Brief Life History of Robert Walter
When Robert Walter Anderson was born on 20 May 1919, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Gustave Walter Anderson, was 30 and his mother, Noriene Isabelle Moyes, was 27. He married Ruth Jackson on 24 April 1946, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Ogden City Legislative District 2, Ogden City Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 25 October 2006, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Robt W Anderson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert Walter Anderson, "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935"
- Robert Walter Anderson, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
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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The Life Story of Robert W Anderson
I was born May 20, 1919 at Ogden, Weber County, Utah the first child of Gustave Walter Anderson and Noriene Isabel Moyes Anderson. My Dad died November 1934 when I was only 15, so I do not have much …
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