Louise Peters

Female21 June 1870–11 October 1934

Brief Life History of Louise

When Louise Peters was born on 21 June 1870, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Heinrich "Henry" Peters, was 36 and her mother, Dorothea Fredericke Maria Henriette Kummerow, was 18. She married Theodore Jeschke on 30 November 1890, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 11 October 1934, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Acacia Park Cemetery, Norwood Park Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Theodore Jeschke
1865–1943
Louise Peters
1870–1934
Marriage: 30 November 1890
Henrietta Jeschke
1892–1978
Harry John Jeschke
1893–1937

Sources (13)

  • Louisa Peters in household of Henry Peters, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Louise Jeschke, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Lizzie Peters, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 November 1890Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

    • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 2

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    1872 · Montgomery Ward Inc.

    Age 2

    Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward after he observed that rural customers often wanted goods from the city but couldn’t get them because of distance and cost. Ward believed that he could cut costs and make a wide variety of goods available to rural customers. Ward and two partners used $1,600 to issue the first catalog in August 1872 and with its publication, rural retailers considered Ward a threat and publicly burned his catalog. Despite the opposition, however, the business grew at a fast pace over the next several decades and was almost as successful as Sears. In April 1944, U.S. Army troops seized the Chicago offices of Montgomery Ward & Company after President Roosevelt ordered it because of an unsettled strike request made by the workers. Eight months later, with Montgomery Ward continuing to refuse to recognize the unions, President Roosevelt issued an executive order seizing all of Montgomery Ward's property nationwide. 

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 20

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    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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