Brief Life History of Cyrus M
When Cyrus M Pease was born on 14 October 1841, in Lawrence, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Pease, was 32 and his mother, Irena Hamlin, was 25. He married Irene Rice on 23 March 1866. He lived in St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1880 and Hamilton Township, Caldwell, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 9 January 1907, at the age of 65, and was buried in Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri, United States.
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- Cyrus M Teas, "United States Census, 1870"
- Cyrus Pease, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Cyrus M Pease in entry for Sarah O Pease, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1855
Historic Boundaries: 1855: Caldwell, Missouri United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pese, pise (Old English peose, pise) ‘pea’. The word was commonly used to denote something small or of little worth, as in the phrase not worth a pese. It may have been used to nickname someone who habitually used the term or who was thought to merit it. It might alternatively have been a name for a pea-seller. Compare Bean .
Americanized form of French Pié (see Pie ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
History: Robert and John Pease came from Great Baddow, Essex, England, to Salem, MA, in 1634. In 1644 Robert died, leaving a son (also called Robert) who was apprenticed as a weaver in Salem. By 1646 John Pease was living on Martha's Vineyard.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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