When Reed Gerald Anderson was born on 2 May 1909, in Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, his father, Thomas Christian Anderson, was 45 and his mother, Mary Annie Tabitha Petersen, was 41. He married Norma Curtis Galbraith on 27 May 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Dayton, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 9 July 1973, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesAn Historical Sketch of the Life of my Uncle, Reed Gerald Anderson by niece Mary Lou Anderson read at Reed's funeral: Reed Gerald Anderson was born May 2, 1909 in Ammon, Idaho to Thomas Christian …
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