Emily Elizabeth Peck (1848 - 1929): Our Family History

1848 - 1929 (81 years)

Name	Emily Elizabeth Peck
Birth	19 Jan 1848	West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States [1]
Gender	Female
Ω Census daughter	1 Jun 1850	West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States [2]
	John and Mary shared their home with his father, stepmother, and sister. Also living in the house was a 20 year old woman named Lucy King, relationship unknown, likely a servant or nanny. Witness Role: Principal: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: head of household: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: wife: [I805] Mary FISHER Witness Role: daughter: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: Unknown: Name: Lucy King Witness Role: father: [I2464] Watrous PECK Witness Role: step-mother: [I4016] Pauline REXFORD Witness Role: sister: [I4018] Sarah E. PECK
Ω Residence Witness	1855	West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States [3]
	Witness Role: Principal: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: Witness: [I805] Mary FISHER Witness Role: Witness: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: Witness: [I827] John Fisher PECK Witness Role: Witness: [I826] Mary Anna PECK
Ω Census daughter	1 Jun 1860	West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States [4]
	John Peck with his wife and 5 children. John's widowed father also lived with them, as did Mary's eldest sister. There were two farm laborers listed in the census, no connection established. Also in this house was a teaching candidate named Carrie A. Fisher, possibly related to Mary. Witness Role: Principal: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: head of household: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: wife: [I805] Mary FISHER Witness Role: daughter: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: daughter: [I826] Mary Anna PECK Witness Role: son: [I827] John Fisher PECK Witness Role: son: [I828] Edward Watrous PECK Witness Role: son: [I2512] Charles F. PECK Witness Role: father: [I2464] Watrous PECK Witness Role: sister-in-law: [I673] Lucy Chickering FISHER Witness Role: Resident: Name: Severett Merrill Witness Role: 57 year old male, born in Connecticut, farm laborer Witness Role: Resident: Name: William C. Graham Witness Role: 17 year old male, born in New York, farm laborer Witness Role: Resident: Name: Carrie A. Fisher Witness Role: 24 year old female, born in New York, teacher candidate
Ω Census daughter	1 Jun 1870	Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [5]
	Also in this household: Susan Stamp, 25f, domestic servant, mulatto John Fisher, 19m, student Edward Steele, 20m, student Mary Steele, 18f, student William Keeler, 19m, student John Myers, 19m, student Rev. Nicholas, 50m, clergy No known connection to any of these individuals, perhaps just boarders. Witness Role: Principal: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: head of household: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: wife: [I805] Mary FISHER Witness Role: daughter: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: daughter: [I826] Mary Anna PECK Witness Role: son: [I827] John Fisher PECK Witness Role: son: [I828] Edward Watrous PECK Witness Role: sister-in-law: [I673] Lucy Chickering FISHER Witness Role: Resident: Name: Susan Stamp Witness Role: 25 year old woman, mulatto, domestic servant, born in Missouri Witness Role: Resident: Name: John Fisher Witness Role: 19 year old male student, born in NJ, could be relative, possibly just a boarder Witness Role: Resident: Name: Edward Steele Witness Role: 20 year old male student, born in Ohio Witness Role: Resident: Name: Mary Steele Witness Role: 18 year old female student, born in Ohio Witness Role: Resident: Name: William Keeler Witness Role: 19 year old male student, born in NJ Witness Role: Resident: Name: John Myers Witness Role: 19 year old male student born in Wisconsin Witness Role: resident: Name: Reverend Nicholas Witness Role: 50 year old male clergy, born on Massachusetts
Name	Aft 6 Aug 1875 [6]
	Emily P. Chamberlain
Ω Census daughter	1 Jun 1880	Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [7]
	John Peck was a widowed farmer, his two unmarried children, Anna and Edward lived with him. Edward was 23 and a student. Also living here, John Peck's 31 year old daughter Emily with her husband William Chamberlain, then a professional musician, and Emily and William's two children. Witness Role: Principal: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: head of household: [I804] John Sears PECK Witness Role: daughter: [I826] Mary Anna PECK Witness Role: son: [I828] Edward Watrous PECK Witness Role: son-in-law: [I807] William Benton CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: daughter: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: grandson: [I821] Frederick William CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: grandson: [I822] John Fisher CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: Unknown: Name: Arthur Burt Witness Role: 25 year old single male, student - probably a boarder Witness Role: Unknown: Name: Alice E. Burt Witness Role: 23 year old single female, listed as sister to Arthur Burt
Ω Census wife	1 Jun 1900	Cicero, Cook, Illinois, United States [8]
	Witness Role: Principal: [I807] William Benton CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: head of household: [I807] William Benton CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: wife: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: son: [I801] Ernest Barrett CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: son: [I823] Albert Edward CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: son: [I824] Harold Fisher Peck CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: daughter: [I825] Mary Elizabeth CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: sister: [I2519] Ellen Maria CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: servant: Name: Florence E. Bardill Witness Role: 36 year old single female from England
Census	15 Apr 1910	221 North Professor St., Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [9]
	Witness Role: head of household: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK Witness Role: son: [I801] Ernest Barrett CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: daughter: [I825] Mary Elizabeth CHAMBERLAIN
Ω Census mother-in-law	1 Jan 1920	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States [10]
	Witness Role: Principal: [I746] Verdi Valentine WAITE Witness Role: head of household: [I746] Verdi Valentine WAITE Witness Role: wife: [I825] Mary Elizabeth CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: daughter: [I721] Elizabeth WAITE Witness Role: daughter: [I719] Janet WAITE Witness Role: son: [I717] John Fisher WAITE Witness Role: mother-in-law: [I806] Emily Elizabeth PECK
Death	10 Aug 1929	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States [1, 6]
Anecdote	2010	Oberlin Heritage Center, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [11]
	Her great-granddaughter, Karen Anderson Smith, donated a quilt made by Emily to the Oberlin Heritage Museum.
Family Search ID	L7PQ-ZDG
_UID	CB42ED43D048413682A885391755198AC32D
Burial	Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [12, 13]
	From Find a Grave entry: from Oberlin Heritage Center, Westwood Cemetery Inventory database wife of WIlliam Chamberlain A Prominent Resident Of Former Years [Emily E. Peck Chamberlain] Remains of Mrs. William Chamberlain Brought Here Monday for Burial in Westwood Was Widow of Professor Chamberlain of the College Faculty—Died at Home of Her Daughter in Dallas The remains of Mrs. William B. Chamberlain, who died in Dallas, Tex. August 10, were brought to Oberlin Monday afternoon for burial in Westwood cemetery. Mrs. Chamberlain was a former well known resident of this place, the wife of Professor Chamberlain, who was a member of the college faculty from 1874 until 1894, and a member of the board of trustees from 1900 to 1903. His death occurred in Chicago March 7, 1903. She was Miss Emily Elizabeth Peck, sister of John Fisher Peck of Los Angeles, who was principal of Oberlin Academy for many years. She was born in West Bloomfield, N.Y., January 19, 1848, and came with her parents to Oberlin at an early age. She was graduated from [OHS in 1865 and from] college in 1874, and was married to Mr. Chamberlain August 6, 1875. For many years the home was at 221 North Professor street. Four sons and a daughter survive her. They are Albert E. Chamberlain of Atlantic City, Ernest B. of New York, Harold of Ripon, Wis., Fred of Lakeside, Mich., and Mrs. V. V. Waite of Dallas, with whom the mother had been living during the last two years. The Oberlin Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Friday, August 16, 1929, p. 1.
	$gravestones\CHAMBERLAIN William Benton d1903$	gravestones\CHAMBERLAIN William Benton d1903
Person ID	I806	My Genealogy
Last Modified	18 Sep 2023

