Robert Clair Anderson

Brief Life History of Robert Clair

When Robert Clair Anderson was born on 8 January 1902, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Lewis Robert Anderson, was 29 and his mother, Clara Maria Munk, was 28. He married Rachel Holbrook on 25 May 1927, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Manti Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 28 October 1972, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Clair Anderson
1902–1972
Rachel Holbrook
1903–1946
Marriage: 25 May 1927
Reed Holbrook Anderson
1928–1928
Ruth Anderson
1932–2021
William Elliott Anderson
1935–1967
Anderson
1936–1936

Sources (39)

  • Robert Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Robert Clair Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Robert Clair Anderson, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1905 · Manti High School

The need for a high school came to the residents of Manti. The high school started as a one-year high school and was located in the Tabernacle. The new high school building was started the same year and was completed for the start of the second year. 

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

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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