Brief Life History of Matts
When Matts Anderson was born on 11 September 1842, in Valö, Uppsala, Sweden, his father, Anders Pehrson, was 44 and his mother, Anna Gretha Mattsson, was 37. He married Johanne Erickson on 27 November 1869, in Valö, Stockholm, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Fayette, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 3 April 1926, in Sterling, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Matts Anderson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mads Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Matto Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1862
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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