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Peek, Veronica Drewe

Female 1918 - 2012  (94 years)


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  1. 1.  Peek, Veronica Drewe was born in 1918 (daughter of Peek, Alfred Richard Welldon and Drewe, Eleanor); died on 13 Jan 2012 in Lustleigh.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Poltimore College, Exeter, Battersea D.S.T.C. and National Training College of Domestic Subjects. University of London Teacher's Certificate, M.R.S.T

    Notes:

    Domestic Science Lecturer, N.T.C. (1945-48) and Achimota Teachers' Training College, Gold Coast (1951).

    Family/Spouse: Hughes, Mark Henry. Mark (son of Hughes, G W G) was born in 1912; died on 3 Dec 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Peek, Alfred Richard Welldon was born on 18 Mar 1882 in Stowupland Vicarage, Suffolk (son of Peek, Richard and Reeves, Ada); died on 1 Jun 1958 in Winchester; was buried in 1958 in Drewsteignton.

    Other Events:

    • Education: St Michael's College, Lyme Regis and Pembroke College, Cambridge. MA
    • Census: 1901, The Rectory, Drewsteignton
    • Census: 1911, HMS St George
    • Occupation: 1908-1912; Chaplain, RN
    • Occupation: 1912-1955; Rector of Drewsteignton, Devon

    Notes:

    Chaplain, R.N. (1908-1912). Rector of Drewsteignton, Devon (1912-1955). Rural Dean of Okehampton (1942-1947). In 1961 the font at Drewsteignton Church was restored by his family in his memory and that of his wife Eleanor, who died 31 January 1956, while at the same time the baptistry was subscribed for by the parishioners of Drewsteignton and installed in the church in memory of their late rector and his wife.

    Education:
    PEEK, ALFRED RICHARD WELLDON. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct. 1900. S. of the Rev. Richard (1873), R- of Drew-stcignton, Devon. B. Mar. 18, 1882, at Stowupland, Suffolk.
    School, St Michael's College, Lyme Regis. Matric. Michs. 1900; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907. Ord. deacon (Winchester) 1905; priest, 1906; C. of St Luke's, Southampton, 1905-7. C. of Famham, Surrey, 1907-8. Chaplain, R.N., 1907-12: H.M.S. Cressy, 1908; Astraea, 1908-10; St George, 1910-12. R. of Drewsteignton, Devon, 1912-52-. Rural Dean of Okehampton, 1942-47. {Crockford.)

    Alfred married Drewe, Eleanor in 1911 in Wadhurst, Sussex. Eleanor (daughter of Drewe, William Francis and Meigh, Maria) was born in 1882; died in 1956. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Drewe, Eleanor was born in 1882 (daughter of Drewe, William Francis and Meigh, Maria); died in 1956.
    Children:
    1. Peek, Heather Elinor was born on 27 Feb 1916; died on 31 Oct 2002; was buried on 7 Nov 2002 in Drewsteignton.
    2. 1. Peek, Veronica Drewe was born in 1918; died on 13 Jan 2012 in Lustleigh.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Peek, RichardPeek, Richard was born on 20 May 1855 in Beulah Hill, Norwood, Surrey (son of Peek, Richard and Bousfield, Julia); died on 18 Jul 1920 in De Lucie, Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Brighton College and St John's College, Cambridge. MA
    • Census: 1881, White Horse Hotel, Tavern St, Ipswich
    • Probate: 15 Dec 1920

    Notes:

    P.G.C. Eng. (Freemasons). Vicar of Stowupland, Suffolk, Rector of Sweffling, Suffolk and subsequently Chaplain at Dinard, France (1890-1895), Rector of Drewsteignton, Devon (1895-1904), to which he was presented by his cousin, Sir Henry Peek, Bart, and, lastly, Rector of St Magnus-the-Martyr, London Bridge, (1904-1920), which was also then in the gift of the Peek baronetcy. An ardent Freemason who held several distinguished offices in the Craft, including those of Provincial Grand Chaplain of Suffolk and of Jersey and, in 1899, Grand Chaplain of England.

