Andrew Peacock - Golden Anniversary, Orillai

'Dolly' Peacock Varty and Family

                         Frederick, Walter, William, 'Dolly' and Bill Varty, Dorothy and Gladys

                         Date of Photo Unknown - Source:  Ancestry.com

                                 St. Andrew / St. James Cemetery, Orillia, Ontario

Robert Orville Peacock 1894 - 1970

St Andrew's Cemetery, Orillia

Three Children of Robert Peacock and Mary Moffatt

Andy Peacock, Louise 'Dolly' Peacock Varty, and Orville Peacock - date unknown but Andy died in 1971 at age 85. These three were first cousins to the children of John Peacock and Mary Ellen Oliver.

After Robert Peacock's Death

The Robert Peacock family appears in the 1891 Census in Monck Township (this is Muskoka District but is grouped with Simcoe records in 1891). Sometime after 1891, the family relocated to Scotia (Junction) where they ran a hotel. (Click on the above title for a history of Perry Township.) It would seem that there were business and employment opportunities near railroad development.
By 1911, Robert Peacock's widow had remarried and the family was living in Bracebridge.

1901 Census Muskoka Parry Sound – Perry Tp.
(Probaby Hotel at Scotia Junction)

Peacock, Mary, F, Head, W, .......b. Jan 31, 1866, 35 , Hotel keeper
Peacock, William H., M, ......b. Dec 28, 1884, 16
Peacock, Cassie, F, ..............b. Aug 22, 1885, 15
Peacock, Robert O., M, ........b. Aug 11, 1894, 6
Peacock, Lewisa F., F, .........b. Oct 14, 1895, 5
Peacock, Harvey R., M, .......b. Jul 9, 1899, 1
Murray, James, M, ......................b. Mar 2, 1873, 28
**Burk, Edward, M...........S, .......b. Sep 5, 1879, 21
**Peacock, Frederick, M, Nephew, b. Nov 24,1875, 25
Rimilard Nelson, M, Boarder,...... b. Apr 20, 1865, 35
Peacock, Frederick E., M.,............ b. Sept 10, 1853, 47
Brother in Law
Malkin, ____, M, Boarder, ..........b. Feb 18, 1876, 25

(**Fred Peacock, nephew is the son of John Peacock and Mary Ellen Oliver.

The other Fred Peacock is the brotherof John who has now returned
from Philadelphia.

**Edward Burk might be the brother of Vietta Burk, later Mrs. Fred Peacock.
There is an Edmond b, Sept 5, 1880 with the Burk family in Perry Twnsp and this
Edward, b. Sept 5, 1879 with the Peacocks.

Louise appears with both families. Andy is living with Wm Brown and his
second wife in the 1901 census.)

1901 Census - Simcoe - Monk Twp (taken March 31, 1901)
Brown, Wm, m, b. Nov 20, 1848, 51
Brown, Susannah, f, Wife, b. Jan, 1863, 37
Brown, Wm, m, Father, Widower, b. Mar 22, 1824, 77
Peacock, Andrew, m, Nephew, b. Mar 30, 1885, 15
Peacock, Louise f, Niece, b. Oct 14, 1895, 5
Brown, Eliza V., f, Adopted, b. May, 1889, 11

1911 Census - Bracebridge

Hall, George, M, Head,.............. b. Feb, 1864, 47
Hall, Mary, F, Wife,........................b. Jan, 1866, 45
Peacock, Louisa, F, Step-Dau, ......b. Oct,1895, 15
Hall, Edna, F, Dau,.........................b. Dec, 1896, 14
Peacock, Harvey, M, Step-son,..... b. Jul, 1899, 11

The above photo is a photocopy from Ralph Peacock. It was taken sometime after 1901. The boy is probably Harvey who was born in 1899. The shop was on the hill toward Holiday House.

1911 Census - Nipissing, Haileybury

Peacock, Andrew, M, Head, b. March, 1886, 25

Peacock, Rose, F, wife, b. Sept, 1884, 26

Peacock, Shirley, F, Daughter, b. Oct, 1908, 2

The other children of Robert and Mary Moffatt (Cassie and Robert) have not been located in the 1911 census.

