Matilda Swan Peterson

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Matilda Swan Peterson
Born July 1855[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?title=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]

Possible Parents: Carl J and Maria Sophia Peterson

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.

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.

Possible Parents: Swan and Sophia Peterson

    • Matilda (age 13) lived with parents Swan (age 40) and Sophia (age 35) and siblings Anna (age 12), Frederick (age 8), and Mary (age 4) in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois in the 1870 Federal Census. Swan is listed as a RR Laborer, Sophia is listed as "keeping home", and all four children are in school. Mary was born in Illinois, but the rest were born in Sweden. That means the family (including Matilda) must have immigrated 4-8 years earlier (between 1862 and 1866). Swan is included as "a male citizen of 21 years or older".

Historical Records

  • Matilda (age 22) married August in Galesburg Illinois, on Dec. 31, 1877.[12][13]
  • August (age 24), Matilda (age 24), and Oscar (age 1) lived in Williamsburg, Phelps County, Nebraska, in the 1880 Federal Census.
    • The Agricultural Schedule says the Vaughns owned 40 acres of tilled land, and 120 acres of unimproved land. They valued their farm (buildings & land) at $400, their equipment at $20, and their livestock at $400.
    • They spent $50 building and mending fences in 1879.
    • They had 4 horses. 3 milk cows, 5 poultry.
    • 20 acres of Indian corn produced 200 bushels. 5 acres of oats produced 100 bushels. 10 acres of wheat produced 80 bushels.
  • Matilda Vaughn (age 28), husband A.J., and children Oscar (age 6), Ira (age 3), and ? (age 1) lived in Westmark, Phelps County, in the 1885 Nebraska Census.
    • That census's Schedule 2 (Agricultural Production) lists the Vaughns as having 110 acres of improved land and 50 acres of unimproved land.
    • It values their farm (land and buildings) at $3,000, their equipment at $85, and their livestock at $580. In 1884, they spent $50 on fences, $200 on farm labor (for 32 weeks of help). Their farm productions for 1884 were $1,500.
    • As of June 1885, they had on hand: 20 horses (compared to the 3-5 each neighbor had), no mules, 7 milk cows, and 18 other animals. During 1884, they "dropped" 4 cows and sold 5 (living). They made 300 lbs of butter. They had 115 swine and 35 chickens. During 1884, they produced 100 dozen eggs.
    • 5 acres of barley produced 100 bushels. 38 acres of Indian corn produced 1800 bushels. 16 acres of oats produced 660 bushels. 25 acres of wheat produced 500 bushels. 8 acres of broom corn produced 4,000 lbs. 3 acres of Irish potatoes produced 300 bushels.
  • August J Vaughn (age 46), Matilda Vaughn (age 44) live with children Ida (age 18), Alice (age 16), Eddie (age 14), Carol (age 11), Fred (age 9), Alvin (age 5), Ernest (age 3) and Taggie (age 2) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the 1900 Federal Census
  • August J Vaughn (age 56), Matilda Vaughn (age 53) live with children Eddie (age 23), Fred (age 19), Alvin (age 16), Ernest (age 14), Tagon (age 11), and Alice (26) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the 1910 Federal Census
  • The Holdrege Citizen[14] included a death notice about Matilda: "Mrs. Matilda Vaughn, wife of A.J. Vaughn, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 11, 1915, at the age of sixty years. Funeral services were held on Tuesday of last week with interment at Williamsburg Cemetery."

Notes

  1. ↑ 1900 Federal Census
  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
  12. ↑ Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska
  13. ↑ http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html
  14. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0166.html
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