Charles Henry PETERSON & Elizabeth ANDERSON & Emma Jane STEVENS

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Charles Henry PETERSON
Elizabeth ANDERSON
Emma Jane STEVENS

Husband: Charles Henry PETERSON
Birth: 5 Jul 1857, Helmater(?), SWE
Death: aft. 1911 census
Occupation: carpenter
Father: Charles Frederick PETERSON
Mother: Johanna / Hanna / Hannah E. HALISON / HALLISON / ALLISON

Marriage-1: 23 Sep 1883, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA

Wife-1: Elizabeth ANDERSON
Birth: 1866/7, SWE
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Andreas ANDERSON
Mother: Christina __?__

Marriage-2: 8 Mar 1899, New Westminster, BC

Wife-2: Emma Jane STEVENS
Birth: 18 Aug 1873, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, San Juan Co., WA
Death: 2 Apr 1963, New Westminster, BC
Occupation: homemaker
Ethnicity: at least partly Amerindian
Other Spouse: m1. 18 May 1889, BC, Francis "Frank" SCOTT
Father: John H. STEVENS
Mother: Annie __?__

Children with Elizabeth ANDERSON:

— born in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA:
1. Hannah Thelma PETERSON, b. 29 Nov 1883
2. Frank PETERSON, b. 1 Jan 1885
3. Dorothy "Dora" PETERSON, b. 1888/9

— born in New Westminster, New Westminster Dist., BC:
4. John V. PETERSON, b. 15 May 1892 or 27 Jun 1893; d. 15 Jul 1931, New Westminster, BC

Children with Emma Jane STEVENS:

— born in New Westminster, New Westminster Dist., BC:
5. Charles Henry "Harry" PETERSON, b. 4 Feb 1900
6. Emma Jean PETERSON, b. 8 Apr 1901
7. Helena PETERSON, b. Oct 1903
8. Elsie PETERSON, b. Oct 1905
9. Ellen PETERSON, b. May 1910

— born in Burnaby, BC:
10. Wilfred Spencer PETERSON, b. 3 Feb 1916

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; SW, Sweden, Sverige; CAN, Canada, British Columbia; USA, US, United States, Washington

Sources:

1a. Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 (online at familysearch.org):

Groom's Name: Charles H Peterson

Groom's Birth Date | Age: 1857 | 26

Bride's Name: Elizabeth Anderson

Bride's Birth Date | Age: 1864 | 19

Marriage Date: 23 Sep 1883

Marriage Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Groom's Father: Charles

Groom's Mother: Hannah E

Bride's Father: Andreas

Bride's Mother: Christina

Source Film: 817791

1b. British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932 (online at familysearch.org):

Groom's Name: Charles Henry Peterson

Groom's Birth | Age: 1859 | 40

Groom's Birthplace: Helmater, Sweden

Groom's Marital Status: Widowed

Bride's Name: Emma Jane Scott

Bride's Birth | Age: 1874 | 25

Bride's Birthplace: Orcas Island

Bride's Marital Status: Widowed

Marriage Date: 08 Mar 1899

Marriage Place: New Westminter, BC

Groom's Father: Charles Frederick Peterson

Groom's Mother: Johann Halison

Bride's Father: John Stephens

Bride's Mother: Annie Stephens

BC Archives Film Number: B11382

Digital Folder Number: 4401576

Registration Number: 1131

Banns or License: License

2. Massachusetts: Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 (online at FamilySearch.org):

Name: Hannah Selma Peterson Frank Peterson

Gender: Female Male

Birth Date: 29 Nov 1883 01 Jan 1885

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts

Father's Name: Charles H. Peterson Charles H. Peterson

Mother's Name: Elizabeth Elizabeth

Source Film(s): 592817, 1428205, 4341201 740440, 4212535

3. British Columbia Birth Registrations, 1854-1903 (online at familysearch.org):

Name: Charles Henry Peterson

Birth Date: 04 Feb 1900

Birthplace: New Westminster, BC

Gender: Male

Father's Name: Charles Henry Peterson

Mother's Name: Emma Jane Stevens

Date of Registration: 14 May 1918

Digital Folder: 4401570

BC Archives Film Number: B13816

Registration Number: 00 09 105488

4. 1891 Canadian Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #136 of 142): Westminster City, Westminster Dist., BC, Roll T-6290, p. 28, official enumeration date 6 Apr 1891 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1891: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Canadian Census Mean.

