Grant Young Anderson

Brief Life History of Grant Young

When Grant Young Anderson was born on 18 July 1900, in Wanship, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, John Weber Anderson, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Wikoff Young, was 29. He married Edith Elizabeth Wilson on 10 September 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1895 and lived in United States in 1949 and Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 5 June 1987, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Grant Young Anderson
1900–1987
Edith Elizabeth Wilson
1898–1972
Marriage: 10 September 1924
Edith Jean Anderson
1925–2000
Grant Wilson Anderson
1928–1994
Helen Patricia Anderson
1932–2019
Jay Paul Anderson
1938–2022

Sources (31)

  • Grant Y Anderson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Grant Young Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Grant Young Anderson, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1901 · The Daughters of Utah Pioneers

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized by Annie Taylor Hyde after she invited a group of fifty-four women to her home to find ways to recognize names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers. They followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were legally incorporated in 1925.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

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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