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Anders History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The surname Anders is derived from a Danish transformation of the personal name Andrew, originally "andreas" in Greek, meaning "manly, strong or courageous." Anders Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Andersen, Anderson, Andersson, Andison, Androson, Andresoun, Andirston, Andirsoone, Andersoun, Andreason, Andersonne, Andersone, Anders and many more. Anders RankingIn the United States, the name Anders is the 2,414th most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 1
Anders migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Anders Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Anna Anders, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1734 2
- Baltzer Anders, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1734 2
- Georg Anders, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1734 2
- Michel Anders, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1737 2
- Joh Peter Anders, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1740 2
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Anders Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Charles Anders, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1836 2
- Georg Anders and his wife Johanna, who settled in Texas in 1854 with their four children
- Ernst Fried Anders, who sailed from Bremen to New York with his family in 1854
- Josef Anders, who arrived in New Orleans in 1871
- Eliason Anders, who settled in Kansas in 1873
Anders migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Anders Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century- Albert E Anders, who arrived in St John, Ncw Brunswick in 1907
- Doris Anders, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1907
- Mrs. E Anders, who landed in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1907
- Frank Anders, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1907
Contemporary Notables of the name Anders (post 1700) | + |
- William Alison "Bill" Anders (b. 1933), former NASA Astronaut, one of the first three persons to have left Earth orbit and traveled to the Moon aboard Apollo 8 3
- Major Frank LaFayette Anders (1875-1966), United States Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in 1906 4
- Allison Anders (b. 1954), American film and television director 5
- Carl David Anders (b. 1905), American physicist
- Thomas Anders (b. 1963), German singer, composer and record producer 6
- Peter Anders (1908-1954), German operatic tenor 7
- Lieutenant-General Wladyslaw Anders (1892-1970), Polish officer awarded the Croix de Guerre in the Second World War 8
- Bjarne Anders Strand (b. 1946), Norwegian alpine skier who skied at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble
- Per Anders Rudling (b. 1974), Swedish-American historian, an associate professor of the Department of History at Lund University
- K. Anders Ericsson (1947-2020), Swedish psychologist and Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University
Historic Events for the Anders family | + |
- Mr. Ernst Rudolf Anders (1874-1937), German Tea Merchant, Co-owner Teekanne Co. from Dresden, Saxony, Germany, who was a passenger on board the Hindenburg LZ-129 and died in the Airship Fire 9
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- NASA Astronauts Homepage. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) William Anders. Retrieved from http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/anders-wa.html
- Frank Anders. (Retrieved 2011, January 18) Frank Anders. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Anders
- Allison Anders. (Retrieved 2011, January 18) Allison Anders. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Anders
- Thomas Anders. (Retrieved 2011, January 18) Thomas Anders. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Anders
- Peter Anders. (Retrieved 2011, January 18) Peter Anders. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Anders_%28tenor%29
- World War 2 Awards.com - ANDERS, Wladyslaw. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) Wladyslaw Anders. Retrieved from http://www.ww2awards.com/person/11361
- Hindenburg Disaster Passenger List | Airships.net. (Retrieved 2014, April 11) . Retrieved from http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/hindenburg-passenger-list/
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