Merced County CA Archives Biographies.....Petersen, Peter 1875 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

PETER PETERSEN

   Closely associated with the advancement of the agricultural prosperity of
Merced County is Peter Petersen, who owns and occupies a choice and
well-improved ranch of forty-eight acres, which is pleasantly situated west of
the limits of the city of Gustine. During 1923 he purchased another ranch which
contains 13.62 acres, both ranches being under the Miller & Lux canal. Mr.
Petersen conducts a dairy of forty cattle and raises alfalfa. The birth of Peter
Petersen occurred on the Island of Als, Germany, but now Denmark, March 2, 1875,
a son of Mathias and Catherina (Petersen) Petersen. Mathias Petersen was a
cooper by trade and also followed farming in his native country; he never left
Denmark, passing away there in 1883, while the mother passed away about 1905.
Five children blessed this union: Maria, Mrs. James Hansen, residing at Newman;
Peter, the subject of this review; Hans, deceased; Mathias, living in Michigan;
and Doris, who still makes her home in Denmark.

   Peter Petersen attended public school in Germany and remained at home until
he was sixteen years old, when he came to America. Locating in Escanaba, Mich.,
he worked for six and a half years in a saw mill. Desiring a change of location,
he came to California and stopped at Newman, where he learned the carpenter's
trade, which he followed for the next fifteen years. At the end of this time he
came to Gustine and purchased his present home place, which was uncultivated
land at that time; on this place he established a dairy and planted the land to
alfalfa; his second purchase of land is also being developed to alfalfa.

   At Modesto, June 18, 1908, Mr. Petersen was married to Miss Catherina Miller,
also born in Als, daughter of Jorgen Miller, who was a professional musician,
also a farmer, but devoted most of his time to music. Three children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Petersen: Esther, Wilbur, and Edwin. During January, 1919, the
flu epidemic claimed Mrs. Petersen and the two eldest children, all passing away
within one week's time. Mr. Petersen favors the principles of the Democratic
party, but usually votes for the candidate best fitted for office regardless of
party lines. Fraternally he belongs to Romero Lodge No. 413 I. O. O. F. and to
the Dania Lodge at Gustine.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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