Contra Costa County Biography

JANCE J. ANDERSON

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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Jance J. Anderson, a native son and popular business man of Martinez, devoted 
his attention to the duties devolving upon him as owner and manager of the 
warehouse and wood and coal business. He was born in Contra Costa County on 
March 5, 1870. His father came to the coast via the Isthmus route on the steamer 
"Oregon," and settled in this county. He operated boats on the bay and river for 
many years. He was a native of Denmark, and died in 1910. Mr. Anderson's mother 
was a native of Ireland, and makes her home with her daughter in Pacheco. Jance 
J. acquired his education in the public schools and St. Mary's College of San 
Francisco. He afterward assisted his father in the lumber business at Pacheco 
and Martinez. The Pacheco yard was one of the first lumber yards to start in 
Contra Costa County. In 1909 the subject of this review engaged in the warehouse 
and wood and coal business in Martinez. He is also identified with the interests 
on the bay. Politically, Mr. Anderson is a Democrat. He has served as town 
trustee for a period of four years. Fraternally, he is a member of the W. O. W. 
He was united in marriage October 5, 1895, to Minnie Loring, of Concord, a 
daughter of one of the representative business men of Concord. To this union 
have been born three sons - Jepsen D., Cecil A., and Loring L. Mrs. Anderson 
holds membership in the Women of Woodcraft and is a member of the grand board of 
directors of the Young Ladies' Institute of California and has served as 
president of the Women's Improvement Club of Martinez. Mr. Anderson is a man of 
enterprise and ambition, and is numbered among the representative business men 
of Martinez. He received the appointment as postmaster of Martinez from 
President Wilson, and took office in the fall of 1916.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California", Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
pp. 516-517.