James Ammon Anderson

Brief Life History of James Ammon

When James Ammon Anderson was born on 23 January 1897, in Burrville, Sevier, Utah, United States, his father, James Smith Anderson, was 28 and his mother, Zilpha Clarissa Hancock, was 22. He married Beatrice May Nurse on 9 July 1931, in Cardston, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 7 March 1944, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 47, and was buried in Temple Hill Cemetery, Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.

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Family Time Line

James Ammon Anderson
1897–1944
Beatrice May Nurse
1903–1993
Marriage: 9 July 1931
Arthur James Anderson
1932–2014
Norma Anderson
1933–2020
Bernard Reed Anderson
1936–2020
Richard Charles Anderson
1937–2025

Sources (14)

  • James A Anderson, "Canada Census, 1931"
  • James Ammon Anderson, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
  • James Ammon Anderson in entry for Beatrice May Anderson, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1905

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1910 · The BSA is Made

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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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