Carl Arthur Anderson
1889 - 1974 (84 years)Person ID: I6249 | Tree: Rudeen-Rademacher | Last Modified: 22 Jan 2025
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Name Carl Arthur Anderson [1] Birth 30 May 1889 Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA 
Gender Male Died 9 Jan 1974 Burlingame, San Mateo, California, USA [2] 
Carl Arthur Anderson obituary 1974
CARL ANDERSON
Carl A. Anderson, longtime South San Francisco resident and principal of Polytechnic High School in San Francisco, died Wednesday at the age of 84.
Anderson joined the San Francisco school system in 1924 as a teacher. He served as principal of Noe Valley Junior administrative High, Hamilton Junior High and Galileo High School before becoming the founding principal of Presidio Junior High in 1930. In 1939, he became principal of Poly, serving for 15 years, when he retired in 1954.
Anderson was a past president of both the California School Masters Club and the Alfa Field Chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa professional educational fraternity.
He began teaching the summer of 1908 I a one-room Nebraska school. He held administrative posts in Nebraska, New York State, and Rawlins, Wyo. where he was superintendent.
Anderson was an ordained elder in the United Presbyterian Church, and a longtime member of the Lakeside Presbyterian Church of San Francisco.
Survivors include his widow, Beulah Davidson Anderson - their golden wedding anniversary was celebrated in 1961 - a daughter, Phyllis Anderson Wood, and three grandchildren. Private funeral services were held under direction of Garden Chapel in San Francisco. He was buried at Cypress Lawn Cemetery.
(copy from Findagrave memorial)Buried Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colman, San Mateo, California, USA 
Carl and Beulah Anderson headstone -
Parents
Father Carl Anderson (ID:I6248), b. 28 Jun 1863 d. 29 Oct 1929, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA (Age 66 years) Mother Emma Christina Petersdotter (ID:I1497), b. 24 Mar 1862, Eket, Marbäck (F), Jönköping, Sweden d. 18 Aug 1920, Placer, California, USA (Age 58 years) Children (Siblings) + 1. Carl Arthur Anderson (ID:I6249), b. 30 May 1889, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA d. 9 Jan 1974, Burlingame, San Mateo, California, USA (Age 84 years)2. Clarence William Anderson (ID:I5991), b. 1891 d. Yes, date unknown 3. Arnold Oscar Anderson (ID:I6250), b. 18 Sep 1894, Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska, USA d. 25 Aug 1965, Santa Clara, California, USA (Age 70 years)4. Alice Anderson (ID:I6251), b. 30 Jul 1899, Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska, USA d. 16 Jan 1970, Santa Clara, California, USA (Age 70 years) -
Family
Wife Buleah Elizabeth Davidson (ID:I11853), b. 13 Dec 1892, Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, USA d. 13 Dec 1982, Daly City, San Mateo, California, USA (Age 90 years) Marriage 29 Jul 1919 Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA Children 1. Carl Robert Anderson (ID:I11854), b. 1 Feb 1921, Rawlins, Carbon, Wyoming, USA d. 31 Aug 1936, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (Age 15 years)2. Phyllis Elizabeth Anderson (ID:I11855), b. 21 Oct 1923, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, USA d. 22 Jul 2011, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, USA (Age 87 years) -
Other Personal Events
1900 Federal Census 13 Jun 1900 Stocking, Saunders, Nebraska, USA [1] 
1900 Census Carl and Emma Anderson family
Living in town were Carl and Emma and their four children: Carl, Clarence, Oscar and Alice.
Anderson, Carl, Head (M, age 36, Married)
Anderson, Emma C., Wife (F, age 37, Married)
Anderson, Carl H., son (M, age 11, Single)
Anderson, Clarence W., son (M, age 9, Single)
Anderson, Oscar A., son (M, age 5, Single)
Anderson, Alice, daughter (F, age 10/12, Single)1910 Federal Census 29 Apr 1910 Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA [3] 
1910 census for Carl and Emma Anderson family
Living at home were Carl and Emma and their four children: Carl, Clarence, Oscar and Alice.
Anderson, Carl O., Head (M, age 47, Married)
Anderson, Emma C., Wife (F, age 48, Married)
Anderson, Carl A., son (M, age 20, Single)
Anderson, Clarence W., son (M, age 19, Single)
Anderson, Oscar A., son (M, age 16, Single)
Anderson, Alice G., daughter (F, age 11, Single) -
Event Map
Birth - 30 May 1889 - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA 
1900 Federal Census - 13 Jun 1900 - Stocking, Saunders, Nebraska, USA 1910 Federal Census - 29 Apr 1910 - Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA 
Marriage - 29 Jul 1919 - Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [S22] 1900 U.S. Census, Wahoo, Stocking Precinct, Saunders, Nebraska, Enum. Dist. 139, Page 20B, Line 82, dwelling 448, family 459, Carl H. Anderson;.
- [S183] Obituary, The Times, San Mateo, California, Sunday January 12, 1974.
- [S24] 1910 U.S. Census, Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska, Enum. Dist. 155, Page 23A, Line 14, dwelling 518, family 522, Carl A. Anderson;.