Brief Life History of James
When James Anderson Jr. was born on 22 October 1866, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, James Anderson, was 24 and his mother, Hannah Matilda Cheney, was 17. He married Ada Adelia Sanderson on 10 November 1886, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Ophir Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 30 January 1951, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Fairview Upper Cemetery, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- James Anderson, "United States 1950 Census"
- James Jr. Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- James Anderson in entry for Unknown, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
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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 The Amendment was later repealed.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
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.
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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By Loren Asceal Anderson In writing the story of my father's life, it is not intended to occupy any center of interest for myself, however, it might be of interest to the reader to know the circumsta …
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