Signe was born in 1889/1890 in Minnesota to Swedish immigrants.
She lived with her mother, two older siblings and stepfather and half siblings in 1900 in Johson, Polk, Minnesota.[1] She still lived at home in 1910.[2]
She married Norwegian immigrant Halvor J Tinnesand.
She lived with her husband and tree children: Inga, John and Marvin in Johnson, Polk County, Minnesota in 1920. At least Inga must have been her husband's child in a previous marriage as she was born in Norway.[3]
They had children Harry, Hazel and Violet together. They still live in Johnson in Polk, Minnesota in 1930.[4]
She passed away in 1978. She is buried in Saint Dorothy Cemetery, Dorothy, Red Lake County, Minnesota.[5]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M93Z-VF6 : accessed 12 September 2020), Signa H Peterson in household of Charles P Wiberg, Johnson & Chester Townships & T.150/R.39, Polk, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 238, sheet 4B, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,781.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2P3-T4Q : accessed 12 September 2020), Signe Wiberg in household of Charly Wiberg, Gully, Polk, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 211, sheet 2B, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 715; FHL microfilm 1,374,728.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWB5-BK7 : accessed 12 September 2020), Signe Tinnesand in household of Halvor J Tinnesand, Johnson, Polk, Minnesota, United States; citing ED 213, sheet 3B, line 98, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 851; FHL microfilm 1,820,851.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X38P-YJH : accessed 12 September 2020), Signe Finnesand in household of H J Finnesand, Johnson, Polk, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 2B, line 96, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1113; FHL microfilm 2,340,848.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 September 2020), memorial page for Signe Ida Caroline Peterson Peppin (7 Dec 1889–16 Jan 1978), Find A Grave: Memorial #38858238 Find a Grave Memorial no. 38858238, citing Saint Dorothy Cemetery, Dorothy, Red Lake County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by kevers (contributor 47057255) .A source for this information is needed.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSKZ-J7T : 9 February 2020), Signe Gennesand, Johnson Township, Polk, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-51, sheet 2B, line 42, family 30, 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 1949.
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