When Peter Erastus Anderson was born on 19 September 1864, in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Rasmus Anderson, was 32 and his mother, Ane Kirstine Nielsdatter Melander, was 30. He married Sarah Elizabeth Smyth on 15 August 1888, in Manti Utah Temple, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Clinton, Utah, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 2 April 1937, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
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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.
Possible Related NamesSarah Elizabeth Smyth was born 14 Dec 1866 in Mendon, Cache, Utah, the second daughter of Adam Craik Smyth & Emily Brown. She was born in a humble log cabin. Her mother died at the age of 25 years & 2 …
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