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Florence Irene ANDERSON

Female 1914 - 1991  (77 years)


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  • Name Florence Irene ANDERSON 
    Birth 25 Jun 1914  St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Minnesota Birth Certificate 1914-29791 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1991-MN-030967 
    Death 10 Nov 1991  St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 13 Nov 1991  Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • In the 1936 city directory, she lives at 118 Park Avenue. She is a “compt opr” for Standard Oil Co.

      In the 1940 census, she lives with her mother and brother at 2617 West 3rd Street, a rented residence. Florence was a high school graduate, Roland had two years of high school. Marie had a sixth-grade education. Florence was a “comtometer operator” for a wholesale gas and oil company. Roland was a grocery salesman for a retail grocery store.

      In the 1940 city directory, she lives at 2617 West 3rd and is a “compt opr” at the Standard Oil Company. In the 1942-43 Duluth city directory, she is Florence I Anderson, a clerk for the Standard Oil Company. She resides at 2131 West 2nd (the same address as her siblings). In the 1944 city directory, she is still Florence I Anderson, now a secretary for the Standard Oil Co. She lives at 2808 West 3rd. In the 1946 directory, she is now a “comp opr” for Standard Oil.

      In the 1950 census, she is divorced and living with her parents. She is a stenographer for the city.

      Florence was probably a comptometer operator at Standard Oil. A comptometer was an electro-mechanical adding machine and computational device used before digital computers.

      The June 25th birthdate is the birthdate on her birth certificate and on her death certificate. Mabel or Helga’s little book had Florence’s birthdate as May 25th.

      According to her obituary in the Duluth newspaper, she died on a Sunday at her home on West 12th Street. She had been a lifelong Duluth resident and had graduated from Denfield High School in 1932. She was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and had been a WAVE in World War II. She worked for Standard Oil Co. and for the City of Duluth’s engineering department. She was a member of Hillside United Methodist Church and its Elizabeth circle. She was also a member of the Ensign Garden Club and of Bethany Lutheran Church’s Sunshine Club. She was survived by her two sons and seven grandchildren.
    Person ID I302  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2024 

    Father Jan Edvard (Ed) ANDERSSON,   b. 24 Apr 1880, Olsäter, Öfre Ulleruds, Värmlands län, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1952, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Marie Elizabeth STEINHOLTZ,   b. 1 Apr 1882, Bjursås, Dalarnas län, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1955, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 6 Aug 1908  St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harold Allen SIEVERS,   b. 26 Apr 1912, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1987, St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jan 1951  St. Louis County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2015