Brief Life History of Verna Emeline
When Verna Emeline Anderson was born on 3 April 1898, in Burrville, Sevier, Utah, United States, her father, James Smith Anderson, was 29 and her mother, Zilpha Clarissa Hancock, was 23. She immigrated to Canada in 1903 and lived in Burrville Election Precinct, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900 and Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada for about 5 years. She died on 7 June 1935, in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 37, and was buried in Temple Hill Cemetery, Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.
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- Verna E Anderson, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Verna Emmeline Anderson, "BillionGraves Index"
- Verna Emmeline Anderson, "Utah, Early Mormon Missionary Database"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · The Daughters of Utah Pioneers
The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized by Annie Taylor Hyde after she invited a group of fifty-four women to her home to find ways to recognize names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers. They followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were legally incorporated in 1925.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
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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