Corporal, US Army, Margaret Lucille Hughes Anderson
Born: 6 October 1900, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
Died: 21 May 1977, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico
Burial Site: SFNC Section Y, Site 106
Margaret Lucille Hughes (Anderson) served as an Army nurse from June 29, 1917, through March 29, 1919. [i] She was deployed to England on July 31, 1919, on the U.S.S. Walmer Castle, [ii] and returned from Brest, France on March 19, 1919, on the U.S.S. Great Northern.[iii]
Hughes was born October 6, 1900, in Des Moines to Tandy and Jennie Hughes.[iv] At the age of 19, she married Clee Anderson in Polk Iowa.[v] Clee Anderson was also a veteran of the First World War and is buried next to his wife in the Santa Fe National Cemetery.[vi] The couple lived in Des Moines until 1961 when they moved to Albuquerque.[vii] Their son William Clee Anderson was born in Des Moines in 1930.[viii] Margaret Anderson died May 21, 1977, in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she had lived for 16 years.[ix]
Notes:
[i] U. S. Veterans’ Gravesites, ca. 1775-2019
[ii] The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 611
[iii] The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 110
[iv] State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Title: Iowa Birth Records, 1888-1904
[v] Iowa Marriage Records, 1880-1937
[vi] U. S. Veterans’ Gravesites, ca. 1775-2019
[vii] 1920, 1930, 1940,and 1950 Federal Censuses; Margaret Anderson obituary, Albuquerque Tribune May 23, 1977
[viii] Iowa Births, 1880-1904, 1921-1946. State Historical Society of Iowa, State Archives, Des Moines, Iowa.; Iowa Delayed Births, 1856-1940. State Historical Society of Iowa, States Archives, Des Moines, Iowa
[ix] Obituary, Albuquerque Tribune May 23, 1977
Prepared by Sue Taylor, Ph.D., Central New Mexico Community College