Jennie Christina Peterson

Brief Life History of Jennie Christina

When Jennie Christina Peterson was born on 7 April 1890, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, her father, Jens Christian Pedersen, was 26 and her mother, Ellenora Williamson, was 19. She married Charles Lenard Johnson on 29 September 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 1 years. Her occupation is listed as retail merchant and rental property owner in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. She died on 23 January 1974, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Lenard Johnson
1890–1984
Jennie Christina Peterson
1890–1974
Marriage: 29 September 1909
Jennie Helen Johnson
1910–1995
Inez Dot Johnson
1912–1997
Cleone Lucile Johnson
1914–2007
Betty Jane Johnson
1925–2003

Sources (37)

  • Jennie Petersen in household of J. C. Petersen, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Miss Jennie C. Peterson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Jennie Christina Peterson Johnson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1896 · Utah becomes a state

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

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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Story Highlight

from My View of Three Generations by her daughter-in-law Mary Wheatley Evans

Lucile Johnson Evans White was born in Lehi, third out of four daughters born to Charles and Jennie Johnson. Charles ran the C.L. Johnson Mercantile Store for forty years and owned many rental units. …

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