STEVENS, served in the Civil War and is buried at Lexington Cemetery, Ky. Mick Burdge Dayton, Ohio --------------DBD9A2A95F152AFE61D88125--

In a message dated 7/3/99 1:31:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Wadeneben@aol.com writes: << I am descended from Thomas Anderson thru his son William R Anderson and his second wife Martha Makin. I have thomas's line back to his gg grandfather John Anderson of Ann Arundel Co, Md. >> Waden, Any possibility that my Thomas Anderson, born 8-17-1832 in (possibly) Maryland, could be a relative of your Thomas? My Thomas came to SC, married Nancy Jane Richardson, and had three sons: Samuel John, James Reuben and Joel Thomas. The elder Thomas died 4-15-1877. Thanks! Jonnie in SC

Re: Reunion in WVA Whomever was writing about this reunion, could you answer a couple of questions: I have not researched my two Anderson lines. They are from VA, TN, and WVA. They were all well related to each other through Testerman,Livesay and Anderson Lines. Do you have a book showing the Anderson lines you are inviting to this reunion? (1770-1880's) Does anyone else on this web have Livesays and Testermans? Happy 4th yall. Patti

I am seeking the family of Martha J. ANDERSON CRANE, my g-grandmother. Our family spelled the name CRANE but all newspaper articles spelled it CRAIN. Her maiden name was ANDERSON. Martha was born in KY. The following are two obituaries on her. >From the Republican Progress, Bloomington, Indiana, October 25, 1898: Mrs. Martha J. Crain, wife of George W. Crain, a well known farmer five miles east of town, died Friday morning last with consumption, after an illness of nine months. Mrs. Crain was 63 years old. >From the Bloomington Telephone newspaper, Bloomington, IN, Oct. 25, 1898: Mrs. Martha J. Crain, wife of George W. Crain, a well known farmer five miles east of town, died Saturday of consumption after an illness of nine months. Mrs. Crain was 63 years old, and a woman held in the highest esteem by all her acquaintances. She was a Methodist in faith and leaves a husband and eight grown children to mourn her death. The children who survive her are: Asbury Crain, of Belmont, Wesley, George, Thomas, Mrs. David White of Needmore, Mrs. William Shields, of Worthington, Edward and Charles Crain.

Laura, I am descended from Thomas Anderson thru his son William R Anderson and his second wife Martha Makin. I have thomas's line back to his gg grandfather John Anderson of Ann Arundel Co, Md. Thomas's father was William #3 and his wife Elizabeth Willet, of Bedford Co, PA. His father was William #2 and his father ws William #l William #1 was married to Susannah Meek, William #2 was married to #l Sarah Edwards, and #2 to Sarah's sister Elizabeth Edwards. If you will give me your mailing Address I can send you copies of what I have. ?Which child of Thomas's are you descended from ?. Wadene Bennett wadeneben@aol.com

I am looking for information on James Anderson who was married to Sarah Perkins. They lived in Louisiana, and had a daughter Louise, born 1847 in Louisiana, and married to James Dyson. Arthur Bergeron

I'm new to this list but I'm looking for more information about Osul Anderson's Family (especially parents) as described below: Osul Anderson b. 21 Oct 1837 & d. 4 Mar 1905 (probably Wathena, Doniphan Co., KS Spouse: Charity Spencer b. 5 Jul 1839 & d. 6 Apr 1924 (again probably in Wathena, Doniphan Co., KS. Children: 1. Osborne Maurice Anderson b. 6 Mar 1863 Doniphan Co, KS 2. Franklin Anderson b. 15 Oct 1864 Doniphan Co, KS 3. Mary Allice Anderson b. 1 May 1866 Doniphan Co, KS 4. Katherine West Anderson b. 16 Aug 1869 Doniphan Co, KS Dave in Sunny California