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Below is a family biography included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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ANDREW P. PETERSON was born in Sweden, January 29, 1848, and is a son of Andrew and Anna Catrena Anderson. His father died in 1860 and his mother in 1876.
Mr. Peterson came to America in 1871, and went first to Connecticut and later to Michigan, where he worked in the mines along Lake Superior. He subsequently worked in the marble quarries in Vermont. In 1875 he spent five months in Sweden, and shortly after his return he came to Nebraska and settled in Grant township, Kearney county. He took a homestead and had only $160 in money. He purchased a yoke of oxen, for which he paid $75, constructed a dugout and later a sod house. At first he met with much difficulty and worked on a railroad for a short time in order that he might get money to provide for his family; but he has been industrious and economical and has prospered.
He was married December 26, 1873, to Miss Imer Rayena, a native of Sweden, who was born January 1, 1854, and came to America in 1870. They have six children, viz. — William, born August 20, 1874; Ida, born January 16, 1876; Frank, born June 10, 1878; John H., born October 8, 1885; Peter J., born December 17, 1886; and Alice E., born August 3, 1889.
Mr. Peterson has been a deacon in the Lutheran church for several years and has always endeavored to live an honest, consistent and upright life. He addresses the people at Norman and other points, at regular intervals, upon religious topics.
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This family biography is one of the numerous biographies included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company.
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