Brief Life History of Anna Serena
When Anna Serena Anderson was born on 21 February 1843, in Øvrebø, Vennesla, Vest-Agder, Norway, her father, Gunder Anderson, was 30 and her mother, Kari Andersdotter, was 27. She married Jeppe Jorgen Folkman on 22 September 1861, in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1861 and lived in Gentile Valley, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1900 and North Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 19 September 1923, in Bancroft, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Anne Sorenn Folkman in household of J. G. Folkman, "United States Census, 1880"
- Birth Record , Norway Vest-Agder, Øverbø. 1834-1855 Image 128. Anna Serena born 21st of Febuary 1843
- Jeppe Jorgen Folkman, "Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916"
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1845 · Nonconformist Act
The Nonconformist Act recognized Christian dissenter churches. It became legal to organize churches of other denominations.
1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
1864
Historical Boundaries 1864: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1893: Bannock, Idaho, United States 1919: Caribou, Idaho, 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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