John J. Anderson

1919 - 2002  (83 years)

• Name	John J. Anderson  [1]
  Born	14 Apr 1919	Nebraska   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Oct 2002	Cypress, Orange, California   [3]
  Notes	John Anderson was born in Syracuse, NE and moved the same as Gene until his senior year in high school when he went to Chillicothe, MO to take care of his grandfather Goodlou Grouse's farm. He graduated from Chillicothe, MO high school. He completed 3-1/2 years of Civil Engineering at Colorado Aggies. When WW II started, he joined the Aviation cadets and after graduation flew tours in B-17s in England and then to P-47 fighters in Hawaii. He earned a BS in Aero-Mechanical Engnr., and an MS in Research & Development Mgmt. Later he earned an MS in Business Admin. from George Washington University. He spent a total of 31 years in Air Force reasearch and development. He retired a Colonel and went to work for Hughes Aircraft in Iran, Pakistan and Brussels, Belgium. Retired from Hughes after 13 years and lives in Cypress with wife and four children 1940 US Census, Colorado, Larimer, Fort Collins, John Anderson, rents home for $20, age 21, education C3, born NE, lived in rural Jackson Co., MO on 1 Apr 1935, assistant, Engineering Dept. N.Y.A., worked 20 weeks, wages 200, wife Rowena, 20, education H4, born OK, lived in Wichita, KS on 1 Apr 1935. Of Ft. Collins, CO on 28 Mar 1941 [1, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I20172	Mindrum
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	William Whitfield "Andy" Anderson,   b. 5 Oct 1887, Syracuse, Otoe, Nebraska ,   d. 13 May 1973, El Paso, El Paso, Texas  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Lena Barbara Grouse,   b. 1 Apr 1886, Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri ,   d. 1 Oct 1974, Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri  (Age 88 years)
  Married	7 Jul 1913	Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Colorado   [2]
  Divorced	Abt 1945  [2]
  Family ID	F14065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2006
  Family ID	F14127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1895] Girdner Family Genealogy. [S1968] Max Anderson Melick, The Jesse and Anna Anderson Family Tree, (1997). [S16] Social Security Death Index. [S3828] 1930 US Census, Colorado, Denver, Denver, Enum. Dist. 16-109, sheet 6A, place. [S6597] 1940 US Census, Colorado, Larimer, Fort Collins, Enum. Dist. 35-51A, sheet 14B. [S1896] Mary Girdner Grouse obituary, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, Friday 28 Mar 1941.