When Vendla Matilda Anderson was born on 22 July 1871, in Kalax, Närpiö, Vaasa, Finland, her father, Matthew Matts Andersson Ruostetniemi, was 21 and her mother, Anna Lisa Andersson, was 29. She married Johan George Persson on 3 January 1892, in Hudiksvall, Gävleborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Hälsingtuna, Gävleborg, Sweden for about 9 years and Hudiksvall, Gävleborg, Sweden in 1900. She died on 3 March 1940, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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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