Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Willard C. and Lena A. (Dowty) Peterson, 11 South 45 West
In 1900 Rawlins County, Kansas, Claus Peterson is farming, born May 1858 in Sweden, married 17 years to Sophia Mar 1864 Sweden. Sophia Mar 1883 in Michigan, Arthur Feb 1886, Willard Sept 1888, Adina March 1890, Olga March 1892, Edwin May 1894, Edith Sept 1896, and Gilbert Feb 1900 were all born in Kansas.
January 27, 1910 "William C. Peterson of Goodland and Richard Flescher of Linn, Kansas,
have filed on
section 28, township 11 range 45. The parties were located by S. N. Dolan.
In 1910 Kit Carson County, Williard C. Peterson ..
In 1920 Williard C. is farming, 32, with Lena 26 and Alvin R. 5, all born in Kansas.
Harold 2 was born in Colorado.
Williard is a garage mechanic in Sedgwick County, Kansas in 1930, 42, now married
to Katherine 20 born in Texas.
Alvin R. is 15, Harold 12, Mary C. 10,
and Katherine's son
Marcene Peterson born in Arkansas, 4.
In 1940 Sedgwick County, "Pete" is 52, Katerine 30, Marcene 14,
Lucile 9, Faye 8, Melda 6, Claude 3, Phyllis 2, and Velma six months.
Willard Claus Peterson 1887-1945 is buried in Clearwater, Kansas # 23876384,
with Lenna Ann (Dowty) Peterson 1893-1923 # 60423884.
Katherine Grace (Keffer) (Peterson) Barnes 1910-2003 is buried in Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas # 23876385.
HAROLD LEROY "PETE" PETERSON was born August 16, 1917,
in Flagler, Colorado, to Willard Claus Peterson
and Lenna Anne Dowty Peterson. He was married December 24, 1950, to Mamie Janousek.
A brick mason, he lived in Oberlin, Kansas until 1955 when he and wife Mamie moved to Loveland, Colorado. Worked in Wyoming. They moved to Aurora, Colorado, to a farm in Delta, Colorado in 1964, Cedaredge, Colorado in 1969, and Montrose, Colorado in 1985.
PASTIMES: Fifteen winters as Snowbirds, traveling to Quartzsite, Arizona, and while there they volunteered for the BLM, helping take care of the campgrounds,
DEATH: June 10, 1997, in Montrose, Colorado.
ALVIN
Alvin Raymond Peterson, born June 25, 1914 at Decatur Kansas, was employed by the CensusBUreau in 1940 when registereing for WWII.
Alvin R. Peterson 1914-1975 is buried in Spokane, Washington # 135024692.
One tree said his wife Alice Vinora Walker, born 1920 in Winchester,
Idaho, died April 10, 1991 in Multnomah County, Oregon.
SSID has her as Walker in 1938, Peterson in 1943, Crane in 1980.
Their son Erik L. Peterson of Clackmas County and Rose Mary Pruiett of Multnomah County, married in Vancouver, Washington in March 1971.
MARY JANE
Mary Jane (Peterson) Moore, born May 11, 1920 at
Flagler, died October 11, 2002, per # 37832528.
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