Brief Life History of William
When William Anderson Sr was born on 5 July 1872, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Anderson Jr, was 36 and his mother, Mary Jane Scott, was 35. He married Mildred B. Moore on 26 September 1901, in Palmyra Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Shaler Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Aspinwall, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 14 August 1938, at the age of 66.
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Sources (8)
- William Anderson in household of James Anderson, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Anderson, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- William Anderson, "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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