Born in Shell Rock, Butler, Iowa, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Sylvester Anderson
and Minnie May (Rucker) Anderson
Sister of
Freda M Anderson
Wife of
Robert Stone Willhite
— married
24 Dec 1919 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
Wife of
Floyd Wilbur Traverse
— married
30 Jun 1945 in Kane, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Robert Simeon Willhite and Betty Jean (Willhite) Bunker
Died
at age 77
in Richland Center, Richland, Wisconsin, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Dec 2013
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Biography
Gladys was born in 1896. She was the daughter of George Sylvester Anderson and Minnie May Rucker.
She married:
- Robert Stone Willhite, 24 Dec 1919
- Floyd Wilbur Traverse, 30 Jun 1945
She passed away in 1973 and is buried in East Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, Illinois.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8Y1-ZB1 : accessed 15 December 2014), Gladys Willhite in household of Henry F Barkhaus, Waterloo Ward 1, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 16B, family 442, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,820,478.
- "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWHL-GZY : accessed 15 December 2014), Gladys Willhite, Ward 2, Batavia, Batavia Township, Kane, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-50, sheet 4A, family 70, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 820, NARA digital publication of T627, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJK5-1VJ : accessed 15 December 2014), Robert S. Willhite and Gladys Anderson, 24 Dec 1919; citing Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #63024108
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gladys by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gladys:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gladys by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gladys:
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~0.78%
Robert Mahan
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~0.78%
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Rejected matches › Gladys Helen (Anderson) Morris (abt.1897-)
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