William Peacotte, 23 of Brant (Township, Bruce Co.) 23, born Toronto, son of Hugh Peacotte and Helen Wagget to
Sarah E. (sic) Hunter, 19, born and living in Brant (Twp) dau of Richard Hunter and Laetitia Antwissel, of Brant Twp, Bruce County,
Witnesses: James Craig, Brant (Twp)
Agnes Murdoch, Walkerton
Married May 20, 1880 in Walkerton, Brant Twp, Bruce County
By Rev. Robert Moffat, Presbyterian
The Hunters were an Irish family who appear in the census for Brant Township, Bruce County for the 1861, 1871 and 1881 censuses. All their children, beginning with Frances, William, John and Sarah were born in Ontario, so it would seem that they came to Canada about 1855 from Ireland. Richard and Letitia's marriage has not been found.
In 1891, they are in Cornwallis, Selkirk, Manitoba. Richard was a farmer in all census records. His two sons are in the 1881 census for St. Agathe (south of Winnipeg on the Red River) and are farmers, apparently going to Manitoba before the rest of the family. The census record is in French.
Sarah Margaret Hunter's brother, William Hunter, married her husband's sister, Eliza Peacock. This marriage has not been found. The William Hunter family migrated to Vancouver as did William Peacock after the death of his wife Sarah in Manitoba.
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