Barbara (Wilson) Anderson (1833 - 1916)

Born Jul 1833 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of David Wilson and Mary Ann (Black) Burkman

Wife of Lyburn Anderson — married 13 Aug 1857 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Descendants

Died 16 May 1916 at age 82 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Biography

Barbara (Wilson) Anderson has Scottish Ancestors.

Barbara (Wilson) Anderson has Irish ancestors.

Barbara was the daughter of David Wilson and Mary Black born Jul 1833 in Washington, D.C.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} At the time of her birth, the District was still young and raw. Barbara was probably rare in that she could claim to have a family presence in D.C. going back over 20 years (her mother, Mary, was born in D.C. shortly after Mary's parents married there in 1813).

What is now a metropolis, was originally a few farms and the small town of Georgetown with only 289 households ^[7] Georgetown was originally an Indian village but was first patented by a Scotsman in 1703 with the Scots and Irish continuing to have a strong representation in the area.^[7] Although the Scots and Irish were never a majority, a perusal of Barbara's pedigree clearly shows in abundance of Scotch/Irish ancestors. The English in Maryland and Virginia during the 18th century were mainly in the Tidewater area. Georgetown, however, was on the fall line that separated the tidewater from the mountain. That old Indian village was on an offshoot of the Seneca trail - one of the three ancient Indian trails later used by the Scotch/Irish. While the Tidewater was settled by the English coming up the Chesapeake, the Scotch/Irish typically landed in Philadelphia and traveled by land through Pennsylvania and Maryland to head down the Shenandoah Valley bound for Kentucky, Tennessee, and other destinations. Not surprisingly, many of Barbara's ancestors had traveled through or lived in that valley.

Barbara was only 11 years old when her father died in 1844. Her mother was six months pregnant at the time, Her sister Henrietta was born in January of the following year.

Ward 7

The family lived in Southwest Waterfront||The Island^[1], also known as 'The Island.' a neighborhood with mixed ethnicity south of the Mall and bounded by the Potomac to the West and South and the Washington City Canal to the North and East. Nearby residents included the Johann Berkmann, the Andersons, and the Lipphardts, Mary Ann, a widow with two young children married Johann Berckmann. a carpenter from Frankfurt am Main, on 9 Oct 1850. They had a son, John, who became a cabinet maker and supplied furniture for the White House, the Capitol, and the Supreme Court chambers. Barbara, too, married a neighboring resident, Librun Anderson on 13 Aug 1857.^[8] Although her mother had married at age 15, Barbara was 24 when she married. Her husband, however, was still not of full age at 19 or 20. With his parents recently deceased, the young couple lived in the Berckmann household with Librun and his younger brother Albert joining Johann, Mary Ann, Henrietta, and John. Barbara's uncle lived next door.^[2] The home was likely getting crowded as the young couple had two boys in 1858 (one died in infancy) and a girl in 1860.

From this home at 1326 Union St, they moved to 1317 Union St. SW (this street no longer exists but was near present day 612 D St SW) from at least 1866 to 1870. In early 1870, they were still living at their own home on Union St. (near 4th and N St. SW)^[9] Their family was growing with the addition of Albert, William, Charles, and Estell (two other children were stillborn).^[3]

Around 1872, they moved three blocks north to 817 6th St. SW ^[9] where they added two more children, Lulu and Ernest, and remained for the rest of their lives.^[10] The next door neighbor at 815 was Andrew Archer. Kate Emma's daughter Mary Estelle later married Mr. Archer who was nearly 50 years her senior. In 1880, we see George Farr boarding at 724 6th St, having moved from St. Mary's County, Maryland to 6th St SW in the 1870s. In 1881, he married Kate Emma Anderson. The Lipphards are still living nearby, now on O St SW. Lybrun's brotherAlbert married one of their daughters and is living in the home and Barbara's niece Mary (Smith) Goldsmith is two doors down with her husband and children and Lavinia Black, the widow of Barabara's uncle, is still in 1326 Union St SW and her sister Henrietta (Wilson) Smith is living at 1315 Union St SW with her husband Joseph Smith and children and her half-brother John Berckmann and his family.^[11]

Between 1880 and 1886, the Thomas Pulman, Jr. family had moved to the area from Alexandria, living first on 4 1/2 st and later on 6th St. In 1900, their home was on H St, just around the corner from Lybrun's home^[12] and by Apr 1900, young Carrie Ellen Pulman had married Lybrun's son Ernest and the two of them were living with Ernest's sister Kate and her husband George Farr and their children at 1332 Union St.^[13] The home possibly belonged to Joseph Smith and Henrietta (Wilson) Smith, Barbara's brother-in-law and sister, who were also residing their along with their son. Possibly to make room for the newlyweds, one of the Farr children, Mary Estelle Farr, was living at Lybrun's home. In 1907, she married Lybrun's neighbor, Andrew Archer and was then Lybrun's neighbor. The Lipphards continue to be in the neighborhood and we find Adolph Lipphard on 487 I St. SW (near 6th St). Mary Farr likely knew them when they were there and even though they moved out of the neighborhood, she married Edward Lipphard in 1913.

