Brief Life History of Anders Gustaf or Augustus
When Anders Gustaf or Augustus Anderson was born on 8 April 1855, in Berg, Gestad, Älvsborg, Sweden, his father, Anders Andersson, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Britta Olofsdotter, was 28. He married Alice Ann Harrop about 1881, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 15 March 1936, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Guss Anderson in household of Hawich Nelson, "United States Census, 1870"
- ArkivDigital, Bolstad, C:4 Birth and Christening
- Augustus Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
1884 · Fredrika Bremer Association is Founded
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
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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History of the Scandinavian Mission, by Andrew Jensen, excerpts pg 191-195
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