Anderson, Joseph (1874-1959)

Union Bank of Canada, 1907; Vancouver Public Library; VPL Accession Number: 5242; https://www3.vpl.ca/spePhotos/LeonardFrankCollection/02DisplayJPGs/61/5242.jpg.

 

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1915, page 465 [edited image].

 

Joseph Anderson was the manager of the Union Bank.

He lived at 1860 Comox Street from 1915 to 1916.

 

Family Background

Joseph Anderson was born in Hastings, Ontario on April 9, 1874.

His parents were David Anderson (1826–1895) and Agnes Morgan (1841-1911).

 

Early Life

Joseph began a banking career, probably by the late 1800s.

In 1905, he opened a branch of the Union Bank in Smithville, Ontario.

 

Marriage to Margaret Francis

On July 28, 1908, at Pakenham, Ontario, Joseph married Margaret Francis. She was born in Pakenham on March 29, 1869. Her parents were Jonathan Albert Francis (1820-1888) and Margaret Carswell (1828- 1904).

 

“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZF-9YD : 11 March 2018), Joseph Anderson and Margeret Francis, 28 Jul 1908; citing registration , Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,867.

 

It appears that the marriage was at “Breezy Heights,” the Francis family home near Pakenham. The house is in the grove of trees just above the stone bridge in the image below.

 

The Falls and Bridge, Pakenham, Ont., Stedman Bros. Limited; 1910, Card Serial No. E.M. 5505, made in Germany; https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-PCR-2064&R=DC-PCR-2064.

 

After many years as a private home, it became a bed and breakfast.

 

Ottawa Citizen, May 28, 1988, page D1, columns 3-4.

 

The current address is 4839 Kinburn Side Road, Pakenham. It is the home of Stonebridge Haven: https://www.stonebridgehaven.ca/.

The bridge is still there today, and the area looks similar, although there are more trees that shield the house from view.

 

The Falls and Bridge, Pakenham, Ontario; Google Streets; searched June 19, 2020; image dated May 2019 [image edited to remove power line].

 

To Vancouver

Joseph arrived in Vancouver about 1911, where he became the manager of the Union Bank at 97 West Cordova Street.

He and Margaret lived at 839 Jervis Street from 1911 to 1912. In 1913 and 1914, they were at 1531 Beach Avenue.

From 1915 to 1916, they were at 1860 Comox Street.

 

Vancouver Province, June 4, 1915, page 8, column 4.

 

Vancouver Province, May 27, 1916, page 8, column 6.

 

To Calgary

In 1916, the Union Bank transferred Joseph from Vancouver to Calgary, Alberta.

 

Vancouver Daily World, October 18, 1916, page 20, column 4.

 

 

Calgary Herald, October 18, 1916, page 8, column 1.

 

In 1917, Joseph was the manager of the Union Bank at 138 Eighth Avenue East in Calgary. He was living at 1734 Tenth Street West.

 

Vancouver Province, August 24, 1917, page 24, column 4.

 

To Winnipeg

In 1918, the bank transferred Joseph from Calgary to Winnipeg, Manitoba.

 

Calgary Herald, September 3, 1918, page 12, column 3.

 

To Toronto

In 1919, the bank transferred Joseph to Toronto, Ontario, where he became the eastern inspector of the bank.

 

Calgary Herald, October 7, 1919, page 20, column 2.

 

In 1925, the Union Bank merged with the Royal Bank of Canada.

 

Later Life

Joseph and Margaret continued to live in Toronto until the 1950s.

Margaret died in Toronto on September 17, 1954. She was buried in the Union Cemetery in Pakenham.

 

Toronto Globe and Mail, September 18, 1954, page 27, column 1.

 

Joseph died in Toronto on October 16, 1959.

 

Toronto Globe and Mail, October 17, 1959, page 47, column 6.

 

He was buried in the Union Cemetery in Pakenham.

 

Toronto Globe and Mail, October 19, 1959, page 34, column 5.

 

Joseph and Margaret had the following children.

 

Unnamed boy Anderson

An unnamed boy Anderson was born in Wiarton, Ontario on July 28, 1909. He died on the same day.

 

Joseph Francis Anderson

Joseph Francis Anderson was born in Vancouver on May 3, 1912.

 

Ottawa Evening Journal, May 15, 1912, page 15, column 8.

 

In October 1960, he married Elizabeth Grant MacKinnon.

Ottawa Citizen, October 18, 1960, page 24, columns 4-5.

 

Elizabeth had been married before, to Charles MacKinnon, and they had two daughters, Anne and Catherine.

 

Ottawa Citizen, April 16, 1949, page 5, column 2.

 

Ottawa Citizen, August 10, 1951, page 11, column 3.

 

Joseph died in 1977. He was buried in the Union Cemetery in Pakenham.

Elizabeth died in 1982. She was buried in the Union Cemetery in Pakenham.

 

Toronto Globe and Mail, January 27, 1982, page CL9, column 2; also at Ottawa Citizen, January 27, 1982, page 68, column 2.

