Niels Peter Anderson

Brief Life History of Niels Peter

When Niels Peter Anderson was born on 13 April 1874, in Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Niels Andersen, was 36 and his mother, Anna Christensen, was 24. He married Ada Lena Nielson on 9 August 1905, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Elsinore Election Precinct, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 6 June 1951, in Elsinore, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Elsinore, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Niels Peter Anderson
1874–1951
Ada Lena Nielson
1882–1971
Marriage: 9 August 1905
Wendell Niels Anderson
1906–1981
Anna Mary Anderson
1908–1928
Paul Thomas Anderson
1910–1992
Ralph Willard Anderson
1913–1995
Ethel Anderson
1915–2008
Aleene Anderson
1918–2006
Betty Vee Anderson
1921–2011
George Milan Anderson
1924–2016

Sources (61)

  • Niels Peter Andersen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Niels Peter Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Niels Peter Anderson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

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.

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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