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Wallace Albert ANDERSON

Male 1907 - 1985  (78 years)


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  • Name Wallace Albert ANDERSON 
    Birth 30 Aug 1907  Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1940  Queens, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 15 Dec 1985  Hyannis, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Conestoga Memorial Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I5630  bmds
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2022 

    Family Dorothea Lorena MELLEN,   b. 28 Oct 1907, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1956, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 9 May 1931  Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Age at Marriage Wallace : 23 years old | Dorothea : 23 years old. 
    Notes 
    • Mr. and Mrs. George Alfred Mellen of Lawrence announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Dorothea Lorena Mellen, to Mr. Wallace A. Anderson of New York, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Anderson of Petersburg, Va. Miss Mellen was graduated from Russel Sage College in 1929 and from the Katherine Gibbs School last June. Her fiancé is a Rensselaer alumnus of the class of 1929 (Source: The Boston Herald, Oct. 15, 1930)
    Children 1 son and 2 daughters 
    +1Male. David Richmond ANDERSON,   b. 4 Dec 1933, Whitestone, Queens, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     2Female. Gail Lorraine ANDERSON,   b. 11 Apr 1936, Brooklyn, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1960, Portsmouth, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
     3Female. Joyce Christine ANDERSON,   b. 20 Mar 1938, Brookly, New York City, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     
    Family ID F2184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Aug 1907 - Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 May 1931 - Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Dec 1985 - Hyannis, Barnstable, Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Conestoga Memorial Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] 1940 US Census.
      Household (head: Wallace Anderson)

    2. [S4] Obituary.
      Wallace A. Anderson, 78, a retired Armstrong World Industries project engineering manager and township government leader, died Sunday at Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., after a long illness. Formerly of Lancaster, he had lived at 672 Gleneagle Drive, Mashpee, Mass., since 1968. His wife, Doris Gray Anderson, died Nov. 18.
       Anderson retired from Armstrong in 1968 after working there 27 years. He previously worked for the Naval Ordinance plant in York and for Con-Edison Co., New York City. A Lancaster Township supervisor from 1949 to 1956, Anderson was elected chairman in 1955. He resigned from the township post in 1956. He was appointed East Lampeter Townships representative to the Lancaster Area Refuse Authority in 1957 and in 1959 became chairman of the East Lampeter Township Planning Commmis-sion. He served on the planning commission until 1964. A 33rd degree Mason, he was a member of Zembo Shrine, Harrisburg, and a charter member of the Andrew H. Hershey Lodge 764, Free and Accepted Masons. He was a former executive board member of the Lancaster-Leba-non Council of Boy Scouts of a America and a longtime member of the Mens Club, New Seabury, Mass. Born in Woonsocket, R.I., he was the son of the late Ernest A. and Anna M. Berg Anderson. He was also the husband of the late Dorothea L. Anderson, who died in 1956, and the late Juliette Roper Anderson, who died in 1971.
       Surviving are a son, David, Lititz; a daughter, Joyce C., Lancaster; a stepdaughter, Susan M. Murphey, Mashpee; four grandchildren; two brothers, Clifton, Woodstown, N.J., and Irving, Clearwater, Fla.; and a sister, Gladys, Alexandria, Va.
      Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania). Tuesday, December 17, 1985.

    3. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 148283793.

    4. [S15] Internet.
      MRS. WALLACE A. ANDERSON
      The marriage of the former Miss Dorothea Lorena Mellen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Mellen of Lawrence to the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Anderson of Petersburg, Va., was followed by a southern motor trip. They will live in New York.
      The Boston Herald, May 17, 1931.

    5. [S2] Newspaper.
      Lawrence Girl to Be Married This Afternonn
       Late this afternoon Miss Dorothea Lorena Mellen, daughter or Mr. and Mrs. George Alfred Mellen of Lawrence, will be married to Wallace Albert Anderson of New York city, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Anderson of Petersburg, Va. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. Arthur Thomas Fowler, D. D., pastor of Calvary Church.
       Miss Beatrice Amanda Mellen, the bride’s only sister, will be maid of honor. The bridesmaids will be Miss Maxine Catherine Allen of Lawrence; Miss Gladys Irene Anderson, sister of the bridegroom; Miss Margaret Ellen Mahoney of North Andover, and Miss Elizabeth Wiverly of White Plains, N. Y.
       Mr. Anderson will have his younger brother, Clifton E. Anderson, as his bestman. The ushers will be David M. Brown of Methuen, Gregory T. Dial, William W. Terry and John B. Saer, all of New York city. Following the ceremony a reception will be held in the assembly room of the church.
       The bride was graduated from Russel Sage College in the class of 1929, and from Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston in the class of 1930. Mr. Anderson graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the class of 1930.
       Following a motor trip through Southern States, Mr. Anderson and his bride will live at 15 Jacobus place, New York city.
      Boston Evening Transcript May 9, 1931.