Father	John Sears Peck, b. 2 Sep 1818, West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States d. 1902, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States (Age 83 years)
Mother	Mary Fisher, b. 14 May 1817, Londonderry, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 1 Feb 1877, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States (Age 59 years)
Marriage	8 Mar 1848	Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United States [14, 15]
	Married in Warsaw then moved to West Bloomfield.
Family ID	F278	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Husband William Benton Chamberlain, b. 1 Sep 1847, Gustavus, Trumbull, Ohio, United States d. 7 Mar 1903, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States (Age 55 years)

Marriage 6 Aug 1875 Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States [1, 16]

Children

+	1. Frederick William Chamberlain, b. 2 Sep 1876, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States d. 1 May 1948, Tryon, Gaston, North Carolina, United States (Age 71 years)
	2. John Fisher Chamberlain, b. 1880, Ohio, United States d. 1881 (Age 1 year)
+	3. Ernest Barrett Chamberlain, b. 22 Jan 1883, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States d. 21 Jun 1972, St. Francis Village, Crowley, Tarrant, Texas, United States (Age 89 years)
+	4. Albert Edward Chamberlain, b. 26 Feb 1886, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States d. Mar 1965, New York, United States (Age 79 years)
+	5. Harold Fisher Peck Chamberlain, b. 4 May 1889, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States d. 29 Aug 1964, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 75 years)
+	6. Mary Elizabeth Chamberlain, b. 30 Jun 1891, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States d. 2 Apr 1987, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States (Age 95 years)

Family ID F276 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 May 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 19 Jan 1848 - West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States
	Ω Census daughter - 1 Jun 1850 - West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States
	Ω Residence Witness - 1855 - West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States
	Ω Census daughter - 1 Jun 1860 - West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States
	Ω Census daughter - 1 Jun 1870 - Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Marriage - 6 Aug 1875 - Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Ω Census daughter - 1 Jun 1880 - Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Ω Census wife - 1 Jun 1900 - Cicero, Cook, Illinois, United States
	Census - 15 Apr 1910 - 221 North Professor St., Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Ω Census mother-in-law - 1 Jan 1920 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
	Death - 10 Aug 1929 - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
	Anecdote - 2010 - Oberlin Heritage Center, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States
	Burial - - Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States

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Photos
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Sources

[S1408] DAR - Waite, Mary E. Chamberlain to Samuel Cowles.
[S790] Cens1850 - NY Ontario West Bloomfield p106.
[S506] John S Peck, "New York State Census, 1855".
[S789] Cens1860 - NY Ontario West Bloomfield p5.
[S788] Cens1870 - OH Lorain Oberlin p61.
[S193] Texas Death Index, 1903-2000.
Death date: 10 Aug 1929Death place: Dallas, Texas
[S787] Cens1880 - OH Lorain Oberlin p10.
[S772] Cens1900 - IL Cook Cicero p17b.
[S771] Cens1910 - OH Lorain Oberlin ed125 p3a.
[S786] Cens1920 - TX Dallas Dallas ed30 p4a.
[S592] Email - Smith Karen to Price Leslie 2012-March.
[S1183] Find a Grave: Emily Elizabeth Peck Chamberlain.
[S1184] Oberlin Westwood: Emily Peck Chamberlain.
[S1192] Find a Grave: John Sears Peck.
[S1517] Obit - Peck Mary Fisher, p. 3, column 3.
[S846] Bio - Cowles Mary Ann.