Son of Reverend Jessie Marion Anderson and his wife Melissa Rose (Arnold) Anderson. They decided to leave Iowa, and they migrated west in 1854, they arrived in Ashland. As soon as they settled down in Jacksonville, Rev. Jessie Anderson took up his Circuit Rider Ministry. They had eight children. In 1865 Frances, the 7th child died of typhoid. Melissa died soon after. Rev. Jessie Anderson had preceeded her in death only three months before.
Gilbert was barely 14 years old when his parents died. His uncle Eli Anderson took three of the children and other relatives cared for the others. Gilbert assumed his responsibilities for the family and started working. In 1872, when he was twenty he came to Linkville, Klamath County to work as a buckaroo for O.C. Applegate, his brother-in-law. He worked at Klamath Indian Agency, learned to speak their language and wrote a phoenetic book translating their language into English.
March 8, 1893, in Bly, Oregon, when he was 40 years old, he married Lyda Maude Gardner Wiggins, a widow with two small children. They were married in Bly, Oregon. They made their first home on the property just across from the water wheel in Lost River in Olene. Three of their five children were born at home on that property; Ella, Jessie, and Emma.
In 1898, Gilbert and Lyda moved to Dairy and took up the operation of the stage-stop and rooming house. In Dairy, Mabel Eleanor, and George Gilbert were born to the Anderson's.
Albert was the postmaster for Dairy and Lyda became the telephone exchange operator.
Spouse: Lyda Maude (Gardner) Anderson b. 1867 d. 1940
Children:
Nellie Belle Wiggins b. 1884 d. 1965 (Married Early Arant)
Edward Wiggins b. 1889 left the area as a young man, but died in Klamath County 28 Feb 1949.
Ella M Anderson b. 1895 (Mrs Walter Decker) d.1955
Jessie M Anderson b. 1897 d. 1990 (Mrs William Jonas)
Emma L Anderson b. 1900 (Mrs Robert Ward, in 1922 on a buying trip to San Francisco for their Owl Cafe, Robert became a missing person, Emma later married Hubert Barnes) d. 1978)
George Gilbert Anderson b.1908 d. 1997 (married Anna Hamaker)
Mabel Eleanor Anderson b. 1906 d. 2000 (Mrs. Dan Liskey)
Gilbert was barely 14 years old when his parents died. His uncle Eli Anderson took three of the children and other relatives cared for the others. Gilbert assumed his responsibilities for the family and started working. In 1872, when he was twenty he came to Linkville, Klamath County to work as a buckaroo for O.C. Applegate, his brother-in-law. He worked at Klamath Indian Agency, learned to speak their language and wrote a phoenetic book translating their language into English.
March 8, 1893, in Bly, Oregon, when he was 40 years old, he married Lyda Maude Gardner Wiggins, a widow with two small children. They were married in Bly, Oregon. They made their first home on the property just across from the water wheel in Lost River in Olene. Three of their five children were born at home on that property; Ella, Jessie, and Emma.
In 1898, Gilbert and Lyda moved to Dairy and took up the operation of the stage-stop and rooming house. In Dairy, Mabel Eleanor, and George Gilbert were born to the Anderson's.
Albert was the postmaster for Dairy and Lyda became the telephone exchange operator.
Spouse: Lyda Maude (Gardner) Anderson b. 1867 d. 1940
Children:
Nellie Belle Wiggins b. 1884 d. 1965 (Married Early Arant)
Edward Wiggins b. 1889 left the area as a young man, but died in Klamath County 28 Feb 1949.
Ella M Anderson b. 1895 (Mrs Walter Decker) d.1955
Jessie M Anderson b. 1897 d. 1990 (Mrs William Jonas)
Emma L Anderson b. 1900 (Mrs Robert Ward, in 1922 on a buying trip to San Francisco for their Owl Cafe, Robert became a missing person, Emma later married Hubert Barnes) d. 1978)
George Gilbert Anderson b.1908 d. 1997 (married Anna Hamaker)
Mabel Eleanor Anderson b. 1906 d. 2000 (Mrs. Dan Liskey)
Son of Reverend Jessie Marion Anderson and his wife Melissa Rose (Arnold) Anderson. They decided to leave Iowa, and they migrated west in 1854, they arrived in Ashland. As soon as they settled down in Jacksonville, Rev. Jessie Anderson took up his Circuit Rider Ministry. They had eight children. In 1865 Frances, the 7th child died of typhoid. Melissa died soon after. Rev. Jessie Anderson had preceeded her in death only three months before.
