Brief Life History of Lester Henry
When Lester Henry Anderson was born on 13 October 1888, in Pin Oak Township, Madison, Illinois, United States, his father, George Washington Anderson, was 34 and his mother, Jerusia Jane Smart, was 32. He married Mary E Lough on 22 February 1921, in Troy, Madison, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1935 and Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 23 February 1941, in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Maplelawn Park Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States.
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- Lester H Anderson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lester Henry Anderson, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Lester Henry Anderson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the personal name Ander(s), a northern Middle English form of Andrew , + son ‘son’. The frequency of the surname in Scotland is attributable, at least in part, to the fact that Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, so the personal name has long enjoyed great popularity there. Legend has it that the saint's relics were taken to Scotland in the 4th century by a certain Saint Regulus. In North America, this surname has absorbed many cognate or like-sounding surnames in other languages, notably Scandinavian (see 3 and 4 below), but also Ukrainian Andreychenko etc.
German: patronymic from the personal name Anders , hence a cognate of 1 above.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Andersson , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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