George Marvin Peterson

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George Marvin Peterson

Birth
Martell, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
6 Feb 1978 (aged 79)
Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Crow Wing County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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His given first name was George, but he always went by Marvin Peterson, and his gravestone reads "Marvin Peterson." Although his family had been in Wisconsin since 1843, he grew up speaking Norwegian. June 28,1922 in Brainerd, MN, he married Nellie Elizabeth Hamlet, and together they reared their four children on their farm at Swanburg, MN. Marvin's parents had settled in Swanburg about 1905 with their nine children, and many of them remained in the area, creating a large extended family. His two brothers, Clarence and Oscar, lived on neighboring farms.
His given first name was George, but he always went by Marvin Peterson, and his gravestone reads "Marvin Peterson." Although his family had been in Wisconsin since 1843, he grew up speaking Norwegian. June 28,1922 in Brainerd, MN, he married Nellie Elizabeth Hamlet, and together they reared their four children on their farm at Swanburg, MN. Marvin's parents had settled in Swanburg about 1905 with their nine children, and many of them remained in the area, creating a large extended family. His two brothers, Clarence and Oscar, lived on neighboring farms.