JOHN ANDERSON was born in 1864 to Norwegian immigrants Ingeborg and Ingeweld Anderson in Wisconsin in 1864.
John married Olga PONCHENE and in 1910 she was living in Kodiak with their daughter, Mary. In 1920 John and Olga were living in Kenai with two daughters, Mary and Ann. He was a cook on a steamship. In 1930 he and Olga were living in Seldovia and he was a cook at one of the salmon canneries.
John died in 1933 and is buried in the Seldovia Hillside Cemetery. Olga married Mike Balashoff in 1936.