Brief Life History of James Oscar
When James Oscar Anderson was born on 2 April 1899, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Mons Heber Anderson, was 38 and his mother, Mary Ann Kirkham, was 24. He married Margaret Huish on 26 June 1919, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1935 and Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1940. He died on 14 February 1960, in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
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- James O Anderson, "United States Census, 1940"
- James Oscar Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- James Oscar Anderson, "Maryland, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · A City Pavillion Is Built
The city of Lehi purchased property from John Beck in July 1900 for a city pavillion. Hundreds of volunteers cleared the ground and built a dance floor. The following month, volunteers used planking to cover the rough paneling that was originally laid. The Grand Sugar Ball was held on January 1, 1901.
1916
"General John J. ""Blackjack"" Pershing's punitive expedition pursues Villa and provokes bitterness between Mexico and United States."
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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