Rhoda Elizabeth (Adams) Peterson (1884 - 1952)

Born 23 Aug 1884 in Kanab, Kane, Utah Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Alma Bunting — married 4 Nov 1907 in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States

Wife of Frands Peter Peterson Jr. — married 7 Jan 1914 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1952 at age 67 in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Susan Hyatt [send private message] and Julia Fitzgerald [send private message]

Biography

Rhoda "Ruth" Elizabeth Adams was born on August 23, 1884 in Kanab, Kane County, Utah Territory, United States, the daughter of George James Duncan Adams and Araminda Hamblin. She was the first of seven children.

She married Alma Bunting on November 4, 1907 in Kanab.^[1][2][3] They had one child.

1. Aramanda "Ara" Marie (Bunting) Rasmussen was born on July 14, 1909 in Kanab.^[4][5]

Her husband Alma died on February 12, 1909 from an accidental gunshot, five months before their daughter was born.

Rhoda married Frands Peter Peterson Jr. on January 6, 1914 in Sevier County, Utah.^[6][7][8] They lived together in Salina, Sevier County, Utah. She became the step-mother of three children from Frands' previous marriage. She had three children with Frands.

1. Glenn George Peterson was born on August 5, 1915 in Salina.^[9]
2. Beverly "Babe" Ruth Peterson was born on April 3, 1917 in Salina.^[10][11]
3. Thad Reed Peterson was born on October 6, 1922 in Salina.

Ruth passed away at an age of sixty-seven on April 14, 1952 in Salina. She was buried in the Kanab City Cemetery. ^[12][13]

Her husband Frands died on January 12, 1957.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZKJ-ZVH : 19 October 2018), Alma Bunting and Rhoda Elizabeth Adams, 1907.
2. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL3Y-KQT : 4 August 2017), Alma Bunting and Miss Rhoda Eliz Adams, 1907.
3. ↑ "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZKJ-ZVH : 19 October 2018), Alma Bunting and Rhoda Elizabeth Adams, 1907.
4. ↑ "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL37-TFYW : 10 March 2018), Rhoda Elizabeth Adams in entry for Aramanda Bunting, 14 Jul 1909; citing Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States; citing p. , ref. ID # , Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City; FamilySearch digital folder 004251959.
5. ↑ "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8PH-HXC : 28 January 2020), Ruth Adams in entry for Arthur Bert Fordham, 1932.
6. ↑ "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8PS-WJ8 : 28 January 2020), Lizzie Bunting in entry for Frands Peterson, 1914.
7. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLSY-LQN : 4 August 2017), Frands Peterson and Lizzie Bunting, 1914.
8. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLSP-C6B : 4 August 2017), Mr. Frands Peterson and Miss Lizzie Bunting, 1914.
9. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MY-FGL4 : 3 November 2021), Elizabeth Adims in entry for Glenn G Peterson and Margaret Page, 1940.
10. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRLX-QT6 : 4 August 2017), Ruth E Adams in entry for Carl Marion Jorgensen and Beverly Ruth Peterson, 1937.
11. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MY-X4FH : 4 August 2017), Elizabeth Ruth Adams in entry for Charles Waters and Beverly Ruth Peterson, 1939.
12. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPG-P8Z : 9 March 2018), Ruth Elizabeth Peterson, 1952.
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13261385/rhoda_elizabeth-peterson: accessed 07 August 2022), memorial page for Rhoda Elizabeth “Ruth” Adams Peterson (23 Aug 1884–14 Apr 1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #13261385, citing Kanab City Cemetery, Kanab, Kane County, Utah, USA; Maintained by geraldine Peterson (contributor 47002166).
14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13261385/rhoda_elizabeth-peterson: accessed 07 August 2022), memorial page for Rhoda Elizabeth “Ruth” Adams Peterson (23 Aug 1884–14 Apr 1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13261385, citing Kanab City Cemetery, Kanab, Kane County, Utah, USA; Maintained by geraldine Peterson (contributor 47002166).

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRK-GWL : accessed 21 September 2018), Elizabeth Adams in household of George J Adams, Pahreah, Johnson Wash Precincts, Kane, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 200, sheet 7B, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,683.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XC-6F4 : accessed 21 September 2018), Rhoda E Adams in household of Ariminda Adams, Johnson, Kane, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 8B, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1604; FHL microfilm 1,375,617.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PY-9QC : accessed 21 September 2018), Ruth E Peterson in household of France Peterson, Salma, Sevier, Utah, United States; citing ED 120, sheet 13B, line 97, family 284, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1863; FHL microfilm 1,821,863.

• "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4R1C-QRW2 : 25 August 2021), Ruth Adams Peterson in entry for Frands P Peterson, 1925.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH62-39F : accessed 21 September 2018), Ruth E Peterson in household of Frands P Peterson, Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 9A, line 26, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2422; FHL microfilm 2,342,156.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT44-VDK : 15 March 2018), Ruth Peterson in household of F P Peterson, Salina, Salina Election Precinct, Sevier, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21-24, sheet 18B, line 56, family 373, 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 4217.

• "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DLHJ-G7PZ : 25 August 2021), Ruth Elizabeth Adams Peterson in entry for Frands Peterson, 1950.