PETERSON (MAAKESTAD), Maria 1859-1868

PEDERSEN, PETERSON, MAAKESTAD, HALVORSDATTER, VAMBHEIM, JOHANNESDATTER

Posted By: Deidre Badker (email)
Date: 9/24/2014 at 08:39:11

Maria Peterson (also found as Anne Marie Johannesdatter Maakestad) was born May 13, 1859 at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa to Johannes Moa Pedersen (Peterson) Maakestad (b March 27, 1818 Hordaland, Norway, d August 9, 1876 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa) and Chatrina Helvig Halvorsdatter Vambheim (b February 9, 1827 Ulvik, Hordaland, Norway, d October 7 1912), the first of their four children.

Her three younger siblings (sometimes found with the surname Peterson or Pedersen, sometimes Maakestad) were:
Gurina Johannesdatter (b December 1860 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d 1948 Osage, Mitchell, Iowa);

Jane Lydia Elizabeth Maakestad (b April 13, 1868 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d 1952 Osage, Mitchell, Iowa) and

Martin Hannanias Maakestad (b March 30, 1871 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d August 17, 1961 Osage, Mitchell, Iowa).

Anne Marie also had five older half-siblings who were born to her father Johannes and Gjoa Olsdatter Aaren (b April 18, 1831 Hordaland, Norway, d August 28, 1855 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa). They were:
Peder Johannesen Maakestad (b abt 1851 Ullensvang, Hordaland, Norway d before 1852 Ullensvang, Hordaland, Norway);

Peder Johannesen Maakestad (b August 9, 1852 at Mokestad, Ullensvang, Norway, d before 1856 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa);

Guro Johannesdatter Maakestad (b March 14, 1854 Mokestad, Ullensvang, Norway, d before 1856 United States);

Olai Johannesen Maakestad (b August 28, 1855 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d October 11, 1856 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa (Olai was a twin); and

Peder Johannesen Maakestad (b August 28, 1855 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d in North Dakota, twin to Olai).

Anne Marie was baptized on May 30, 1859 at the First Lutheran Church at St Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa. The Rock Creek Lutheran Church at Meroa had not been established yet so the early Norwegian settlers in Cedar township would travel to St Ansgar for worship services.

Found in the 1860 census living at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa: John Peterson 40, Catharine Peterson 31, Peter Peterson 5, Maria Peterson 1, Wm Oleson 43 (William Reisaetter Olesen).

Maria died June 28, 1868 at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa. Her name is found on the list of "Early Burials at Rock Creek" (from records at First Lutheran Church, St Ansgar, Iowa) recorded as Marie Johannesdatter Maakestad, age 9, buried at Rock Creek South Cemetery.

Rock Creek South Cemetery (which no longer exists) was also referred to as the Ole Torgersen Fagerbakken Cemetery or Oscar Pedersen Cemetery; located at Section 17, Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa. Supposedly all graves at Rock Creek South were moved to the Rock Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Meroa, Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa although no gravestone found for Marie at the present day RCLC Cemetery.
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Note: Contributor believes the above to be true to the best of her knowledge.