When Richard Jordan Anderson was born about 1802, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, James Anderson, was 49 and his mother, Susannah Sukey Brown, was 41. He married Ann “Anna” Montgomery on 12 November 1838, in St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1892, in Hallettsville, Lavaca, Texas, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Hallettsville City Cemetery, Hallettsville, Lavaca, Texas, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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