Birth* | 1883 | He was born in 1883 at Lille-Elvedal, Norway.1 |
| 1891 | He appeared on the census of 1891 in the household of Peter Hansen Guloien and Carrie Erickson at House 32, Lille-Elvedalen, Norway, as Edevard Petersen, son, b. 1883; (neis. Kristiansen, Johansen.)2 |
| 3 December 1900 | He appeared on the census of 3 December 1900 in the household of Peter Hansen Guloien and Carrie Erickson at Berg, østre 0132, Stange, Hedmark, NorwayG.3 |
| 18 July 1906 | He appeared on the census of 18 July 1906 in the household of Marie P Guloien, age 22, b. Norway, imm. 1904.4 |
| 23 July 1906 | He appeared on the census of 23 July 1906 in the household of Peter Hansen Guloien and Carrie Erickson, age 22, b. Norway.5 |