Ray Kenneth Pederson

Male26 March 1907–14 February 1982

Brief Life History of Ray Kenneth

When Ray Kenneth Pederson was born on 26 March 1907, in Round Lake, Nobles, Minnesota, United States, his father, Christian August Pederson, was 30 and his mother, Gertrude Sarah Blaisdell, was 30. He married Beulah Allene Dobbs on 22 June 1929, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. He lived in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Worthington, Nobles, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years. He died on 14 February 1982, in Fairmont, Martin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Lakefield Cemetery, Lakefield, Jackson, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ray Kenneth Pederson
1907–February 1982
Opal Agnes Jester
1909–1993
Marriage: 29 November 1935

Sources (12)

  • Ray Petersen in household of Mary Blanic, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Ray Kenneth Pederson, "Minnesota, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
  • Ray Kenneth Pederson, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    29 November 1935Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

    Age 1

    Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

    1914 · The Man With The First Air Conditioned Home

    Age 7

    Charles Gates was the first person in the United States to install air conditioning in his home. Funny thing was, Gates died a year before it was installed.

    1927

    Age 20

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Hjalmer, Obert, Ove, Hilmer, Iver, Knud, Lars, Selmer, Alf, Anders.

    Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Pedersen or of the Swedish cognate Pedersson.

    English: variant of Peterson .

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

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