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Florence May Peterson 1902 – 1988 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Feb 1902

Birth Location: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 19 May 1988

Death Location: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: William Peterson

Mother: Olive Work

Spouse(s): William Buchanan

Children(s): Dorothy Buchanan, Eleanor Buchanan, Kathryn Buchanan, Vivian Buchanan

Born in 1902 in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA, Florence May Peterson was the child of William James Peterson and Olive Blanche Work. In time, Florence May Peterson married William Donaldson Buchanan, and they raised a family that included Dorothy Irene Buchanan, Eleanor Buchanan, Kathryn Marie Buchanan and Vivian Buchanan. Florence May Peterson died in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA in 1988.

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Parents

William Peterson
1873 – 1917
Birth Location: Jennertown, Pennsylvania
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Olive Work
1880 – 1918
Birth Location: Rochester Mills, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

William Buchanan
1897 – 1971
Birth Location: Pennsylvania,USA
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Children(s)

Dorothy Buchanan
1921 – 2008
Birth Location: Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Eleanor Buchanan
1924 – 2011
Birth Location: Johnstown
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Kathryn Buchanan
1925 – 2007
Birth Location: Johnstown CA, Pennsylvania
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Vivian Buchanan
1930 – 2004
Birth Location: Johnstown CA, Pennsylvania
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 22 Feb 1902
    Event Place: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Year: 1910; Census Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1323; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0122; FHL microfilm: 1375336

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Johnstown Ward 5, Cambria, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1323; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0122; FHL microfilm: 1375336

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Johnstown Ward 8, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Johnstown Ward 8, Cambria, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1546; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 182

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Johnstown, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 2341746

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: , Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 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: Johnstown, C

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1963-1964
    Event Place: Pennsylvania
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 May 1988
    Event Place: Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Southmont, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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