Aaron Thomas Peters

Brief Life History of Aaron Thomas

When Aaron Thomas Peters was born on 1 July 1891, in Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Davis Peters, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Lester Thorn, was 22. He married Erma Elizabeth Allen on 21 April 1927, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1950 and Utah, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 26 November 1963, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Thomas Peters
1891–1963
Erma Elizabeth Allen
1899–1989
Marriage: 21 April 1927
Colleen Peters
1928–2018
Duane Allen Peters
1931–2000
Ferrell Aaron Peters
1937–2019

Sources (50)

  • Aron T Peters, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Aaron Thomas Peters - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Aaron Thomas Peters
  • Aaron T Peters, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"

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. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1910

Self-governing Union of South Africa established within British Commonwealth.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . This surname (mainly of German origin) is also found in Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and some other European countries. In North America it has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, such as Albanian Pjetraj and Pjetrushi, patronymics from the personal name Pjetër ‘Peter’ and its pet form Pjetrush; see also below and also examples at Peterson .

Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.

Americanized form of Dutch and North German Pieters .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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