Family of Tommy Peacock

Contributeed by ST, this photo shows the family of Tommy Peacock (Emma Forsyth) and his mother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Peacock (widow of John Peacock).  The children are:  standing on stump - Alvin; sitting on rock - Alma (born 1908); in front of Grandma Peacock - Gladys and Orma.  About 1916. 

In 1911, Thomas Peacock was living on a farm at Concession A, Lot 15 in Monk Township (across from the Falkenburg Union Cemetery) before moving into the town of Bracebridge.  It was previously the farm of William Brown, the husband of Catherine Peacock who was Tommy Peacock's aunt. This might be that farm, as the log structure which was the home of John and Mary Ellen Peacock did not have a porch and the entrance was at ground level.

Alma Peacock 1908-1992

Excerpts from - A Good Town Continues - Bracebridge 1915-1999 Published by The Town of Bracebridge

page 133 - 1943 "The RCAF Mobile Recruiting Unit was in town regularly to meet men and women at the Town Hall, and in September, Miss Alma Peacock and Mrs. T.W. Pierce were selected as RCAF recruiting representatives."

page 46 - 1946 - "Miss Alma Peacock was president of the newly formed Business and Professional Women's Club who were told by a guest speaker 'that women are the heartbeat and pulse of the world and men must learn to realize that business and professional women can express their opinions and be heard."

page 328 - 1992 - "Alma Peacock, born in Falkenburg, daughter of Thomas and Emma (Forsyth) Peacock, on the staff of the Thomas Company and the Bracebridge Gazette, took over her father's insurance business and ran it for twenty-five years until she sold it to K.W. Rogers Insurance Brokers"

St. Thomas Anglican Cemetery, Bracebridge

Thomas & Emma (Forsyth) Peacock

Thomas Peacock was the fourth son and fifth child of John Peacock and Mary Ellen Oliver. He was born September 24, 1882 in Falkenburg. He appears in the 1891 and 1901 census records with his parents. He was 8 years old when his Grandfather Thomas was living with Tommy's parents on the original homestead. In 1901, the whole family is still at home except the eldest daughter Sarah.


1901 Census - Macaulay Township
Peacock, John, M, Head. ......................b. Feb 10, 1854, 47
Peacock, Mary E., F, Wife. ...................b. Feb 9, 1858, 43
Peacock, Fred, Son................................b. Nov 24, 1875, 25
Peacock , John, Son...............................b. May 23, 1877, 23
Peacock, William R., Son......................b. May 3, 1881, 19
Peacock, Thomas, Son..................b. Sep 24, 1882, 18
Peacock, Mary E., Daughter,.................b. May 27, 1884, 16
Peacock, George N., Son........................b. Mar 2, 1886, 15
Peacock, Violet S., Daughter.................b. Jan 16, 1889, 12
Peacock, Joseph A., Son........................b. Sep 24, 1892, 8
Peacock, Grace L., Dau..........................b. Jan 16, 1895, 6
Peacock, Cathrine, Dau.........................b. Dec 6, 1897, 3
Byford, Henry, M, Lodger, S.................b. Oct 27, 1876,

In June of 1904, Tommy married Miss Emma Forsyth

13108-04 (Muskoka Dist.) Thomas PEACOCK, 22, farmer, Macaulay twp., s/o John PEACOCK & Mary OLIVER, married Clara Emma FORSYTH, 21, Macaulay twp., same, d/o John FORSYTH & Mary DALES, witn: William PEACOCK & Jessie FORSYTH, both of Macaulay twp., 1 June 1904 at Macaulay

By 1911, they had three daughters.

1911 Census - Monck Twp - Muskoka, Ontario

Peacock, Thomas, M, Head, M, Sep-1882, 28

Peacock, Clara E., F, Wife, Jan-1883, 28

Peacock, Gladys, F, Dau, Feb-1906, 5

Peacock, Elissa A. (Alma), F, Dau, Feb-1908, 3

Peacock, Aleen O, (Orma), F, Dau, Aug-1910, 9/12

THOMAS PEACOCK (1882-1950)
= Emma Forsyth (1883-1949)

Children
1. Allen Oscar
2. 'Gladys' May = D. Barnes
3. Clarissa 'Alma' - Unmarried
4. Aleen 'Orma'=W. Bond
5. Thomas 'Alvin'=B. Gardine

-Alma Peacock, daughter of Thomas and Emma

Thomas and Emma Peacock are buried in the Anglican Cemetery in Bracebridge. Emma died in 1949, and Thomas, 1950.