Some Descendants of
John Anderson

Alexander Anderson and Family Gen 4 and 5
Robert Anderson Back Row Tallest Standing est 1870's

Robert Anderson Gen 5  
Ca. 1900

Sydney Alexander Anderson Gen 6 and Douglas AndersonGen 7 ca 1917

Who was John Anderson ?
As far we know he was born in Rothes, Morayshire, Scotland around 1741.  John was the earliest Blacksmith from our family. John married Jean Mellies and had ten children:
Isobel Anderson, b. 13 September 1767, Rothes.
A LEXANDER A NDERSON
, b. 30 April 1769, Rothes.
W ILLIAM A NDERSON
, b. 2 May 1773, Rothes.
J OHN A NDERSON, B. January 1774, Rothes.

E LIZABETH A NDERSON , b. 2 August 1776, Rothes.
M ARGARET A
NDERSON, B. 5 September 1778, Rothes.
Robert Anderson, b 23 january 1781, rothes.
Jean Anderson, b.02 january 1786, rothes.
George Anderson, b. 19 April 1789, Rothes
Anne Anderson b. 19 June 1791, Rothes

Generation Two

ALEXANDER ANDERSON {Blacksmith} b. 30 April 1769 in Rothes. m. ANN SIVERIGHT 27 January 1799 in Bellie. She was born Abt. 1778 in Rothes. He died 22 December 1857 in Rothes. Children of ALEXANDER ANDERSON and ANN SIVERBRIGHT are:

MARGARET ANDERSON, b. 19 December 1799, Rothes
JEAN ANDERSON, b. 2 August 1801, Rothes.
JOHN ANDERSON, b. 8 March 1803, Rothes;
ANN ANDERSON, b. 4 September 1805, Rothes.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, b. 11 July 1807, Rothes.
BEATRIX ANDERSON, b. 22 July 1810, Rothes.
ROBERT ANDERSON, b. 22 July 1810, Rothes.
GEORGE ANDERSON, b. 14 July 1812, Rothes.
CHARLOTTE ANDERSON, b. 17 July 1814, Rothes

Generation Three

JOHN ANDERSON {Blacksmith/Smallholder } was born 8 March 1803 in Rothes, and died 2 February 1878. He married (1) CHRISTINA MACKAY 20 December 1825 in Barony. He married (2) . JANE RIACH, daughter of WILLIAM RIACH and ANN GRANT. JANE died 12 August 1884.
Children of JOHN ANDERSON and CHRISTINA MACKAY are:
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, b. 1830, Rothes
CHRISTINA ANDERSON, b. 25 December 1834 Rothes.

ALEXANDER ANDERSON {Blacksmith/Smallholder}  was born 1830 in Rothes, and died 29 February 1916 in of heart decay. He married ANNE BREMMER 13 June 1856.  She was born 13 July 1830 in Rothes, and died 29 May 1909 in of heart failure.
Children of ALEXANDER ANDERSON and ANNE BREMMER are:

ROBERT ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1856.
JOHN ANDERSON, b. 7 August 1856; d. 9 November 1857.
CHRISTINA MARGARET ANDERSON, b. 22 April 1858; d. 3 June 1913.
ANN ANDERSON, b. 6 November 1859; d. 1 November 1871.
JANE ANDERSON, b. 30 December 1862.
ELIZABETH PIRIE ANDERSON, b. 9 January 1864; d. 1951.
JAMES FRAZER ANDERSON, b. 9 January 1864.
MARGARET ANNE YOUNIE ANDERSON, b. 2 March 1866, Rothes; d. 1 May 1939, St Albans.
MARY HOME GORDON ANDERSON, b. 2 March 1866; d. 1 June 1866, Rothes.
JOHN ANDERSON, b. 22 January 1868; d. 27 November 1928.
JESSIE ANDERSON, b. 30 January 1870.
ALEXANDER GEORGE ANDERSON, b. 30 January 1870.
GEORGE ANDERSON, b. 23 June 1872.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, b. 17 July 1874.

ROBERT ANDERSON {Law Clerk S.S.C.}  was born Abt. 1856. He married ROBINA REID on 26 July 1881 in St. Nicholas, Aberdeen; daughter of JAMES REID and MARGARET GIBB. ROBINA diedD in childbirth. ROBERT'S second marriage was to ELIZABETH MANNERS THOMSON 22 July 1886 in Corstorphine Edinburgh. ELIZABETH was born 20 November 1861, and she died 15 June 1912 of Heart Failure.

Child of ROBERT ANDERSON and ROBINA REID:
ROBINA REID ANDERSON, b. 23 April 1882, Newington, Edinburgh. d. 5 May 1882, Newington, Edinburgh. 

Children of ROBERT ANDERSON and ELIZABETH THOMSON are :
SYDNEY ALEXANDER ANDERSON, b. 20 January 1888, Newington Edinburgh
DOROTHY MANNERS ANDERSON, b. 29 March 1892
MARJORIE ELIZABETH ANDERSON, b. 3 December 1893, d. 10 July 1902,
Edinburgh.
Robert was rumored to have married a third time and emigrated to Pittsburgh PA USA
Dorothy married Leslie Henry Sinclair and rumored to have died in child birth in Australia.

