John Andrew PETERSEN

1904 - 1963  (59 years)

• Name	John Andrew PETERSEN  [1]
  Born	05 Jul 1904	born as John A Peterson/Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Aug 1963	wife's name listed as Ethyl Petersen/Multnomah, Oregon, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I16185	TAP | George/Michael Branch, George Fulp's Full Tree
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2013

  
  

  Family	Ethel Lenore PHELPS,   b. 12 Sep 1910, New Tazewell, Claiborne, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1973, died in home fire, probably of smoke inhalation/Garibaldi, Tillamook, Oregon, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	26 Dec 1927	per family Bible/Oregon, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Joan Eleanor PETERSEN + 2. Sally Marie PETERSEN,   b. 28 Nov 1935, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F5256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Corie Cook gave this information John A Petersen. Born as John A Peterson 5 Jul 1904 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. His parents moved from Iowa to Canada. When they returned to Iowa, the US Government said they had to change the spelling of their surname from Peterson to Petersen. Married: 26 Dec 1927 Died: 27 Aug 1963. I was told he died at home (Cedar Mill, Washington, Oregon) from a heart attack, but the Oregon Death Index says he died in Multnomah County, so maybe he was pronounced dead at the hospital (about 7 miles away in Multnomah County). I was looking at some old Polk's Portland directories and saw that in 1937, John and Ethel were living on NW Wilson in Portland. He was a chipper for ESFCO (the company later became the well-known ESCO). The following year is when he and Ethel are shown with an address of RD 5 Box 451, which is near Cedar Mill. When they first moved near Cedar Mill, they rented a home until the construction on their permanent home was finished. I couldn't find a 1939 directory, but in 1940 they are shown living in their permanent home. The home, torn down in the 90's to make way for road construction, was beautiful. The outside was mostly Red Cedar and Redwood. John became a bigshot at the ESCO Portland office, but always made lots of time to go out hunting and fishing. Ethel always went fishing, crabbing and clamming with him. John and Ethel fought a lot, because Ethel was jealous of the secretaries John had. I don't remember ever visiting them when they didn't end up fighting.

  
  

• Sources

  [S553] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Originaldata: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;), Database online. Record for Ethyl Lenore PHELPS [S553] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Originaldata: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;), Database online. Record for Ethel L Phelps