When Frederick Wilhelm Andersen was born on 11 February 1851, in Falkerslev, Nykøbing, Denmark, his father, Wilhelm Andersen, was 32 and his mother, Henriette Laurentze Berntsen, was 28. He married Sarah Ann Cox on 8 January 1872, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 19 July 1922, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Nels, Per, Anders, Holger, Jorgen, Thor, Bjorn, Helmer, Alf.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas . Compare Anderson 1.
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesIn the year 1850 Mormon Elders were sent to open a mission in the Scandinavian countries. Within a few days after their arrival these elders commenced missionary work which soon spread from Denmark …
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