Brief Life History of Gordon P
When Gordon P Anderson was born on 22 January 1916, in Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, his father, Joseph Anderson, was 43 and his mother, Ingeborg Camilla Marie Christensen, was 41. He married Alene Porter on 21 September 1938, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1938 and lived in Glasgow, Valley, Montana, United States in 1950 and World for about 5 years. He died on 27 November 1996, in Sanger, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Ammon Cemetery, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- Gordon P Anderson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Gordon P Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Gordon P Anderson, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1919 · Oil is Discovered at Cat Creek
Located near Petroleum and Garfield counties in Montana is Cat Creek . It was here in 1919, that oil was discovered
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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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Gordon & sons build a home under the midnight sun
Gordon worked six 12-hour days as a carpenter. During the summer of 1962, and and his sons went to work adding on to their one-bedroom basement home to build a five-bedroom split level home above it. …
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