Brief Life History of Mary Johnson
When Mary Johnson Anderson was born on 16 June 1846, in Hörset, Berga, Kronoberg, Sweden, her father, Jons Andersson, was 54 and her mother, Johanna Caterina Andersson, was 41. She married Nils Christian Christiansson Flygare on 24 October 1877, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Sweden in 1846 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 April 1933, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Mary Johnson Flygare, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Mary Johnson in entry for Juliett Flygare Ramey, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Mary Flygare in household of Charles Ramey, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1841–1908 Male
1846–1933 Female
Children (3)
1881–1967 Male
1882–1962 Female
1883–1933 Male
Parents and Siblings
1791–1864 Male
1805–1879 Female
Siblings (8)
1830–1911 Female
1832– Male
1834–1921 Female
1837–1840 Female
1838–1841 Male
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World Events (8)
1847
Age 1
1863
Age 17
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 24
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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