Brief Life History of William
When William Anderson was born on 29 March 1809, in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, his father, William Anderson Sr., was 28 and his mother, Mary Joy Morrell, was 24. He married Emmeline Tilton Stewart on 9 September 1831, in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 12 September 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (10)
- William Jr. Anderson, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Anderson - Published information: death: 11 June 1846; Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
- William Anderson, "Utah, Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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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