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Lieutenant Martha Jane Anderson

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1881-07-04
Place of birth: Royal Road York County N.B. Canada
Next of kin: Rebecca Anderson, Mother, North Devon, New Brunswick
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Nursing sister
Occupation (normalized): Professional Nurse, General
Address: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Gender: female
Religion: Baptist

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Rank detail

Lieutenant (Army).

Degree of service: Canada
Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 9112
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B0161-S065
Uploader's Notes:

Martha Jane Anderson's birth certificate (FHL Film #2320165) lists her birth as 4 July 1881; parents Jeremiah Anderson and Rebecca Keene.

The 1891 census for Douglas, York, New Brunswick, shows Jeremiah (father, 45), Rebecca (mother, 45), and children Pheby/Phoebe (12), Martha (9), Bertrand & Rebecca (twins, 7), and Charlotte (4).

Phoebe (sibling) died in 1897 and is buried in the Douglas Rural Cemetery, York, N.B.

Bertrand (sibling) died in 1910 and is buried in the Douglas Rural Cemetery, York, N.B.

Jeremiah (father) died in 1911 and is buried in the Douglas Rural Cemetery, York, N.B.

The 1921 census for St. Mary's Parish, York-Sunbury, New Brunswick, shows Rebecca (mother, widowed, age 76), and daughters Martha (39, private nurse), Rebecca L. (36, private school teacher), and Lottie (33, invalid), all single, living in Devon Township. Religion Adventist.

Rebecca L. (sibling) died in 1926 and is buried in the Douglas Rural Cemetery, York, N.B.

Rebecca (mother) died in 1935 and is buried in the Douglas Rural Cemetery, York, N.B.

The 1940 Voters List for North Devon, N.B., shows the sisters Miss J Martha Anderson, Registered Nurse and Miss Lottie Anderson, Spinster.

Martha Jane died in 1958 and is buried in the Douglas Rural Cemetery, York, N.B.

Charlotte/Lottie (sibling) died in 1959 and is buried in the Douglas Rural Cemetery, York, N.B.

Uploader's Research notes: [Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Army Medical Corps ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2007-12-17
Last modified: 2021-11-14