Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Anderson was born on 28 May 1838, in Bridgeton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William Anderson, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Gourley, was 37. She married Henry Holmes on 29 March 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 9 January 1916, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Ellen Holmes in household of Henry Holmes, "United States Census, 1870"
- Helen Anderson, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Ellen Anderson, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, United States 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
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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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ELLEN ANDERSON
My father, William Anderson, and my mother, Elizabeth Gourley were of Scottish descent and embraced the Gospel in Scotland before the death of the Prophet. I remember very distinctly, though only a li …
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