Brief Life History of John H.
When John H. Anderson was born about 1874, in Izard, Arkansas, United States, his father, James A. Anderson, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Cooper, was 32.
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Parents and Siblings
1841–1903 Male
1843–1923 Female
Siblings (6)
1863–1951 Male
1864–1934 Male
1871– Female
1872– Female
1874– Male
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World Events (3)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 1
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
Age 1
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
Age 9
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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