Arthur Marion Peterson

Brief Life History of Arthur Marion

When Arthur Marion Peterson was born on 15 February 1892, in Circleville, Piute, Utah, United States, his father, James Ephraim Peterson, was 36 and his mother, Caroline Gottfredson, was 33. He married Lola Juanita Backman on 6 June 1917, in Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Brooklyn Election Precinct, Lemhi, Idaho, United States in 1940 and World for about 20 years. He died on 29 December 1981, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Marion Peterson
1892–1981
Lola Juanita Backman
1892–1977
Marriage: 6 June 1917
Ophelia Orlene Peterson
1918–2009
Virginia Beth Peterson
1919–1997
Melba Anne Peterson
1920–2008
Donald Arthur Peterson
1925–1926
George Russell Peterson
1927–2003
Lola Carolyn Peterson
1929–1981
James Reid Peterson
1931–2022

Sources (41)

  • Arthur Peterson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Arthur M Peterson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Arthur Marion Peterson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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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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