Brief Life History of Anders
When Anders Anderson was born on 22 October 1716, in Fläckebo, Västmanland, Sweden, his father, Anders Nielson, was 28 and his mother, Kerstin Andersdotter, was 23. He married Kierstin Bengtsdr on 16 June 1728, in Alingsås landsförsamling, Älvsborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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Sources (5)
- Anders Andersson, "Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920"
- Anders Andersson in entry for Johanna, "Sweden Baptisms, 1611-1920"
- Anders Andersson, "Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920"
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Children (12)
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World Events (4)
1720
Northern War occurred.
1743
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
1809
Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
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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