When Nils Anderson was born on 19 February 1816, in Barsebäck, Harjager, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Anders Bodelsson, was 40 and his mother, Elna Jonsdotter, was 31. He married Pernilla Pehrsdotter on 6 December 1850, in Billeberga, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Huntsville Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 30 June 1907, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States.
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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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