Brief Life History of Roy Francis
When Roy Francis Anderson was born on 6 June 1884, in St Paul, Neosho, Kansas, United States, his father, William Anderson, was 24 and his mother, Julia Duling, was 19. He married Elizabeth Jane Twombly on 29 June 1903, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1930 and Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States in 1940. He died on 14 December 1963, at the age of 79, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Ray Anderson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Roy F Anderson, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
- Roy Francis Anderson, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1893
Historic Boundaries: 1893: Lincoln, Nevada, United States 1909: Clark, Nevada, United States
1905
Woodlawn is one of the oldest cemeteries in Clark County. It was originally formed from the Stewart Ranch, which was owned by Archibald and Helen Wiser Stewart. In 1905 William Clark purchased the ranch from the Widow Stewart. The first recorded burial was on October 31, 1905.
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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