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