Brief Life History of Peterson
When Peterson Borroum was born on 18 December 1849, in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States, his father, James Beverly Borroum, was 19 and his mother, Ellender Caroline Avent, was 19. He married Nora Robertson on 28 October 1885. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Bee, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 5, Bee, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 2 March 1920, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States.
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- Peterson Borroune, "United States Census, 1880"
- Peterson Borroum, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Peterson Borroum, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Karnes, Texas, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
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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