Rebecca L Peterson

Female1843–

Brief Life History of Rebecca L

When Rebecca L Peterson was born in 1843, in Blount, Tennessee, United States, her father, William P. Peterson, was 47 and her mother, Rebecca Nancy Brewer, was 49. She married A. M. Fry on 11 December 1860, in Blount, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.

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Family Time Line

A. M. Fry
1823–
Rebecca L Peterson
1843–
Marriage: 11 December 1860
Hugh W. Fry
1864–

Sources (4)

  • Rebecky L. Fry in household of A. M. Fry, "United States Census, 1880"
  • R L Peterson, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • R. L. Peterson in entry for A. M. Fry, "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 December 1860Blount, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (13)

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    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 3

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1846

    Age 3

    Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 32

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    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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