| Parents: Marriage: |
John Hodgson Elizabeth Gee Jens "James" S. Anderson August 6, 1902 Fargo, Cass, North Dakota by Henry Williams, Minister and Presiding Elder Witnesses were Maud's brothers John E. Hodgson and W. D. Hodgson |
| Children: | Walter Hodgson | June 21, 1903 | † July 5, 1973 |
| Wilton James | July 12, 1905 | † Dec. 1, 1932 | |
| Notes: | In the 1881 Canadian Census, Maud was listed as being 4 years old and living with her parents and 6 siblings in |
| Bruce Mines, Algoma, Ontario Province,
Canada [NA File No. C-13282, Dist. 182, Subdistrict R, p. 92, household #6]. On Apr. 26, 1910, Maud was 33 years old and living with husband James and their two sons, Walter (age 7) and Wilton (age 5), in Grand Forks Ward 7, Grand Forks, North Dakota. James' job involved travelling and real estate. On Sept. 12, 1918, Maud had just turned 42 years old and was living with husband James and their family at 4233 Sheridan Ave. S. in Minneapolis. James was vice president of U.S.I. Realty Company. At the time of the January 10, 1920 census, Maud was 40 years old and living with her husband James and two sons in their home owned free and clear located at 4233 Sheridan Avenue in Minneapolis, MN. Also living with the family were Florance Teunis, a 29-year-old divorcée who worked as their housekeeper, and her 9-year-old son Arthur. James was then the vice president of a realty association. Both their sons were attending school, and eldest son Walter was working as a musician at a theatre. "On the 6th of August, 1902, at Fargo, North Dakota, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Anderson and Miss Maude Hodgson, a daughter of Rev. John Hodgson, a Methodist minister of Toronto, Canada, whose demise occurred in 1898, when he was in his seventieth year. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson two children have been born: Walter, twenty years of age; and Wilton, eighteen. The elder son has evinced much talent along musical lines and a brilliant career is prophesied for him by his many friends." [Source: Extracted from History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Vol. II, pg 566-567.]At the time of the Apr. 18, 1940 U.S. Federal census, Maud was 63 years old and living with his 66-year-old husband James in a home that they rented for $31/month on 10th St. South in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. They had been living in the same place as of April 1935. James had completed two years of college, and she was a high-school graduate. Neither he nor she were U.S. citizens. James was employed as an insurance agent for a life insurance company, working 48 hours a week for 52 weeks in 1939, earning $900. |
| Ancestry: | The Anderson Line [through marriage] |
| The Knud Line [through marriage] | |
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