Peter Andersson Lindberg

Brief Life History of Peter Andersson

When Peter Andersson Lindberg was born on 29 June 1859, in Gumlösa, Göinge västra, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Anders Persson, was 37 and his mother, Bengta Pålsdotter, was 34. He married Elisabeth Gustafva Widtfeldt on 1 December 1888, in O'Neill, Holt, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Shields Township, Holt, Nebraska, United States for about 20 years and Holt, Nebraska, United States in 1935. He died on 23 March 1942, in O'Neill, Holt, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in O'Neill Cemetery, O'Neill, Holt, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Andersson Lindberg
1859–1942
Elisabeth Gustafva Widtfeldt
1869–1962
Marriage: 1 December 1888
Louise Betty Lindberg
1889–1973
Frederick Wilhelm Lindberg
1890–1972
Alma Charlotte Lindberg
1893–1981
Edith Maria Lindberg
1897–1919
Oscar Ferdinand Lindberg
1900–1981
Eleanor Elvira Lindberg
1902–1976
Harold Lawrence Lindberg
1904–1997
Esther Evelyn Lindberg
1908–2001

Sources (13)

  • Peter Lindberg, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Peter A Lindberg, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Peter A Lindberg, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1874

Historical Boundaries: 1874: Holt, Nebraska, United States

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Algot, Anders, Alvar, Bertel, Britt, Gunner, Hilma, Hjalmer, Knute, Lars, Lennart.

Swedish: ornamental name composed of lind ‘lime tree’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’. Compare Linberg .

Danish, Norwegian, and South German: habitational name from any of several places called Lind(e)berg, with the same meaning as 1 above.

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

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