Brief Life History of Hira
When Hira Anderson was born in 1878, in Kopua, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, her father, Kereama Graham Anderson, was 28 and her mother, Ngamaru Te Haurangi, was 28. She married Ngahihi Hughes in 1903, in Auckland, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 13 November 1941, in New Zealand, at the age of 63.
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Spouse and Children
1881–1960 Male
1878–1941 Female
Children (17)
1904–1949 Female
1906–1956 Male
1907–1971 Male
1909–1989 Male
1910–1975 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1851–1941 Male
1851–1945 Female
Siblings (8)
1868–2017 Female
1878–1941 Female
1885–1951 Male
1888–1959 Female
1889–1982 Male
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World Events (7)
1887 · New Zealands's First National Park
Age 9
1893
Age 15
1896 · National Council of Women
Age 18
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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