Brief Life History of Reuben Christian
When Reuben Christian Anderson was born about 17 December 1892, in Mantua, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Christian Anderson, was 29 and his mother, Mary Annie Tabitha Petersen, was 25. He married Chloe Gardner Anderson on 17 December 1918, in Ammon, Bingham, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ammon, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 3 March 1985, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Ammon, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Rueben C Anderson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Reuben Anderson, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- Reuben Christian Anderson, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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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1912-4 Nine hours too late to help the Titanic
Reuben Christian Anderson’s Mission Journal From April 1, 1912, to July 10, 1914 Reuben’s detail and wonderful penmanship make his journal a treasure. On page 9 (Reuben’s numbering) of his 265-page …
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