SYDNEY ALEXANDER ANDERSON {Barrister/ Traffic Manager}  was born 20 January 1888 in Newington Edinburgh, and died 12 October 1948. He married ELIZABETH ANN DAISY PUGSLEY 22 March 1913, daughter of JOHN HENRY PUGSLEY. She died 18 August 1967.
Children of SYDNEY ANDERSON and ELIZABETH PUGSLEY are:
DOUGLAS STEUART ANDERSON, b. 18 June 1914
KENNETH IAN ANDERSON, b. 2 January 1920, East St Louis MO USA

Generation Four

Generation Five

Generation Six

Sydney, Kenneth, Douglas, Daisy Anderson
est 1921

The Town of Rothes

Generation Seven

Douglas Steuart Anderson
Air Force WWII

Lydia June Mitchell Anderson

DOUGLAS STEUART ANDERSON  was born 18 June 1914, and died 8 August 1994. He married LYDIA JUNE MITCHELL, daughter of LYDIA MITCHELL. She was born 30 June 1917, and died 10 May 1998.

Child of DOUGLAS ANDERSON and LYDIA MITCHELL is:

ROBERT SCOTT ANDERSON, b. 14 December 19xx, St Louis MO USA.

Douglas & Kenneth
est 1920

Douglas & Kenneth
est 1979

KENNETH IAN ANDERSON was born 2 January 1920 in East St Louis MO USA, and died 28 May 1982. He married VELMA MARISE HECK 12 April 1942.
Children of KENNETH ANDERSON and VELMA HECK are:

KENNETH IAN ANDERSON, b. 29 August 19xx, St Louis MO USA; m. SALLIE, 26 March 19xx; b. 15 April.
JUDY LYNN ANDERSON, b. 6 September 19xx, St Louis MO USA; m. DAVID BODNER, 1 February 1982.
DOROTHY ELIZABETH ANDERSON, b. 19 November 19xx, St Louis MO USA

  Elizabeth Ann (Daisy)
Pugsley Anderson

Generation Eight

ROBERT SCOTT ANDERSON was born 14 December 19xx in St Louis MO USA. He married ELLEN DIANE LAKE 5 June 1970 in St Louis MO USA

Children of ROBERT ANDERSON & ELLEN LAKE are:

ELIZABETH GWEN ANDERSON, b. 15 December 19xx.
CHARLES EVERETT ANDERSON, b. 31 December 19xx.
EMILY JANE ANDERSON, b. 3 June 19xx.

Robert with Santa age 3

Robert at Wentworth
Military Academy

Robert and Ellen
Anderson

Elizabeth, Robert, Ellen Charlie, Emily

A familar site many Andersons have seen coming into America

The Statue of Liberty

Daisy and Douglas came across
on the Last Voyage of the Lusitania
 to America
 

Kenneth Ian Anderson
Navy WWII

Velma Marise Heck
Anderson

Kenneth Ian Anderson II b. 29 August 19xx, St. louis MO, USA; m. Sally, 26 March 19xx. She was born 15 April
Judy Lynn Anderson Bodnar, b. 6 September 19xx, St. Louis MO USA; m. David Bodner, 1 February 19xx.
Dorothy (Dot) Elizabeth Anderson, b 19 November 19xx, St. Louis MO USA

Generation Nine

Elizabeth Gwen Anderson b. 15 December 19xx St. Louis MO USA

Charles Everett Anderson b. 31 December 19xx St. Louis Mo USA m. Kimberly DeAnn Snider 16 December 20xx
Children of Charles and Kimberly are :
Alaura Cathrine Anderson b. 25 January 20xx 
St. Louis MO USA
Sarah Elizabeth Anderson b. 14 December 20xx St. Louis MO USA

Charlie & Dad

Charlie, Alaura, and Kimberly

Charlie getting into trouble
Emily Jane Anderson Groshen b. 3 June 19xx St. louis MO USA m. Joseph Groshen 20 August 20xx

Generation Ten

Alaura Cathrine Anderson b. 25 January 20xx St. Louis MO USA

Going Going Gone

Trying to Escape

Messy Messy

First Baseball Game

Some of the  Anderson Women
Family Photos from any Generation
Emily, Dot, Robert, Ellen, Charlie, Ken, Sallie, Velma, Elizabeth
Anderson Family
Robert and Ellen
Charlie and Elizabeth
Charlie, Elizabeth, and Douglas

Lydia June, and Charlie

Sydney Alexander Anderson  
Robert Scott Anderson
Douglas and Charlie

Kenneth, Kenneth ii, ? , Robert, Velma

Daisy, Sydney, Robert, Douglas
Douglas, Robert, Daisy
Douglas, Robert, Lydia June
Other Surnames currently under research

Sydney in the Black Watch

Pictures from Scottish Games 2004& 2007

Elizabeth and Emily
Look at me!!!
Where did we come from? Our research has led us back to the 1740's to the town of Rothes. Rothes is a town in the northern part of Scotland called Moray or Morayshire. See the map and link to the town's local web site.
Generation One

Picture Taken from
John Anderson's Hymnal book

John Anderson's signature ca. 1823
Elizabeth  with Sydney,
Dorothy, Marjorie, and
Jamieson Boone, Cousin

Sydney came over to America
on the RMS. Homeric

Dorothy & Marjorie

Dorothy, Sydney, Marjorie
Not Happy
Joe and emily
Emily and Alaura
Sarah Elizabeth Anderson B. 14 December 20xx St. Louis MO USA
Nana and her grand-girls
Web sites I used to help our research