Brief Life History of John Alfred
John Alfred Anderson was born on 19 November 1854, in Norway as the son of Andrew Vold and Maria Johnson. He married Emerentia 'Emma' Andersdotter on 8 February 1875, in Halden, Østfold, Norway. He immigrated to United States in 1867 and lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 14 August 1929, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- John A Andersen, "United States Census, 1920"
- Johan Alfred Andersen, "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926"
- John Alfred Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1855 · Erik Werenskiold
Birth year of Erik Werenskiold Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was especially known for his drawings of the Asbjørnsen and Moe fairytale collection.
1856
Historical Boundaries 1856: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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