1.2.3 – 3rd child of Samuel Anderson and Elizabeth Timbs
Samuel ANDERSON Sophia Alice BAILEY
b.26th May 1854 b. 30th October 1866
at Jamberoo, NSW at Broughton Creek, NSW
d. 17th December 1928 d. 18th October 1944
at Coffs Harbour, NSW at Coffs Harbour, NSW
Samuel and Sophia married on the 11th June 1885 at Broughton Creek, NSW. They were the first of five Anderson siblings to marry children of John Bailey and Elizabeth King. They followed several of their sons north to the Coffs Harbour area around 1910 and settled in the Boambee area with their family. Sam and Sophia, or Alice as she was known, were to have a large family of thirteen children.

Samuel & Sophia Anderson, taken at Boambee, 1919.
Samuel and Sophia’s children are as listed below:
1.2.3.1 Walter John ANDERSON b.18th August 1886 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.2 Barbara Elizabeth ANDERSON b.29th December 1887 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.3 Thomas William ANDERSON b & d.29th October 1889 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.4 Joseph Samuel ANDERSON b.18th May 1891 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.5 Charles Edward ANDERSON b.14th April 1893 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.6 Alice Jane ANDERSON b.13th July 1895 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.7 Frank Edgar ANDERSON b.19th December 1897 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.8 Bruce Herbert ANDERSON b.29th October 1899 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.9 Donald Dunbar ANDERSON b.23rd September 1901 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.10 Dixon Stanley ANDERSON b.31st January 1903 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.11 Sam Spencer ANDERSON b.28th June 1904 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.12 Alberta Adelaide ANDERSON b.27th March 1906 at Berry, NSW
1.2.3.13 Archibald Adolphus ANDERSON 14th August 1907 at Berry, NSW

Samuel & Sophia Anderson & Family
Back Row: Joseph, Bruce, Walter, Charles, Frank, Alberta, Dixon, Donald.
Front Row: Archibald, Alice, Samuel, Sophia, Sam.
Photo taken 1919 at Boambee (absent: Barbara)