Relationship Record 145

Male/Husband}   Peterson, Niels Alma		Family History} Olson
Female/Wife}    Walker, Annie Sophia		Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Exa   9 Oct 1900	Place} Salt Lake LDS Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Ended: On Date} Exa 16 Apr 1964                      By} Death of husband		Source 1}   82 = Genealogy Source 2} 1854=Genealogy Source 3} 1725=Marriage rec Source 4} 1856=1910 USA cen Source 5} 845 = Military rec Source 6} 1857=1920 USA cen Source 7} 1858=1930 USA cen Source 8} 1806=S.S. record Source 9} 1859=1940 USA cen Source 10} 1860=City directory Source 11} 1861=Newspaper Source 12} 1126=Photograph Source 13} 1884=Photograph Source 14} 1125=Death certif Source 15} 1735=S.S. record Source 16} 759 = Cemetery rec Source 17} 1528=Cemetery rec
1st Household No.} 760 = Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Photographs} Niels Alma Peterson and Annie Sophia Walker
Last Updated         by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 20 Apr 2016 Date Created}  27 Jun 1993
Notes:  Niels Alma Peterson, 22, and Annie Sophia Walker, 22, were married 9 Oct 1900 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Their first home was in Hinckley, Millard, Utah, where they began their family of nine children.  Karl Alma was born 13 Jul 1901 and Verda was born 14 Feb 1904, both in Hinckley.  Their next years were spent in Eureka, Juab, Utah, and Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah.  In Eureka Niels worked as a stationery engineer for the mines.  Laurence was born 16 Dec 1905, and Francis Leon on 24 Dec 1907, both in Eureka. In the 1910 U.S. census, Niels and Annie were living in a rented house at 344 Fourth North, Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah.  Niels was a carpenter, doing odd jobs.  They had been married 9 years.  Their children were Carl A., 8, Verda, 6, Laurence, 4, and Leone, 2. Clara was born 31 Jul 1910, Owen Rumel, 13 Nov 1912, Zella, 15 Apr 1915, and Vernon LeRoy, 14 Oct 1917, all in Eureka.  In September 1918 when Niels, 40, registered for the World War I draft, the family was living in Eureka, and Niels was working for the mines. In late 1918, Niels and Annie moved their family to Provo, Utah, Utah.  In the 1920 U.S. census, Niels and Annie were living at 358 4th Street South, Provo Ward 2.  They owned their house with a mortgage, and Niels was an engineer for the Union Pacific railroad.  Their children were Karl, 18, Verda, 16, Laurence, 14, Leone, 12, Clara, 9, Owen, 7, Zella, 5, and Vernon, 2.  Their last child Elayne was born after the census in Provo. In the 1929 Provo City Directory and the 1930 U.S. census, Niels and Annie were still at 358 4th Street South, Provo.  They owned their house, valued at $3,000. and owned a radio set.  Niels was a solicitor for a correspondence school.  The children at home were Lawrence, 24, solicitor for a correspondence school, Clara, 19, stenographer for a wholesale warehouse, Owen, 17, Zella, 14, Vernon, 12, and Elaine, 9. During the course of their marriage, Niels and Annie lived at various addresses in Provo.  In the 1940 U.S. census, N. Alma and Annie W. were living at 444 N. First West, Provo.  The children at home were Owen, 28, a laborer for the mines, Vernon, 23, a laborer for the railroad, and Elayne, 19, a stenographer for the county. In the 1944 Provo City Directory Niels and Annie are listed at 102 W 10th North, Provo.  Niels was listed as a city Constable and clerk for the Roberts Hotel.  Their sons Owen and Vernon, listed at the address, were in the U.S. Army. Both Niels and Annie were active in the LDS Church.  Niels held the office of High Priest and worked in both YMMIA and Sunday School organizations, and in the Priesthood quoroums.  Annie was the recipient of an honorary Golden Gleaner Award, had a 25-year Primary pin, and was a Relief Society teacher. Niels and Annie celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and their 85th birthdays with open houses attended by their family and many friends.  Niels died 16 Apr 1964 at the Eldred Sunset Manor Hospital in Provo.  Annie died 1 Aug 1968 at the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, following a car accident.  Both are buried in the Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah.
Children:	Total # of Children} 9	Seq. # of Primary}
1st Child} Peterson, Karl Alma 1901 - 1981   2nd Child} Peterson, Verda 1904 - 1993   3rd Child} Peterson, Laurence 1905 - 1999   4th Child} Peterson, Francis Leon 1907 - 1981   5th Child} Peterson, Clara 1910 - 1987   6th Child} Peterson, Owen Rumel 1912 - 1988   7th Child} Peterson, Zella 1915 - 2007   8th Child} Peterson, Vernon LeRoy 1917 - 1984   9th Child} Peterson, Elayne
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