Brief Life History of Joseph August
When Joseph August Anderson was born on 30 November 1857, in Kristvalla, Kalmar, Sweden, his father, Anders Nielson, was 50 and his mother, Maria Gustafva Johnson, was 33. He married Annie Christina Lundberg on 25 April 1888, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in United States in 1935 and Midway Election Precinct, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 23 October 1943, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States.
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- Joseph August Anderson, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Joseph August Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Joseph August Anderson, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961"
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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.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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