The Generations of Cecelia Rasmusson Peterson BottAuthor: Glen R Freeman
1997 G.R. Freeman (Provo, Utah), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall burgundy faux leather hardcover, no dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, lx, 247 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers, with very slight bumping to lower and fore edges of the boards. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare family history and genealogy. OCLC (No. 866309095) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide - at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
A collection of biographies and autobiographies of the parents, siblings, children and other descendants of Cecelia Rasmusson Peterson (1857-1939) and her husband John H. Bott (1858-1914). Also includes is information about John's first two wives, Hadava Maria Jensen and Susan Ann Reeder, and their posterity. John married Cecelia (Celia) in 1882 and had six daughters from 1884-1898. Focus is on Celia and her predecessors and descendants. Celia Peterson's predecessors came from Sweden and England. Celia's family settled in Brigham City (Utah) ca. 1876.
Celia and her daughters stayed close to Celia's siblings and their families, and close to the other families of John Bott, as they moved to many towns in Utah and Idaho during the persecutions inflicted on Mormon polygamist families. Descendants also lived in Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, and elsewhere in the United States.
Includes Anderson, Atwood, Bergen, Cochran, Darnell, Freeman, Foley, Hansen, Jensen, Johnson, Morris, Nelson, Palmer, Reeder, Peterson, Phelps, Reeve, Sandberg, Simonson, Stokes, Thorne, Wall, Ward, Whatcott, Wight, and other related families. Introduction includes an extensive history of Brigham City, Utah, from 1850-1950, including neighboring settlements of Corrine, Bear River City, Malad Valley in Idaho and others. Within the history are names of (and vital information about) persons who emigrated to the area, including pioneers from Sweden, Denmark, Wales, Germany, Italy, Russia, and others.