Brief Life History of Gustave
When Gustave Anderson was born on 26 January 1821, in Kroken, Holmedal, Värmland, Sweden, his father, Anders Olsson, was 35 and his mother, Katarina Eriksdotter, was 29. He married Maren Torstensen on 27 December 1842, in Nesodden, Akershus, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 6 October 1911, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Gustave Anderson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Gustave Andersen - Published information: birth: 26 January 1821; Holmedal, Värmland, Sweden
- Gustav Andersen, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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Anderson, Gustave, History of
Written my Lola "Redford McFerson, great-granddaughter, September 1957 Gustave Anderson was born in Holmedal, Vermeland County, Sweden, on January 20, 1821, a son of Anders Olsson and Katrina Erickso …
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