Brief Life History of Niels Peter
When Niels Peter Anderson was born on 16 April 1870, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Søren Andersen, was 67 and his mother, Hannah Nielsen, was 35. He married Rosella Elizabeth Bryner on 15 November 1899, in Price, Carbon, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Sunnyside, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1930 and Price, Carbon, Utah, United States for about 5 years. He died on 20 May 1945, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Price City Cemetery, Price, Carbon, Utah, United States.
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- Neils Petter Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Peter Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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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