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Family History & Genealogy

The Peters Family

1,633 documented Peters ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

1,633Documented ancestors
1868Earliest record
6Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Peters

A documented family surname appearing throughout the public record, traced here through census, vital, and cemetery records.

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

The documented line

Peters ancestors in the record

Deceased Peters ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

This line reaches back to Ida Peters, about 1868 in Iowa. Who came before? The documented build follows the branches you can't see yet. Trace this line →
Ida Peters
1868 – 1971
Iowa
Mary Peters
1869 – 1973
Iowa
Eva Peters
1870 – 1974
Iowa
Chandlee Peters
1872 – 1971
Iowa
Frank Peters
1872 – 1965
Iowa
Frona Peters
1873 – 1975
Iowa
Louisa Peters
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Mary Peters
1874 – 1970
Iowa
Ottilie Peters
1874 – 1973
Iowa
Betty Peters
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Polly Peters
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Jennie Peters
1875 – 1977
Iowa
Rosa S Peters
1875 – 1969
Iowa
William Peters
1875 – 1968
Iowa
Bessie M Peters
1875 – 1966
Iowa
Bertha Peters
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Hattie Peters
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Maud Peters
1876 – 1966
Iowa
Elfrieda Peters
1877 – 1969
Iowa
Lena Peters
1877 – 1973
Iowa
Henry Peters
1877 – 1963
Iowa
Carl Peters
1878 – 1963
Iowa
Anna Peters
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Bertha Peters
1878 – 1979
Iowa
John Peters
1879 – 1968
Iowa
Freda Peters
1879 – 1964
Iowa
Mary Peters
1880 – 1972
Iowa
James Peters
1880 – 1967
Iowa
Anno Peters
1880 – 1971
Iowa
Emma Peters
1880 – 1967
Iowa
Sample Peters
1880 – 1974
Iowa
George Peters
1880 – 1973
Iowa
Mary Peters
1881 – 1976
Iowa
Sadie Peters
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Wilhelmena Peters
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Helen Peters
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Edith Peters
1881 – 1973
Iowa
Anton Peters
1881 – 1973
Iowa
Heit Peters
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Bertha Peters
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Elsie Peters
1882 – 1983
Iowa
Ida Peters
1882 – 1979
Iowa
Ferdinand Peters
1882 – 1980
Iowa
John Peters
1882 – 1976
Iowa
Finis Peters
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Wiebke Peters
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Nellie Peters
1883 – 1977
Iowa
Peter Peters
1883 – 1976
Iowa
Minnie Peters
1884 – 1968
Iowa
Fred Peters
1884 – 1973
Iowa
Ella Peters
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Ora Peters
1884 – 1973
Iowa
Roy A Peters
1884 – 1970
Iowa
William Peters
1884 – 1970
Iowa
Claudius Peters
1884 – 1970
Iowa
Jennie Peters
1885 – 1984
Iowa
Charles Peters
1885 – 1970
Iowa
Pearl Peters
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Charles Peters
1885 – 1979
Iowa
Henry Peters
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Adele Peters
1885 – 1979
Iowa
William Peters
1885 – 1968
Iowa
Herman Peters
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Julius Peters
