Re: Peter Pete Petersen

Here’s that McCollister family again. I still didn’t find a record proving this Lillian married your Pete H. Petersen but there are a number of facts and records that suggest a possible connection. I looked into it because of an Ancestry.com “hint.”

The census says Lillian Petersen’s mother was born in Alabama, and that is where Mrs. McCollister was born:

1910
Kilfoil, Custer, Nebraska
Geo S McCollister 34
Anna McCollister 32 born about 1878 in Alabama
Cleda McCollister 11
Alfa McCollister 8
Ivis McCollister 6
Lellie McCollister 3 [ = Lillian]


1920
Ansley, Custer, Nebraska
Stanley G Mccollister 43
Anna N Mccollister 41 born about 1879 in Alabama
Alpha C Mccollister 18
Iris R Mccollister 16
Lillian E Mccollister 12
Martha C Webb 26


1930
Ansley, Custer, Nebraska
S. G. McCollester 53 born about 1877 in Nebraska
Anna N McCollester 52 born about 1878 in Alabama; parents b in Tennessee


1940
Ansley, Custer, Nebraska
Stanley G McCollister 54 born about 1886 in Nebraska [age 64]
Annie McCollister 63 born in Alabama
Harold McCollister 14 grandson

Harold’s father Alpha McCollister is in Portland, Oregon, in 1940; in 1930 Alpha and wife and children including Harold are in Mason City, Custer, Nebraska. Harold died in Oregon. An obituary for Harold R. McCollister, age 83, of Ansley Nebraska, died in Beaverton was published in the Oregonian 2009-10-4.