Brief Life History of Jon Christian
When Jon Christian Peterson Sr was born on 18 October 1938, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Louis Henry Peterson, was 27 and his mother, Mary Anna Leopard, was 27. He lived in Petersburg, Virginia, United States for about 1 years. He died on 11 June 2002, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 63.
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Sources (2)
- Jon C Peterson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jon C Peterson, Sr, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington
The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
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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