Arthur Leonard Anderson
1884 - 1918 (34 years)
Generation: 1
1. Arthur Leonard Anderson was born on 23 Apr 1884 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE (son of Andrew G Anderson and Sophia); died on 6 Dec 1918; was buried in Dec 1918 in Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. Notes:
Arthur was a brother of Minnie (2907) and Roy (15). He was a railway mail clerk living in Omaha.
He died in the flu (influenza) epidemic of 1918. Most of the Anderson family (Arthurs folks) were unable to attend the funeral, as they also had the flu. Only Roy and brother Raymond were there. Roy later married Mamie Martinson. Minnie md Charles Edgar Carlson. In September 1918 on his WWI card he was a mail clerk at the Omaha NE post office.Arthur married Hulda Carlson on 3 Mar 1909 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. Hulda (daughter of Andrew Carlson and Elna Svensdotter Johnson) was born on 22 May 1883 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE; died on 9 Aug 1938; was buried in Aug 1938 in Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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The wedding was held at the home of the brides parents at Swedeburg at six thirty P.M.- Dorothy Eleanor Anderson was born on 20 Jul 1910 in , , NE; died on 22 Nov 1987 in Omaha, Douglas, NE.
- Inez Marian Anderson was born on 6 May 1912 in , , NE; died on 12 Jan 1961; was buried in Jan 1961.
2. Andrew G Anderson was born in Apr 1850 in , , Sweden; died in 1907; was buried in Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. Notes:
In the 1900 census he said he immigrated to America in 1879.
Andrew married Sophia about 1880. Sophia was born in Mar 1862 in , , Sweden; died in 1925; was buried in Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sophia was born in Mar 1862 in , , Sweden; died in 1925; was buried in Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE. Notes:
In the 1900 census she said she had bore 10 children and 8 were living at that date.
Children:
- Selma Anderson was born in Feb 1882 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE; and died.
- 1. Arthur Leonard Anderson was born on 23 Apr 1884 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE; died on 6 Dec 1918; was buried in Dec 1918 in Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE.
- Elmer Frederick Anderson was born on 24 Oct 1886 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE; and died.
- Maedora (Dora) A Anderson was born on 17 Nov 1888 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE; died on 15 Mar 1973; was buried in Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE.
- Esther Anderson was born in Feb 1891 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE.
- Minnie Subina Willhemina Anderson was born on 3 Apr 1893 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE; died on 22 Apr 1978; was buried in Apr 1978 in Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE.
- Sixton Emanuel Anderson was born on 15 Jun 1895 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE; died in Jun 1983 in Parker, Douglas, CO.
- Ernest Waldemar Anderson was born on 1 Dec 1897 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE.
- Raymond Harold Anderson was born on 24 Feb 1901 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE; died on 24 Feb 1974; was buried in Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE.
- Roy Gottfred Anderson was born on 6 Apr 1904 in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE; was christened in Swedeburg, Saunders, NE; died on 7 Oct 1989 in Omaha, Douglas, NE; was buried on 11 Oct 1989 in Fridhem Cem., Swedeburg, Saunders, NE.