Lake Macquarie History

Evelyn Ruth Peterson – Family Tree

Elizabeth (Eliza) Burrows and Peter Laurence Peterson

Their Children Are:

  • Anne Matlida (1879 - 1969)
  • Willian (Bill) Charles (1881 - 1954)
  • Lilly May (1883 -1963)
  • Augustus (Gus) Adolphus (1886 - 1958)
  • Dora Grace (1888 - 1933)
  • Peter Albert (1890 - 1971)
  • Evelyn (Lena) Ruth (1893 - 1995)
  • Stanley Steven (1896 -1903)
  • Ernest (Ernie) Herbert (1898 - 1979)

Eliza Peterson married William Osborne

  • Lizzie (1902. - ?)

Evelyn Ruth (Lena) Peterson

Married Alfred Stephens (Alfred died of TB in 1917)

Their Children Are:

  • Evelyn Ruth [Ruth] (1914 - 1973)
  • May Beryl (1916 - 1945)

Evelyn Stephens Married Frank Paul (Fred) Petersen in (m Feb. 1918)

Their Children Are:

  • Freda (Nov. 1918 - 1920)
  • Anne [Annie] (1920 - 1990)
  • Frances (1922 - 1922)
  • Albert James [Joey/Jimmy] (1924 - 2001)
  • Ernest [Beau] (1926 - 2018)
  • Violet Rose [Lottie] (1929 - 1951)
  • Frank John [Skeet] (1931 - 1968)
  • Marie (1933 - Living)
  • Bernice (1935 - 2019)
  • Earl (1937 - 2022)

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