Brief Life History of Johan Henrik
When Johan Henrik Andersson was born on 15 December 1854, in Veinge, Halland, Sweden, his father, Anders Jonsson, was 31 and his mother, Margareta Hindricksdotter Vesterdahl, was 28. He married Bengta Åstradsdotter on 5 November 1876, in Fredricksdal, Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Helsingborg, Malmöhus, Sweden for about 5 years and Utah, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 12 May 1937, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- John Anderson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sweden, Church Records, 1451-1943 (Birth Record on Image 95)
- John H Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
1884 · Fredrika Bremer Association is Founded
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Mats, Lennart, Nils, Per, Anders, Berndt, Hokan, Olle, Sten. German Hans, Kurt, Alfons, Ernst, Gerd, Monika.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas .
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersen and Anderson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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