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 21 22

W¼ 169 Peterson Charles H M 33 M Sweden Sweden Sweden CE House Carpenter / / /

Peterson Elizabeth F 24 M W " " " " / /

    "    Hannah F 7 D U.S. " " "

    "    Frank M 4 S " " " "

    "    Dora E F 2 D " " " "

5. 1901 Canadian Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #40-41 of 133): New Westminster City, New Westminster Dist., BC, pp. 3-4, enumerated 8 Apr 1901, official enumeration date 31 Mar 1901 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1901: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Canadian Census Mean.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 28 29 30 31 33

33 35 Peterson Charles H M W Head M July 5 1857 43 Sweden 1889 1894 Scandinavian Canadian Methodist Carpenter / / / / Swedish

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Peterson Emma J F Red Wife M Aug 18 1873 27 United States 1883 E Breed Canadian Methodist / / / English

    "    Frank M W Son S Jun 28 1887 13 " 1889 Scandinavian " " / / / "

    "    John " " " " May 15 1892 8 B C W " " " 9 / / / "

Scott Merritt F " R " " Apr 14 188690 10 United States 1895 Ind? e? b? " " 8 / / / "

   "   James ? " " " " Jany 27 1892 9 " " _ e? b? " " 8 / / / "

   "   Rosella F " Dau " Dec 6 1894 6 " " _ e? b? " " 6 / / "

Peterson Henry M " Son " Feby 4 1900 1 B C W _ e? b? " "

Frank and John are Charles's children from his former marriage. The SCOTT children are Emma's from her prior marriage.

6. 1911 Canadian Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #20 of 23 — indexed "Arter Petrucci" — yah, really): Richmond Riding, Burnaby Municipality, New Westminster Dist., BC, p. 20, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1911 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1911: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Canadian Census Mean.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

233 240 Peterson Charles B C E Carline M Head M July 1856 54 Sweden 1904 Swede Swede Methodist Carpenter Y N ? House 1000 54 35.00 Y Y E

    "    Emma " F Wife M Aug 1872 38 USA 1883 English American Methodist none Y Y E

Scott Rosa " F StepDau S Dec 1893 17 USA 1883 English American Methodist none Y Y E

Peterson Har???? " M Son S Feb 1900 11 BC Swede Canadian Methodist none 9 Y Y E

    "    Emma " F Dau S Apr 1901 10 BC Swede Canadian Methodist none 9 Y Y E

    "    Helena " F Dau S Oct 1903 7 BC Swede Canadian Methodist none 8 Y Y E

    "    Elsie " F Dau S Oct 1905 5 BC Swede Canadian Methodist none Y Y E

    "    Ellen " F Dau S May 1910 1 BC Swede Canadian Methodist none N N

This record is blurry and difficult to read.   "B.C.E." stands for British Columbia Electrical Railway, the local mass transit system. For Charles's immigration date, someone (in another hand and pen) had written 1904 over whatever had been entered originally, which is obviously incorrect.

7. British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986 (online at familysearch.org):

Name: J.V. Peterson

Death Date: 15 Jul 1951

Death Place: New Westminster, BC

Gender | Age: Male | 38y 18d

Birth Date: 27 Jun 1893

Birthplace: New Westminster, BC

Marital Status: Single

Father: Charles Henry Peterson

Mother: Elizabeth Anderson

Film Number: 1952654

Digital Folder Number: 4437617

Image Number: 1444

BC Archives Film Number: B13143

Registration Number: 38277

8. Global Gazetteer (by Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.): I can find no such place as Helmater, Sweden, in this database or others.

9. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

10. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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