Brief Life History of John William
When John William Peregoy was born on 4 June 1892, in Boring, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, John Henry Peregoy Jr, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Catherine Myers, was 27. He married Mary E Ambrose about 1917. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 19 October 1977, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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- John Peregoy, "United States Census, 1920"
- John William Peregoy, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- John Peregoy, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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Name Meaning
Americanized form of French Périgord: habitational name from Périgord, the name of a former province in France, of Gaulish origin.
Alternatively, an Americanized form of northwestern French Périgois, which may possibly be a cognate of 1 above, or, more likely, a regional derivative of the Old French personal name Perre, a variant of Pierre , French form of Peter . Compare Pedigo , Perigo , Perrigo , and Pherigo .
History: The progenitor of the Peregoys was Joseph Peregoy, a Frenchman who came to Baltimore County, MD, in 1685. In North America his surname was first recorded as Peregois and later spelled in many other ways, including Perigo, Perigoe, and Perrigo. The majority of his descendants (through his son Henry) bear the surname Pedigo .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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