Brief Life History of Archibald
When Archibald Anderson was born on 24 September 1805, in Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland, his father, Robert Anderson, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Armstrong, was 53. He married Agnes Adamson on 10 December 1826, in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 31 March 1869, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Fairview Pioneer Cemetery, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Archibald Anderson, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Archibald Anderson & Agnes Adamson, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1822 · Visit of King George IV to Scotland organized by Sir Walter Scott.
The Visit of King George IV was organized by Sir Walter Scott two years after the Radical War ended. For the celebration of the visit, the creation of the Tartan Kilts came about and were worn by all men attending the celebration. These types of kilts have become part of Scotland's national identity.
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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ANDERSON, JOHN, farmer and stockman, son of Archibald and Agnes Adamson, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 1840. His father came to Utah in ‘55, mother and three sons coming in ‘56, crossing the …
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