When John Anderson was born on 28 June 1840, in Baillieston, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Archibald Anderson, was 34 and his mother, Agnes Adamson, was 36. He married Helena Eleanor Rees on 20 February 1864, in Wales, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1856 and lived in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. In 1855, his occupation is listed as collier in Scotland, United Kingdom. He died on 27 May 1900, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
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 NamesANDERSON, JOHN, farmer and stockman, son of Archibald and Agnes Adamson, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 1840. His father came to Utah in ‘55, mother and three sons coming in ‘56, crossing the …
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