Author talk:George Anderson

Sources

• https://books.google.com/books?id=9551CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1197
• https://www.geneticjoycestudies.org/static/issues/GJS12/GJS12_Crowley.pdf The Religion of Woman dedication to

Death date incorrect in biographical work

Page:A biographical dictionary of modern rationalists.djvu/46 says died in 1915, this is incorrect, and source of their error is unknown, though possible that it is simply typographical/proofreading. Died in 1913, correcting data follows. — billinghurst sDrewth 23:35, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

death

Date: Thursday, Aug. 14, 1913
Publication: The Times (London, England)
Issue: 40290

ANDERSON.—On the 12th inst., at 5 Mowbray-road Upper Norwood, S.E., George Anderson, aged 91 years, gas engineer. Interment at Nunhead Cemetery, in Grave No. 18,972, at 3.30 p.m., Friday 15th inst.

• FreeBMD

Name: George Anderson
Registration Year: 1913 Sep Q.
Age at Death: 91
Registration District: Croydon
Volume: 2a
Page: 358

probate

• Calendar of the Grants ... 1913, p. 32

Name: George Anderson
Death Date: 12 Aug 1913
Death Place: Surrey, England
Probate Date: 28 Oct 1913
Probate Registry: London, England

ANDERSON George of 5 Mowbray-road Upper Norwood to Robert Bruce Anderson engineer Sidney Jennings sanitary engineer and James Frederic Burton solicitor. Effects £85475 4s. 5d.

Census

• 1911 England

Name: George Anderson
Age in 1911: 88
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Edinburgh
Civil Parish: Croydon
Street Address: 5 Mowbray Road, Upper Norwood SE
Marital status: Widowed
Occupation: Gas Engineer
Registration District Number: 39
Sub-registration District: North Croydon
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Piece: 3386
Household Members:
Name Age
George Anderson 88
Frederick George Anderson 33 grandson Merchant In Chile SA
Catherine Simpson 49 daughter London, Mdx
Lois Simpson 15 granddaughter
Carlos Walters Simpson 13 grandson
Bertha Born 20 gov. to grandchildren
Mary Alice Humphreys 45 nurse
Jessie Baubin Howell 45 nurse
Christina Macdonald 25 servant
Elisbeth Drummond 25 servant

• 1901 England

Name: George Anderson
Age: 78
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Mary Anderson
Birth Place: Scotland
Civil Parish: Wandsworth
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Street Address: 47 Upper Richmond road
Occupation: Gas engineer
Registration District: Wandsworth
Sub-registration District: Wandsworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 07
Neighbors:
Piece: 481
Folio: 169
Page Number: 16
Household Schedule Number: 83
Household Members:
Name Age
George Anderson 78
Mary Anderson 67 born Isle of Wight
Joshua Goody 19

• 1881 England

Name: George Anderson
Age: 58
Relationship to Head: Head
Spouse: Mary Anderson
Gender: Male
Where born: Scotland
Civil Parish: Hanworth
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Civil Engineer
Registration District: Staines
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors:
Piece: 1326
Folio: 114
Page Number: 8
Household Members:
Name Age
George Anderson 58
Mary Anderson 47 b. Ryde Hants
Ernestine Anderson 22
Henry Mansell 27
Thomas Helier 22
Ellen Mason 21

• 1871 England

Name: George Anderson Civil Engineer
Age: 48
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Edinburghshire
Civil parish: Laleham
Registration district: Staines
Sub-registration district: Sunbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 6
Piece: 1303
Folio: 40
Page number: 1
Household Members Age Relationship
George Anderson 68 Head
Mary Tailor 35 Housekeeper Widow
Adelaide Tailor 17 Daughter (presumbly of housekeeper)
Jane Fountain 26 Servant
Walter Bowe 16 Servant

nothing evident for children's names, Catherine being born c.1862 London, Ernestine b. c.1859 Southampton, though noting no Ernestine in BDM for that period, so possible middle name. One wonders whether George later "married" the housekeeper noting her place of birth. No evident marriage bw George Anderson and Mary Tailor from 1865 to 1881+

• 1851 England

Name: George Anderson, Gas engineer
Age: 28
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Janet Anderson
Gender: Male
Where born: Scotland
Civil Parish: Stepney
Ecclesiastical parish: Trinity
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Disability:
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Registration District: Stepney
Sub-registration District: Mile End Old Town Lower
ED, institution, or vessel: 08
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 72
Piece: 1553
Folio: 156
Page Number: 16
Household Members:
Name Age
George Anderson 28
Janet Anderson 25, Scotland
Jesse M Anderson 2 Middx, London
Peter Anderson 1 Middx, London
Charles Purvis 28, brother in law, Gas manager, Scotland
Hannah Dema 40

Mary Taylor

• 1861 England

Name: Adelaide Taylor
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: 1855
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Taylor
Gender: Female
Where born: Ryde S W, Hampshire, England
Civil Parish: Southampton St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration District: Southampton
Sub-registration District: Southampton
ED, institution, or vessel: 28
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 225
Piece: 676
Folio: 80
Page Number: 33
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Ann Taylor 26
Adelaide Taylor 6
Ernestina Taylor 3
Mary Pebley 15

This would confirm that Mary Anderson in 1881 census is the same as Mary Ann Taylor in this 1861 census, daughters Adelaide match in 1871, and Ernestina in 1881. Noting unmarried status of MAT in 1861,

• 1861 England (cannot guarantee though ticks the right boxes comparing with information provided 1851 and 1871)

Name: Janet Anderson
Age: 30
Relation: Wife
Gender: Female
Where born: Scotland
Civil Parish: Islington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
Street Address: 16 Douglas Rd
Occupation: stated as "Husband absent"
Condition as to marriage: mar
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Registration District: Islington
Sub-registration District: Islington East
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 186
Piece: 141
Folio: 89
Page Number: 47
Household Members:
Name Age
Janet Anderson 30
Jean M Anderson 12
Helen Anderson 7
George W Anderson 2
Eliza Stone 26 Governess
Lydia Fountain 16 visitor
Mary Ann Fountain 14 visitor
Sarah Dubia 16 dom serv
Elizabeth Carter 16 dom serv

Institution of Civil Engineers

• Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818–1930. London, UK: Institution of Civil Engineers.

Cannot see in these records, though the son Robert Bruce Anderson is there (1889) with mention of his education, qualifications, training and working for his father. 07201-07400 (1889 Dec - 1890 Mar)

Children

Robert Bruce Anderson

Adding to above note #Institution of Civil Engineers

Name: Robert Bruce Anderson
Gender: Male
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 19 Aug 1865
Baptism Place: England, Islington Holy Trinity, Islington
Father: George Anderson
Mother: Janet Anderson
Register Type: Parish Registers

married Kate Dyson and eldest child would appear to be Janet Hunter Anderson, indicating that George probably married Janet Hunter if we follow Scottish naming patterns.

Helen Anderson

• London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p85/ban/004

Name: Helen Anderson
Gender: Female
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 24 Jan 1882
Baptism Place: England, South Lambeth St Barnabas, Lambeth
Father: George Anderson, Engineer
Mother: Janet Anderson
Register Type: Parish Registers

states born 2 Sep 1853

Jean Maria Anderson

• FreeBMD

Births Dec Q. 1848
Anderson Jean Maria Shoreditch 2 373