Mary Grace WEATHERBY

Female 1873 - 1960  (87 years)


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  • Name Mary Grace WEATHERBY  [1
    Birth 26 Jun 1873  Battle Creek, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Birth Abt 1874  Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1880  Living with parents in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Name Gracie Peake  [1, 2
    Death 28 Sep 1960  Atlanta, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • William and Jessie had no children of their own, they did raise (from about age two) Mary Grace (called "Grace" Weatherby, one of the children of Jessie's sister Jane (Mrs. William Levi DaielWeatherby) who died about 1875. The Peakes took Grace into their home in Rockford, Illinois, and she lived with them thereafter. Grace Weatherby (sometimes called Peake though she never oficially asumed that name) was born Jun 26, 1873 in Battle Creek, Michigan, and died 28, September 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended the University of Chattanooga and taught school in Chattanooga. She married 18 April 1900 in Chattanooga to Fredrick Lorenzo Russell (born 4 May 1871, died 17 Februay 1934). The Russells lived in Chattanooga until about 1915 when they moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where (widowed) Jessie Peake lived with them in later years. The children of Fredrick and Grace Russell - Fredrick Lorenzo Russell and William Peake Russell - thought of William and Jessie as their grandparents.

      After she was grown, Grace's sister Janie Weatherby (born 23 August 1870 in Ridgeway, Michigan) also lived for a time with the Peakes in Chattanooga. The worked for the Chattanooga times and later for the American Lava Company. She maried Joseph Lee Morrison.

      The Peak/Peake Family
    Person ID I59633  Main Tree

    Father William Franklin PEAKE,   b. 21 May 1836, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1915, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Jessie MCKAY,   b. 24 Aug 1843, New Brunswick, Prince Edwards Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1939, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Marriage 13 Apr 1864  Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Family ID F05734  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fredrick Lorenzo RUSSELL,   b. May 1871   d. 17 Feb 1934 (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 18 Apr 1900  Chattanooga, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F10825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Jun 1873 - Battle Creek, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Apr 1900 - Chattanooga, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Sep 1960 - Atlanta, Georgia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S03479] Carol (Johnston) Snow, Research Editor, The Peak-Peake Family History, (Name: Name: Cyrus H. Peake, Publication Editor;;).

    2. [S00596] 1880 Census Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

    3. [S02465] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900.