Brief Life History of Anna Maria
When Anna Maria Anderson was born on 17 August 1821, in Transvaal, South Africa, her father, Andrew Anderson, was 37 and her mother, Mary, was 30. She married Peter D Johnson on 9 October 1846, in Norderhov, Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. She died on 3 March 1906, in Blair, Washington, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Blair, Washington, Nebraska, United States.
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- Anne M Johnson in household of Peter Johnson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Anna Maria Johnson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Anna Maria Anderstadt in entry for Anna Maria Lonassen, "Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1844
Historical Boundaries: 1844: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1856: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Washington, Nebraska, United States
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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