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Person
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Peachey, Frederick Arthur
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Dates of existence
1875-1935
History
Frederick Arthur Peachey (1875-1935) was born on 13 October, 1875 in Mildenhall, Forest Heath, Suffolk, England. He died 10 November, 1935. He is buried at St. John’s Church, Colwood. He was married on 27 November, 1923 to Elsie Mary Smyth (1879-1952). His occupation on the marriage certificate was ‘seedsman’, he lived at Todd Inlet, Vancouver Island (near Butchart Gardens) and he was 48 years old. His father was Abraham Peachey, mother Mary Ann Owens and they may have lived in Metchosin. Elsie Mary was 44 when she married Fred, and also from Tod Inlet. Her parents were Arthur John Smyth and Alice Mary Scrivener. Fred and Elsie Peachey lived at the old stables at Hatley Park from 1925-1935 when he died at aged 60. He worked for the Dunsmuirs as a gardener.