Brief Life History of John Donald
When John Donald Anderson was born on 10 February 1917, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Frans Oscar Anderson, was 27 and his mother, Gunhild Malvina Christine Anderson, was 21. He married Karma Hollingsworth Greaves on 30 April 1941, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1939 and lived in United States in 1935 and Richmond Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 9 November 2008, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Preston Cemetery, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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- John D Anderson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Donald Anderson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- John Donald Anderson, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1925 · Lorenzo E. Hansen Elected Mayor
Lorenzo E. Hansen was elected as mayor in 1925 and served five consecutive terms. As mayor, Hansen placed permanent garbage cans at prominent places and organized special projects to provide work for those affected by the Great Depression. Their pay was in the form of regulated orders filled by local merchants. Items such as gum, candy, cigarettes, and liquor were prohibited through this program.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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