When Peter Anderton was born on 6 April 1844, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Anderton, was 40 and his mother, Mary Leather, was 33. He married Elizabeth Plant in 1865, in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 9 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1869 and lived in Saint Clair, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States for about 1 years. He died on 9 November 1894, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Evanston City Cemetery, Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of the three places so named, in Cheshire, Lancashire, and Devon. Those in Cheshire and Lancashire are named with the personal name Ēanrēd (Old English) or Eindrithi (Old Norse) + Old English tūn ‘settlement’. The Devon placename, recorded as Underdon in 1270, means ‘below the down’.
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Birth: Apr. 6, 1844 Wigan Lancashire, England Death: Nov. 9, 1894 Evanston Uinta County Wyoming, USA CO H. 75 PA INF Peter Anderton, third son of John and Mary Leather Anderton, was born 6 April 184 …
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