James Anderson

Brief Life History of James

When James Anderson was born on 14 February 1833, in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Anderson, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Gourley, was 31. He married Catherine Mary Cowley on 4 April 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1899. He died on 25 December 1899, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Anderson
1833–1899
Catherine Mary Cowley
1834–1913
Marriage: 4 April 1856
James Henry Anderson
1857–1934
William Nephi Anderson
1859–1922
Mary Ellen Anderson
1861–1959
Margaret Ann Anderson
1863–1907
Catherine Victoria Anderson
1865–1930
Franklin Matthias Anderson
1868–1891
Joseph Alexander Anderson
1870–1938
Heber Cowley Anderson
1872–1940
George Quayle Anderson
1875–1878
Elizabeth Jane Anderson
1877–1940

Sources (69)

  • James Anderson, "Scotland Census, 1841"
  • James Anderson, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • James Anderson, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

Historical Boundaries: 1846: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, United States 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1854 · St. George's Hall

In 1854, St. George's Hall was completed. The site that it sits on is were the Liverpool Infirmary was previously located. The hall was built for entertainment.

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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