Per Gerhard Pearson (1909 - 1966)

Born 23 Mar 1909 in Tarm, Västra Fågelvik, Värmland, Sweden

Died 29 Jun 1966 at age 57 in Sutter, California, United States

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Biography

Gerold was born in Värmland, Sweden on March 23, 1909.^[1]

He married Gladys Kirk on May 25, 1940 in Trinity Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, California, USA.^[2]

He passed away in Sutter County, California in 1966, at the age of 57.

Timeline

• 1909 born in Sweden
• 1966 died in Sutter County, California ^[3]
• Buried in Knights Landing Cemetery, Knights Landing, Yolo County, California ^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1391
2. ↑ Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.s., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Book Title: Register_baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths_1879-1959; Accession Number: Vault Bx 9211 .c2411 T72 V.2. Ancestry.com. U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
3. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGRG-S9Y : 26 November 2014), Gerald Pearson, 29 Jun 1966; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
4. ↑ Knights Landing Cemetery (Knights Landing, California, United States.) Gerold Pearson’s headstone. Personally photographed by Kim Collins, 14 February 2021.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #155991513

• Nils Persson household in Tarm in Fagervik in Västra Fågelvik parish household records 1909-1920 page 163: kVästra Fågelviks kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker, SE/VA/13645/A II a/2 (1909-1920), bildid: 00056209_00157, sida 163 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/00056209_00157

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWYC-YPQ : 2 February 2021), Pete Person in entry for Nels Person, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3Z4-P57 : accessed 17 June 2022), Gerald P Pearson in household of Christina Pearson, Cannon Falls, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 6B, line 65, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1087; FHL microfilm 2,340,822.