Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Anderson was born on 9 March 1865, in Kilen, Ål, Kopparberg, Sweden, his father, Jan Anderson, was 36 and his mother, Anna Olofsdotter, was 40. He married Amalia Carolina Lagergren Olsson on 23 December 1885, in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Gunnison Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 24 January 1934, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Peter Anderson, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Peter Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Peter Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1884 · Fredrika Bremer Association is Founded
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
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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My Father, Peter Anderson by Vivian Marguerette Anderson
My father, Peter Anderson, was the son of Johan Anderson and Anna Olsson. There were six children in this family but only three lived to manhood, John Anderson, Andrew Johansson, and Peter Anderson. …
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