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Abie – see Obie
AC – Agriculture College; formally known as Utah Agriculture College. Utah’s land-grant college, founded in 1888 in Logan, UT. Now Utah State University (USU).
Ada – Ada Adeline Ferguson (1878-1953); 2nd wife of Caroline & Edward Peterson’s oldest son Arthur Peterson. She was the widow of John H. Baugh (1870-1905), with 3 young children, when she married Arthur in 1912. She and Arthur had one daughter (Verna Caroline Peterson) before Arthur died in 1918 from the Spanish Flu epidemic. After Arthur’s death, Ada and her younger children moved to North Logan, where they lived north of Caroline & Edward on 1200 East. In 1921 she married Robert Hughes (1860-1949) of North Logan.
Alcock, Alcook – see Alcott
Alcott – California friends of Lovisa & hubby Floyd
Alvira – see Elvira
Anna Fay –
Annie Peterson – Anna Katrina Peterson (1886-1919). Caroline and Edward’s 30-year-old daughter who died from the Spanish Flu epidemic on 31 March 1919. She had no children and never married.
Annie – Annie B. Poppleton Peterson (1893-1983). Wife of Frank Peterson and daughter-in-law to Edward & Caroline Peterson. Born and raised in Wellsville, UT.
Arthur – Arthur Edward Peterson (1884-1918). Oldest child of Caroline & Edward Peterson. He died on 6 Dec 1918 from the Spanish Flu epidemic. He was 34 years old. At the time he was a mortician in Malad, ID and his sister Louise traveled to Malad to bring his body back to Logan.
Arthur was married two times. He married Jennie Mae McArthur in 1906 and they divorced in 1911. They had one daughter, Audrey. Arthur married Ada A. Ferguson Baugh, a young widow with three children, on 2 Feb 1912. They had a daughter, Verna Caroline Peterson, born 13 Sep 1913.
Arthur – see Obie
Arthurs – people from Logan (or North Logan?) who moved to California
ASPCA Hospital – American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Hospital in NYC where Caroline & Edward Peterson’s son-in-law, Floyd H. White, worked during summer of 1927.
Audrey – Audrey Annetta Peterson Shipp (1906-1996). Granddaughter of Caroline & Edward Peterson and daughter of Arthur Peterson & his 1st wife, Jennie Mae McArthur. Audrey sometimes used the surname of Shipp, which was her step father’s surname. She lived in California most of her life.
August – August Sjostrom (1849-1932). AKA Uncle August, Uncle Sjostrom.
Married Edward Peterson’s oldest sister Elsa in Sweden in 1875. Elsa died in Logan, UT in 1888. In 1891 August married Blanda Peterson, Elsa and Edward’s sister. Blanda died in 1919 and August married his 3rd wife, Amanda, in 1922.
August was 31, Edward Peterson, almost18, and Edward’s father, Johannes Pehrson (John Peterson) 51, when they left Sweden in late March 1880. They traveled by ship with other LDS Saints, but once they reached New York City, they left the others and boarded a train for Omaha, Nebraska. From Omaha, the three men—all alone—walked the 1000 miles to Ogden, UT. They were the first of the Peterson family to emigrate from Sweden.
August and his family remained close to the Petersons all his life. Edward & Caroline Peterson’s youngest daughter was named after August, Louise Caroline Augusta Peterson.
Auntie Louie – see Lovis (NV)
Avery, Avey – Caroline calls herself this person’s grandma but no one knows who this is. Someone close to the family, living with Grace and her family in Idaho, but who?
Baby – see Lovisa
Beck – North Logan residents
Belle Folkman –
Berg – see Johanna, Frans
Berguson – North Logan residents
Berkeley – Berkeley, CA. San Francisco Bay area city; 765 miles west, southwest of North Logan, UT.
Beuhler – North Logan residents (perhaps Beutler but Beuhler is how it’s written in one of the Peterson letters).
Bill – Bill White. AKA William W. White. Grandson of Caroline & Edward Peterson; son of Louise Peterson & Floyd H. White.
Blackfoot – Blackfoot, ID. Small farming town 117 miles north of North Logan, UT.
