Brief Life History of Joel Samuel
When Joel Samuel Peterson was born on 14 March 1919, in Todd Township, Hubbard, Minnesota, United States, his father, Jonas Erick Peterson, was 36 and his mother, Gertrude Wilhelmina Palm, was 34. He lived in Reynolds Township, Todd, Minnesota, United States in 1940 and Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States in 1942. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 20 September 1944, in Germany, at the age of 25, and was buried in Reynolds Township, Todd, Minnesota, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Joel Peterson in household of Erick Peterson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Joel S Peterson, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
- Joel Samuel Peterson, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1883–1964 Male
1884–1946 Female
Siblings (9)
1907–1997 Female
1909–1966 Male
1911–1996 Female
1913–1998 Female
1916–1999 Female
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World Events (8)
1920
Age 1
1920
Age 1
1927
Age 8
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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