George Petersen

George Christian Petersen was born in May 1897, the penultimate son of Hans and Catharina.

He married Agnes and they had two daughters, Violet and Georgia. He and his family lived in Chicago until about 1945 when they relocated to California. The Petersens settled in the Sacramento area where George died in 1962.

Agnes Petersen, George's wife, on a snowy Chicago day around the time of their marriage in 1918

 

Violet Petersen


George (standing) and (from left, seated) Violet, Georgia, Agnes, about 1938

 

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Baby Georgia and parents at her grandmother Catherine's house on Loomis Street, 1935