    In June 1895 the Rev. Richard Peek saved the life of a young French girl who jumped overboard from the ferry midway between Dinard and St. Malo, Brittany, and was subsequently awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society and the Gold Medal 1st Class of the Sociâetâe Nationale de Sauvetage de France. He and his wife Ada Peek are commemorated by a plaque in Drewsteignton Church. See "The Times" of 20 July 1920.

    Education:
    PEEK, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 14, 1873. [3rd] s. of Richard [F.L.S.], solicitor (and Julia). B. [May 20,1855], at Norwood, Surrey. Bapt. July 11, 1855.[School, Brighton College.] Matric. Michs. 1873; B.A. 1878; M.A. 1882. Ord. deacon (Truro) 1878; priest, 1879; C. of Duloe, Cornwall, 1878-9. V. of Stowupland, Suffolk, 1880-2. R. of Sweffling, 1882-90. V. of Bruisyard, 1884-90. Chaplain at Dinard, 1890-5. R. of Drewsteignton, Devon, 1895-1904. R. of St Magnus-the-Martyr, London, 1904-20. Received the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society, and the first class medal of the Societe Nationale de Sauvetage of France, for saving the life of a young girl who jumped overboard from a boat returning from Dinard. An ardent Freemason. Died July 18, 1920, at Sutton, Surrey. Father of Alfred R. W. (1900). {Brighton Coll. Reg.; Scott, MSS.;
    Crockford; The Times, July 20, 1920.)

    Richard married Reeves, Ada on 5 Apr 1875 in Holborn, London. Ada (daughter of Reeves, Edward James and Reeves, Caroline) was born in 1856; died on 26 Oct 1911 in Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Reeves, Ada was born in 1856 (daughter of Reeves, Edward James and Reeves, Caroline); died on 26 Oct 1911 in Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1881, Vicarage, Stow Upland, Stowmarket, Suffolk
    • Census: 1901, The Rectory, Drewsteignton

    Notes:

    Daughter of Alderman Edward James Reeves, J.P., Mayor of Brighton (1884-1887) and his wife Caroline. Married to the Rev. Richard Peek 5 April 1875 at Holborn, London. Died 26 October 1911 at Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent, and buried in Peek family vault at Norwood.

    Children:
    1. Peek, Francis Coristine was born on 7 Sep 1876 in Aspall, Suffolk; died on 7 May 1949 in Rhodesia; was buried in Rhodesia, Bindura.
    2. Peek, Mary Frances was born on 17 Aug 1878 in Herodsfoot Vicarage, Nr Liskeard, Cornwall; died on 28 Mar 1965 in Newport, Isle of Wight.
    3. Peek, Maude Ada was born in 1880; died in 1953.
    4. 2. Peek, Alfred Richard Welldon was born on 18 Mar 1882 in Stowupland Vicarage, Suffolk; died on 1 Jun 1958 in Winchester; was buried in 1958 in Drewsteignton.
    5. Peek, Dorothy was born on 27 Nov 1889 in Suffolk; died on 18 Jun 1916 in Sidcup, Kent.

  3. 6.  Drewe, William Francis was born on 27 Oct 1853 in Clifton, Bristol (son of Drew, George Smith and Peek, Mary); died in 1937 in West Worthing, Sussex.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Barrister-at-law, Inner Temple
    • Census: 1861, St Barnabas Parsonage, South Kennington

    Notes:

    After the death of his first wife Maria nâee Meigh, William Francis Drewe married Mavis Ilma Sachs, daughter of Leo Ferdinand Sachs.

    William married Meigh, Maria on 7 Jun 1877 in St Peter, Stoke on Trent, Staffs. Maria (daughter of Meigh, William Mellor and Goodman, Eliza) was born in C 1852; died on 22 Oct 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Meigh, Maria was born in C 1852 (daughter of Meigh, William Mellor and Goodman, Eliza); died on 22 Oct 1922.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1861, The Ash, Bucknall. Stoke on Trent
    • Census: 1871, Brookhouse Lane. Bucknall, Stoke on Trent
    • Probate: 9 Feb 1923, P.C.C. f.258

    Notes:

    Their only son, Vernon Francis Drew, was born 1 June 1881 at Cliff Bank Lodge, Stoke-on-Trent and died at Oxford while an undergraduate there on 4 February 1901. (Will P.C.C. 9 Feb 1923 f.258.)

