Mary Ann McPeake

[candie10]

Hi can anybody please help me try to find information on my
Great Grandmother i don't have much to go on all i know is that
 she was from Ireland somewhere ? Her maiden name was Mary Ann McPeake
born c1855 believed to have been a schoolteacher she came to Western Australia where she met and married my Great Grandfather William Henry Jeffery/Jeffrey i have hit a brick wall
Thanks   

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat.
Civil registration of births in Ireland started in 1864 so there will be no birth certificate for Mary Ann.
Until you find where in Ireland (parish if not actual townland) she came from you won't be able to start looking for church records (if they exist).
Do her marriage and/or death certificates give any details like birthplace, names of parents, etc.? Do you know when she went to Australia and did she go on her own?

[shanew147]

she may appear in a directory - e.g. Slaters if she was a schoolteacher.

there are a few Peakes listed in the Dublin section Slaters 1881 - including a Teacher named Ellen, ..

Peak Miss Bessie, 37 Eccles st
Peake Ellen A. day school, 7 Iona ter. South Circular rd
Peake John S. marshal in the Recorder's Court; house,11 Belgrave rd. Rathmines
Peake William, clerk, 7 Iona ter. South Circular rd

for Co. Antrim
M'Peake Joseph, cooper, Crumlin

for Belfast
McPeak Thomas, provision dealer, 48 Matilda st
McPeake Robett, grocer & spirit dealer, 100 New Lodge Rd. and Robina st
McPeake Win. clerk, 41 Limestone rd


Shane

[candie10]

Hi
Thank you for your help the only other information i have is her father's name was possibly Henry ?Mary arrived in Fremantle Western Australia on board the ship Lady Elizabeth on 27th-5-1875 not sure when she left Ireland
I am unsure which part she came from
Cheers

[shanew147]

from an analysis of Griffiths (land occupiers and lease valuation of in Ireland - 1848-1864), might give some ideas on where to look...

McPeak 5 / all in Co. Tyrone
Peak     6 /  5 Co. Down, 1 Co. Tyrone
Peck      2 /  1 in Co. Cork, in Co. Kilkenny
Peek     1 /  in Co. Kilkenny



Shane

[candie10]

Hi All
I have just been given a copy of a letter that Mary McPeake's mother & father wrote to give her permission to marry my Great Grandfather out in Western Australia it has on it Holly Hill which i presume is where they used to live & dated 16th October 1876 her parents names were
Henry & Rosey McPeake any further information would be appreciated
Thank you in Advance
Cheers
Lyn   

[TF13]

hi lyn,

i could only find 4 townland names for hollyhill, if it is a townland;

4 in county cork and one in county tyrone.

the holly hill on the letter mightn't be a townland, hopefully it is, but this might help you track them down.

tony

[candie10]

Thanks Tony
For the information will see what i can find out am still trying
to sort these sites out
Cheers
Lyn

[bann-p]

hi candie
The Holly Hill you mention could be in Lavey Parish in Co Derry.  There are still McPeake's living there