Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann
When Elizabeth Ann Anderson was born on 24 May 1841, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William Anderson, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Gourley, was 40. She married John Mathias Cowley on 3 March 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 9 April 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Anderson in household of William Anderson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Ann Anderson, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- 1909 Utah Death Certificate for Elizabeth Ann Anderson Cowley
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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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