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Ludwig Peters
1885 – 1970
Iowa
John Peters
1885 – 1978
Iowa
Dessie Peters
1885 – 1968
Iowa
Lewis Peters
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Ubbe Peters
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Chris Peters
1886 – 1965
Iowa
Irma Peters
1886 – 1968
Iowa
Henry Peters
1886 – 1970
Iowa
Herman Peters
1886 – 1979
Iowa
Anna L Peters
1886 – 1966
Iowa
Joseph Peters
1886 – 1975
Iowa
John Peters
1886 – 1969
Iowa
Edmund Peters
1886 – 1968
Iowa
Detlef Peters
1886 – 1966
Iowa
Ethel Peters
1886 – 1984
Iowa
Gerd Peters
1887 – 1962
Iowa
Hattie Peters
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Albert Peters
1887 – 1979
Iowa
Martin Peters
1887 – 1985
Iowa
Catherine Peters
1887 – 1983
Iowa
Nettie Peters
1887 – 1982
Iowa
Frank Peters
1887 – 1978
Iowa
George Peters
1887 – 1973
Iowa
Carl Peters
1887 – 1977
Iowa
Anna Peters
1887 – 1970
Iowa
Walter Peters
1887 – 1969
Iowa
Herman Peters
1887 – 1964
Iowa
Minna Peters
1887 – 1968
Iowa
Dena Peters
1887 – 1969
Iowa
Lillian Peters
1887 – 1968
Iowa
Ida Peters
1888 – 1972
Iowa
Frank Peters
1888 – 1964
Iowa
William Peters
1888 – 1962
Iowa
Ella Peters
1888 – 1984
Iowa
Catharina Peters
1888 – 1982
Iowa
Ida Peters
1888 – 1966
Iowa
Minnie Peters
1888 – 1975
Iowa
Leone Peters
1888 – 1969
Iowa
Carl Peters
1888 – 1962
Iowa
Jurina Peters
1888 – 1979
Iowa
Emma Peters
1888 – 1965
Iowa
Lydia Peters
1888 – 1975
Iowa
Arthur Peters
1888 – 1971
Iowa
Maude Peters
1888 – 1983
Iowa
Allie Peters
1888 – 1984
Iowa
Omrie Peters
1888 – 1969
Iowa
Richard Peters
1888 – 1966
Iowa
Jay Peters
1889 – 1984
Iowa
Fern Peters
1889 – 1983
Iowa
Emma Peters
1889 – 1978
Iowa
Dan Peters
1889 – 1972
Iowa
John Peters
1889 – 1965
Iowa
George Peters
1889 – 1972
Iowa
Norma Peters
1889 – 1979
Iowa
Alvina Peters
1889 – 1974
Iowa
Alfred Peters
1889 – 1980
Iowa
George Peters
1889 – 1979
Iowa
William Peters
1889 – 1960
Iowa
Helene Peters
1889 – 1975
Iowa
Gustie Peters
1889 – 1973
Iowa
Sophia Peters
1889 – 1970
Iowa
John Peters
1889 – 1972
Iowa
Clara Peters
1889 – 1983
Iowa
Gertrude Peters
1890 – 1964
Iowa
Verona Peters
1890 – 1964
Iowa
Bertha Peters
1890 – 1978
Iowa
Agnes Peters
1890 – 1979
Iowa
Esther Peters
1890 – 1979
Iowa
Jozena Peters
1890 – 1987
Iowa
Adele Peters
1890 – 1976
Iowa
Johanna Peters
1890 – 1983
Iowa
Louie Peters
1890 – 1962
Iowa
Rudolph Peters
1890 – 1980
Iowa
Archie Peters
1890 – 1973
Iowa
H Peters
1890 – 1976
Iowa
Mary Peters
1890 – 1971
Iowa
Charlie Peters
1890 – 1988
Iowa
Harry Peters
1890 – 1978
Iowa
George Peters
1890 – 1971
Iowa
James Peters
1890 – 1963
Iowa
Matilda Peters
1890 – 1973
Iowa
Ethel Peters
1890 – 1983
Iowa
Lena Peters
1890 – 1966
Iowa
Arthur Peters
1890 – 1975
Iowa
Elsie Peters
1890 – 1993
Iowa
Vana Peters
1890 – 1974
Iowa
Claudina A Peters
1891 – 1989
Iowa
Peter Peters
1891 – 1985
Iowa
Mildred Peters
1891 – 1984
Iowa
Margaret Peters
1891 – 1975
Iowa
Ione Peters
1891 – 1973
Iowa
Margaret Peters
1891 – 1982
Iowa
Thesta Peters
1891 – 1980
Iowa
Emma Peters
1891 – 1974
Iowa
Ernest Peters
1891 – 1965
Iowa
Harold Peters
1891 – 1964
Iowa
Hannah Peters
1891 – 1977
Iowa
Myrtle Peters
1891 – 1978
Iowa
Elsie M Peters
1891 – 1988
Iowa
Herman Peters
1891 – 1983
Iowa
Dora Peters
1891 – 1971
Iowa
Edna Peters
1891 – 1965
Iowa
Minnie Peters
1891 – 1982