Blackfoot folks – see Sjostroms (Blackfoot)
Blanda – Blanda Katrina Wilhelmina Peterson Sjostrom (1867-1919). Edward Peterson’s sister who married her brother-in-law, August Sjostrom in 1891. Her older sister Elsa Peterson, August’s 1st wife, had died in 1888.
Bergs (Pocatello) – Edward Peterson’s brother-in-law Frans Axel Berg, his wife Johanna Peterson (Edward’s older sister), and their family, who lived in the Pocatello area. See Johanna and Frans.
Beutler – North Logan residents
Boss – see Edward
Brigham – Brigham City, UT. Small town 29 miles southwest of North Logan, UT. Brigham City is on the west side of Sardine Canyon, the canyon that takes you into Cache Valley.
Bud – Jay Clyde Peterson (1921-1991). Grandson of Caroline & Edward Peterson; 2nd son of Frank and Annie Peterson.
Buddy – see Bud
Budi – see Bud
Budge – Dr. T Budge or Dr. DC Budge, prominent
doctors in Logan.
BYC – Brigham Young College. Founded in Logan, UT in 1877 as a high school
and college. Closed in 1926; land sold to Logan City, who built Logan High
School on the site (1st South & 1st West). Lovisa Peterson
began her teaching career after graduating from BYC.
Cal – California
Carl Peterson – Carl Dean Peterson. Grandson of Caroline & Edward Peterson; son of Frank & Annie Peterson.
Carli – Carl Gustav Johnson. Grandson of Caroline & Edward Peterson; son of Grace L. Peterson & Gus Johnson.
Carlson – North Logan residents?
Casperson --
Caroline – Caroline Wilhelmina Julin Peterson (1860-1927). Caroline wrote most of the letters in this blog. Caroline was born in Vesteras, Sweden on 24 Jan 1860. She was raised in the city and was well educated.
Caroline joined the LDS Church and left her family as her life had been threatened if she continued to have anything more to do with the Mormons.
She worked for several years and was finally able to immigrate to Ogden, UT in 1882. She met Edward Peterson, another young Swedish immigrant, at a Mutual dance in Ogden and six weeks later they were sealed in the Endowment House by Daniel C. Wells.
Caroline started her married life in Ogden, UT but within a few years the Peterson family was living in Logan, UT. In 1893 Caroline and Edward purchased land in Greenville (North Logan), UT and a year later their family was living in the small house they’d built on their small farm in Greenville. Caroline lived there until her 1927 death.
Caroline and Edward had 7 children, 6 who grew to adulthood. During the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-1919, she lost 3 of her children within 3 months. This was devastating but she never lost hope or her testimony of the Lord.
Materially, Caroline was poor all her life. Spiritually, however, she was blessed beyond measure. She was a powerful influence for good for many, many people—not only her family, but friends, neighbors, and acquaintances.
Chambert – store in Logan?
Christenson – North Logan residents
CJP – see Caroline
CJ Peterson – see Caroline
Cora –
Cronquist – North Logan residents
Crookston – North Logan residents
Dad – see Edward
Dadie – see Grace
Dallie – see Darold
Darling – North Logan residents
Davis –
Darold – John Darold Johnson (1918-2012). son of Gus Johnson & Grace Lillian Peterson; grandson of Caroline & Edward Peterson.
DC – Dr. D.C. Budge, prominent doctor in Logan
Dede – see Grace
Dessie –
Dick – Peterson horse. Lovisa loved this horse!
Dick, Mrs. Johnnie –
Dorthea –
Douglas --- in Petaluma? or Douglas Fort in SLC?
Dr. – Several Logan Drs mentioned: Budge, Hayward,
Merrill, Eliason, Thatcher, Eliason. Wennergren. Hector a doctor?
Dr. White – see Floyd
Eaton – Ray H. Eaton, 3rd husband of
Jennie Mae McArthur (former daughter-in-law of Caroline & Edward Peterson).
Edna –
Having no more money, and not speaking any English, they put themselves in the hands of the Lord and walked the 1000 miles to Ogden, UT. (see familysearch.org for more details) They were the first of the Petersons to come to UT and worked to help the rest of the family emigrate.
