When Estella Eldora Woodruff Pease was born on 10 December 1877, in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States, her father, James A. Pease, was 37 and her mother, Nettie E. Pease, was 16. She lived in Rural, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States in 1935 and Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 14 October 1961, in Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Washburn Prairie Cemetery, Washburn Township, Barry, Missouri, United States.
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1875–1949 Male
1877–1961 Female
1840– Male
1861– Female
1877–1961 Female
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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