When Andrew John Anderson was born on 2 August 1860, in Hunnekulla, Bällefors, Skaraborg, Sweden, his father, Gustaf Anderson, was 37 and his mother, Mary Christina Johnsson, was 24. He married Cynthia Ann Yeaman on 7 December 1882, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States in 1910 and Ogden City Legislative District 3, Ogden City Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 3 February 1943, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, 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 NamesIn 1860 at a small farming village called Kleva in the Vestergotland Area of Sweden, a son was born to Gustave Anderson and Maria Hakansson. They lived in a one room house with a thatched roof. Like m …
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