My ninth cousin twice removed, and my tenth cousin three times removed through his great X 8 grandfather's sister, Alice Doggett.
Born: Feb. 1861, Massachusetts. 1
Parents: JOHN L. PETERS AND MARY F. EDDY
Married: 1885, Worcester, MA. 1 3
Death: unknown.
Notes:
Listed as single and a farm laborer living in his parents' household in the 1880 Federal Census, Worcester, Worcester, MA.
Listed as a grocery clerk in the 1900 Federal Census, Worcester Ward 2, Worcester, MA; indicates four children born, three surviving; father-in-law Luther W. Trask, machinist (b. June 1831, MA), listed in the household.
Listed as a binder in corset manufacturing in the 1910 Federal Census, Worcester Ward 8, Worcester, MA; indicates four children born, three surviving; married daughter Marion N. (Hunt) listed in the household, her husband not listed; daughter Lillian also not listed.
Listed as a farmer in the 1920 Federal Census, Leicester, Worcester, MA.
Listed as a farmer in the 1930 Federal Census, Leicester, Worcester, MA; widowed mother Mary listed in the household.
Spouse: MINNIE A. TRASK b. May 1867, Connecticut. 1
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM C. PETERS AND MINNIE A. TRASK:
(my tenth cousins once removed, and my eleventh cousins twice removed through their great X 9 grandfather's sister, Alice Doggett)
LILLIAN MARY PETERS b. Aug. 1887, Worcester, MA 1 4 m. Edward Alexander, 1907, Worcester, MA. 5
MARION NELLIE PETERS b. Dec. 1890, MA 1 m. Henry Bird Hunt, 1906, Worcester, MA. 2 6
MILTON LEWIS PETERS b. 16 April 1897, Worcester, MA. 1 7 8 9 10 d. 9 Oct. 1988, Worcester, MA. 8 9
Sources:
1. 1900 Federal Census, Worcester Ward 2, Worcester, MA.
2. 1910 Federal Census, Worcester Ward 8, Worcester, MA.
3. Massachusetts Archives, Vital Records, Marriages, Vol. 363, Page 399.
4. Massachusetts Archives, Vital Records, Births, Vol. 378, Page 464.
5. Massachusetts Archives, Vital Records, Marriages, Vol. 572, Page 476.
6. Massachusetts Archives, Vital Records, Marriages, Vol. 564, Page 474.
7. Massachusetts Archives, Vital Records, Births, Vol. 468, Page 661.
8. Social Security Death Index.
9. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003, Boston, MA, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, 2005.
10. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
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