Mary Ellen Peacock - Later Years

John Peacock, the husband of Mary Ellen Oliver, died of heart failure on March 15th, 1914. Mary Ellen had just turned 56 years of age. John had been suffering from cancer for six months. His death was reported by his son, George Peacock.

It is not known if Mary Ellen remained on the farm after her husband's death; however, my mother recalls that she lived on James Street in Bracebridge for awhile, and that some of the daughters had a shop on the main street of the town close to Chancery Lane. Her death certificate states that she lived in Orillia for 19 years before her death in 1935. From this we can estimate that she moved to Orillia about 1916. The farm was not sold until August, 1919.

Mary Ellen's eldest son, Fred, and his wife, Vietta, died in November of 1918 probably as a result of the Spanish flu pandemic. They were survived by three children. The youngest child was under ten at the time of their death. It is not known whose care they were in after 1918.

Mary Ellen would also have been living in Orillia when her brother-in-law, Fred Peacock drowned in April of 1921. His body was identified by Mary Ellen's son, Joseph Peacock of Orillia. It is thought that her daughters Grace McIntyre and Violet Moore were also residents of Orillia.

Death Record for M. Ellen Peacock
(This is the way her names appears in the index)
Province of Ontario, County/District of Simcoe
Residence - 139 Mississauga Street, Orillia
Female, Canadian, Widowed, English origin
Born - February 9, 1858, Markham, Ontario
19 years in Orillia - 77 years in Canada
Died - November 11, 1935 - 77 years, 9 months, 2 days
Housewife, last worked in 1934,
Father - Joseph Oliver, born England
Mother - Mary Ellen Tubb(s), born England
Informant- Joseph Peacock, 230 Harvey St., Orillia
Buried - Falkenburg November 13, 1935
Undertaker - Doolittle, Orillia

Doctor attended April 24th to November 11, 1935
Immediate cause of death - chronic *osteomyelitis of femur
Other morbid condition - anorexia
Surgical Operation - May 4, 1934
Findings - culture _____, hamolytic staphylococcus aureus
No autopsy
Signed - Dr. H.G. Sw_ck, 39 Peter Street N, Orillia


4 Peacock Generations - Mary Ellen Oliver Peacock with her son "Jack" and
his son and grandson.