Oscar Raymond PETERSON, Sr.^[1]

1890 - 1962  (71 years)

• Name	Oscar Raymond PETERSON
  Suffix	Sr.
  Nickname	Raymond
  Birth	16 Nov 1890	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Jun 1917	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	Raymond's June 1917 WWI draft registration card notes that he was employed as a "machinist helper 30" at the US Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Death	5 Jul 1962  [3]
  	Raymond died on 5 July 1962. He was 71 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	Norfolk City, VA   [4]
  	His body was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
  Person ID	I61982	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	James PETERSON
  Mother	Eliza (UNKNOWN)
  Family ID	F6842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josephine Ferebee WHITEHURST,   b. 23 Jan 1894, Norfolk Co, VA d. 31 Jul 1960 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1922	Norfolk Co, VA   [1]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 24 June 1922.
  Children	1. Oscar Raymond PETERSON, Jr.   2. Dr. Thomas W. PETERSON   3. James Ferebee PETERSON,   b. 29 Mar 1928, Norfolk Co, VA d. 24 Nov 2000 (Age 72 years)   4. Jane E. PETERSON
  Family ID	F6841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		Oscar Raymond Peterson. WWI draft registration card. 521 B(?) Street, Portsmouth, Virginia.
  		1930 US Census / Peterson, O. Raymond

  
  

• Sources

  [S1868] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1900 - 1935., ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). p. 234: Oscar Raymond Peterson - Josephine Ferebee Whitehurst marriage, file no. 16983. [S2105] Oscar Raymond Peterson. WWI draft registration card. [S2090] Oscar Raymond Peterson stone inscription, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA. [S1368] Forest Lawn Cemetery burial registers, Norfolk, VA.