Brief Life History of Ida Christine
When Ida Christine Peterson was born on 25 June 1862, in Huseby, Skatelöf, Kronoberg, Sweden, her father, Magnus Peterson, was 36 and her mother, Ingrid Magnusdotter, was 34. She died in July 1863, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 1, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ida Christine Peterson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ida Christine Peterson, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- death and burial
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World Events (2)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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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Life of Ida
When Ida was only ten months old, she and her three bothers, John, Perter Magnus, and August Magnus and her parents commenced heir jouney to America on April 10, 1863. After five weeks they; arrived i …
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