Brief Life History of Neils Donald
When Neils Donald Anderson was born on 15 July 1911, in Thomas, Bingham, Idaho, United States, his father, Neils Anderson, was 27 and his mother, Mary Wilson, was 23. He married Leona Hurst on 7 January 1942, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Riverside, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 25 September 1998, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Thomas, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Donald N Anderson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Neils Donald Anderson, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
- Donald Neils Anderson, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
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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