Edward met and married Caroline in 1883. They lived several years in Ogden, UT before moving to Logan, UT. Several years later they were able to buy land in Greenville (North Logan) and the next year they moved into their new little home on their Greenville farm.
Edward farmed, worked for the railroad, and did other jobs to help provide for his family. He, like his wife Caroline, loved to read.
Edward was a good man. He gave land to his sister Johanna when she had no income and had 3 young children to support by herself. Edward was a real character and a wheeler-dealer.
Edward never had any schooling but he was a brilliant, self-educated man. Many’s the time he and President John A. Widstoe (AC President and later Apostle in the LDS Church) debated gospel principles over their fence. When Edward died, the Bishop looked over the podium, and pointing down at the casket said, “There lies our Encyclopedia.”
Edward – Edward Harold Johnson (1908-1978). Nephew of Caroline & Edward Peterson. Son of Caroline’s sister Louise C. Julin and Gus Johnson. Spent most of his life in Nevada.
Edwin Carlisle –
Elsa – Elsa Katrina Pehrson Sjostrom (1853-1888). Older sister of Edward Peterson. Married August Sjostrom in Sweden in 1875. Immigrated to UT, eventually settling in Logan, UT. Died on 1 Dec 1888, shortly after giving birth to her 6th child.
Elsa – Elsa Sjostrom (1902-1955). Niece of Edward & Caroline Peterson; daughter of August Sjostrom and his 2nd wife, Blanda Peterson Sjostrom.
Elvira – Elvira Carolyn Griffeath (1915-1988). AKA Elvira Griffith. Minnie’s daughter with 2nd husband, David Franklin Griffeath. Lived most of her life in California.
Eold – Dr?
E.P. –see Edward
Esther, Ester –
Evan Murray – Originally from Wellsville. Prof at AC or BYC?
Frans, Frank – Frans Axel Berg (1881-1940). AKA Frank. 2nd husband of Edward Peterson’s sister Johanna. Married Johanna in 1887 and had three children with her. Raised her other three children from her previous marriage. Lived and farmed in the Pocatello, ID area. see Johanna.
Faye –
Ferguson – North Logan residents
FG – David Franklin Griffeath (1888-1946). AKA Frank Griffeath, Frank Griffith, David Griffith. Son-in-law of Caroline & Edward Peterson. Married their daughter Minnie (her 2nd husband) in 1912.
He and Minnie had 3 children before she died in Dec 1918. He went to California to be with his family, getting established (several months, a year, year +?) before returning to get his children from Grace Peterson Johnson (ID) and Caroline & Edward Peterson (UT), who had been raising them while he was gone.
FH – see Floyd Henry White
Fitzpatrick – people Lovisa knew in California
Floyd – Floyd Henry White (1895-1962). AKA FH. Son-in-law of Caroline & Edward Peterson. He eloped with their youngest child, Louise Caroline Augusta Peterson, in San Jose, CA on 2 Jul 1923.
He was from Rhinebeck, NY and graduated from Cornell University the summer of 1920 as a veterinarian and month later joined a practice in the San Francisco Bay area. He and Louise met at a boarding house in Berkley, CA, where he was living and she was staying for the summer while she attended classes at the University of California Berkley.
He joined the LDS church four years after marrying Louise. He and Louise raised their 3 children in the Bay area, living there for 40+ years.
Floyd Peterson– son of Frank O. Peterson &
Annie Poppleton; grandson of Caroline & Edward Peterson. Named for his
uncle Floyd H. White (husband of Lovisa Peterson).
FO – see Frank
Folks – see Grace, Gus, and family
Folks at Madera – see FG and family
Follett – North Logan residents
Forenoon – time between sunrise and noon (12:00 pm)
Fort Russell – an Army fort in Cheyenne, WY
Frank – Franklin Olif Peterson (1892-1965). 5th child of Caroline & Edward Peterson. Married Annie Poppleton from Wellsville, UT in 1920. Father of 5 sons and1 daughter.
He and Annie rented a house along 8th East in North Logan for several years before buying a home in Logan. (They were living in North Logan in 1927 when Frank’s mother, Caroline J. Peterson, died).
Frank was the only Peterson son living after the Spanish Influenza epidemic. He was a hard worker and a devoted, loving son to Caroline & Edward Peterson. He spent a lot of time assisting his parents on their small farm, for years going over to their place almost every day in order to help them out.
