Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Anderson was born on 6 July 1802, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John P. Anderson, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth McMertry, was 40. He married Sarah Stookey on 3 December 1823, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Saint Clair Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 15 October 1888, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States.
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- Samuel Anderson, "United States Census, 1880"
- Samuel Anderson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Samuel Anderson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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