 

 

 

Sources

David Anderson (father of Joseph Anderson)

David Anderson (1826–1895); Birth: ABT 1826, Asphodel; Death: FEB 1895, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada (ancestry.ca).

“Canada Census, 1881,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXP-54C : 20 May 2019), David Anderson, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; from “1881 Canadian Census.” Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing David Anderson, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

“Canada Census, 1891,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWLP-H6J : 3 August 2016), David Anderson, Hastings, Northumberland East, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148158.

“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDRJ-NJH : 2 April 2020), David Anderson, 13 Feb 1895; citing Hastings, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, , Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm .

 

Agnes Morgan (mother of Joseph Anderson)

Agnes Morgan/Anderson (1841–); Birth: SEPT 21 1841, Antrim, Antrim, Ireland; Death: Ontario, Canada (ancestry.ca).

“Canada Census, 1881,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXP-54Z : 20 May 2019), Agnas Anderson in household of David Anderson, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; from “1881 Canadian Census.” Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing David Anderson, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

“Canada Census, 1891,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWLP-H6V : 3 August 2016), Agnes Anderson, Hastings, Northumberland East, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148158.

“Canada Census, 1901,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHL5-QYD : 16 December 2019), Agnes Anderson, Northumberland (east/est), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 6, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27XS-SVZ : 16 March 2018), Agne Anderson in entry for Charles W Anderson, 1911; citing Census, Toronto North Sub-Districts 11-84, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,527.

“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDFN-HYN : 26 March 2020), Agnes Anderson, 24 Aug 1911; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, yr 1911 cn 5045, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,634.

 

Joseph Anderson

Joseph Anderson (1874–1959); Birth: 9 APR 1874, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; Death: 16 OCTOBER 1959, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (ancestry.ca).

Joseph Anderson (9 April 1874 – Deceased); https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/96SD-3NP.

“Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLPD-NMQ : 13 February 2020), Joseph Anderson, 1874.

“Canada Census, 1881,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXP-54N : 20 May 2019), Joseph Anderson in household of David Anderson, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; from “1881 Canadian Census.” Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing David Anderson, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

“Canada Census, 1891,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWLP-H6L : 3 August 2016), Joseph Anderson, Hastings, Northumberland East, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148158.

Smithville, Ontario – Barter, Banks And Banking, http://canada.yodelout.com/smithville-ontario-barter-banks-and-banking/: “Banks were invited to come in and give even a one-day a week service, but to no avail until June 22nd, 1905, when Mr. Joseph Anderson, an organizer of Branch Banks for the Union Bank of Canada, a Quebec institution, chartered in 1865 at Quebec City, came unsolicited into Smithville and opened a Branch of that Institution in the Murgatroyd Block, where Mr. J. A. Schnicks’ tailor shop used to be. Mr. Anderson became the first Manager of Smithville’s first chartered Bank. He is now an Inspector of that Institution, with headquarters at Toronto.”

“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZF-9YC : 11 March 2018), Joseph Anderson and Margeret Francis, 28 Jul 1908; citing registration , Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,867.

“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MB22 : 16 March 2018), Joseph Anderson, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.

1911 Census of Canada/British Columbia / Vancouver / 5 Vancouver City / page 28, family 277, lines 40 and 41, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=63831&highlight=40&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Joseph+Anderson

Vancouver Province, October 18, 1916, page 10: “Mr. Joseph Anderson, 1860 Comox street, manager for the past six years of the Granville street branch of the Union Bank of Canada, has been transferred to the Calgary branch of the bank.”

Henderson’s Directory, Calgary, 1917, page 246, http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/2961.12/246.html: “Anderson, Joseph, Manager Union Bank of Canada, 138 Eighth Avenue East, Phone M5389. Res. 1734 Tenth Street West, Phone W1492.”

Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013. Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 90; Census Place: Ward 4, Toronto North, Ontario; Page Number: 19. Name: Joseph Anderson; Gender: Male; Marital status: Married; Age: 47; Birth Year: abt 1874; Birth Place: Ontario; Relation to Head of House: Head; Spouse’s name: Margaret Anderson; Father Birth Place: Ontario; Mother Birth Place: Ireland; Racial or Tribal Origin: Scotch (Scotish); Province or Territory: Ontario; District: Toronto North; District Number: 132; Sub-District: Ward 4; Sub-District Number: 29; City, Town or Village: Toronto North (ward 4); Street or Township: 664 Huron St; Municipality: Ward 4; Occupation: Inspector; Income: 5000; Household Members: Joseph Anderson: 47; Margaret Anderson: 59; Francis Anderson: 9.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-H3ZX : 13 December 2015), Joseph Anderson, ; Burial, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Pakenham Union Cemetery; citing record ID 123530431, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123530431: “Joseph Anderson; Birth: 1874; Death: 1959 (aged 84–85); Burial: Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 123530431.”

 

Jonathan Albert Francis (father of Margaret Francis)

Jonathon Francis and Margaret Carswell– From Scotland and Ireland to Pakenham, posted on December 18, 2017 by lindaseccaspina; https://lindaseccaspina.wordpress.com/2017/12/18/jonathon-francis-and-margaret-carswell-from-scotland-and-ireland-to-pakenham/.

