Joseph and Sarah (Peacock) Faulkner

Sarah Peacock was the third child and eldest daughter of John Peacock and Mary Ellen Oliver. She was born in Falkenburg August 4th, 1879.

She married Joseph Faulkner, the son of John Faulkner and Margaret Armstrong, on June 23, 1897 in Bracebridge, Ontario.

9930-97 Joseph Alexander FAULKNER, 23, farmer, Bracebridge, Macaulay twp., s/o John FAULKNER & Margaret, married Sarah PEACOCK, 18, Falkenburg, Macaulay twp., d/o John PEACOCK & Mary, witn: John PEACOCK & Mary Ann FAULKNER, both of Macaulay, 23 June 1897 at Bracebridge

#030906-00 (Parry Sound) FAULKENER, Herbert Leslie, m. b. 17 May 1900, father - Joseph Alexander FAULKENER, Laborer, mother - Sarah PEACOCK, infm - mother, Burks Falls

1901 Census - Ontario - Burks Falls
Faulkner, Joseph, M, Head, b. Feb 11, 1875, 26
Faulkner, Sarah, F, Wife, b. Aug 4, 1879, 21
Faulkner ,Frederick, M, Son, Jan 31, 1899, 2
Faulkner, Herbert Leslie, M, Son, May 17, 1900

1911 Census - Clergue Twp, Nipissing Dist.
(near Cochrane / Iroquois Falls)(
The surname is misspelled in the transcription)
Faulhner, Joseph, Head, b. Feb 1875, 38, farmer
Faulhner, Sarah, Wife, b. Aug, 1879, age 31
Faulhner, Frederick, Son, b. Jan, 1899, age 12
Faulhner, Herbert, Son May 1900 11
Faulhner, Gordon, Son Jan 1902 9
Faulhner, Irene, Dau July 1903 7
Faulhner, Howard, Son, Jun, 1905, 5
Faulhner Violet, Dau, Jan, 1907, 4
Faulhner, Joseph Allan, Son, Jul, 1909, 2
Faulhner, Mabel, Dau, Sep, 1910, 9/12

SARAH PEACOCK (1879-1956) = Joseph Faulkner

Children - (some information taken from ancestry.com tree)

1. Frederick, b. January 30, 1899, Muskoka
2. Herbert Leslie, b. May 17, 1900, Parry Sound
3. Gordon
4. Irene Winnifred, b. July 30, 1903, Parry Sound
5. Howard Alexander, b. June 15, 1905, Parry Sound
6. Violet May, b. January 3, 1907, Nippissing
7. Joseph Allan, b. July 31, 1908, Muskoka
8. Mabel b. Sept, 1910,
Mar = I. Peters (lived in Bracebridge later in life)
9. Gladys,
10. Stuart Patrick, b. Dec 19, 1912, Cochrane, Ontario
= Catherine Lahey
11. Oscar, 1912 - 1928 (drowned at Burk's Falls in 1928)
12. Norman, 1918-1928 (drowned at Burk's Falls in 1928)


In 1935 when Mary Ellen Peacock died, the Faulkners were living in Kapuskasing. Sarah died June 9th, 1956.



Kirkland Lake Cemetery - Block E - Section 5 Teck Township