Brief Life History of Anders
When Anders Anderson was born on 20 February 1835, in Komstad, Stiby, Jerrestad, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Anders Nilsson, was 33 and his mother, Sissa Hansdotter, was 29. He married Bola Pearson on 31 May 1861, in Borrby, Kristianstad, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Långaröd, Färs, Malmöhus, Sweden in 1862 and Borrby, Kristianstad, Sweden in 1877. He died on 28 October 1882, in Stiby, Jerrestad, Kristianstad, Sweden, at the age of 47.
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- Birth Record Sweden, Kristianstad Church Records, 1585-1910; index 1646-1860; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS6X-1ZS?cc=1978124&wc=MCXZ-HP8%3A260520901%2C259404601%2C261779401
- Anders Andersson, "Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1848 · The March Unrest
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
1852
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
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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