Anders Andersson

Brief Life History of Anders

When Anders Andersson was born on 11 June 1852, in Björskog, Västmanland, Sweden, his father, Anders Andersson, was 37 and his mother, Maja Cajsa Persdotter, was 28. He married Anna Lovisa Persdotter Bojart on 8 September 1877, in Möklinta, Västmanland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1880 and lived in Malma, Västmanland, Sweden in 1876 and Providence, Cache, Utah, United States in 1910. In 1900, his occupation is listed as shoemaker in Providence, Cache, Utah, United States. He died on 20 June 1920, in River Heights, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in River Heights, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anders Andersson
1852–1920
Anna Lovisa Persdotter Bojart
1857–1934
Marriage: 8 September 1877
Gustave Anders Anderson
1877–1941
Ellen Victoria Anderson
1879–1892
Hilda Pauline Anderson
1880–1881
Alice Anderson
1882–1959
Joseph Anderson
1884–1885
Alma Anderson
1885–1886
Nephi Anderson
1887–1888
Anna Matilda Anderson
1889–1959
Jennie Caroline Anderson
1891–1943
Baby Boy Anderson
1893–1893
Leo Robert Anderson
1894–1971
Myrtle Elvira Anderson
1896–1955
Alvin Wilford Anderson
1899–1966
Hazel Rebecka Anderson
1902–1963

Sources (69)

  • Andrus Anderson, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Birth Record
  • Anders Andersson, "Sweden Marriages, 1630-1920"

World Events (8)

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Mats, Lennart, Nils, Per, Anders, Berndt, Hokan, Olle, Sten. German Hans, Kurt, Alfons, Ernst, Gerd, Monika.

Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas .

Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersen and Anderson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Church Mission Record URL

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/ba363c10-3f8f-49eb-a2a2-e84ccb003aea/0/119 (Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959 / Book A, 1860 April 25 - 1984 April 27) "Name: Ander …

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