In 1910.^[6] Ernest and Carrie had moved to their own place at 1229 6th St. SW. Andrew Archer died the next year and George and Kate (Anderson) Farr moved from Union St into 815 6th St. Their daughter Katie moved in with her grandparents at 817 6th SW.

After nearly 50 years of marriage and 11 children, Barbara passed away at home at 7:40 a.m. on 16 May 1916 and is buried at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., Plot: R87/141 ^[14].

DNA

• MRCA: Edward Wilson/Phoebe Jane Flemming

Paternal relationship is confirmed with a triangulated MyHeritageDNA test match on chromosome 11 for 8.2 cM and on chromosome 11 for 29 cM between MCW/Thomas Anderson: 6c1r; Thomas Anderson/Carl Bogue: 6c1r; Carl Bogue/MCW: 5c

Paternal relationship is confirmed with a triangulated MyHeritageDNA test match on chromosome 11 for 9.5 cM between MCW/James Anderson: 6c1r; James Anderson/Carl Bogue: 6c1r; Carl Bogue/MCW: 5c

Research Notes

Vitals of Children

grey background = decessit vita matris

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Age	Children	Notes
Henry Clarence	1858-07-22	1919-08-20	61	None
Samual Clinton	1858-07-22	1859-03-08	1	None	pneumonia
Kate Emma (Farr)	1860-03-00	1940-04-13	80+	6	Died after this date
Albert Edward	1862-09-00	1907-09-16	45	None	pulmonary tuberculosis
unknown	1863-09-00	1863-09-07	0	None	stillborn
unknown	1864-07-00	1864-07-24	0	None	stillborn
William Joseph	1867-09-00	1910-03-16	42	4
Charles Librum	1868-03-00	1868-08-08	0.5	None
Estelle	1869-00-00	1870-07-05	1	None
Lula Wilson	1871-06-23	1892-02-19	21	None
Ernest Robert	1873-12-10	1955-09-06	81	7

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX69-89W : 9 November 2014), Barbara Wilson in household of Mary A Wilson, Washington, ward 7, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing family 650, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCVS-H41 : 30 December 2015), Baitary Anderson in entry for Henry Burkman, 1860.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4S-R48 : 17 October 2014), Barbara Anderson in household of Lybrun Anderson, District of Columbia, United States; citing p. 290, family 2363, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,625.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6CC-BK2 : 13 July 2016), Lybrun Anderson, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 83, sheet 297B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0124; FHL microfilm 1,254,
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMFQ-1FK : 20 January 2015), Barbara Anderson in household of Lybrun Anderson, Washington city, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,162.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLD-HJ3 : 29 October 2015), Barbara Anderson in household of Lybrun Anderson, Precinct 4, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 1A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,164.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Carlton Fletcher. Who Settled Georgetown?, Glover Park History, 7 Jul 2021,URL
8. ↑ "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNT9-2ZN : 1 June 2015), Librun Anderson and Barbary Wilson, 1857.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1}

   TitleWashington, District of Columbia, City Directory, 1871

   Name	Lybrun Anderson	Street Address	1317 Union SW

   Washington, District of Columbia, City Directory, 1873

   Name	Lybrun Anderson	Street Address	817 6th SW

10. ↑ Lybrun's sister-in-law, Fannie, was living at 1321 4 1/2 St. (near Union St) when she died in 1884. Luke, Jr had died in 1880 and he and Fannie lived on 14th SW at that time. Possibly she moved after his death.
11. ↑ Margaret (Doyle) Berckmann's brother Peter, it might be noted, was the lover of Walt Whitman and an eye-witness to the assassination of Abe Lincoln. Peter also lived in the neighborhood at 497 M St. SW
12. ↑ to Pulman house
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMF7-YV7 : accessed 22 April 2018), Carolin A Anderson in household of Geo A Farr, Washington city, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 14A, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,162.
14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 07 July 2021), memorial page for Barbara Wilson Anderson (Jul 1833–16 May 1916), Find A Grave: Memorial #99366162, citing Congressional Cemetery, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA