Tobias Richard “Toby” PetersonAge: 86 years1924–2011
- Name
- Tobias Richard “Toby” Peterson
- Given names
- Tobias Richard
- Surname
- Peterson
- Nickname
- Toby
Birth | October 12, 1924 28 28 Note: Toby weighed 2 pounds when he was born. He was kept in oil-soaked cotton in a box over the wood-stove in the kitchen. The only people allowed in the kitchen were his mother and grandmother, who were his nurses and full-time caretakers. Everything was boiled before being used for him. He was not born in a hospital, but rather accidentally after a taking a bumpy pre-birth ride over a country road in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan (perhaps Liminga). His mother kept a journal of his care, but she lost it in one of their moves. |
Census | April 1, 1930 (Age 5 years) |
Birth of a sister | Geraldine Margaret Peterson January 3, 1931 (Age 6 years) |
Death of a paternal grandfather | Topias Rodionoff October 5, 1941 (Age 16 years) |
Death of a paternal grandmother | Margarette Savela May 22, 1954 (Age 29 years) |
Death of a father | Arno Peterson September 28, 1978 (Age 53 years) |
Death of a mother | Esther Heltenen 1988 (Age 63 years) |
Death of a sister | Geraldine Margaret Peterson May 11, 1996 (Age 71 years) |
Death of a son | James Peterson 2011 (Age 86 years) |
Occupation | Salesman and entrepeneur Employer: various Note: Toby sold, at various times, insurance and stocks. He was a registered representative for E.F. Hutton for several years. Later he joined with others to start a small water purification business. |
Death | October 1, 2011 (Age 86 years) |
Religion | Baha'i |
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Arno Peterson Birth: April 12, 1896 30 22 — Michigan, USA Death: September 28, 1978 — Hancock, Houghton, USA |
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Esther Heltenen Birth: 1896 Death: 1988 |
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Tobias Richard “Toby” Peterson Birth: October 12, 1924 28 28 — Michigan . USA Death: October 1, 2011 — Ypsilanti, Michigan |
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Geraldine Margaret Peterson Birth: January 3, 1931 34 35 Death: May 11, 1996 — Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan |
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Tobias Richard “Toby” Peterson Birth: October 12, 1924 28 28 — Michigan . USA Death: October 1, 2011 — Ypsilanti, Michigan |
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James Peterson Death: 2011 |
Birth | Toby weighed 2 pounds when he was born. He was kept in oil-soaked cotton in a box over the wood-stove in the kitchen. The only people allowed in the kitchen were his mother and grandmother, who were his nurses and full-time caretakers. Everything was boiled before being used for him. He was not born in a hospital, but rather accidentally after a taking a bumpy pre-birth ride over a country road in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan (perhaps Liminga). His mother kept a journal of his care, but she lost it in one of their moves. |
Occupation | Toby sold, at various times, insurance and stocks. He was a registered representative for E.F. Hutton for several years. Later he joined with others to start a small water purification business. |
Note | Tanya and Jimmy were the oldest and the children of Toby's first wife, Bobbye Townsend.
Joyce, Jill and Jeff were children of Toby's second wife, Pat Mallory.
The last three were children of Toby and Sandy's marriage, and Daniel was adopted by them both from Elsmere, Kentucky in 1970.
The younger 7 lived with Toby and Sandy in Chelsea, Michigan. |