Brief Life History of Anna Louisa
When Anna Louisa Anderson was born on 24 June 1856, in Holm, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, John Andersson, was 38 and her mother, Maria Stina Olsson, was 32. She married Charles Pehr Andersson on 3 October 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Svanskog, Värmland, Sweden for about 5 years and St Johns Precinct, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1900. She died on 27 December 1939, in Saint Johns, Apache, Arizona, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Saint Johns, Apache, Arizona, United States.
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- Anna L Anderson in household of John Anderson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Anna Louise Anderson im Eintrag für Lettie Frances Anderson, „Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930“
- Anna Louise Anderson, "Arizona, Deaths, 1870-1951"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1873
Historical Boundaries: 1873: Yavapai, Arizona Territory, United States 1879: Apache, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Apache, Arizona, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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The Anderson Family's Pump Organ
On January 18, 1887, the Anderson family received a Mason and Hamlin organ from Chicago. It cost $131.50. Anna Louise, who was a very skilled musician, taught all of her children, and many other peopl …
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