Brief Life History of Andrew
Andrew Peterson was born in 1865, in Sweden. He married Johanna Wilhelmina Carlson Sjostedt Persdotter on 30 November 1891, in Clearwater, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Lamont, Grant, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He died in 1943, at the age of 78.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Andrew Peterson in household of Daniel Peterson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Andrew Peterson, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Legacy NFS Source: Andrew Peterson - Memory of Someone: death:
Spouse and Children
1865–1943 Male
1863–1940 Female
Children (3)
1893–1955 Male
1897–1905 Female
1899–1976 Female
Parents and Siblings
1848–1921 Male
1841–1922 Female
Siblings (14)
1863– Female
1865–1932 Male
1865–1943 Male
1867–1955 Female
1868–1943 Male
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World Events (8)
1865
Age 0
1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency
Age 8
1886
Age 21
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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