Brief Life History of William Peter
When William Peter Erickson was born on 6 June 1926, in Springwater, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, his father, Rae Albert Erickson, was 28 and his mother, Pearl Elizabeth Tucker, was 26. He married Anne Theresa Murphy on 16 February 1946, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Garfield, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1930. He died on 7 April 1997, in Estacada, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Springwater, Clackamas, Oregon, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Wm P Erickson, "United States 1950 Census"
- William Peter Erickson, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- William P. Erickson, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1926–1997 Male
1926–1997 Female
Children (1)
1948–2007 Male
Parents and Siblings
1897–1968 Male
1899–1994 Female
Siblings (3)
1925–1954 Male
1926–1997 Male
1929–2014 Male
World Events (8)
1927
Age 1
1929
Age 3
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
Age 19
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .
English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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