Brief Life History of Mary E
When Mary E Peck was born on 7 July 1853, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Philip Williams Peck, was 33 and her mother, Frances Jenks Barney, was 29. She married George Albert Wheeler on 25 October 1874, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 3 February 1875, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Mary E Peck in household of Philip W Peck, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Mary E. Peck, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Mary E. Peek, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Speake , with loss of initial S- (or perhaps vice versa).
English: variant of Peak .
English: perhaps occasionally a variant of Petch , itself a variant of Peach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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