Gilbert was barely 14 years old when his parents died. His uncle Eli Anderson took three of the children and other relatives cared for the others. Gilbert assumed his responsibilities for the family and started working. In 1872, when he was twenty he came to Linkville, Klamath County to work as a buckaroo for O.C. Applegate, his brother-in-law. He worked at Klamath Indian Agency, learned to speak their language and wrote a phoenetic book translating their language into English.
March 8, 1893, in Bly, Oregon, when he was 40 years old, he married Lyda Maude Gardner Wiggins, a widow with two small children. They were married in Bly, Oregon. They made their first home on the property just across from the water wheel in Lost River in Olene. Three of their five children were born at home on that property; Ella, Jessie, and Emma.
In 1898, Gilbert and Lyda moved to Dairy and took up the operation of the stage-stop and rooming house. In Dairy, Mabel Eleanor, and George Gilbert were born to the Anderson's.
Albert was the postmaster for Dairy and Lyda became the telephone exchange operator.
Spouse: Lyda Maude (Gardner) Anderson b. 1867 d. 1940
Children:
Nellie Belle Wiggins b. 1884 d. 1965 (Married Early Arant)
Edward Wiggins b. 1889 left the area as a young man, but died in Klamath County 28 Feb 1949.
Ella M Anderson b. 1895 (Mrs Walter Decker) d.1955
Jessie M Anderson b. 1897 d. 1990 (Mrs William Jonas)
Emma L Anderson b. 1900 (Mrs Robert Ward, in 1922 on a buying trip to San Francisco for their Owl Cafe, Robert became a missing person, Emma later married Hubert Barnes) d. 1978)
George Gilbert Anderson b.1908 d. 1997 (married Anna Hamaker)
Mabel Eleanor Anderson b. 1906 d. 2000 (Mrs. Dan Liskey)
Gilbert was barely 14 years old when his parents died. His uncle Eli Anderson took three of the children and other relatives cared for the others. Gilbert assumed his responsibilities for the family and started working. In 1872, when he was twenty he came to Linkville, Klamath County to work as a buckaroo for O.C. Applegate, his brother-in-law. He worked at Klamath Indian Agency, learned to speak their language and wrote a phoenetic book translating their language into English.
March 8, 1893, in Bly, Oregon, when he was 40 years old, he married Lyda Maude Gardner Wiggins, a widow with two small children. They were married in Bly, Oregon. They made their first home on the property just across from the water wheel in Lost River in Olene. Three of their five children were born at home on that property; Ella, Jessie, and Emma.
In 1898, Gilbert and Lyda moved to Dairy and took up the operation of the stage-stop and rooming house. In Dairy, Mabel Eleanor, and George Gilbert were born to the Anderson's.
Albert was the postmaster for Dairy and Lyda became the telephone exchange operator.
Spouse: Lyda Maude (Gardner) Anderson b. 1867 d. 1940
Children:
Nellie Belle Wiggins b. 1884 d. 1965 (Married Early Arant)
Edward Wiggins b. 1889 left the area as a young man, but died in Klamath County 28 Feb 1949.
Ella M Anderson b. 1895 (Mrs Walter Decker) d.1955
Jessie M Anderson b. 1897 d. 1990 (Mrs William Jonas)
Emma L Anderson b. 1900 (Mrs Robert Ward, in 1922 on a buying trip to San Francisco for their Owl Cafe, Robert became a missing person, Emma later married Hubert Barnes) d. 1978)
George Gilbert Anderson b.1908 d. 1997 (married Anna Hamaker)
Mabel Eleanor Anderson b. 1906 d. 2000 (Mrs. Dan Liskey)
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