Brief Life History of John William
When John William Anderson was born on 2 May 1877, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Johannes Andersson, was 41 and his mother, Mary Ann Clark, was 34. He married Janet Hale on 21 October 1903, in Tooele, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 2 Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 20 February 1941, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- John William Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Mr. John William Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- John William Anderson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1884 · Fredrika Bremer Association is Founded
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
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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Joining the Church in Sweden
From The Day Book of Johannes Anderson John C. Anderson (When he married Mary Ann Clark he took C. from her maiden name of Clark to avoid confusion with many others of the same name.) “I was born in …
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