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Peter J. Moller (1859 – July 31, 1931) was a gardener at Mountain View Cemetery.

Moller was born in 1859 in Denmark or Germany (sources differ), and arrived in the U.S. some time in the 1880s. He married Marie ("Mary") Jensen (Moller) (1869 – September 20, 1957) in November 1892. They had one daughter, Hannah Martha Moller (Brask) who was born in Livermore. Hannah married Carl Brask, of the Brask Brothers.

The 1900 census lists Moller as a farmer living somewhere near Elmhurst. By 1910, he had purchased a home at 185 John Street not far from the cemetery, and was listed as a teamster at the cemetery. The 1920 census shows him living at 206 John Street (also owned), and lists his occupation as gardener.

When he died in 1931, 1 he was buried in plot 45 at Mountain View Cemetery, where Marie and Hannah are also buried.

Links and References

  1. death notice for Peter J. Moller Oakland Tribune August 3, 1931