Wilma Jean Sawyer

Female17 February 1918–19 June 1976

Brief Life History of Wilma Jean

When Wilma Jean Sawyer was born on 17 February 1918, her father, Thomas Jefferson Sawyer, was 33 and her mother, Esther J Christianson, was 24. She married Cyrus Gerald Peterson on 20 September 1941, in Nodaway, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Webster, Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1920. She died on 19 June 1976, in Morris, Grundy, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Morris, Grundy, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Cyrus Gerald Peterson
1900–1973
Wilma Jean Sawyer
1918–1976
Marriage: 20 September 1941
Patricia Joan Peterson
1942–1943
Geraldine Faye Peterson
1946–

Sources (13)

  • Wilma Sawyer in household of Thomas J Sawyer, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Wilma Sawyer, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Wilma J Sawyer, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 September 1941Nodaway, Missouri, United States

    • Children (2)

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    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

    1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi

    Age 4

    The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.

    1934 · The Grout Museum

    Age 16

    The museum started as a private collection given to the city by Henry W. Grout. Today it is still a nonprofit educational museum that helps engage students and all people from the surrounding communities.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for someone who earned his living by sawing wood, from Middle English sauer(e), sauw(i)er, also sagh(i)er, sag(i)er ‘sawyer’, a derivative of Old English sagu ‘saw’.

    Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname, or translation into English of Jewish Seger or some other surname meaning ‘sawyer’, e.g. German Sager and Slovenian Žagar (see Zagar ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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