Bernard Peters

Brief Life History of Bernard

When Bernard Peters was born on 7 August 1880, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States, his father, John Peters, was 26 and his mother, Maria Elsabe Hartman, was 23. He lived in Davenport Township, Scott, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 9 February 1945, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Fairmount, Jasper, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Peters
1853–1926
Maria Elsabe Hartman
1857–1937
John Peters
1878–1920
Dula Peters
1880–
Bernard Peters
1880–1945
Henry Peters
1882–1957
Max Walter Peters
1884–1936
Anne Augusta Peters
1887–
Adella Peters
1890–
Emma Peters
1893–
Peters
1897–

Sources (8)

  • Bernard Peters in household of John Peters, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Bernard Peters, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Bernard Peters, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . This surname (mainly of German origin) is also found in Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and some other European countries. In North America it has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, such as Albanian Pjetraj and Pjetrushi, patronymics from the personal name Pjetër ‘Peter’ and its pet form Pjetrush; see also below and also examples at Peterson .

Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.

Americanized form of Dutch and North German Pieters .

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

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