Brief Life History of Earl
When Earl Anderson was born on 3 April 1912, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Anders Andersson, was 35 and his mother, Blanche Miller, was 35. He married Iris May Shearer on 27 July 1935, in Indiana, United States. He lived in Donaldson, West Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States in 1940 and Mentone, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States in 1950. He died in March 1968, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 55.
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Sources (10)
- Earl Anderson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Earl Anderson, "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915"
- Earl Anderson, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
1912–1968 Male
1916–2016 Female
Parents and Siblings
1876–1970 Male
1876–1945 Female
Siblings (3)
1908–1987 Male
1912–1968 Male
1917–1956 Male
World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 1
1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Age 7
1927
Age 15
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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