Isabell May Peterson

Brief Life History of Isabell May

When Isabell May Peterson was born on 27 May 1887, in Almy, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, her father, Charles Henry Peterson, was 20 and her mother, Mary Nelson Bruce, was 21. She died on 11 April 1895, in her hometown, at the age of 7, and was buried in Afton Cemetery, Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Henry Peterson
1866–1953
Mary Nelson Bruce
1866–1925
Isabell May Peterson
1887–1895
Eliza May Peterson
1887–1976
Gertrude Peterson
1888–1968
Myrtle Ivy Peterson
1891–1977
Afton Rhea Peterson
1896–1977
Rula Jannett Peterson
1898–1993
Charles Newell Peterson
1900–1943
Mary Bernice Peterson
1902–1985
Fielding Bruce Peterson
1904–1958
Harold Franklin Peterson
1907–1996
Kimball Wilde Peterson
1910–1926

Sources (5)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Isabell May Peterson - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Isabelle May Peterson
  • Isabell May Peterson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Isabell May, in entry for Charles Henry Peterson, "Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015"

World Events (2)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, e.g. Norwegian and Danish Pedersen and Pettersen and their Swedish cognates (see 2 below), Polish Piotrowicz , Slovenian Petrič, Petrovčič, and Petrovič (see Petric , Petrovic ).

Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Petersson, a cognate of 1 above, and also of its variant Pettersson . Compare 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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A Sketch of the Life and Labors of Mary Nelson Bruce Peterson (Longer Version)

Mary Nelson Bruce was born 15 April 1866 at Motherwell, Lanark Scotland. She was the fourth child of James Barefield and Elizabeth Wilson. To this union, twelve children were born. James Barefield was …

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