Brief Life History of Mathilde
When Mathilde Anderson was born on 14 September 1845, in Nørre, Viborg, Denmark, her father, Jens Andersen, was 35 and her mother, Anne Christoffersdatter, was 36. She married Dr Luther H Palmer in 1866, in Nørre Nærå, Odensegård, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Coos, Oregon, United States in 1880 and Twickenham, Wheeler, Oregon, United States in 1900. She died in March 1907, at the age of 61, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Mette Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
- Matilda Anderson Palmer, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Mathias Jensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)
The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
1862 · The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave each citizen 160 acres of land. The qualified applicants were required to build a home and cultivate the land for five years.
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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