Edward A (Peets) Peete (1914 - 1993)

Born 21 Apr 1914 in Clifton, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA

Ancestors

Died 20 Oct 1993 at age 79 in New York, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Edward married Frances Bloxham (b. ~1915, daughter of Edgar Bloxham and Maude Johnson) on September 27, 1934 in Niagara County, New York.

It appears he had a second wife, Catherine Lemen. He had four children.

Obituary

from The Buffalo News, Thursday, October 21, 1993

Edward A. Peete, 79, a retired employee of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., died Wednesday in his home on 90th Street.

A native of Piercefield, Peete was a longtime resident of Niagara Falls. He worked for 15 years for Aluminum Company of America and then for 25 years as a boiler man for Du Pont until he retired in 1976.

Surviving are his wife, Catherine Lemen Peete; two sons, David of Las Vegas and Kenneth of Fullerton, Calif.; two daughters, Nancy Dowser of Upland, Calif., and Jeanette Smith of Hinsdale, Ill.; four brothers, Raymond of Ransomville, Robert of Sanborn, Richard of Silver Lake and Gerald; four sisters, Elizabeth Landers of Model City, Mary Jacobi of Diamond Bar, Calif., Veronica Brown of Lewiston and Shirley Hiddie of Youngstown; 13 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Riverside Presbyterian Church, 84th Street and Lindbergh Avenue. (Baldwin).

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVSM-1X3 : accessed 14 February 2016), Edward Peete in household of Fred Peete, Clifton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; citing sheet 2A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,259.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4RM-F5W : accessed 14 February 2016), Edward Peets in entry for Fred Peets, 1930.

• "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ9N-B97 : accessed 14 February 2016), Edward Peete and Frances Bloxham, 27 Sep 1934; citing county clerk’s office, Niagara, New York, United States; FHL microfilm 900,541.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQYC-PBG : accessed 14 February 2016), Edward Peete, Ward 5, Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls City, Niagara, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32-77, sheet 6B, family 133, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2696.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTB7-8J7 : accessed 14 February 2016), Edward Peete, 20 Oct 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).