Betty Peterson

Female22 March 1932–1 June 2007

Brief Life History of Betty

When Betty Peterson was born on 22 March 1932, in Mineral Hills, Iron, Michigan, United States, her father, Roy Levi Peterson, was 22 and her mother, Marian I Waite, was 20. She died on 1 June 2007, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Roy Levi Peterson
1909–2000
Marian I Waite
1911–1995
Leroy Peterson
1930–1931
Betty Peterson
1932–2007

Sources (1)

  • Betty Peterson in household of Roy Peterson, "United States Census, 1940"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (2)

World Events (8)

1935 · The FBI is Established

Age 3

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

1935 · The Social Security Act

Age 3

This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.

1954 · Worlds Largest Christmas Store

Age 22

Wally Bronner opened what would become the world's largest Christmas Store in 1954 as a result of successfully creating custom Christmas panels for city lampposts. Since then, the Frankenmuth store has expanded to a 27 acre landscaped lot with over 50,000 Christmas related items in his store. Bronner's attracts over two million guests per year.

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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