Brief Life History of Selma
When Selma Peterson was born on 16 February 1885, in Bosebo, Jönköping, Sweden, her father, Peter Johan Karlsson, was 62 and her mother, Christina Andersdotter, was 39. She married Esaias Johanesson on 6 October 1905, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Söndra, Jönköping, Sweden for about 16 years and Hudson, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States in 1910. She died on 30 September 1977, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Union Cemetery, White Bear Lake, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (35)
- Selma Stolpe in household of A J Stolpe, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Selma Peterson - birth: 16 February 1885; Bosebo, Jonkoping, Sweden
- Selma Peterson, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
Spouse and Children
1878–1960 Male
1885–1977 Female
Children (8)
1907–1985 Female
1908–1990 Female
1911–2003 Female
1912–1912 Male
1914–1990 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1823–1901 Male
1845–1932 Female
Siblings (7)
1869–1937 Male
1872–1945 Male
1875–1950 Male
1877–1945 Male
1880–1973 Male
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World Events (8)
1886
Age 1
1893 · The Minnesota State Flag
Age 8
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 24
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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