Lloyd Alva Anderson (1902 - 2000)

Born 4 Aug 1902 in Roy, Pierce, Washington, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Gertrude (Gaiser) Anderson — married 19 Jun 1932 in Yakima, Washington, United States

Died 13 Sep 2000 at age 98 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States

Biography

Lloyd Anderson is Notable.

Lloyd was born to John Anderson and Addie Wilson in 1902.

He attended the University of Washington and earned a BS in electrical engineering.^[1][2]

In 1932, he married Mary Gertrude Gaiser.^[3]

Lloyd and Mary were avid mountaineers and part of the Mountaineers Society.^[4] Seeing a need for quality gear, they created REI in 1938, a consumer cooperative.^[5]

In 1980, he published the book "Climbing Notebook".

In 1993, they were inducted into the Cooperative Business Association's Hall of Fame.^[6]

He passed away in 2000.^[7][8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Beers, Carole. "Lloyd Anderson,REI founder, dies" (https://www.seattletimes.com/ : accessed 2 Mar 2020) The Seattle Times Seattle, Washington 23 Sept 2000
2. ↑ Lloyd Anderson at NNDB
3. ↑ "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9M-KQLX : 28 November 2018), Lloyd A Anderson and G Mary Gaiser, 19 Jun 1932, Yakima, Washington, United States, Washington State Archives, Olympia; FamilySearch digital folder 007285622.
4. ↑ Drosendahl, Glenn. "The Mountaineers" (https://historylink.org/ : accessed 2 Mar 2020) History Link Essay 20547 Posted 20 Apr 2018
5. ↑ Morse, Gardiner (May 2003). "Gearing Up at REI". (https://www.hbr.org : accessed 1 Mar 2020) Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
6. ↑ "Lloyd and Mary Anderson". Cooperative Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 25, 2012.Lloyd and Mary Anderson". Cooperative Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
7. ↑ "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLW9-Z9MS : 13 July 2017), Lloyd A Anderson, 13 Sep 2000, King, Washington, United States; from the Department of Health, Death Index, 1907-1960; 1965-2014, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/472 : n.d.); Citing Washington State Department of Health.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3VP-Y2R : 20 May 2014), Lloyd A Anderson, 13 Sep 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4V-B467 : accessed 2 March 2020), Mr Lloyd Anderson, Washington, United States, 28 Sep 2000; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Seattle Post-Intelligencer, born-digital text.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJZ-RSQ : accessed 2 March 2020), Lloyd Anderson in household of John Anderson, Roy, Pierce, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 203, sheet 11B, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1665; FHL microfilm 1,375,678.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHNQ-GPX : accessed 2 March 2020), Lloyd Anderson in household of John Anderson, Roy, Pierce, Washington, United States; citing ED 227, sheet 7A, line 22, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1937; FHL microfilm 1,821,937.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC33-1GV : accessed 2 March 2020), Lloyd A Anderson in household of Charles G Flanagan, Seattle, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 17A, line 21, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2493; FHL microfilm 2,342,227.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K93K-XY9 : 27 July 2019), Lloyd Anderson, Tract S-3, Seattle, Seattle Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-332, sheet 6B, line 55, family 155, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4383.

See Also:

• Lloyd Anderson on Wikipedia
• Wikidata: Item Q88502440
• The Mountaineer, 1938
• The Mountaineer, 1940
• The Mountaineer, 1941
• The Mountaineer, 1947