Harold Franklin Peterson

Brief Life History of Harold Franklin

When Harold Franklin Peterson was born on 10 October 1907, in Smoot, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, his father, Charles Henry Peterson, was 41 and his mother, Mary Nelson Bruce, was 41. He married Leah Chloe Taysom on 2 June 1932, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Pleasant View Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1940 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 13 July 1996, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Timpanogos Memorial Gardens, Orem, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Harold Franklin Peterson
1907–1996
Leah Chloe Taysom
1909–2004
Marriage: 2 June 1932

Sources (40)

  • Harold F Peterson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Harold Peterson birth record 1907
  • Harold F Peterson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

1909 · Pioneer Park Opens

A monument honoring the Provo pioneers and Indian war veterans was dedicated on July 24, 1909, as Pioneer Park opened to the public.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

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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A Sketch of the Life and Labors of Mary Nelson Bruce Peterson (Longer Version)

Mary Nelson Bruce was born 15 April 1866 at Motherwell, Lanark Scotland. She was the fourth child of James Barefield and Elizabeth Wilson. To this union, twelve children were born. James Barefield was …

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