James & Ellen Peake
9 The Strand
Occupation: Chemist
After her husband, James died in 1869, Ellen was left with a very young family to support. It seems her brother in law, Robert Peake moved his family from Dover to take over the chemist at no. 9 The Strand. Ellen moved her family next door to no. 7 (Rose the Tailors ) and the Rose family moved along the Strand to Russel Terrace. By 1891 Ellen, her children and her niece and nephew are all to be found living together in the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin USA. Both Ellen and Marian become teachers of English in the local school with Marian being employed there for 50 years and still remembered for her skills in the 1960s.
From U.S. School Year Notebook 1961
Both James and Edgar become Doctors and serve as Captains in WW1. James is temporarily blinded during the battle for Passendale 1917.
Name | Born | Baptised | Married | Died | Buried |
James Peake | 1832 | 29th July 1832 St. James the Apostle, Dover |
Ellen Frances Palmer 28 March 1861 Ss Peter & Paul, Charlton by Dover |
17th Jan 1869 The Strand |
21 January 1869 Hamilton Road Cemetery |
The Children of James Peake & Ellen Frances Palmer
Name | Born | Baptised | Married | Died | Buried |
Ellen Frances Palmer | 1862 Walmer |
15 April 1862 St. Saviour’s |
Unmarried | 1944 Canada |
Fredericton, York County New Brunswick Canada |
Marian Palmer | 1864 Walmer |
25 May 1864 St. Saviour’s |
Unmarried | 1939 | Fredericton York County New Brunswick Canada |
James Palmer | 1866 Walmer |
9 February 1866 St. Saviour’s |
Lucy Gertrude Wilmott. 3 November 1902 Lincoln Nebraska | 11 November 1928 | |
Kathleen Palmer | 1868 Walmer |
23 August 1867 St. Saviour’s |
Unmarried | 1905 Canada |
Fredericton, York County New Brunswick Canada |
Edgar Palmer | 1869 Walmer |
9 November 1869 St. Saviour’s |
Unmarried | 1939 Canada |
Fredericton, York County New Brunswick Canada |
Census
Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
1841 | Liverpool Terrace, St. James, Dover, |
James Peake | Head | Superintendent of Gas |
Mary | Wife | |||
James | Son | |||
Robert | Son | |||
Ann | Daughter | |||
Sarah Cullen | Servant |
Census
Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
1851 | 37, Town Wall Street, St. James, Dover |
Alexander Bottle | Head | Chemist |
Sophia A | Wife | |||
Sophia Swaffer | Neice | |||
James Peake | Chemist Apprentice | |||
Ann Hammond | Servant | General Servant |
Census
Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
1861 | 9 The Strand | James | Head | Chemist |
Ellen F | Wife |
Census
Year | Address | Name | Relationship | Occupation |
1871 | 8 The Strand | Ellen F (Widow) | Head | Berlin Repository Keeper Seller of Berlin Woolwork |