Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Anderson was born on 16 July 1842, in Durham, England, United Kingdom, her father, Peter Andersen, was 35 and her mother, Mary Purdom, was 29. She had at least 2 daughters with David or Peter Jones. She lived in Brandon, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 9 September 1864, at the age of 22.
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- Eleanor Anderson in household of Peter Anderson, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Ellen in entry for Ann Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
- Elean Anderson in household of Peter Anderson, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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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