Mary Matilda (Edwards) Peterson (1916 - 1978)

Born 30 Oct 1916 in Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Woodrow W. Peterson — married 11 Jun 1935 (to 1978) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Died 7 Jul 1978 at age 61 in Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States

Biography

Mary Matilda Edwards, 1916-1978, was the daughter of Chester A. Edwards and Mary Leigh. ^[1]

In 1920, he Edwards family lived in Pannock, Idaho. The family included Chester Edwards, 26, a farmer; his wife, May L., 24; and their daughters, Ella, 5; and May M. (Mary Matilda), 3. All were born in Idaho, as were their parents. They owned their property with a mortgage. ^[2]

In 1930, the Edwards family lived in a rented house in Malad,mOneida, Idaho. The household included Chester Edwards, 37, a mechanic for a hardware company, not a veteran, who married at age 20; his wife, Mary L., 35, who married at 18; their children, all born in Idaho, Ella E., 15, in school; Mary M., 13, in school; Chester L., 9, in school; Glen J., 3; and Ida May, 1. ^[3]

Mary Edwards married Woodrow W. Peterson in Salt Lake, Utah on 11 June 1935. ^[4]

They had a daughter, Hannah Lugene (Peterson) Hill, and a son, Mark W. Peterson.

Mary (Edwards) Peterson, 61, died of cancer at Oneida County Hospital on 7 July 1978. She was married at the Salt Lake City LDS Temple in 1935. Mary was survived by her husband; son, Mark W. Peterson; daughter, Lugene Hill; five grandchildren, two sisters and one brother. ^[5]

Mary, 1916-1978, and her husband are buried together in St. John Cemetery, St Johns, Oneida, Idaho. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Familysearch Sourced Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KW89-GTN)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCF-XXH : 1 February 2021), May M Edwards in entry for Chester A Edwards, 1920.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6M-CR5 : accessed 16 December 2022), Mary M Edwards in household of Chester Edwards, Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MB-3BHL : 31 July 2017), Woodrow W Peterson and Mary Matilda Edwards, 1935.
5. ↑ "Utah, Tremonton and Garland Obituaries, 1959-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QP-RCR2 : accessed 16 December 2022), Mrs Mary Edwards Petersen or Peterson, 1978; citing Box Elder, Utah, United States, Tremonton-Garland Utah Family History Center, Tremonton.; FHL microfilm 100,693,078.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #152504976