Brief Life History of Mons
When Mons Anderson was born on 8 February 1829, in Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Anders Madsen, was 37 and his mother, Mari Nielsdatter, was 34. He married Christine Ipsdatter Benson on 3 July 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 18 September 1908, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Muntz Anderson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Utah, U.S., Select Marriages, 1887-1966
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832 · Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"Birth year of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote the lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem ""Ja, vi elsker."""
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
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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Biography of Mons Anderson By his daughter Vilate Mary Ann Shape
Mons Anderson son of Anders and Mari Nielson Madson was born 1 Feb 1829 at Walberg, Raingsager, Wedemarken, Norway, a bleak cold part of the country among the mountains and Fjords of the wonderful l …
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