John Peter "J.P." Peterson

 February 4, 1854 - April 22, 1930   

76 years,  2 months, 18 days 

Marriage:   Anna "Marie" (Iverson) Peterson - married May 22, 1877

Children of J.P. & Marie:
Cora Ivanda Peterson  (Holtan) (1878-1961 / 83 years)
Lauritz E. "Louie" Peterson (1879-1971) / 91 years)
Permelia Johanna Peterson (Holtan) (1882-1946 / 64 years)
Clara Peterson (Haugland) (1884-1911 / 27 years)
Curtis Peterson (1887-1967 / 79 years)
Mina Amelia (Minnie) Peterson (Haugland) (1889-1927 / 38 years)
Ella Katherine Peterson (Boe) (1891-1946 / 54 years)
Edward Otis Peterson (1894-1967 / 73 years)
Ruth Edith Peterson (1897-1982 / 84 years)
Roy Pemmer Peterson (twin to Ruth) (1897-1897 / 3 months)
Agnes "Elvina" Peterson (1900-1946 / 46 years)

J.P. is Jon Q. Peterson's Great-Grandfather. 

The following is about Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Peterson taken from “Golden Jubilee 1906-1956 Ryder, North Dakota”.  The booklet was prepared and presented by the Ryder Commercial Club for the Golden Jubilee celebration July 18 and 19, 1956

J. P.  (John Peter) Peterson was born in Norway and came to America when he was two years old with his parents.  In 1881 he came to Washburn, bringing his wife and two children Louie and Cora, with them.

In 1907, the family moved to Ryder, ND where Mr. Peterson started the Peterson and Holtan Machine Co.; he also farmed west of Ryder adjoining the city limits.  In 1928 he retired and went to Big Timber, Montana to make his home with his daughter Permilia (Mrs. Henry Holtan).

Mrs. Peterson passed away in 1927.  Mr. Peterson passed away in 1930.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Peterson were members of St. John’s Lutheran church where the children were all baptized and confirmed.  Mr. and Mrs. Peterson were parents of the following children:

Louie of Bismarck, ND
Cora (Mrs. E.H. Holtan), Olympia, WA
Ruth of Prineville, OR
Curtis of Raub and Parshall, ND
E.O. Peterson of Thief River Falls, MN

The following have all deceased:

Mina (Mrs. I.C. Haugland)
Permilia (Mrs. Henry Holtan)
Ella (Mrs. Hans Boe)
Clara (Mrs. Haugland)
Agnes Peterson, a nurse 

Some of the following events were taken from the book "Fifty Pioneer Mothers of McLean County", written in 1932 by Mary A. Barnes Willams.

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First Lutheran Church
Washburn, North Dakota

The First 125 years!

   One hundred twenty-five years ago, First Lutheran Church had its beginnings shortly after the Hudson Colony of pioneers came as a group from Hudson, Wisc. On Sept. 13, 1883, a worship service was held by the Rev. I.O. Scheie of Hudson, who was visiting in the area. This first service was held in the home of Ole Hammer and the group decided to be called “Den Norske Evangeliske Menighed I Town of Sverdrup, McLean County, Dakota Territory.” A constitution was adopted Dec. 14, 1883, which was in effect until 1905 when a new one was adopted, patterned on one recommended by the United Church, one of the branches of Norwegian Lutherans in America. Unofficially, the church’s name was shortened to “The Sverdrup Lutheran Church.”

   The congregation was served by various visiting clergymen, although there was no definite record kept those first three years. One of them, Rev. J.M.O. Ness of Perley, Minn., helped the congregation establish the first Sunday School which was organized July 27, 1884. Also on that date, the congregation came into the possession of the first real property when Jens Olson and J.P. Peterson each gave one and a half acres of adjoining land. This three-acre plot became the site for the first church and cemetery later on.

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