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Son of Matthew Anderson and Mary Barton
Married in 10-6-1877 Flavy Alzina Fletcher
Married in 10-2-1884 to Addie Shumway
Married in 8-13-1912 to Lucinda J. Foster
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Pennsylvania, Death Certificates
Name: William H Anderson
Age: 79
Birth Date: 16 Nov 1855
Birth Place: Susquehanna, Pa
Death Date: 7 Apr 1935
Death Place: Oakland, Susquehanna, PA
Father Name: Matthew Anderson
Father Birth Place: England
Mother Name: Mary Barton
Mother Birth Place: England
Certificate Number: 41657
Informant: Mrs. John Schell, Oakland, PA
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Retired Railroad Engineer
Burial: McKune Cemetery
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1860 US Federal Census
Name: William Anderson
Home: Susquehanna Depot, PA
Household Members:
- Mathew Anderson 32
- Mary Anderson 26
- Robert Anderson 6
- William Anderson 4
- Charles Anderson 1
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1870 US Federal Census data shows William, 14, residing in Oakland with his parents, Mathew, age 43, and Margaret, age 27, Anderson, Susquehanna Depot, PA with siblings, Robert, 17,and Charles, 12, and Aaron, six months.
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1880 US Federal Census data showing Wm. H., age 21 (sic - should be 24) as son-in-law of John Fletcher and residing in Fletcher household in Fenton, NY. Parents' birthplace England.
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1900 US Federal Census
Name: William H Anderson
Birth Date: Nov 1858
Birthplace: PA
Home: Oakland, Susquehanna Co., PA
Spouse's Name: Addie M Anderson
Marriage Year: 1884
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Household Members:
- William H Anderson 41
- Addie M Anderson 39
- Frank W Anderson 11
- Emma M Anderson 8
- Clarence J Anderson 8/12
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1910 US Federal Census
Home: Oakland, Susquehanna Co., PA
Household Members:
- William H Anderson 50
- Addie Anderson 48
- Frank W Anderson 20
- Emma M Anderson 18
- Marian B Anderson 6
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Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index - Ancestry.com showing William H. Anderson, age 50(sic), born Pennsylvania, W-M, head of household, residing in Susquehanna Co, PA.
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1920 US Federal Census showing William, age 60(sic), and Lucinda, age 54, Anderson and son, Frank, age 32, living in Oakland, PA. Shows parents as having been born in England, he as a RR engineer and Frank's age consistent with previous census data.
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1930 US Federal Census showing William H., age 70(sic), and Lucinda J., age 65, residing in the house of his daughter, Marian Schell, in Oakland Borough, PA.
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Note: Additional and most helpful information, from a great-grandson, was provided about William Henry Anderson:

His death certificate is difficult to interpret due to the handwriting and Mrs. Schell provided some wrong info for the death certificate.

Wm H's father's first name was Matthew and his mother's last name was Barton. I obtained this info from the death certificate of Wm. H's brother, Charles Willard Anderson b. 11/9/1859, d. 9/22/1933.

Matthew's first name is also confirmed from a bio of Matthew Anderson while living in retirement in Windsor, NY which states that Matthew was born in 1826 in Dorchester, England, married at the time to Margaret Kittle , with children: Robt W., Wm. H. and Chas. W. Matthew's father was George and his mother, Rebecca College (probably Colledge).
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American Locomotive Engineers:
Erie Railway Edition, 1899, Illustrated, p. 140

WILLIAM H. ANDERSON,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.

William H. Anderson has passed through the school which makes good engineers, having started his railroad career as an engine wiper and been successively a brakeman, fireman and finally an engineer. The son of Matthew Anderson, a retired Erie engineer, now a prominent farmer of Susquehanna County, he was born in Susquehanna September 16, 1857. On leaving school he secured a place as wiper on the Erie, and served in this capacity from 1871 to 1874, when he went as brakeman on the Jefferson Branch for two years, being then advanced to fireman. After firing two years he accepted a similar position on the Albany & Susquehanna Railroad, and for five years fired between Albany and Binghamton. He then resigned and went to braking between Troy and Whitehall, New York, for six months, and then was transferred and ran on another part of the same road. Returning to the Erie as a brakeman, he ran on the Susquehanna Division for about a year, and then was given a place as fireman and assigned to instruct new firemen how to fire hard coal. In 1890 he was promoted to engineer, and has been running freight between Hornellsville and Susquehanna for the past nine years. Mr. Anderson is one of those men who are particularly adapted to their chosen calling, and he takes great interest in his work, eliciting the praise of his superiors and the friendly emulation of his brother engineers.

He was married in 1877 to Miss Alice Fletcher, who died in December, 1879. Two sons were born to them, Matthew and Charles, both of whom are working in a boot and shoe factory (Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company)at Binghamton. In October 2, 1884, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Addie Shumway, daughter of Elanzo Shumway, who fell in the war of 1861. They have two children, Frank and Emma, aged 11 and 8 years, respectively, both of whom are attending school, Frank being a pupil of the Laurel Hill Academy. Mr. Anderson is a member of B. of L. E., Division 137, and is one of Susquehanna's respected citizens.
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Added by: Curt A
2/02/2015
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