Thomas Gummersall Anderson

Thomas Gummersall Anderson (1779–1875) was a fur trader, soldier, and prominent employee in the British Indian Department.

Thomas Gummersall Anderson was born in 1779 to a loyalist family who had taken refuge in the Province of Quebec following the outbreak of the American Revolution.

At the behest of Markland's half-brother Robert Mackenzie, Anderson was sent to the post of Michilimackinac in 1800 to participate in the fur trade.

They had two children, but separated when Anderson moved to Canada after the War of 1812 and his wife refused to leave her home area.

[2] With the outbreak of the War of 1812, Anderson left his fur trading career and volunteered to serve with the British forces.