Thomas Henry Reed Peterson

Brief Life History of Thomas Henry

When Thomas Henry Reed Peterson was born on 19 January 1929, in McGill, White Pine, Nevada, United States, his father, Clair Eversleigh Peterson, was 24 and his mother, Nora Jane Howarth, was 23. He married Elnora LaRue Tilby on 12 September 1949, in Lincoln, Nevada, United States. He lived in White Pine, Nevada, United States in 1930 and Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States for about 5 years. He died on 2 November 2005, in Soldotna, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States, at the age of 76.

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Thomas Henry Reed Peterson
1929–2005
Betty Gay Martin
1935–2015
Marriage: 12 December 1964

Sources (17)

  • Thomas H Peterson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Thomas Henry Reed, "Nevada County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992"
  • Tom Peterson, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"

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World Events (8)

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1940

Historical Boundaries: 1940: Third Judicial District, Alaska Territory, United States 1959: Third Judicial District, Alaska, United States 1960: Kenai-Cook Inlet, Alaska, United States 1964: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States

1949 · NATO is Established

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.

English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .

English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.

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

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