Genet Anderson Sr.

Brief Life History of Genet

When Genet Anderson Sr. was born on 4 August 1793, in Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, United States, his father, Garland Anderson Sr., was 51 and his mother, Marcia Elizabeth Burbidge, was 46. He married Maria Drummond Harris on 12 November 1821, in Caroline, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1811. He died on 9 April 1834, in Hanover, Virginia, United States, at the age of 40.

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Family Time Line

Genet Anderson Sr.
1793–1834
Maria Drummond Harris
1803–1879
Marriage: 12 November 1821
John Garland Anderson
1818–
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
1822–1844
Littleton Goodwin Anderson
1824–
Genet Anderson Jr.
1826–1862
Anna Anderson
1830–
Addison Lewis Anderson
1830–1831
Robert Semple Anderson
1832–1889
Marcia Thomas Anderson
1834–1851

Sources (8)

  • 1820 United States Federal Census
  • Genet or Gerret Anderson, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
  • Genet Anderson, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

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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