When Hakan Anderson was born on 21 March 1826, in Tirup, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Anders Hakansson, was 37 and his mother, Bengta Andersdotter, was 20. He married Hanna Nilsson on 14 September 1863, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1859 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 31 October 1892, in Salem, Fremont, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States.
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During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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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.
Possible Related NamesAnders Hakansson, father of Hakan, was born 24 January 1789, in Ganifta Kvislafta, Sweden. His wife, Bengta Andersson, was born in Tarstad Tirup, Sweden, on February 24th, 1806. Anders died on March …
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