Frank G. – see FG
Franklin – see Frank
Fred – Fred Adolf Johnson (1905-1965). Nephew of Caroline & Edward Peterson; son of Caroline’s sister Louise C. Julin & her husband Gustov A. Johnson.
Fred – Frederick Rigby Roskelley (1882-1935). Minnie Peterson’s 1st husband. They married in 1904 and divorced in 1911. They had two sons, Joe and Obie Roskelley.
Garland – Garland, UT. Small town 2 miles north of Tremonton, UT and 28 miles west of North Logan, UT. Not in Cache Valley. Garland is 44 miles from Preston, ID.
Garr –
George – George Hopkins, North Logan resident. Obie’s “partner in crime.”
Gilbert – Gilbert L. Janson (1899-1983). Nephew of Edward & Caroline Peterson. Son of Edward’s sister Ida and her husband Charles Janson of Tremonton, UT.
Gilgen – North Logan residents
Gladys –
Grace – Grace Lillian Peterson Johnson (1895-1972). Daughter of Caroline & Edward Peterson; their 6th child; born in Greenville (North Logan), UT. Married Gus Johnson in 1916. Had 3 children who grew to adulthood. Worked with her husband in their bakeries in CA, ID, and UT.
Granddad – see Edward
Grandma – see Caroline
Greenvilles – AKA for North Logan residents. North Logan was originally called Greenville.
Griffeaths (Madera) – see FG and family
Gus (NV) – Gustof Adolf Johnson (1879-1945). AKA Gus Johnson, Gus Johnason. Married Caroline J. Peterson’s younger sister Louise Julin in 1904; they had three children. Gus was a miner near McGill, NV for most of his life.
Gus – Gustav Amatius Anderson Johnson (1888-1959). AKA Gus Johnson, Gust. Son-in-law of Caroline & Edward Peterson. Married Grace Peterson in 1916; had four children (three who grew to adulthood). Gus was a baker in Idaho, California and Utah, owning and operating several bakeries with his brother Max Johnson and/or his wife Grace.
Gust – see Gus
Hagan, Hagen –
Hansen/Hanson – North Logan residents
Harold – Harold David Griffeath (1914-1920). AKA Harold Griffith. Grandson of Caroline & Edward Peterson; oldest son of their daughter Minnie and her 2nd husband, David Frank Griffeath.
Hector – Dr. Hector?
Helen – Helen Louisa Johnson (1912-1939). Niece of Caroline and Edward Peterson; daughter of Caroline’s sister Louise C. Julin & Gustov A. Johnson.
Henderson –
Hendricks –
Holechers – see Horlacher
Holman –
Hopkins – North Logan residents. Son George Hopkins was Obie Roskelley’s “partner in crime” for many of their escapades.
Horlachers – meat market in Logan
Hughes – Robert Hughes (1860-1949). North Logan resident who married Arthur Peterson’s widow Ada in 1921. He lived north of Caroline & Edward Peterson on 8th East.
Hurst – North Logan residents
Hyde Park – small Cache Valley town 3 miles north of North Logan, UT.
Ida – Ida Gustava Peterson Janson (1859-1929). Edward Peterson’s sister who emigrated with the entire Peterson family from Sweden in 1880. She married Charles Janson in 1884 and spent most of her married life in Tremonton, UT. She, her husband Charles, her parents, and a few children are buried in the same plot in the Logan City Cemetery.
Irene – Irene Lillian Johnson Koerner (1921-2001). Granddaughter of Caroline & Edward Peterson; daughter of Grace L. Peterson & Gus Johnson. Married Karl L. Koerner in 1943.
Isabelle – Ada Isabelle Janson (1897-1941). Niece of Edward & Caroline Peterson; daughter of Edward’s sister Ida and her husband Charles Janson.
Israelsen – North Logan residents. Prof Israelsen also lived in Berkeley with his family and taught at UC Berkeley before returning to North Logan, UT.
Jansons (Tremonton) – Refers to Edward Peterson’s sister Ida, her husband Charles Janson (1848-1923) and their family, who lived in Tremonton, UT.
