William Andersen

Brief Life History of William

When William Andersen was born on 27 January 1869, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Hans Andersen, was 49 and his mother, Maren Jensdatter, was 41. He married Florence Ella Henrie on 8 February 1899, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Benson, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900 and Howell, Box Elder, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 May 1958, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Andersen
1869–1958
Harriet Ann Davis
1883–1977
Marriage: 19 April 1905
Windom Earl Andersen
1906–1907
Mary Cedy Andersen
1907–1998
Florence Ella Andersen
1908–1988
David Hans Andersen
1910–1920
Woodrow Davis Andersen
1912–1950
Maude Andersen
1914–1986
Preston Andersen
1916–1996
Erma Andersen
1917–1994
Afton Andersen
1920–2010
Joseph Fielding Andersen
1921–2003
Mirl Erwin Andersen
1922–2011
Norma Ann Andersen
1925–2013
Darwin Davis Andersen
1928–2014

Sources (114)

  • William Anderson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • William Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • William Andersen, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed

Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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