Dianna Anderson

Brief Life History of Dianna

When Dianna Anderson was born on 29 December 1811, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Anderson, was 46 and her mother, Elizabeth Betsey Jones, was 40. She married Wilson Gardner Perkins in 1830, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848. She died on 12 August 1849, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilson Gardner Perkins
1807–1849
Dianna Anderson
1811–1849
Marriage: 1830
William Anderson Perkins
1831–1849
James Monroe Perkins
1832–1849
John Preston Perkins
1834–1839
Marion Columbus Perkins
1835–1923
Elizabeth Jane Perkins
1837–1922
Mary Ann Perkins
1839–1917
Harvey Huston Perkins
1840–1920
Louisa Caroline Perkins
1842–1848
Jasper Newton Perkins
1845–1931

Sources (44)

  • Diana Perkins, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Anderson in entry for Elizabeth Jane Perkins Belcher, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
  • Diana Perkins, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · War of 1812

Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

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.

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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MISSOURI DESCRIBED, by Elizabeth Jane Perkins

Elizabeth Jane Perkins, daughter of Wilson and Diana, wrote of the move to Missouri giving her own description of this beautiful land: AI was born in Jackson County, Tennessee, February 11th, 1837. M …

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