Earl Anderson

Male3 April 1912–March 1968

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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Earl Anderson
1912–1968
Iris May Shearer
1916–2016
Marriage: 27 July 1935

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

  • Marriage
    27 July 1935Indiana, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

    Age 7

    During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.

    1927

    Age 15

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    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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