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Mary Webster <I>Wiley</I> Peary

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Mary Webster Wiley Peary

Birth
Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Death
4 Nov 1900 (aged 73)
South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Burial
South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA Add to Map
Plot
WPA map: Sec 2, Lot 41
Memorial ID
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Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary's mother.
Robert Peary was born on May 6, 1865, in Cresson, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Charles Nutter Peary and Mary Webster Wiley Peary.
See:http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Peary__Robert_Edwin.html

Parents: Benjamin Wiley and Mary D (nee Bryant) Wiley.

1850 Federal Census for Stow, Oxford, Maine: Charles N. Peary, Occupation: farmer, age 21, Mary, age 23, both born in Maine.

1870 Federal Census for Portland, Cumberland, Maine: Mary Peary, age 43, Robert E, age 14, she born in Maine, he in Pennsylvania.

1887 & 1888- City Directory for Portland, Maine: Mary W. Peary, widow of Chas. N. B. Freeman Evans', Cape Elizabeth Depot and Robert E. Peary, U.S. Navy Lieutenant, b. Freeman Evans', Cape Elizabeth Depot

1900 Federal Census for South Portland, Cumberland, Maine: Eliza F. Evans, age 72, her cousin Mary W. Peary, age 73, born Jan 1827, widowed, one child born, one alive, both born in Maine.
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary's mother.
Robert Peary was born on May 6, 1865, in Cresson, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Charles Nutter Peary and Mary Webster Wiley Peary.
See:http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Peary__Robert_Edwin.html

Parents: Benjamin Wiley and Mary D (nee Bryant) Wiley.

1850 Federal Census for Stow, Oxford, Maine: Charles N. Peary, Occupation: farmer, age 21, Mary, age 23, both born in Maine.

1870 Federal Census for Portland, Cumberland, Maine: Mary Peary, age 43, Robert E, age 14, she born in Maine, he in Pennsylvania.

1887 & 1888- City Directory for Portland, Maine: Mary W. Peary, widow of Chas. N. B. Freeman Evans', Cape Elizabeth Depot and Robert E. Peary, U.S. Navy Lieutenant, b. Freeman Evans', Cape Elizabeth Depot

1900 Federal Census for South Portland, Cumberland, Maine: Eliza F. Evans, age 72, her cousin Mary W. Peary, age 73, born Jan 1827, widowed, one child born, one alive, both born in Maine.

Inscription

PEARY
CHARLES N. PEARY
1828 - 1859
MARY WILEY
his wife
1827 - 1900



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  • Added: Aug 17, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57211332/mary_webster-peary: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Webster Wiley Peary (18 Jan 1827–4 Nov 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57211332, citing Brown's Hill Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by ProgBase (contributor 47278889).