Brief Life History of John Charles
John Charles Peterson was born on 16 December 1866, in Denmark as the son of Lawrence C Peterson and Anna Johnson. He married Mary Elizabeth Stover on 10 July 1889. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 9 May 1907, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Newton Lower Falls, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- John C Peterson in entry for Annie Mary Peterson, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- John C Peterson, "United States Census, 1900"
- John C. Peterson in entry for Thomas M. Troy and Mary E. Porter, "Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954"
Spouse and Children
1866–1907 Male
1867–1931 Female
Children (7)
1889–1890 Female
1892–1918 Female
1894–1966 Female
1897–1918 Male
1899–1961 Male
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Parents and Siblings
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Siblings (2)
1866–1907 Male
1876– Male
World Events (8)
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
Age 1
1868 · Magasin Du Nord
Age 2
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 15
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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