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
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
1823– Male
1843– Female
Children (1)
1864– Male
Parents and Siblings
1796– Male
1795– Female
Siblings (13)
1821– Female
1826– Female
1828– Female
1829– Male
1830–1916 Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 3
1846
Age 3
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 32
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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