Mary Peat

18 November 1829–21 April 1870 (Age 40)
Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Mary

When Mary Peat was born on 18 November 1829, in Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Job Peat, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Fletcher, was 22. She married Samuel Roberts on 18 May 1852, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Horsley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and London, Middlesex, England in 1861. She died on 21 April 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Roberts
1830–1919
Mary Peat
1829–1870
Marriage: 18 May 1852
Thomas Haworth Roberts
1852–1922
Eliza Roberts
1855–1923
Kate Roberts
1857–1902
Arthur Samuel Roberts
1859–1924
Agness Roberts
1860–
Walter Roberts
1862–1862
Mary Roberts
1865–1866
Samuel Roberts Jr
1866–1925
William Peat Roberts
1868–1937
Joseph Peat Roberts
1870–1870

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 May 1852Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (7)

    1830
    Age 1
    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
    1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
    Age 4
    The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
    1843
    Age 14
    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Peet, a pet form of Peter .English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English pete ‘peat’, perhaps for someone who cut or sold peat.Altered form of French Pitre .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Peattie
    Pitre
    Peter

    Story Highlight

    Roberts, Samuel, Sr. arrival in America

    The sources for this information is from the New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. Also, "Captain Daniel Thompson, memorandum book 1, 1866." In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company Church trains account …

    Sources (53)

    • Mary Peat in household of Job Peat, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • Mary Peal in entry for Wm. P. Roberts, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
    • Mary Roberts in household of Samuel Roberts, "England and Wales Census, 1861"

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