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Peter Beaupre, a recurring protagonist in the movie Home Alone 3. Little Peter, in the fairy tale Little Peter's Journey to the Moon. Peter the goatherd, in Heidi. Peter the Young Pioneer, from the symphonic fairy tale Peter and the Wolf. Peter Barlow, a character from the British soap opera series Coronation Street.
The Peters Cartridge Company was a company located along the Little Miami River in Kings Mills, Ohio, which specialized in gunpowder and ammunition production. Founded in 1887 by Gershom Moore Peters, the company supplied military ammunition to various countries during both world wars.
Peters was born on October 15, 1926, in East Canton, Ohio, the eldest daughter of Elizabeth Thomas (née Diesel; 1898–1987) and Gerald Peters (1900–1937), a laundry manager. She had a younger sister, Shirley Peters (born 1935).
The building that houses Pete's Tavern was built in 1829 as the Portman Hotel. The building that houses Pete's was built in 1829, and was originally the Portman Hotel; [2] liquor may have been sold there as early as 1851 [3] or 1852 [4] – when it was a "grocery & grog" store [3] – and the first official drinking establishment founded by 1864.
Peter Herschend talks about his time serving on the Missouri State Board of Education since 1991 at his home near Branson on Friday, April 19, 2024.
Growing up in St. Louis, Peters attended Christian Brothers College High School and Washington University, where he studied fine art, became a Sigma Chi member and graduated in 1965. He drew cartoons for the college paper, Student Life, from 1962 to 1965. Peters recalled, "I knew when I was five years old that I wanted to be a cartoonist.
By the mid-19th century, Peters had made himself one of Walnut Township's most extensive landowners. On the present property he erected the present house in 1852, and here he resided until his death in 1887. Later generations of the Peters family owned the property until 1978, when it was inherited by a family named Bartholomew. [2]
Peters is a patronymic surname (Peter's son) of Low German, Dutch, and English origin. It can also be an English translation of Gaelic Mac Pheadair (same meaning) or an Americanized form of cognate surnames like Peeters or Pieters .