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Lenora Peters
1892 – 1977
Iowa
Jess Peters
1892 – 1980
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Lillie Peters
1892 – 1972
Iowa
Ida Peters
1892 – 1977
Iowa
Clara Peters
1892 – 1979
Iowa
Albert H Peters
1892 – 1988
Iowa
John Peters
1892 – 1968
Iowa
Frank H Peters
1892 – 1992
Iowa
William Peters
1892 – 1971
Iowa
Herman Peters
1892 – 1967
Iowa
Anna Peters
1892 – 1967
Iowa
Floyd Peters
1892 – 1983
Iowa
Louis Peters
1892 – 1964
Iowa
Garrelt Peters
1892 – 1970
Iowa
Florence Peters
1892 – 1972
Iowa
Margaret Peters
1892 – 1966
Iowa
Hazel Peters
1892 – 1979
Iowa
George Peters
1892 – 1979
Iowa
Jacob Peters
1892 – 1970
Iowa
William E Peters
1892 – 1991
Iowa
Alma Peters
1892 – 1986
Iowa
Mable Peters
1893 – 1989
Iowa
Leah Peters
1893 – 1985
Iowa
George Peters
1893 – 1972
Iowa
Ferdinand Peters
1893 – 1969
Iowa
Lida M Peters
1893 – 1988
Iowa
C Peters
1893 – 1977
Iowa
Emma Peters
1893 – 1986
Iowa
Julia Peters
1893 – 1977
Iowa
John Peters
1893 – 1971
Iowa
Charlie Peters
1893 – 1976
Iowa
Albert Peters
1893 – 1962
Iowa
Anna Peters
1893 – 1988
Iowa
Helen Peters
1893 – 1980
Iowa
Minnie Peters
1893 – 1980
Iowa
William Peters
1893 – 1969
Iowa
Hulda Peters
1893 – 1981
Iowa
Thos Peters
1893 – 1974
Iowa
Emil Peters
1893 – 1970
Iowa
Anna B Peters
1893 – 1994
Iowa
Jennie Peters
1893 – 1969
Iowa
Henry Peters
1893 – 1980
Iowa
Alfred Peters
1893 – 1977
Iowa
Catherine Peters
1893 – 1980
Iowa
Bertha Peters
1893 – 1979
Iowa
Tollie Peters
1893 – 1982
Iowa
Art Peters
1893 – 1967
Iowa
Lizzie Peters
1893 – 1979
Iowa
Kathryn Peters
1893 – 1967
Iowa
Harry Peters
1893 – 1970
Iowa
Ella M Peters
1893 – 1990
Iowa
Effie V Peters
1893 – 1988
Iowa
Anton Peters
1894 – 1973
Iowa
Helena M Peters
1894 – 1993
Iowa
Gesine H Peters
1894 – 1992
Iowa
Jesse Peters
1894 – 1981
Iowa
George Peters
1894 – 1964
Iowa
Emil Peters
1894 – 1968
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Henry Peters
1894 – 1969
Iowa
Hans Peters
1894 – 1979
Iowa
Roy Peters
1894 – 1980
Iowa
Fred Peters
1894 – 1992
Iowa
Joe Peters
1894 – 1965
Iowa
Theodore Peters
1894 – 1970
Iowa
William Peters
1894 – 1971
Iowa
Anna Peters
1894 – 1982
Iowa
Mott Peters
1894 – 1975
Iowa
Henry Peters
1894 – 1974
Iowa
Willie Peters
1894 – 1973
Iowa
Henrietta Peters
1894 – 1984
Iowa
Chris Peters
1894 – 1981
Iowa
William Peters
1894 – 1981
Iowa
Alice Peters
1894 – 1977
Iowa
Bertha Peters
1894 – 1963
Iowa
Alma Peters
1894 – 1981
Iowa
Anna Peters
1894 – 1973
Iowa
Mary Peters
1894 – 1981
Iowa
Frank G Peters
1894 – 1995
Iowa
Clara Peters
1894 – 1981
Iowa
Maggie Peters
1894 – 1975
Iowa
Dan Peters
1895 – 1975
Iowa
Carrie Peters
1895 – 1982
Iowa
Roland Peters
1895 – 1977
Iowa
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Common questions

Peters genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Peters surname come from?

A documented family surname appearing throughout the public record, traced here through census, vital, and cemetery records.

How far back does the Peters family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1868. Most Peters lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Peters family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Peters family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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