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Richard Lee Peterson 1929 – 2001 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Dec 1929

Birth Location: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 15 Apr 2001

Death Location: Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA

Father: Howard Peterson

Mother: Edith Payne

Spouse(s): Anita Miller

Children(s): Craig Peterson, Dane Peterson

According to available records, Richard Lee Peterson was born in 1929 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA, the child of Howard Carl Peterson and Edith L Payne. Following those early years, Richard Lee Peterson married Anita Mary Miller, and their family grew to include Craig Richard Peterson and Dane Jefftrey Peterson. In the later years of life, Richard Lee Peterson died in 2001 in Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA.

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Parents

Howard Peterson
1911 – 1987
Birth Location: Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan, United States of America
HP
Edith Payne
1910 – 2002
Birth Location: Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan, United States of America
EP

Spouses(s)

Anita Miller
1933 –
Birth Location: Monroe, Michigan
AM

Children(s)

Craig Peterson
1958 –
Birth Location: Michigan
CP
Dane Peterson
1960 –
Birth Location: –
DP

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 8 Dec 1929
    Event Place: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944, Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2005, Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Web: Monroe County, Michigan, Obituary Index,1821-2012, Year: 1940; Census Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01792; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 58-31, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Monroe County Historical Commission Archives; Monroe, MI, USA; Obituary Search, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Records of Marriage 1961-2005; Roll Number: NA, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: 422; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 58-63

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01792; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 58-31

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01792; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 58-31

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: 422; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 58-63

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Before 1951
    Event Place: Michigan
    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 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Elkhart, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 15 Apr 2001
    Event Place: Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Web: Monroe County, Michigan, Obituary Index,1821-2012, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Monroe County Historical Commission Archives; Monroe, MI, USA; Obituary Search

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