Brief Life History of Niles Frederick
When Niles Frederick Peterson was born on 20 January 1847, in Lund, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Peter Peterson, was 35 and his mother, Johanna Christina Winberg, was 22. He married Elizabeth Bertha Ogilvie on 3 June 1878, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States in 1880. He died on 10 July 1923, in Placer, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Gold Hill, Placer, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Niles F Petterson, "United States Census, 1920"
- N Petterson in entry for George Petterson and Anita Jeanette Clapham, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Niles L Peterson, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1847–1923 Male
1861–1940 Female
Children (5)
1879–1942 Male
1881–1948 Male
1885–1970 Male
1890–1968 Female
1902–2003 Male
Parents and Siblings
1811–1855 Male
1824–1887 Female
Siblings (6)
1843–1844 Male
1845–1859 Male
1847–1923 Male
1849–1854 Male
1851–1929 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1848 · The California Gold Rush
Age 1
1848 · The March Unrest
Age 1
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
Age 20
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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