Brief Life History of Walter
When Walter Anderson was born on 21 October 1877, his father, Andrew Anderson, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Woodhead, was 21. He married Maggie Cumming Wallace on 25 July 1913. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 10 January 1935, in Māwhera - Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand, at the age of 57.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Legacy NFS Source: Walter Anderson - Government record: birth-name: Walter Anderson
Spouse and Children
1877–1935 Male
1890–1971 Female
Children (3)
1914–1986 Male
1915–2002 Female
1923–1991 Female
Parents and Siblings
1851–1900 Male
1856–1930 Female
Siblings (9)
1869–1894 Female
1877–1935 Male
1879–1945 Female
1881–1959 Female
1883–1951 Male
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World Events (5)
1887 · New Zealands's First National Park
Age 10
1893
Age 16
1896 · National Council of Women
Age 19
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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