Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Peterson was born on 17 November 1811, in Skarhult, Frosta, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Pehr Anderson, was 54 and his mother, Elsa Hansdotter, was 42. He married Johanna Christina Winberg on 18 November 1842, in Lund, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He died on 20 June 1855, at the age of 43, and was buried in United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Peter in entry for Peter G Peterson, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Swedish Church Birth Record Peter Peterson (1811)
- Peter Peterson in entry for Peter G. Peterson, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
Spouse and Children
1811–1855 Male
1824–1887 Female
Children (6)
1843–1844 Male
1845–1859 Male
1847–1923 Male
1849–1854 Male
1851–1929 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1757– Male
1769– Female
Siblings (8)
1799– Male
1800– Male
1804– Female
1807–1866 Female
1808– Male
+3 More Children
World Events (7)
1812
Age 1
1814
Age 3
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 14
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.
Story Highlight
1854: Steamship "Cimbria" Peter Petersen, wife Johanna, and 4 children are passengers Copenhagen, Denmark to Hull, England. Sven died at sea.
A Compilation of General Voyage Notes: On the twenty-third, twenty-fourth, and twenty-seventh of November, 1854, about five hundred Scandinavian Saints sailed from Copenhagen, Denmark, on board the s …
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