Brief Life History of Lucas ( Pruchniewski)
Lucas ( Pruchniewski) Peterson was born on 14 October 1875, in Posen, Posen, Prussia as the son of Martin Pruchniewski. He had at least 13 sons and 1 daughter with Frances Jaskowiak. He lived in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1920. He died on 5 March 1957, in Middle River, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Lucas Peterson in entry for Stanley G Peterson and Doris Helen Jones, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1876 · The Battle of Little Bighorn
An armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry of the US Army. The battle was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
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, 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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