Henry James Anderson

Brief Life History of Henry James

When Henry James Anderson was born on 9 February 1859, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Henry Anderson, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Archbold, was 23. He married Elizabeth Jane Pyper on 28 December 1882, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 7 May 1928, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry James Anderson
1859–1928
Elizabeth Jane Pyper
1862–1956
Marriage: 28 December 1882
Mabel Pearl Anderson
1883–1968
Bell Pyper Anderson
1885–1891
Henry Claude Anderson
1888–1968
Genevieve Pyper Anderson
1891–1967
Alexander Pyper Anderson
1893–1984
Wesley Archibald Anderson
1895–1907
Lawrence David Anderson
1898–1968
Clarice Pyper Anderson
1901–1922
Margaret Luella Anderson
1904–1972

Sources (47)

  • 1859-Henry Anderson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • 1859-Henry James Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Henry J in entry for Clarice Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

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

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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