Nils Peter Anderson

Brief Life History of Nils Peter

When Nils Peter Anderson was born on 23 September 1884, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Nils Petter Anderson, was 30 and his mother, Bengta Johnsson, was 33. He married Catherine Maria Minson on 2 June 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. In 1918, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as knitter in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 10 November 1968, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nils Peter Anderson
1884–1968
Catherine Maria Minson
1886–1964
Marriage: 2 June 1909
Violet Minson Anderson
1910–2002
Thomas Webster Anderson
1912–2005
Junior Reed Anderson
1914–2001

Sources (56)

  • Nels P Anderson, "United States Census, 1950"
  • N P Anderson, Jr, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Nels P Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1890 · The Tabernacle is Dedicated

On October 26, 1890, the Tabernacle was dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

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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