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Eleanor Evangeline Peterson 1915 – 1993 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Nov 1915

Birth Location: Benson, Cochise, Arizona, USA

Death Date: 28 Mar 1993

Death Location: Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, USA

Father: Carl Peterson

Mother: Minnie Allen

Spouse(s): John Cowan

Children(s): Anita Cowan, Carolyn Cowan

Eleanor Evangeline Peterson was born in 1915 in Benson, Cochise, Arizona, USA, the child of Carl Peterson and Minnie Margarete Allen. Eleanor Evangeline Peterson married John Benjamin Cowan, and had children including Anita Belle Cowan, Carolyn Evangeline Cowan. Eleanor Evangeline Peterson passed away in 1993 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, USA.

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Biography

  • Eleanor Evangeline Peterson was born in 1915 in Benson, Cochise, Arizona, USA, the child of Carl Peterson and Minnie Margarete Allen.
  • Eleanor Evangeline Peterson married John Benjamin Cowan, and had children including Anita Belle Cowan, Carolyn Evangeline Cowan.
  • Eleanor Evangeline Peterson passed away in 1993 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Carl Peterson
1896 – 1969
Birth Location: Missouri, USA
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Minnie Allen
1899 – 1969
Birth Location: Texas, USA
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Spouses(s)

John Cowan
1901 – 1982
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Anita Cowan
1945 –
Birth Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Carolyn Cowan
1954 –
Birth Location: Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, USA
CC

Eleanor Peterson's Ancestors

Self
Eleanor Peterson
1915 – 1993
Birth Place: Benson, Cochise, Arizona, USA
Parents
Carl Peterson
1896 – 1969
Missouri, USA
Minnie (Margarete) Allen
1899 – 1969
Texas, USA
Grandparents
William (Daniel) Allen
1869 – 1932
Texas, USA
Lucinda (Elizabeth) Tarver
1877 – 1957
Sanderson, Terrell, Texas, USA
Great-Grandparents
Daniel Allen
1840 – 1932
Margaret Wootan
1848 – 1927
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hugh Allen
1801 – 1886
Caroline Frazier
1805 – 1867

Eleanor Peterson's Descendants

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Eleanor (Evangeline) Peterson (8 Nov 1915 – 28 Mar 1993) m. John (Benjamin) Cowan (24 Oct 1901 – 18 Sep 1982)
  1. 1. Anita (Belle) Cowan (11 Nov 1945 – ) m. William (J) Delaney (1944 – )
    1. 1. Aileen (Belle) Delaney (15 Jan 1980 – )
  2. 2. Carolyn (Evangeline) Cowan (10 Jan 1954 – )

Eleanor Peterson's Timeline

2 Records

1915
8 Nov 1915
Birth of Eleanor Evangeline Peterson in Benson, Cochise, Arizona, USA
Benson, Cochise, Arizona, USA
1993
28 Mar 1993
Age 78
Death of Eleanor Evangeline Peterson in Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, USA
Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Nov 1915
    Event Place: Benson, Cochise, Arizona, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Mar 1993
    Event Place: Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, USA
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