Matilda Swan Peterson

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Matilda Swan Peterson
Born 1856[1]
Sweden[2]
Died Sep. 11, 1915[3]
Resting place Platte Valley Cemetery, Phelps County, Nebraska[4]
Spouse August J. Vaughn (m. 1877) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: August J. Vaughn to Matilda Swan Peterson" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Matilda_Swan_Peterson), Illinois[5]
Children Oscar Albion Vaughn (1878-)
Ira Clarance Vaughn (1882-1969)
Alice Irene Vaughn (1884-1925)
Edward Phillip Vaughn (1886-1975)
Henry Carroll Vaughn (1888-1974)[6]
Fred Walter Vaughn (1890-1955)[7]
Alvin August Vaughn (1893-1986)
Ernest Harold Vaughn (1896=1983)[8]
Togue Thedford Vaughn (1898-1976)[9][10]
Parents Carl J. Peterson (1825-1894)[11]

Ongoing Research

The following image shows all Matilda Petersons in Illinois in 1870. Our Matilda should have been 13 or 14 in 1870. However, the 12 year old Matilda living in Galeburg seems like a good match, as we know that is where our Matilda married A.J. in 1877, and we don't yet have any record of her living elsewhere in Illinois.

1870 illinois census matilda2.JPG

Interestingly, none of the Carl's or "C"'s living in Illinois in 1870 seem to match that Matilda. This casts doubt on Carl J. Peterson as being Matilda's father.

1870 illinois census carl.JPG

The Galesburg portion of the 1870 Illinois Census shows a Matilda of the right age (13 years old), who is presumably the same Matilda as above. The parents in this household appear to be "Swan Peterson" (Male; 40 years old; R. R. Laborer) and "Sophia Peterson" (Female; 35 years old; "Keeping Home"). Matilda has three younger siblings: Anna (Female; 12 years old), Fridrich? (Male; 8 years old), and Mary (Female; 4 years old). All in the household are listed as being born in Sweden.

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The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 contains a record of Swan's and Sophia's marriage:

Groom Bride Date Vol./Page License No. County
PETERSON, SWAN M SANDSTROM, SOPHIA 1866-09-08 00A/0163 1866146A HENRY

Notes

  1. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0166.html
  2. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0166.html
  3. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0166.html
  4. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36501823
  5. ↑ http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html
  6. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501285&
  7. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501642&
  8. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501493&
  9. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501218&
  10. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0166.html
  11. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0166.html
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