8,630 documented Anderson ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
'Son of Andrew' — a patronymic especially common in Scotland and northern England.
Where the records place them: Iowa (100%), out of 8,603 Anderson records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: John, Mary, Robert, Carl and Charles.
Of the 8,589 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 79 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Rhoda Anderson, born 1791.
Documented Anderson families on this page come from History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota (1916), Portrait and Biographical Record of Franklin County, Ohio and Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa, vol 2.
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Deceased Anderson ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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'Son of Andrew' — a patronymic especially common in Scotland and northern England.
The documented line here reaches back to 1791. Most Anderson lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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