George Raymond Peck

George Raymond Peck

Male 1903 - 1973  (69 years)

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  • Name George Raymond Peck 
    Born 11 Dec 1903  Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Sep 1973  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Title: Louisana Death Certificate 157-730006366
      Text: Gastric bleeding
      Acute gastritis as arterial bleeding (small vessel)
    Buried Cremated Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Association Living (Relationship: Biological Daughter) 
    Notes 
    • George left home as a young man only to return a couple of times. Family lore tells that he served time somewhere out west in prison for safe cracking. He also was injured in a rodeo when thrown into a fence. He did have a steel plate in his head and leg and walked with a rolling limp. He also boxed in the ring taking on all comers when he was younger.

      He spent many years with various carnivals, did the electrical work and had joints. I can remember that he and mother had what was described as a cat joint which was stuffed and weighted objects that looked similar to cats. People would throw baseballs at them to win prizes.

      We were wintering in Corpus Christi, TX when mother became sick. As the end got near, Dad sent the 3 of us girls to stay with "Aunt" Velma and "Uncle" Curly Jones on the carnival.

      After her death, we spent one more summer on the carnival before returning to Corpus Christi. There George worked for Charlie Coombs who owned the Owl Battery Shop and an amusement park and skating rink complex on North Beach. He worked at the battery shop during the day and managed the park at night and weekends for many years.

      While at Owl Battery, he invented an alternator/generator tester but never patented it. He also invented a rust proofing process, did patent it but never did anything with it because he had a partner that he didn't trust. He left out a small part of the description so that no one else could make it work. The patent number was 2,899,336, date of application was June 19, 1956. I have all the paper work pertaining to as well as copies of the patent. I also have his will that in case something happened to him, the proceeds from the patent were to be divided equally between us.

      He also played the piano by ear and could make up music as fast as he could play it. Sometimes we would beg him to come over to the skating rink and play music for us to skate by. He played the old honky tonk type music which was much more fun to skate to than the records that was normally played.

      He was a man of many talents and had his faults like all of us do but kept his 3 girls together and raised them to the best of his ability.

      Nola Peck Goodwin
    Person ID I1218  Complete
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2008 

    Father Claude Emerson Peck,   b. 5 Jun 1855, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1911, Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Evaline Turner,   b. 7 Sep 1860, Duquoin, Perry County, Illinois, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1939, Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married Apr 1878  Clay City, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • According to the 1900 Census, Indiana, Nevins Township for Claude Peck and family,

      His mother and father were born in Ohio
      Evaline's mother and father were born in Pennsylvania

      Children:

      Bessie, born Aug. 1883
      Edward, born Jan. 1886
      Arthur, born Mar. 1889
      Ethel, born Aug. 1891
      Evert, born June 1894
      Roy, born Oct. 1896
    Histories
    Dickenson Family History written by Ralph Conrad Dickenson (4.4 MB file)
    Dickenson Family History written by Ralph Conrad Dickenson (4.4 MB file)
    Ralph Dickenson was the son of Bessie Peck and includes a history of the Peck family. In additon to his Dickenson family history he tells the story of his wife's family as well, the Martins. Ralph was an intelligent man who was very careful with his work. He lived most his life in Clinton, Indiana and knew the family history well.
    Census Records
    US Census Clinton, Vermillion, IN 1910: Arthur Peck Family, Claude E. Peck Family
    US Census Clinton, Vermillion, IN 1910: Arthur Peck Family, Claude E. Peck Family
    Arthur Peck age 21 born in Indiana, father born in Ohio, mother born in Indiana, coal miner. Wife Myrtle Se. age 20 born in Indiana both parents born in Indiana. Son Arthur age 2 born in Indiana and both parents born in Indiana.

    Claude E Peck age 55 married 34 years born in Ohio, both parents born in Ohio, coal miner. Wife Eva age 49 born in Illinois both parents born in Pennsylvania. Son Everett age 16 born in Indiana, clerk in grocery store. Son Roy age 14 born in Indiana. Son Albert age 9 born in Indiana. Son George age 6 born in Indiana.
    Family ID F525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Celestine Jane Hackett,   b. 23 Feb 1921, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1947, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Living
     2. Rae Evelyn Peck,   b. 10 Nov 1939, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 2021, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Living
    Last Modified 31 May 2022 
    Family ID F322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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