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Note for: Lucretia Pavitt, -
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Individual Note: FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Lucretia Pavitt, Mother: "They joined in Chicago some time after we did. Preston did not stay long. Irene was my age."
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pavitt.
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Note for: Preston Pavitt, MAY 1879 -
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Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Preston Pavitt
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Preston Pavitt: "They joined in Chicago some time after we did. Preston did not stay long. Irene was my age."
1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calumet Township; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film Roll No. 285; Page No. 285; SD No. 1; ED No. 986; Sheet No. 12; Ward of City: 31; Enumeration Date: 13 June 1900; Enumerator: Ernest E. Ellington; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 24 May 1999; Koreshan Unity: Preston Pavitt; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, male; Month of birth: May; Year of birth: 1879; Age at last birthday: 21; Single; Place of birth: Kansas; Place of birth of father: Iowa; Place of birth of mother: Illinois; Occupation: Nothing listed; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes.
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Note for: Frank S. Pavitt, FEB 1881 -
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Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Frank Pavitt
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Frank Pavitt, Jr. "They joined in Chicago some time after we did. Preston did not stay long. Irene was my age."
1900 U.S. Federal Census/Lake Town./Chicago, Cook, Illinois; SD No 1; ED No. 949; Page No. 115; Sheet No. 12; Enumeration date: 11 Jun 1900; Enumerator: John M. Heimbach; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 25 Oct 1998: Frank S. Pavitt; Residence: West 63rd Street; Relation to head of family: Partner; (Listed as William H. Pavitt's son) Date of birth: Feb 1881; Age 19; Single; Place of birth: Minnesota; Place of birth of father: New York; Place of birth of mother: Minnesota; Occupation: Compositor; No. of months not employed: 0
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Note for: Irene Pavitt, -
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Individual Note: FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Irene Pavitt; "They joined in Chicago some time after we did. Preston did not stay long. Irene was my age."
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Note for: Eunice Pavitt, -
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Individual Note: FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Eunice Pavitt; "They joined in Chicago some time after we did. Preston did not stay long. Irene was my age."
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Note for: Lauritz Pedersen, 6 OCT 1852 - 16 DEC 1927
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Occupation: Blacksmith/Engineer
Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1900
Date: 27 JUN 1900
Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1910
Date: 23 APR 1910
Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1920
Date: 2 JAN 1920
Burial: Date: 16 DEC 1927
Place: Estero, Lee, Florida
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Lauritz Petersen; Born: 6 Oct 1852, Denmark; Died: 16 Dec 1927 (Horseshoe Bend Cemetery)
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready; Lauritz Pederson: "A Scandinavian, though do not know from which country. It was said that when he was pretending to be reading, he was really watching the girls for it was noticed that his magazine was often upside down.--Lovelle McCready I remember that he constructed an amusement park for the young folks to the southwest of the main grounds and that some of his contrivances were really clever but for some reason it was never used much."
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1900; Koreshan Community; Enumeration date: 27 Jun 1900; Enumerator: A. A. Gardner; Precinct 6; Microfilm number: 1240172; SD: 2; ED: 77; Sheet number: 16; Page number: 26: Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Lauritz Peterson; Relation to head of family: partner; Color: white; Sex: male; Birth: Oct 1852; Age 44; Single; Place of birth: Denmark; Place of birth of mother and father: Denmark; Year of immigration to U.S.: 1881; Number of years in the U.S.: 19; Occupation assistant; Can read and write: yes; Can speak English: yes; No. of months not employed: 0.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1910; Koreshan Unity; Enumeration Date: 25 Apr 1910; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; Microfilm No.: Fl 1910-H T624; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 1995: Lauritz Peterson; Sex: Male; Race: white; Age 57; Marital status: Single; Place of birth: Denmark; Place of birth of mother and father: Denmark; Year of immigration to U.S.: 1881; Naturalized: yes; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Engineer; Employer or worker: worker; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1920; Enumeration date: Jan 2, 1920; Enumerator: Henry D. Silverfriend; ED: 109; SD: 1; Fourth Precinct; Microfilm roll number: 1820221; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, Dec 1994: Lauritz Pederson; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Place of residence: Log cabin place; Age 67; Single; Year of immigration: 1881; Naturalized; Year of naturalization: 1908; Place of birth: Denmark; Place of birth of mother and father: Denmark; Occupation: Blacksmith/K.U. Shops.
Burial: Horseshoe Bend on the River--Koreshan Unity Cemetery--lot 20; Inscription: (Lansit Pendersen?) Dec 16, 1927
COURT RECORD/Lee County Court House--WARRANTY DEED: Lauritz Pederson; 25 Apr 1924; No. 26759; Deed Book 70; Page 209, Entry Number 1
BROTHERS' LAUNDRY LIST: Lauritz Peterson #109
FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events by D. J. Richards, January 1928: "On Friday, December 16, Brother Lauritz Pederson passed from our midst. He was among the first brothers to arrive in Estero, and no one has been more faithful than he in the pioneering work of the Unity, so it is with a note of regret that we record his passing. However, we know that everything works according to law."