Jenie—see Jennie
Jennie – Jennie Mae McArthur Peterson Shipp Easton (1887-1936). AKA Jenie. 1st wife of Arthur Edward Peterson and daughter-in-law of Caroline & Edward Peterson. Married Arthur in 1906 and divorced him in 1911. They had one daughter, Audrey.
Even after the divorce, Jennie remained close to Caroline and Edward Peterson and was greatly loved by them and the other Petersons.
Her 2nd husband was Curtis Shipp. They married in 1911 and he died in 1914. Her 3rd husband was Ray Easton. They married sometime between 1920 and 1925.
Joe – Joseph Fredrick Roskelley (1905-1934). Grandson of Caroline & Edward Peterson; son of their daughter Minnie and her 1st husband Fred Roskelley. Joe was about 7 years old when his parents divorced. A year later his mother Minnie married Frank Griffeath. Joe was just 13 when his mother Minnie died.
Because they did not get along well with their step father, Joe and his brother Obie lived with their grandparents Caroline & Edward Peterson and also their Aunt Grace and her family in Idaho. They were greatly loved in the Peterson family.
Joe joined the Navy and spent several years traveling around the world. He was mainly a cook in the Navy. In May 1934 he died under mysterious circumstances in the San Diego area.
Joe Edwalls –
Johanna – Johanna
Ulrica Peterson Petterson Berg (1856-1911). Edward Peterson’s older sister. Married lawyer Carl John
Petterson (1811-1896) in Sweden in 1878. Emigrated to UT and settled in Logan,
UT. Had 3 children with Carl. Married 2nd husband Frans Axel Berg (1861-1940) in
1887 and had 3 more children. Frank, Johanna and the 6 children ended up living
and farming in the Pocatello, ID area.
John –
Johnson – see Lovisa (NV) and Gus (NV)
Johnson family – see Grace, Gus
Jorgensen – North Logan residents
Joseph of old – see Frank
JW Bowman – Lewiston, UT resident whom Caroline & Edward Peterson’s daughter Lovisa boarded with while teaching at the Lewiston Elementary School.
Kels, Kell? –
Kemp – North Logan residents. Beginning in 1911, John Kemp served for 30 years as Bishop of the North Logan Ward.
King – North Logan residents
Larson – North Logan residents
Law –
Lawrance, Lawrence – see Poppleton
LC Peterson – see Lovisa
LC White – see Lovisa
Leonard –
Lewiston – Lewiston, UT. Small Cache Valley town 18 miles north of North Logan. On the UT – ID border.
Lou – see Lovisa
Loue – see Lovisa
Loui – see Lovisa
Loui – see Louis
Louis – Louis Franklin Peterson (1921-2010). Grandson of Caroline & Edward Peterson; oldest son of Frank & Annie Peterson.
Louise – see Lovisa
Lovis – see Lovisa
Lovis (NV) – Louisa Charlotta Julin Johnson (1880-1962). AKA Louise, Louise Julin, Sis, Auntie Lovis. Caroline’s younger sister who immigrated to Utah. She married Gus Johnson (another Swedish immigrant) in 1904. They had three children. Louise spent most of her married life in McGill, NV, where Gus was a miner.
Lovisa – Louise Caroline Augusta Peterson White (1898-1982). AKA Louise. Youngest child (7th) of Caroline & Edward Peterson. Born in Greenville 6 Feb 1898. Graduated from Logan’s Brigham Young College and was a teacher. Taught in Box Elder County before almost dying from the Spanish Influenza in 1918.
Taught school in Lewiston and North Logan. During several summers she attended UC Berkeley. While there, she met her handsome prince, Floyd H. White. They eloped on 2 July 1923, while in San Jose, CA.
Louise and Floyd had 3 children and lived in the San Francisco area for the next 40+ years..
Ma – see Caroline
Madeline –
Madera – Madera, CA. California city 156 miles southeast of Berkeley, CA and 560 miles (straight line) from North Logan, UT.
Maderians – see FG and his family
Malad – Malad, ID. Small town 53 miles northwest of North Logan, UT; not in Cache Valley.
Mamma – see Caroline
Mann – Katherine Henrietta Worden Mann (1846-1926). Floyd H. White’s grandma who died 26 Dec 1926.
