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Record #18059
Name :
: Edward Stanley PESKETT (1897 - 1917)
  aka : Private Peskett


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 9 Sep 1897

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 30 Aug 1917   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, , London

Pancras
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Lens
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 22 Sep 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Edward Stanley Peskett.
Full Military File:
{website}data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cef/7001-8000/7754-72.pdf

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Edward Stanley Peskett
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1898
Registration District: Pancras
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 43

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Edward Stanley Peskett
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 25 Feb 1901
Father's Name: William Peckett
Mother's Name: Ellen Kate Peckett
Parish or Poor Law Union: Regent Square
Borough: Camden
Register Type: Parish Registers

1901 English Census records place widowed Helen Peskett as a Boarder in the household of Julia Samson in St. Pancras, London, England. Ellen's three young sons were in residence, William J (4), Edward S (3) and Charles R (3 months).

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: PESKETT
Given Name: Edward Stanley
Age: 8
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1907
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1907-09-12
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1907-09-22
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: See also C-4716 and T-528
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-492
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Helen Kate or Ellen, or Nellie Peskett remarried to Matthew Zavitz 18 Feb 1909 in Welland, Ontario. Ellen states her parents names as Nancy Wingham and Kennet Paskett.

Census link:
{website}automatedgenealogy.com/uidlinks/Links.jsp?uid=150291161

1911 Canadian Census records show Edward (12) and Estella (6) Peskett as the step children to Mathias Zavitz in Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada. Nellie, their mother is in residence along with May (8) and Hilda (5).

Attestation papers were signed 17 Dec 1915 in Welland, Ontario. Edward Stanley Peskett was born 9 Sep 1897 in London, England. He was a farmer in Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada. His Next of Kin was his Mother, Helen Kate Zavitz of Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada. 5'5" in height, with blue eyes and brown hair, he had a tattoo on his left arm. His religion was stated as Methodist.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was Killed in Action, he was killed by an enemy shell in a dugout near the front line south east of Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France. His body was not recovered, his name is on the Vimy Memorial, Vimy, Nord Pas de Calais, France.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56682386 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-11-15 00:01:40 / From original database


Last Updated : 2014-01-06 14:16:09 /

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