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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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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3023	ABBOTT, Charles	1884	ENG, ESS, Messing	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
3029	ABBOTT, Edward	1863	ENG, LIN, Bourne	Jun 1882 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3160	ABSOLOM, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3107	ABSOLOM, Henry Richard James	1893	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3134	ACKLAND, Herbert George	1898	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3142	ACKROYD, John Edward	1886	ENG,	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3153	ACTON, Alice	1889	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3154	ACTON, Ellen	1891	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6255	ADAMS, Ada Gertrude	1895	ENG, WIL, Highworth	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22827	ADAMS, C R	1885	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26477	ADAMS, Charles W R	1887	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23730	ADAMS, Eliza	1887	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5602	ADAMS, Gladys	1898	ENG,	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22545	ADAMS, Henry William	1898	ENG,	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
23726	ADAMS, Isabel	1888	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3278	ADAMS, Robert Henry	1888	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
23732	ADAMS, Thomas G	1901	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10890	ADAMSON, George	1893	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9834	ADBY, Ethel Caroline	1893	ENG, BKM, Wycombe	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8817	ADCOCK, Lily	1896	ENG,	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3759	ADDERLEY, David Gerard	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3758	ADDERLEY, Harry	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
9831	ADKINS, Ann	1899	ENG, LND, Camden	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9830	ADKINS, Theodora Margaret	1897	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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