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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Sources (13)
- Peter Lindberg, "United States Census, 1940"
- Peter A Lindberg, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Peter A Lindberg, "Find A Grave Index"
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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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