Gazlay Family History
Arthur Junior Anderson
Parents
| Father | Arthur Oscar Anderson (20 April 1896 - 15 May 1967) |
| Mother | Rothia May Porter (1903 - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 27 November 2012; Last Edited: 7 January 2024 |
| Person ID | 4550 |
| Name | Arthur Junior Anderson |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 5 November 1921 in Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey1, 2, 3 |
| Married | February 1942 in Elkton, Maryland to Harriet Jane Truland1, 4 |
| Died | 11 September 1943 in Salerno Bay, Italy5, 6 |
| Buried | in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy5 |
Biography
Art was Harriet’s high school sweetheart. They married during World War II. He was among 197 crewmen lost when his ship, the USS Savannah (CL-42) was struck by a German radio-controlled glide bomb.4, 6
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Harriet Jane Truland (daughter of Nira Melbourne Truland and Harriet C. Leonard) |
| Born | 10 September 1922 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Married | February 1942 in Elkton, Maryland to Arthur Junior Anderson |
| Married | 1946 to George Gottschling |
| Married | to Edward Carl Matthews (born Edward Carl May) |
| Married | December 1961 to Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley |
| Married | ca. 1969 to Earl Tilton Johnson |
| Died | 7 September 1997 in Sun City, Hillsborough County, Florida |
Sources
- Email from Helen Anderson Rickard Glass to Lee Gazlay, various dates in March 2014, providing information about her brother Arthur J. Anderson, his wife Harriet, and other relatives.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New Jersey, Union County, Hillside Township, Enumeration District 21-83, Sheet No. 28A, family of Arthur O. Anderson (37, Mass., electrician, divorced, first married age 21); daughter Helen T. Anderson (7, New Hampshire); son Arthur O. Anderson Jr. (8, New Jersey); servant Elsie Merrill (23, New Jersey)
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New Jersey, Essex County, Verona, Enumeration District 7-364, Sheet No. 5B, family of Arthor [sic] Anderson (45, Mass., electrician); wife Elsie Anderson (33, New Jersey); son Arthor Anderson Jr. (18, New Jersey); daughter Helen Anderson (17, New Jersey [sic]); border Herbert Knight (44, New Jersey, auditor, publishing co.).
- Email from Bonnie Medley Atkinson to Lee Gazlay, various dates in November and December 2012.
- Find a Grave (website). Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy; Anderson, Arthur J., EM2; died 11 September 1943; Entered the service from New Jersey [from record].
- wikipedia.org, USS Savannah (CL-42). The article provides a history of the Brooklyn-class light cruiser, including the loss of 197 crewmen in Salerno Bay, Italy, when she was struck by a radio-controlled German glide bomb.