Robert Peacock 1863-1899

Robert Peacock's monument at Falkenburg Union Cemetery
Photo of monument by V.E.H.

Excerpts from a 1981 letter from Ralph Peacock of Orillia, Ontario, (shown in photo at left) son of James Andrew, grandson of Robert.

"In...reference to Robert's burial place, I took my father there about 1969/70 to clean the headstone and cut away some bushes. There was an indented stamp on the stone designating King William on his white horse. My father told me he'd been a District Grand Master of the Orange Lodge.

"I have a picture of Robert taken at Amherst, Nova Scotia on which Dad had written, 'this is my Father, Robert Peacock, born August 22, 1865, died December 8, 1899.' However, another note gives his birth as August 22, 1863 and married January 3, 1884. I believe the latter date is correct because he died at age 36 years.

"Robert died of pneumonia and it was Mary's second husband, Hall, who lost his legs. I can, as a small child, remember him walking around on his stumps covered with leather pads. Hall had a small variety store in Bracebridge that still stood up to a few years ago.

"Robert died at such an early age that some of his children were sent to relatives. However, I am familiar with...

"Robert Peacock and Mary Samuels Moffatt had seven
children:

"James Andrew, b. Falkenburg March 30, 1886, married
Dec 27, 1905 in Bracebridge, Ontario to Rose Hannah Dickson;
moved to Haileybury in 1908 and to Quebec in 1935. Retired
in Orillia 1955. He died in 1971 and is buried beside my
mother in Haileybury, Ontario.
Their children -
Shirley (married Campbell), Norma (married Sutherland),
Mary (married Harrison), and Ralph. I was born in 1915
and have two daughers and one son. I am a retired mining
engineer, living in Orillia. My son Andrew is a Professor
at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia - industrial psychology
and business administration.

(Ralph's son died Dec, 1999 of Lou Gherig's disease.
He was honoured posthumously with a Special Achievement Award in
Economic Development presented by the National Council for Urban
Economic Development of Washington, D.C., and the Economic
Developers Association of Canada.)

"William Henry 'Harry', b. Falkenburg. Worked many years at the
Swift River Power Station and died of pneumonia as a bachelor
in his fifties.

"Cassie Golden (married Johnson) born in Tudwick, Nova
Scotia. She moved west and lost touch. One son, Kenneth,
living in Toronto.

"Robert 'Orville', born in Falkenburg, married Violet
Fitzpatrick of Ardtrea. They had two sons, Leonard and Gordon,
and two daughters, Mary and Audrey.

"Lousie May 'Dolly' (married Varty) born in Falkenburg and raised
by two aunts (Moffatt sisters) in Orillia. Vartys had four sons
and two daughters.

"Harvey Raymond - born in Scotia Junction, married in
Sturgeon Falls and died in Noranda at 56 years of age. He had
two sons, Lloyd and Darryl, and two daughters, Patricia and
Dwyla.

"Catherine Ann - born in Fiddersburg, Kentucky, USA. I have
no information or knowledge of Catherine although I believe she
died as an infant.

(There may be some confusion between Catherine Ann and Cassie Golden as
the information from Ralph does not fit with the census records. I wonder if
it was Cassie who was raised by the Moffatt sisters as Louise appears in the
1911 census at 15 with her mother and Mr. Hall in Bracebridge. )

"From the places of birth you can see the family moved about (?).
I understand Robert.....acquired some skills in railroad rockcut
excavation. He also owned or built a hotel in Scotia Junction.

"Robert's wife, Mary Moffatt was the grandaughter of Andrew
Moffatt born in Enniskillen County, Fermanaugh, Ireland, a
Presbyterian who immigrated to the US then to Orillia (Rama)
as a missionary teacher to the Indians. He married Mercy
Mainwaring, an American fellow missionary, and their son,
Thomas, was the first white child born in Orillia in 1834."

1891 Census - Simcoe East - Monk Township

Family 47 –

Peacock, Robert, m. 27, b. Ire, parents born Ire.

Peacock, Mary, f. 24, b. Ont, parents born Ire.

Peacock, William Henry or Harry, m. 6, b. Ont.

Peacock, Andrew James, m. 5. b Ont.

Peacock, Catherine Ann, f. 3. b. Ont.