Brief Life History of Andrew Christian
When Andrew Christian Andersen was born on 3 October 1860, in Trælløse, Skelby, Vordingborg, Denmark, his father, Hans Andersen, was 26 and his mother, Ane Cathrine Hansen, was 26. He married Catherine Nielsen on 9 October 1889, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Rislev, Tybjerg, Præstø, Denmark in 1870. He died on 10 November 1923, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Anders Christian Andersen in household of Hans Andersen, "Denmark Census, 1870"
- Andrew C Andersen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Magasin Du Nord
Magasin is a Danish chain of department stores that was founded in 1868 in Copenhagen and still exists today. They can be found in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the UK.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
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.
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