NameJohn Henning Peterson62
Birth Date31 Mar 187662,110
Birth PlaceKlofsjo, Sweden
Death Date20 Feb 193762,207 Age: 60
Death PlaceCaribou, ME
Death Memoage 60 years 10 months 20 days
Burial PlaceJemtland Cemetary, New Sweden, ME110,13
Burial Memolot 23
Reside PlaceWestmanland, ME62
Immi PlaceWestmanland, ME
Immi MemoU. S. Census
OccupationFarmer; WWI Draft Registration110,207
FlagsMilitary
Spouses
Birth Date16 Jan 187762,110
Birth PlaceSweden
Death Date5 Feb 1929110 Age: 52
Death PlaceStockholm, ME
Burial PlaceWest Jemtland Cemetery, New Sweden, ME13
Burial Memolot 23
Reside PlaceWestmanland, ME62
Marr PlaceWestmanland, ME
Notes for John Henning Peterson
Emigrated with his parents and sister Amanda in 1883 when he was six years old; Name given as J. Henning Peterson; Bought his father’s farm in 1899; In 1904 lightning destroys the farm; Skid a log house from the Brygger lot up the road to their property to live in and then rebuild a barn; 1908 decide to move elsewhere and sell to Phillip J. Anderson;
62Referenced in 1904 letter written by Paul Sodergren home to Sweden: “Last summer lightning set fire to the barn at Henning Petterson and Libaum's which burned down along with hay and tools and two houses. The people barely escaped in their nightshirts.”
291Emigrated with his parents and 4 or 5 sisters in 1879;
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