Brief Life History of James Alfred
When James Alfred Anderson was born on 28 February 1885, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, James Anderson, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Kershaw, was 28. He married Hulda Cathrine Hofer on 24 March 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Garden City, Rich, Utah, United States in 1900 and United States in 1930. He died on 10 April 1945, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- James Alfred Anderson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- James A. Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- James Alfred Anderson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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