    Children:
    1. Drewe, Clara was born in 1878; died in 1963.
    2. Drewe, Ethel Mary was born in C 1880 in Stoke on Trent, Stafford; died on 27 Feb 1941.
    3. Drew, Vernon Francis was born on 1 Jun 1881 in Cliff Bank Lodge, Stoke on Trent; died on 4 Feb 1901 in Oxford.
    4. 3. Drewe, Eleanor was born in 1882; died in 1956.
    5. Drewe, Jessie was born in 1887; died in 1965.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Peek, Richard was born on 7 Mar 1831 in Newington Green, Stoke Newington, Middlesex (son of Peek, William and Francis, Mary); died on 14 Apr 1871 in St Clair, Haywards Heath, Sussex; was buried in Brighton Cemetery.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 13 Apr 1831, St Paul's Canonbury, Islington
    • Census: 1871, 54 Norfolk Square, Marylebone, London

    Notes:

    F.L.S. A solicitor of 5 King's Bench Walk, Temple, and partner in the firm of Peek and Downing of 10 Basinghall St, London. Freeman of the City of London (July 1861). He retired from practice in 1864 and devoted the rest of his life to social and legal advisory work in Brighton, where he lived at Walton House. He was also much attached to the study of marine biology and published several papers on the subject of ichthyology. As a result of his strong interest in this branch of natural history he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society on 21 April 1864. He died at his country residence.

    Richard married Bousfield, Julia on 15 Aug 1854 in St Leonards, Streatham, Surrey. Julia (daughter of Bousfield, George Delabere) was born on 3 Mar 1829; died on 21 Dec 1897 in 22 Overstrand Mansions, Battersea Park; was buried in Brighton Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Bousfield, Julia was born on 3 Mar 1829 (daughter of Bousfield, George Delabere); died on 21 Dec 1897 in 22 Overstrand Mansions, Battersea Park; was buried in Brighton Cemetery.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1871, 54 Norfolk Square, Marylebone, London
    • Census: 1881, St Clair House, Cuckfield, Sussex

    Notes:

    Fourth daughter of George Delabere Bousfield, Esq. senior partner, George Bousfield & Co., Common Councillor, Master of the Clothworkers' Company (1848) and Director of the General Life and Fire Assurance Co.

    Julia Peek and her father, George Delabere Bousfield, were members of the ancient family of Bousfield of Scarsykes, co. Westmorland, who were for several centuries established in the parish of Ravenstonedale, co Westmorland, near the hamlet of Bousfield, from which they took their name. For full details of the family of Bousfield of Scarsykes see Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, Vol. III and Bousfield family documents contained in the Garrett Collection in the library of the Society of Genealogists, London.

    Children:
    1. 4. Peek, Richard was born on 20 May 1855 in Beulah Hill, Norwood, Surrey; died on 18 Jul 1920 in De Lucie, Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault.
    2. Peek, Mary Frances was born in 1858; died in 1877.
    3. Peek, William was born in 1865; died in 1917.

  3. 10.  Reeves, Edward James was born on 16 Sep 1828 in Staplehurst, Kent; died on 1 Oct 1913 in 93 Cromwell Road, Hove, Sussex.

    Notes:

    Alderman, J.P., Mayor of Brighton (1884-1887)

    Edward married Reeves, Caroline. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Reeves, Caroline
    Children:
    1. 5. Reeves, Ada was born in 1856; died on 26 Oct 1911 in Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent; was buried in Norwood Cemetery, Peek Family Vault.

  5. 12.  Drew, George Smith was born in 1819 in Louth, Lincolnshire (son of Drew, George and Hodgson, Isabella); died on 21 Jan 1880 in London, Lambeth.

