Pettersen Family History
Pettersen Name Meaning
Norwegian, Danish, and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name
Petter. a vernacular form of Peter.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Pettersen
Name Distribution of Pettersen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pettersen families
 19 - 35  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pettersen families
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8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pettersen families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Pettersen census records
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Pettersen Family Origin
Pettersen Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Pettersen
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Pettersen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Pettersen census records
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Pettersen Civil War Service Records
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