Elof Peterson
Updated Jul 14, 2017
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Elof Peterson (1915 - 1978)

Elof Peterson was born on June 11, 1915. He died in April 1978 at age 62. We know that Elof Peterson had been residing in Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina.
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Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina

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Nels Chester Peterson

Nels Chester Peterson

Hancena Petersen and Arthur Horn

Hancena Petersen and Arthur Horn

Hancena Petersen and Arthur Horn

Hancena Petersen and Arthur Horn

Mary Peterson

Mary Peterson

Henry Peterson family

Henry Peterson family

Marlo D. (Peterson-Padilla) Saenz

Marlo D. (Peterson-Padilla) Saenz

Edna & Nettie Peterson

Edna & Nettie Peterson

Nels Peterson

Nels Peterson

Chrystal Hazel Lowder

Chrystal Hazel Lowder

Lena Francis Peterson

Lena Francis Peterson

Conrad and Mary Beth (Hanson) Peterson

Conrad and Mary Beth (Hanson) Peterson

Everan J Peterson

Everan J Peterson

Alicia N. (Meeks) Mcdonnold

Alicia N. (Meeks) Mcdonnold

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Terry Lynn Peterson Nels Chester Peterson Hancena Petersen and Arthur Horn Hancena Petersen and Arthur Horn

Timeline

1915 - In the year that Elof Peterson was born, the Superior Court in Fulton County Georgia accepted the charter for the establishment of the new Ku Klux Klan, succeeding the Klan that flourished in the South in the late 1800's. This iteration of the Klan adopted white clothing and used many of the code words from the first Klan, adding cross burnings and mass marches in an attempt to intimidate others.

1916 - At the age of only 1 year old, Elof was alive when visiting nurse Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. at 46 Amboy St. in Brooklyn New York. Ten days after the clinic opened, Sanger was arrested for "violating laws against giving out birth control information" which was defined as obscenity. The clinic was not handing out birth control - just information about sex and birth control methods. (The Comstock law categorized information about abortion, family planning, and contraception as “obscene”.) The clinics and organizations that Sanger established later evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

1921 - At the age of only 6 years old, Elof was alive when hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..

1935 - By the time he was 20 years old, the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".

1978 - In the year of Elof Peterson's passing, on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby", was born at Oldham Hospital in London. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time.

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Elof Peterson passed away in April 1978 at 62 years old. No cause of death has been listed. He was born on June 11, 1915. We have no information about Elof's family. We know that Elof Peterson had been residing in Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina.

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