Brief Life History of William
When William Anderson was born on 25 December 1803, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, his father, David Henry Anderson Sr., was 30 and his mother, Isabella White Rogers, was 26. He married Jane Anderson on 30 September 1829, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Hickman, Tennessee, United States in 1830. He died on 1 February 1847, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Bedford, Tennessee, United States.
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- 1840 United States Federal Census
- William Anderson, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- William Anderson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1804 · Walton War
The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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