Brief Life History of Andreas
When Andreas Peterson was born on 23 June 1849, in Sweden, his father, Pehr Johannesson, was 46 and his mother, Kristina Jansdotter, was 32. He married Inga Carolina Sophia Overn on 25 July 1878, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Håbol, Älvsborg, Sweden in 1849. He died on 14 December 1928, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Andrew Petersen in entry for William Pedersen, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Andrew Peterson, "United States Census, 1880"
- Andreas Petersen in entry for Rupert B Cusick and Elise Peterson Pratt, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
Spouse and Children
1849–1928 Male
1856–1937 Female
Children (9)
1879–1884 Female
1880–1884 Male
1882–1946 Female
1885–1964 Female
1887–1929 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1802–1874 Male
1817–1898 Female
Siblings (9)
1836–1864 Female
1839–1853 Female
1843–1845 Female
1846–1926 Male
1849–1928 Male
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World Events (8)
1852
Age 3
1863
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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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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Andreas Peterson
History of Andreas Peterson Andreas Peterson was born June 23, 1849, at Habol Parish, Dahlsland, Sweden, the son of Pehr Janson and Christina Janso …
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