    Other Events:

    • Education: M.A., Cantab. (St. John's College) (27th Wrangler)
    • Census: 1861, St Barnabas Parsonage, South Kennington

    Notes:

    F.R.G.S. Member of the British Association. Select Preacher to the University of Cambridge (1869-70) and Hulsean Lecturer (1877). Held a number of livings, among them Old St. Pancras (1845-50), Pulloxhill, Beds (1854-1858), St. Barnabas, South Kennington (1858-70), Avington, Hants (1870-73) and Holy Trinity, Lambeth (1873-80). Author of many religious books and other publications. Married by licence to Mary Peek at St. Leonard's, Streatham, co. Surrey. See Dictionary of National Biography.

    George married Peek, Mary on 20 May 1845 in St Leonards, Streatham, Surrey. Mary (daughter of Peek, William and Francis, Mary) was born on 31 Mar 1821 in Middlesex, Islington; died in 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Peek, Mary was born on 31 Mar 1821 in Middlesex, Islington (daughter of Peek, William and Francis, Mary); died in 1896.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 22 Jul 1821, Middlesex, Islington, St Mary
    • Census: 1861, Portland Hotel, Portland Terrace, Portsmouth
    • Census: 1891, 26 Hoghton Street, North Meols, Southport

    Notes:

    Her portrait, with those of her husband, her mother and her father, hangs in the dining room at Castle Drogo.

    Children:
    1. Drew, Mary was born on 19 Jun 1846 in 14 Burton Crescent, Grays Inn Lane, St. Pancras, London; died on 16 Oct 1927; was buried in High Wycombe, Bucks.
    2. Drew, Reginald George was born on 13 Jun 1847; died in 1908.
    3. Drew, Edith was born in 1849; died in 1905 in Ealing, Middlesex.
    4. Drew, Ada was born in 1850; died in 1929.
    5. 6. Drewe, William Francis was born on 27 Oct 1853 in Clifton, Bristol; died in 1937 in West Worthing, Sussex.
    6. Drewe, Julius Charles was born on 4 Apr 1856 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire; died on 20 Nov 1931 in Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton, Devon; was buried in 1931 in Drewsteignton, Devon.
    7. Drew, Anna Theresa was born in 1858; died in 1925.
    8. Drew, Evelyn Sophia was born in 1862; died in 1941.

  7. 14.  Meigh, William Mellor was born in C 1806 in Hanley, Staffordshire (son of Meigh, Job and Mellor, Elizabeth); died on Q 2 1876 in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Justice of the Peace
    • Residence: Ash Hall, Staffs
    • Occupation: 1841; Flint and Colour Grinder
    • Occupation: 1861; Merchant
    • Census: 1871, Brookhouse Lane. Bucknall, Stoke on Trent

    William married Goodman, Eliza in Q3 1837 in Pancras, London Middlesex. Eliza was born in C 1812 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire; died in Q2 1866 in Stoke Upon Trent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Goodman, Eliza was born in C 1812 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire; died in Q2 1866 in Stoke Upon Trent.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 1841; Independent

    Children:
    1. Meigh, Elizabeth Charlotte was born in C 1838 in The Ash, Staffordshire; died in Q2 1905 in Elham, Kent.
    2. Meigh, William Mellor was born in C 1842 in The Ash, Staffordshire; died in Q4 1922 in Cheadle, Staffordshire.
    3. Meigh, Ann was born in C 1843 in The Ash, Staffordshire; died on 28 Apr 1910 in Sunny Bank, Shelton, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.
    4. Meigh, Catherine was born in C 1848 in The Ash, Staffordshire; died in From POSS 1872 OR 1879 to 9 in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.
    5. Meigh, Ellen was born in C 1850 in The Ash, Staffordshire; died in C Q 3, 1869 in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.
    6. 7. Meigh, Maria was born in C 1852; died on 22 Oct 1922.
    7. Meigh, Mary Ann was born in C 1855 in The Ash, Staffordshire.


  

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