Harriet Louisa Waldo

Female23 September 1860–14 August 1912

Brief Life History of Harriet Louisa

When Harriet Louisa Waldo was born on 23 September 1860, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, Elderkin Waldo, was 36 and her mother, Harriet L. Lyon, was 33. She married Byron Wilbur Peck on 20 April 1891, in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States in 1880. She died on 14 August 1912, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Byron Wilbur Peck
1865–1926
Harriet Louisa Waldo
1860–1912
Marriage: 20 April 1891
Walter Arthur Peck
1894–1968

Sources (10)

  • Harriett Peck in household of Byron W Peck, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Harriet L. Waldo Peck, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
  • Harriet L. Waldo in entry for Walter Arthur Peck, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 April 1891Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 3

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1868 · Land in Groton Given to US Navy for Navy Station

    Age 8

    In 1868, the State of Connecticut gave the Navy 112 acres of land along the Thames River. This became the location of the Naval Submarine Base. It was designed to hold 1,400 men and 20 submarines. During WWII it was expanded to 497 acres. 

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 15

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Walthall . Compare Scottish Waldie .

    German: habitational name from any of several places in Pomerania and Brandenburg called Waldow. This surname is very rare in Germany.

    History: Cornelius Waldo was living in Ipswich, MA, in 1647. Samuel Waldo (1695–1759) was born in Boston and became a land speculator in ME.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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