When Hans Andersen was born on 28 June 1886, in Corralitos, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, his father, Anders Andrew Andersen, was 34 and his mother, Janet Henderson, was 28. He married Mynoa Richardson on 19 October 1910, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1920 and Hidalgo, New Mexico, United States in 1930. He died on 18 May 1940, in Virden, Hidalgo, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Virden Catholic Cemetery, Virden, Hidalgo, New Mexico, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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.
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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