Family of Jonathon Francis and Margaret Carswell; https://sites.rootsweb.com/~onlanark/families/FrancisJonathonFamily.htm.

Jonathan Albert Francis (29 June 1820 – 7 October 1888); https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KC7P-YHW.

“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47V-LLH : 24 October 2018), Jonathan Francis, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

“Canada Census, 1881,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXX-5TW : 20 May 2019), Jonathan Francis, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada; from “1881 Canadian Census.” Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Jonathan Francis, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDKB-253 : 26 March 2020), Jonathen Francis, 07 Oct 1888; citing Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, yr 1889 cn 8761, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,492.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-H3PV : 13 December 2015), Jonathan Francis, 1888; Burial, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Pakenham Union Cemetery; citing record ID 123538068, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123538068: “Jonathan Francis; Birth: 29 Jun 1820; Death: 7 Oct 1888 (aged 68); Burial: Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 123538068.”

 

Margaret Carswell (mother of Margaret Francis)

Margaret Carswell (22 December 1828 – 10 February 1904); https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L5KC-QBY

“Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X19V-2FH : 11 February 2020), Margaret Carswell, 1828.

 

Margaret Francis (wife of Joseph Anderson)

Jonathon Francis and Margaret Carswell– From Scotland and Ireland to Pakenham, posted on December 18, 2017 by lindaseccaspina; https://lindaseccaspina.wordpress.com/2017/12/18/jonathon-francis-and-margaret-carswell-from-scotland-and-ireland-to-pakenham/: “6. MARGARET FRANCIS was born 29 Mar 1869 in Pakenham Twp., Lanark Co., Ontario, and died 17 Sep 1954 in Toronto, Ontario. She married JOSEPH ANDERSON 28 Jul 1908 in Breezy Heights, Pakenham, Ontario, son of DAVID ANDERSON. He was born 1874 in Hastings, Ontario, and died 16 Oct 1959 in Toronto, Ontario. Margaret and Joseph lived in Toronto. He was a Bank Manager. Margaret died at the age of 85 in1954. Joseph died 5 years later at the age of 85. They are both buried in Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Ontario.”

Margaret Francis (1869–1954); Birth: 28 FEBRUARY 1869, Pakenham, Ontario, Canada; Death: 17 SEPTEMBER 1954, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (ancestry.ca).

Margaret Francis (28 February 1869 – Deceased); https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9Q2S-DH1.

“Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLTD-M8Q : 13 February 2020), Margaret Francis, 1869.

“Ontario Births, 1869-1912,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMZX-M6T : 10 August 2017), Margaret Francis, 28 Feb 1869; citing Birth, Pakenham Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,458.

“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47V-LL8 : 24 October 2018), Margaret Francis in household of Jonathan Francis, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

“Canada Census, 1881,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXX-5TD : 20 May 2019), Margaret Francis in household of Jonathan Francis, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada; from “1881 Canadian Census.” Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Jonathan Francis, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZF-9YD : 11 March 2018), Joseph Anderson and Margeret Francis, 28 Jul 1908; citing registration , Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,867.

“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MB2L : 16 March 2018), Margaret Anderson in entry for Joseph Anderson, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-H3ZN : 11 July 2016), Margaret Francis Anderson, ; Burial, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Pakenham Union Cemetery; citing record ID 123530422, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123530422: “Margaret Francis Anderson; Birth: 1869; Death: 1954 (aged 84–85); Burial: Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 123530422.”

 

Unnamed son of Joseph Anderson

“Ontario Births, 1869-1912,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9H-N1P5 : 16 July 2017), Joseph Anderson in entry for Anderson, 28 Jul 1909; citing Birth, Wearton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,394,023.

“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J67W-PYJ : 26 March 2020), Joseph Anderson in entry for Anderson, 28 Jul 1909; citing Wearton, Bruce Co., Ontario, yr 1909 cn 9599, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,488.

 

Joseph Francis Anderson (son of Joseph Anderson)

Joseph Francis Anderson (1912–1977); Birth: 1912, British Columbia; Death: 1977 (ancestry.ca).

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-H3ZF : 13 December 2015), Joseph Francis Anderson, ; Burial, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Pakenham Union Cemetery; citing record ID 123530478, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123530478: “Joseph Francis Anderson; Birth: 1912; Death: 1977 (aged 64–65); Burial: Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 123530478.”

 

Elizabeth Grant (unknown surname) (later MacKinnon) (wife of Joseph Francis Anderson)

Elizabeth Grant (1904–); Birth: 1904; Death: Unknown (ancestry.ca).

“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-H3ZC : 11 July 2016), Elizabeth Grant Anderson, ; Burial, Pakenham, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, Pakenham Union Cemetery; citing record ID 123530493, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123530493: “Elizabeth Grant Anderson; Birth: 1904; Death: 1982 (aged 77–78); Burial: Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Memorial ID: 123530493.”

 

Ashworth Anderson (brother of Joseph Anderson)

Ashworth Anderson (1880–1959); Birth: 6 SEP 1880, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; Death: 20 OCT 1959, West Vancouver, British Columbia (ancestry.ca).