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Annie May SWAYZE

Female 1878 - 1953  (74 years)


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  • Name Annie May SWAYZE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Born 1 Dec 1878  Winnipeg, Manitoba Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 Mar 1953  El Cajun, San Diego, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Buried Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Chula Vista, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I4289  Michelle Walczak Dads Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 

    Father Elias Coleman SWAYZE
              b. 11 Nov 1831, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Nov 1910, Oxford County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nancy CAMERON
              b. 22 Aug 1836, East Nissouri, Oxford, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Jan 1905, Spokane, Spokane, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 20 Aug 1860  Kintore, Oxford, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1493  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John William PIETERSON
              b. 15 Feb 1873, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Mar 1953, El Cajun, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1903  Spokane, Spokane, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F1528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Jack and Anna May Peiterson, of Calavo Gardens; private services were held in the Paris Mortuary, El Cajon, followed by burial in Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Chula Vista.

      San Diego Union March 24, 1953

      ELDERLY MAN KILLS WIFE, THEN HIMSELF
      Calls Police Before Taking Own Life in Calavo Gardens

      EL CAJON - An 80-year old Calavo Gardens Resident shot his wife yesterday morning, called police and then turned the gun om himself in a murder-suicide pact for which authorities could find no clar motive.

      John William Peiterson called police from his home on Creatland Rd. at 6:30 a.m. and announced he had killed his wife, Anna May Peiterson. He told Patrolman A.E. Benson he intended to kill himself, and added: "Come out and get us."

      MONEY RULED OUT
      Benson pressed him for an explanation, and Peiterson replied "Financial trouble." Then he hung up on the partroman's attempt to keep him on the telephone and avert the suicide.

      The coroner's office ruled out money as the cause for the murder-suicide, however, after discovering the couple had two sizeable bank accounts and owned considerable property in El Cajun, Lemon Grove, Mission Beach and other parts of the San Diego area.

      Deputy Coroner Jess Canale frankly admitted he was at a loss to explain the murder-suicide.

      The bodies of Peiterson and his 73-year old wife lay side by side in a bed in the cluttered house. Peiterson still clutched the .38 caliber pistol he had used to fire one bullet through his wife's head and another through his own.

      PATIENT AT PATTON
      Deputy Sherrifs, F.J. Lee and T.E. Johnson, dispatched on Benson's phone call to the sherriff's office, found the bodies of the elderly couple at 6:39 a.m.

      Canale discovered Mrs. Peiterson had been a patient at the State Mental Hospital at Patton from Aug. 28, 1951, to Sept. 9, 1952.

      In her purse he found two statements written to no one in particular and signed by her husband. One dated in 1950, said the couple had been married 48 years and that Peiterson had found her "a helpful housewife and a good business manager"

      EXAMANATION TOLD
      The other, dated Aug. 12, 1951, said Peiterson was having his wife examined in the psychopathic ward at County Hospital on orders of an El Cajan physician. The examination, Peiterson wrote, was to be a physical checkup only because she was seeking a divorce. He added that "at no time" had his wife been insane or mentally incompetent.

      The couple had lived in the Mt. Helix area for more than 30 years. Peiterson was a member of the El Cajor Elks Lodge and his wife had been a member of the El Cajon Woman's Club, and both had been members of an Eastern Star Chapter.

      The bodies were take to Paris Mortuary in El Cajun.

      San Diego Union March 19, 1953

  • Sources 
    1. [S52] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington; Roll: T625_1941; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 191; Image: 329.
      Record for Anna Peiterson

    2. [S62] California Death Index, 1940-1997, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;;), Database online. Place: San Diego; Date: 18 Mar 1953; Social Security: 0.
      Record for Anna May Peiterson

    3. [S58] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Opportunity, Spokane, Washington; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      Record for Cannie May Peiterson

    4. [S239] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;;), Database online.
      Record for Anna May Peiterson

    5. [S51] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;;), Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: El Cajon, San Diego, California; Roll: 190; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 27.0.
      Record for John W Petterson

    6. [S59] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Havre, Chouteau, Montana; Roll: 910; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0190; FHL microfilm: 1240910.
      Record for Nancy Swayzie

    7. [S574] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;).
      Record for Anna May Peiterson

    8. [S1011] Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Collection Title: Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: easpmr5569.
      Record for Annie May Swayzie

    9. [S1573] Washington, Episcopal Diocese of Spokane Church Records, 1870-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), Episcopal Diocese of Spokane; Spokane, Washington; The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane Church Records, 1870-1947; Volume Number: 1.