Brief Life History of Robert Alexander
When Robert Alexander Anderson was born on 27 November 1905, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, his father, August Ludvig Anderson, was 41 and his mother, Augusta Josephine Malm, was 41. He married Berniece Buren Robertson on 19 May 1934, in Hillsboro, Sierra, New Mexico, United States. He lived in Election Precinct 12 Encino, Torrance, New Mexico, United States in 1940 and San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 6 June 1981, in Hobbs, Lea, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States.
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- Robert A Anderson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert Alexander Anderson, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
- Robert Alexander Anderson, "New Mexico, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1910 · Glacier National Park Established
Congress established Glacier National Park on May 11, 1910. The park is located in the northern part of Montana on the Canada- US border. It covers 1 million acres, has over a hundred lakes, over a thousand different plant species, and over a hundred animal species. Previously the area had been occupied by the Blackfoot and Flathead people.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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