NOTE: Sarah’s Last name at birth may have been ROY. Her father was Alexis Roy, born in Canada in 1833. Roy in French means KING. Many of his children used the surname of KING, including Sarah, although FindAGrave shows her last name at birth as Roy. Going with KING, as all available records show it as such.
Sarah King was born in August 1860 in New York. She married Nelson Peet (1853-1919). They may have had as many as nineteen children, born between 1879 and 1906, with one, and possibly two, sets of twins. [1] Note: visit the Family Tree link to view many sourced records for Sarah’s children where her name appears as Sarah King.
Sarah King, born in New York, and Nelson Peet, born in Canada, are mentioned in the birth record of their daughter, Lizzie Peet, born in 1899 in Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts. [2]
Sarah King and Nelson Peet are mentioned in the marriage record of their son, Nelson Peet (Jr.), 21, who married Albina Moisan in 1906 in Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts. [3]
In 1900, the Peet family lived in Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts. The household included Nelson Peet, 50, born in Canada; his wife Sarah, 40, born in New York; their ten children, all born in New York: Hattie, 21; Everett, 7; Emma, 17; Freddie, 12; Lizzie, 1; Mary, 11; Ida, 19; Albania, 5; Nelson, 15; and Henry, 7. [4]
Sarah (Roy) Peet died on 6 April 1930 in Massachusetts. She is buried with her children Hattie and Isaac L. Sarah’s obituary (image on FindAGrave) shows her maiden name as KING. She was the daughter of Alexis King, 1833 Canada- 1912 Massachusetts. Her mother was probably Clemenceau Fortier, 1831-1909. Alexis and Clemence are buried in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. The top of their grave marker is inscribed “Roy ~ King.” [5]
Her parents are not on Wikitree as of August 2023.
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