Kenneth Waldo Peterson (1917 - 2005)

Born 20 Mar 1917 in Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Alma Laura Carmichael — married 22 Jun 1935 in Blair, Washington, Nebraska

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Biography

Kenneth Waldo Peterson was born on 20 Mar 1917 in Tekamah, Nebraska, son of Chris Christian Peterson and Maude Elsie (French) Newell.

Kenneth died on 24 Jan 2005 aged 87. He is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California.

Sources

• 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1920; Census Place: Arizona, Burt, Nebraska; Roll: T625_981; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 38
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #17990744 (accessed 11 October 2022)
  Kenneth Peterson (2), single son, in household of Chris Peterson (38) in Arizona, Burt, Nebraska. Born in Nebraska.
• 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1930; Census Place: Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 2341001
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #106630135 (accessed 11 October 2022)
  Kenneth W Peterson (13), single son, in household of Chris C Peterson (48) in Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska, USA. Born in Nebraska.
• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1940; Census Place: San Antonio, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00247; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 19-595
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #72173048 (accessed 11 October 2022)
  Kenneth Peterson (23), married, Importer, head of household in San Antonio, Los Angeles, California. Born in Nebraska.
• Military: "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
  National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Nebraska, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 82
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #17003309 (accessed 11 October 2022)
  Name: Kenneth Waldo Peterson; Gender: Male; Race: White; Age: 23; Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head); Birth Date: 20 Mar 1917; Birth Place: Tekamah, Nebraska, USA; Residence Place: Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska, USA; Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940; Registration Place: Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska, USA; Employer: Elwin Robinson; Height: 6; Weight: 175; Complexion: Ruddy; Hair Color: Brown; Eye Color: Blue; Next of Kin: Laura Carmichael Peterson;
  Household Members Age Relationship:
  Kenneth Waldo Peterson 23 Self (Head)
  Laura Carmichael Peterson Wife.
• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska; Roll: 2266; Sheet Number: 72; Enumeration District: 95-335
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #21984308 (accessed 11 October 2022)
  Kenneth W Peterson (33), married head of household in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA. Born in Nebraska.
• Social Security: "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007"
  Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007
  Ancestry Record 60901 #19155194 (accessed 11 October 2022)
  Name: Kenneth Waldo Peterson [Kenneth W Peterson]; Gender: Male; Race: White; Birth Date: 20 Mar 1917; Birth Place: Tekamah, Nebraska; Death Date: 24 Jan 2005; Father: Chris C Peterson; Mother: Maude E French; Notes: May 1937: Name listed as KENNETH WALDO PETERSON; 01 Feb 2005: Name listed as KENNETH W PETERSON.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117091153/kenneth-w-peterson: accessed 11 October 2022), memorial page for Kenneth W. Peterson (20 Mar 1917–24 Jan 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 117091153, citing Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Stuart Strout Woodside Skolfield (contributor 46954007) .