William Hyrum Anderson

Brief Life History of William Hyrum

When William Hyrum Anderson was born on 20 February 1875, in Harrisville, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Sven Anderson, was 55 and his mother, Annie Gustava Larsson, was 32. He married Louisa Pricilla Harris on 4 March 1897, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Huntsville Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940 and Ogden City Legislative District 3, Ogden City Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 31 October 1952, in West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Hyrum Anderson
1875–1952
Catherine Moffitt Judd
1886–1988
Marriage: 2 November 1915
Catherine Helena Anderson
1912–1994
William Joseph Anderson
1917–2001
Ida Alice Anderson
1919–1998

Sources (50)

  • Wm Anderson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • W H Anderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
  • William Hyrum Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1889

Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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