When Vivian Gertrude Fillerup was born on 13 January 1905, in Vineyard, Utah, Utah, United States, her father, Andrew Peter Fillerup, was 32 and her mother, Emma Elenora Josephine Anderson, was 31. She married James Llewellyn Petersen on 6 July 1923, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Newton Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 28 May 1981, in Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mount Olivet, Robertson, Kentucky, United States.