Ma Peterson – see Caroline
Maughan – North Logan residents
Max – Max D. Johnson (1886-1949). Brother-in-law to Grace Peterson Johnson (daughter of Caroline & Edward Peterson). Max emigrated to UT from Sweden and was a successful baker in Logan, UT.
McGills – see Lovisa (NV) and Gus (NV) and family
McNeil –
Meeting – Sacrament Meeting, held during the week, in the evening.
Melvie – see Caroline
Melvin – North Logan friend of Obie’s?
Merrill – Dr. Merrill, Logan doctor
Minerva Law – Lovisa’s “rival”?
Minn – see Minnie
Minnie – Wilhelmina Charlota Peterson Roskelley Griffeath (1886-1918). AKA Minnie Griffith. 2nd child and oldest daughter of Edward & Caroline J. Peterson.
Married Frederick Rigby Roskelley in 1904 in Logan Temple. They had two sons, Joe and Obie. Fred abandoned his family and he and Minnie divorced in 1911; their sealing was cancelled in 1912.
Minnie’s 2nd husband was David Franklin Griffeath (or Griffith). They were married in 1912 and had 3 children: Harold, Elvira, and Russell. Minnie died of the Spanish Influenza shortly after giving birth to Russell in December 1918.
Miza –
Mollo –
Moser – North Logan residents
Mrs. White – Amy Denegar Mann White (1875-1934). Floyd H. White’s mother.
Muffie – see Caroline
Mumsie – see Caroline
Myra Nelson –
Myrtle –
Nebeker – AKA Nebuker. North Logan residents?
Nelson – North Logan residents
Newton – Newton, UT. Small Cache Valley town 15
miles northwest of North Logan, UT.
Nibley – Nibley, UT. Small Cache Valley town 8
miles south of North Logan, UT.
NYC – New York City. Lovisa (Caroline & Edward’s daughter) and her husband Floyd H. White lived here in 1927. Floyd worked for the ASPCA while Lovisa was a top salesperson selling encyclopedias.
Nyman – North Logan residents
Obie – Arthur Franklin Roskelley (1907-1975). Grandson of Caroline & Edward Peterson; son of Minnie Peterson & Fred Roskelley. Obie was just 4 when his parents divorced and 5 when his mother Minnie remarried. He was 11 when his mother died in 1918.
Obie’s childhood was tough, being abandoned by his father, living in poverty with his mother, not getting along with his step-father, and losing his mother when he was just 11 years old. After his mother’s death, he bounced around, living with his Aunt Grace Peterson Johnson and her family in Preston, ID, and also his grandparents, Caroline & Edward Peterson in North Logan.
These events affected Obie and he made some dumb choices as a youth. It didn’t help that his Grandpa Edward was often extra strict with him as he tried to make Obie “straighten up.”
Obie had a great sense of humor but was a pistol! And at times, he was a wayward youth. The Peterson Family Letters reflect the love, concern, aggravation, fear, anger, and all the other emotions that parents feel when their children are struggling.
But through it all, Obie was a loved and a cherished part of the Peterson Family. His life is a testament that even if you have a tough start, and even if you make dumb choices as a youth, it’s never too late to adjust the compass. You can always make changes and have a happy and successful life.
Ogden – Ogden, UT. City 47 “driving” miles south, southwest of North Logan, UT. Ogden is 42 miles north of Salt Lake City, UT.
Oscar Johnson – North Logan resident?
Olson – North Logan residents
Ormond – North Logan residents
Palmer – North Logan residents
Papa, Pappa – see Edward
Peterson – North Logan residents? Not related to Caroline & Edward Peterson. Sophie Peterson mentioned, along with Peterson boys, David and Leonard.
Poppleton – Wellsville, UT family of Annie Poppleton Peterson, Frank Peterson’s wife and daughter-in-law of Caroline & Edward Peterson.
Preston – Preston, ID. Small Cache Valley town 26 miles north of North Logan; near UT – ID border.
Prof – Professors mentioned in letters: Prof A.N. Sorenson, Prof Hickman, Prof Joseph Jenson, Prof Parley Peterson, Prof McClellan, Prof Israelsen.
