Mystery and Intrigue!

[juliejtp]

Re: Mystery!

RJS,

It should be Coggeshall Essex.

Finding Alfred Henrys birth registration isnt so easy.

If I put in Alfred Henry Peacock born 1867 with 5yrs either side this is what came up.

Alfred Henry Peacock
year 1864
disrict Holborn

Alfred Henry Peacock
year 1864
district Bethnal Green

Alfred Henry Peacock
year 1867
district Lincoln

Henry Alfred Peacock
year 1865
district Chesterton, Cambs

Theres quite a few Alfred Peacocks born various districts/counties and again there are a few Henry Peacocks.

You can view these for free on Ancestry.co.uk or the free bmd.

Though he has Coggeshall as pob dosnt mean that he was born there

 

[juliejtp]

Re: Mystery!

RJS,

Could this be Alfred in 1891 he is down as Henry and is only 5 pages away from Emma on the census return, but he gives his pob as Stockton born abt 1867 occ blacksmith, a boarder with family called Sedgewick.

 

[juliejtp]

Re: Mystery!

Not to sure now if Henry is Alfred, as there is a Henry Peacock in 1871 born abt 1869 Stockton with parents William and Dorothy.

 

[juliejtp]

Re: Mystery!

In 1861 they are under the name Pearcock as follows.

Mathew Pea(r)**** head age 43 occ butcher born Reeth Yorkshire
Elizabeth wife age 42 born Trimdon
Elizabeth dau age 19 occ dressmaker born Quarrington?
Marrian dau age 15 born Quarrington?
Mathew son age 12 born Coxhoe
Sarah dau age 9 born Coxhoe
Margaret dau age 6 born Wingate
Jane Isabella dau age 3 born Wingate

Living in same house but as seperate household is

Christopher Peacock head age 69 occ shoemaker born Reeth
Mary wife age 57 born Winton Westmorland

 

[RJS]

Re: Mystery!

Not too sure Julie. I asked my mum this evening and she didn't think that Matthew and Elizabeth had as many children as that. Yet some of the names seem right.
However some of the other info you have does seem to 'fit' this family

The 1891 thing could be something. Apparently Alfred Henry became a head blacksmith in the mines. Can you tell me where he is in the 1891 census?

AND in the 1861 Matthew (butcher) it seems that one of the businesses he had WAS a butchers shop.

AND Matthews father was called Christopher!

Julie thank you for your hard work! I sent off for Alfred Henry and Emma Kitsons marriage certificate so maybe I'll get a bit more info there. I'm going to put everything you found into chronological order so I can try and get my head round this. Sounds as if theres a few twists and turns in this family.

Perhaps I should have called this thread Mystery and Intrigue!

 

[juliejtp]

Re: Mystery!

See my previous reply regarding Henry/Alfred on the 1891 census.

The names on the 1861 census seem to fit in with the the 1881 census that Lizanne found. Does the name Keeler sound familiar as a Mary Ann Peacock married a Thomas Keeler in 1872 on the 1891 census he is a confectioner and Mary Ann Keeler born abt 1846 Quarrington Hill seem to fit Marrian in 1861. Mary and Thomas are living in the civil parish of Trimdon.

Cannot find anything on Elizabeth dau of Matthew and Elizabeth possible she married, but where, when and to who!

Surprising how many people by the name of Peacock are in Durham.

 

[RJS]

Re: Mystery!

Hi Julie - nope never heard of a Keeler!

Well my mum was one of 12 children so there will definitely be a lot of Peacocks from the last generation certainly. :0)

 

[darkcrystal]

Re: Mystery!

Perhaps I should have called this thread Mystery and Intrigue!

Your wish.....................................

 

[RJS]

Cheers for that!!!!!!!!

 

[darkcrystal]

ha ha no probs...

 

[RJS]

Well, still awaiting the marriage certificate for Alfred Henry and Emma Kitson BUT have ruled out the daughter Elizabeth as parent of illegitimate Alfred Henry. She married a man called Adamson in Trimdon and they went to America (during the time Alfred Henry was born). Poor Adamson met a pretty dismal end as he was robbed and thrown overboard to drown from a steamer. Elizabeth Peacock Adamson goes on to marry a minister in West Virginia called Hezekiah Scott, who by the way fought in the Civil War and took a musket ball to the back of the head removing 2 inches of his skull. Left for dead etc. etc. Got this information off the internet.

Great stuff!!!! Love it, anyways perhaps the father of the family (Matthew) has this child illegitimately with the servant of the house. Thats my next theory as the next daughter after Elizabeth appears too young to have had the child Alfred Henry.

I also got a copy of Matthew Peacocks will and strangely, there is no mention of Alfred Henry anywhere in it.

I have done a quick search but as yet have not found a marriage between Elizabeth Peacock and this Adamson. I believe they must have married about 1863. If anyone can help with this I'd be grateful.

Poor Alfred Henry, can't help feeling sorry for my great grandfather

 

[juliejtp]

Hi RJS,

Found this marriage reigstered in 1862.

District Stockton Durham

Elizabeth Peacock

Grooms listed are:-

William Adamson
Thomas Burton

Apr/May/Jun 1/4

 

[juliejtp]

Hi RJS,

Had a look on the passenger list and the 1st one I came across was a Wiliam Adamson age 23 married, occ labourer with wife Elizabeth age 22 and a Joseph Adamson no age given.

New York passenger list
Arrival date 8 Aug 1863
Port of deparure Liverpool
Desination United States
Place of origin Great Britain
Port of departure Liverpool
Ship name 'Orient'

 

[juliejtp]

Looks like poor Williams demise was between 1863-1870 as Hezekiah, Elizabeth Scott and Jospeh (name spelt as Adams) age 7 are in West Virgina in 1870, and 1yr old Ellen Scott.

 

[RJS]

Hi Julie, thanks for the info that you found. That definitely sounds like them. I found them in the 1880 Federal census. It looks like Hezekiah formally adopts the Adamson child and Elizabeth goes on to have 5 more children with Hezekiah.

Well at least Elizabeths reputation appears in tact although goodness knows where Alfred Henrys parentage lies!

 

[futhark]

Hello,

Does the evidence not point to Alfred henry been adopted into the Peacock family? Try Alfred Henry Miller born to Hanna Miller Stockton.