Peek, Thomas (Thomas Henry), 1839-1911
Biographical History
Thomas Peek (1839-1911) was an immigrant to, and farmer in, South Weber, Davis, Utah.
Thomas Henry Peek was born on July 19, 1839 to Thomas Peek and Mary Malden in Fordham, Cambridgeshire, England. In 1855, Thomas immigrated to South Weber, Davis, Utah in the United States and a year later married Saloma Leeana Hammon whose father was one of the settlers of South Weber. They were divorced shortly after. On January 1, 1864, Thomas Henry Peek married another English immigrant, also living in South Weber, by the name of Mary Bright. Together, with their several children, the Peeks ran their farm and contributed to the building up of their community.
Thomas Henry Peek, who was proceeded in death by his wife, died on April 7, 1911 in South Weber, Davis, Utah.
Citation:
UPB files, Feb. 7, 2018 (Thomas Henry Peek, 1839-1911; b. July 19, 1839; Fordham, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom; d. April 7, 1911 South Weber, Davis, Utah, USA; Son of Thomas Peek and Mary Malden; Husband of Mary Bright; Father of John Webb Peek, Thomas William Peek, Mary Ann Peek, Jabez Peek, Elizabeth Peek and 5 others)1900 United States Federal Census, via WWW, Feb. 8, 2018 (Thomas H Peek; b. Jul 1839 England; Immigration Year 1855; Wife was Mary Peek; Occupation farmer; South Weber, Davis, Utah home; marriage year 1864; Wife Mary immigrated in 1844 from birthplace England; all children were born in Utah)
Western States Marriage Record Index, via WWW, Feb. 8, 2018 (Thomas H. Peek from South Weber, Davis County; Mary Bright from South Weber, Davis County; married 01 Jan 1864 in Weber)
Ancestry, via WWW, Feb. 8, 2018 (Thomas Henry Peek; Saloma Leeana Hammon; 1856; she died 12 Sep 1913 Blackfoot, Bingham, ID, USA; married again 15 Aug 1859 Uinta, Weber, UT)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
The early settlement of South Weber
Contents include four typewritten transcriptions of Thomas Peek's history of South Weber, Davis County, Utah. Peek records the history of the establishment and hardships of the Latter-day Saint people in South Weber, including brief descriptions of the Morrisite War of 1862, the Utah War of 1857-1858, and the activities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The history was written in approximately 1900.