When Gustaf Anderson was born on 7 April 1823, in Kinne-Kleva, Skaraborg, Sweden, his father, Andreas Andersson, was 42 and his mother, Stina Håkansdotter, was 37. He married Mary Christina Johnsson in December 1857, in Kinne-Kleva, Skaraborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 11 June 1901, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesTo my knowledge none of the Anderson descendants had been able to locate this area. A few years ago we were able to hire a Swedish Researcher and she was successful. She found enough information to ta …
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