When Erick Peterson was born on 14 June 1826, in Skedevi, Östergötland, Sweden, his father, Petter Nilsson, was 27 and his mother, Anna Stina Jonsdotter, was 38. He married Ane Kirstine Andersdatter on 18 October 1861, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1858 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. In 1860, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as turner in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 15 June 1897, in Levan, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Levan, Juab, Utah, United States.
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During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Göta Canal opened.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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.
Possible Related NamesAnna Christina Peterson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Erick Peterson and Anna Kristine Andersen Sorensen Peterson. The following account of her life was written by Vanda Fairchild and was taken …
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