Brief Life History of Alexander
When Alexander Anderson was born about 1854, in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Anderson, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Hewitt, was 19. He married Margaret Carson on 29 December 1876, in Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 17 March 1930, in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 77.
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- Alexander Anderson in household of Thomas Anderson, "Scotland Census, 1861"
- Legacy NFS Source: Alexander Anderson - Published information: Census record: birth-name: Alexander Anderson
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about 1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
1874 · Patronage abolished in the Church of Scotland.
The Church Patronage Act 1874 was passed by Parliament and amended and altered the laws relating to the Appointment of Ministers to Parishes in Scotland. Paragraphs spelled out definitions to prevent the Act being subverted by processes used by Patrons and clarified that the Church of Scotland would decide on the qualifications required for Ministers.
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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