Ida Peterson was born on June 21, 1903 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA. Her parents were John Peterson and Marie Pomerleau. She married Walter Donahue on September 20, 1920 Together they had 4 children:
She married Edwin Dow in 1930
She died on May 29, 1978 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America
Sources
"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCDZ-645 : 23 September 2017), MM9.1.1/KCDZ-645:, 21 Jun 1903; citing Portland, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MR33-J14 : accessed 3 April 2016), Ida M Peterson in household of Anseline M Aube, Westbrook Ward 4, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 114, sheet 14A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,553.
"Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCNV-XXX : accessed 3 April 2016), Walter A Donahue and Ida M Peterson, 20 Sep 1920; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQTF-9BH : accessed 10 July 2019), Ida M Donahue, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 100, sheet 1A, line 33, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 970; FHL microfilm 2,340,705.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4VJ-GS5 : 14 March 2018), Ida Donahue, Ward 7, Cambridge, Cambridge City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-95, sheet 63A, line 19, family 90, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1685.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSDF-YJC : 20 May 2014), Ida Dow, May 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248456149/ida_marie-dow: accessed April 17, 2024), memorial page for Ida Marie Peterson Dow (21 Jun 1903–29 May 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 248456149, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Anne Philbrick (contributor 47168361).
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