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Carl Anderson (1856-1930)

Reading over documents and written family stories, I have seen an evolution in the spelling of Carl Anderson’s name:  Karl Andersen (Norway), Carl Andersen (1901) and Carl Anderson (1930). I don’t know why he changed the spelling of his name.  My Uncle, Ernest Andersen, thought it may have been to “Americanize” it.  In its wake, some of Karl’s grandchildren go by “Anderson” and others “Andersen...