Quality Bakery – bakery owned by Max Johnson on Main Street in Logan, UT. Later owned and operated by Caroline & Edward’s daughter Grace and her husband Gus Johnson.
Rachel Meyrick –
Reader – North Logan residents
Ressell – see Russell
Rhinebeck – Rhinebeck, NY. Hometown of Caroline & Edward’s son-in-law, Floyd H. White.
Ricks – North Logan residents? Julie Ricks was a good friend of Lovisa (Louise) Peterson and went to California with Lovisa to study at UC Berkeley. Was she also a teacher?
Riter –
Russell – Russell Wilhelm Griffeath (1918-1979). AKA Russell Griffith. Youngest son of Minnie Peterson & Frank Griffeath (Griffith), who was born in December 1918. His mother Minnie died on 26 Dec 1918 from the Spanish Influenza, shortly after his birth.
Ruth –
Salt Lake City – Salt Lake City, UT. AKA SLC. Capital of UT and 90 miles south, southwest of North Logan, UT.
San Pedro – San Pedro, CA. Community on the Pacific Ocean,
within the city of Los Angeles. From 1919-1940, San Pedro was the home of the
United States Navy Battle Fleet.
Shirly – see Shirley
Shirley – Shirley P. Peterson Weller (1922-1994). Granddaughter of Caroline & Edward Peterson; only daughter of Frank Olif Peterson and his wife Annie Poppleton.
Sis – see Lovis (NV)
Sjostrom – see August
Sjostroms (Blackfoot) – Charles Cavarin Sjostrom (1878-1962)
and his family. Charles is the nephew of Edward & Caroline Peterson. He’s the
2nd son of
Edward’s sister Elsa and her husband August Sjostrom. Charles, his wife
Bennett, and their family farmed in the Blackfoot, ID area.
Skaggs – drugstore in Logan, UT
Skorpor – Swedish biscuits
Smith – North Logan residents
Smith, Led & Laura – people in Bannock, ID
Smithfield – Smithfield, UT. Small Cache Valley town
6 miles north of North Logan, UT
Spur – interurban railroad that ran through Cache
Valley, coming up from Salt Lake City and Ogden. Went on up into Idaho.
Squires –
St. John – St. John, ID. Apparently a very small community during the time the
Peterson Family Letters were written as it no longer exists. It’s presently
part of Malad, ID.
Stateet –
Stauffer –
Stotera –
Swenson – North Logan residents
Thatcher – Dr. Thatcher of ?
Tremonton – Tremonton, UT. Small town 30 miles
west of North Logan; not in Cache Valley.
Tremontons, Tremonton folks – see Jansons
UAC – see AC
Uncle Charlie – see Jansons, Tremonton. AKA
Charles Janson, his wife Ida and their family
Uncle S – see August
Uncle Sjostrom – see August
Vira –
Verna – Verna Caroline Peterson Wyatt (1913-1996). Granddaughter of Caroline & Edward Peterson. Daughter of Arthur Peterson and Ada A. Ferguson Baugh.
Vilda –
Visa – see Lovisa
Visha – see Lovisa
Vurstain – see Wursten
W. – see Bill
Watkin – AKA Watkins. North Logan residents.
Welling Roskelley –
Wellsville – Wellsville, UT. Small Cache Valley town 13 miles southwest of North Logan, UT. On the southwest side of Cache Valley, before entering Sardine Canyon.
Wennergren – North Logan residents. Also, a Dr. Wennergren mentioned.
Westfield UT – see Jansons?
Wilbur –
Wilhelm – North Logan residents
Willard – Willard, UT. Small town approximately 30 miles southwest of Logan, UT. Willard is 6 miles south of Brigham City, UT. Brigham City is at the base of Sardine Canyon, the canyon that takes you into Cache Valley.
Willie S. – William Sjostrom (1881-1951). Nephew of Edward & Caroline Peterson; son of Edward’s sister Elsa and August Sjostrom.
Willis – see Bill
Willy – see Bill
Wisa – see Lovisa
Wisha – see Lovisa
Wm – see Bill
Wursten – North Logan residents
Your Dad – see Edward
Your Dream – see Floyd H. White
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