John Peden

Born ? 1857 ? at Ireland (between 3.1857 and 1.1858)
Full Name John Peden .
Father James Peden Mother Margaret Peden
Married 22.3. 1878 to Jane Union at 22 St Lawrence Street, East Greenock Certificate
Children 1879 Robert 'Uncle Bob from China'
  1881 William aged 2 months at time of 1881 census
  1883 Jean  
  1885 Margaret  
  1887 Hessie died unmarried late 1954 or early 1955
  1890 Violet Died in 1911, aged 21.
  1891 Elizabeth Auntie Lizzie.
  1893 Mary Ann 'Auntie Minnie'
  1895 Jim to Huddersfield 1937, died early 1950s? age 56. = Jean, still alive 1968
  1897 John Ship designer at Scotts, married with daughter Ann. Died abt. 1934.
  1897 Samuel 'Uncle Sam' - still alive 1938? = Margaret Cochran, 2 daughters.
Died

23.1.

 1931 at 8 Belville Street, Greenock Died in sleep - cardiac failure Certificate



John Peden, probably about 1890. Studio photograph probably in 1920s. On the beach with grandchildren Nicol and Jean

John Peden was born in 1857 or early 1858 in Ireland [1]. He lived for most of his life in Greenock, and was employed in one of the many sugar-houses in the town. In 1878 he married Jane Union [4], and at the time of the 1881 census they lived at 13 Crescent Street in Greenock with their first two children. By 1885 they were living at 1 Belleville Street, in the east end of Greenock; the 1891 census gives their address as number 11 and the 1901 census as number 13. They later moved to number 8, where John stayed for the rest of his life. John's grandson John McKechnie remembers him in his later years.

John died in his bed on 23rd January 1931, aged 73 [5].

Sources: Census [1]1881, [2]1891, [3]1901; GRO [4]marriage & [5]death records.

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