The Ancestry of Isabella Jane Peacock

Her Parents
David Peacock and Ann Baird

Post Office Chapelhall, opened 1874

David PEACOCK (RIN: 237), son of David PEACOCK and Jane WALKER , was born 1838 in Bothwell Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

He married Ann BAIRD in 1861. He died 8 June, 1924 in Lithgow, NSW.

Ann BAIRD (RIN: 248), daughter of James BAIRD and Isabella or Isobell LAING , was born December 20, 1840 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire or, Carnbroe, Old Monkland, Scotland.

She died August 21, 1919 in Lithgow, NSW.

Children of David PEACOCK and Ann BAIRD are:

1. David PEACOCK (RIN: 498), b. July 09, 1862 Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland See David PEACOCK & Agnes M JEFFRIES

2. James PEACOCK b. 1865 Waterside, Ayrshire, Scotland . James died before 1919

3. Thomas PEACOCK (RIN: 499), b. March 20, 1866 Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland. See Thomas PEACOCK & Arabella MIDDLETON

4. Isabella PEACOCK (RIN: 449), b. February 16, 1868. Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Isabella died before 1919

5. Dugald Baird PEACOCK (RIN: 500), b. August 15, 1872 Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He died. 15 June 1961, at Lithgow. See Dugald Baird PEACOCK & Emily Anne JAMES

6. Janet PEACOCK (RIN: 501), b. September 18, 1874 , Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She died in 1941at Dungog. See William A MARTYN & Janet PEACOCK

7. Anne B PEACOCK (RIN: 504) b. 1876 Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland See Peter BLAIR & Anne B PEACOCK

8. John PEACOCK b. 1878 Chapelhall, Lanarkshire d.1882 Queensland

9. William PEACOCK b.1880 Chapelhall, Lanarkshire d. Queensland 1882

10. William John PEACOCK (RIN: 503), b. 1883 Ipswich, Queensland. He died. 26 July 1961, Lithgow. See William John PEACOCK & Violet Amelia May BROWN

11. Isabella Jane PEACOCK (RIN: 094), b. May 29, 1885 Christchurch, New Zealand. She died 15 June 1964, Bulli, NSW. See Charles Henry Excell WILKINSON & Isabella Jane PEACOCK

David Peacock and his wife Ann Baird were born and married in Scotland.

Details of the marriage of David Peacock and Ann Baird:
Date and Place: 31st December 1861, Woodhall, Parish of Bothwell, after banns according to the forms of the Primitive Methodist Connexion

The follwing details were given on the marriage certificate.
Groom: David Peacock, Ironstone Miner, Bachelor
Grooms Age: 23
Grooms Address: Chapelhall, Parish of Bothwell
Grooms Father: David Peacock, Coalminer, deceased
Grooms Mother: Jane Peacock, maiden surname Walker

Bride: Ann Baird, Domestic Servant, Spinster
Brides Age: 21
Brides Address: Newarthill, parish of Bothwell
Brides Father: James Baird, Coalminer
Brides Mother: Isabella Baird, maiden surname Lang

Nine children were born to them in Scotland before they emigrated in 1882.

In the 1881 Census the family is recorded as:

Name	Birth	Place of Birth	Relation	Occupation	Place of Residence
David Peacock	abt 1838	Chapelhall, Lanarkshire	Head	Oversman Colliery	Bothwell Lanarkshire
Ann Peacock	abt 1841	Carnbroe, Lanarkshire	Wife		Bothwell Lanarkshire
David Peacock	abt 1863	Chapelhall, Lanarkshire	Son	Ironstone Miner	Bothwell Lanarkshire
James Peacock	abt 1865	Waterside, Ayrshire	Son	Ironstone Miner	Bothwell Lanarkshire
Thomas Peacock	abt 1866	Chapelhall, Lanarkshire	Son	Ironstone Miner	Bothwell Lanarkshire
Isabella Peacock	abt 1868	Chapelhall, Lanarkshire	Daughter	Domestic Servant	Bothwell Lanarkshire
Dougal Peacock	abt 1873	Chapelhall, Lanarkshire	Son	Scholar	Bothwell Lanarkshire
Janet Peacock	abt 1875	Chapelhall, Lanarkshire	Daughter	Scholar	Bothwell Lanarkshire
Ann Peacock	abt 1877	Chapelhall, Lanarkshire	Daughter	Scholar	Bothwell Lanarkshire
John Peacock	abt 1879	Chapelhall, Lanarkshire	Son		Bothwell Lanarkshire
William Peacock	abt 1880	Chapelhall, Lanarkshire	Son		Bothwell Lanarkshire

David Peacock and his wife Ann (nee Baird) departed Glasgow on 9 June 1882 on the ship "Yeoman" and arrived in Australia in Brisbane on 21 August 1882. His occupation is listed as a miner. He obviously was a bit unsettled, or on the lookout for something better in life.

The "Yeoman"

2,194 gross tons, length 285ft x beam 36.7ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw, speed 9 knots. She was principally a cargo ship with limited accommodation for saloon passengers, although a considerable number of emigrants could be carried when occasion demanded. Built 1882 by Campbell, MacIntosh & Bowstead, Newcastle for Lund's Blue Anchor Line. Entered service in Mar.1882 on the London - Cape - Adelaide - Melbourne - Hobart - Launceston - Sydney route. It was re-named Rita, then re-named CS Burnside, and scrapped in 1923.

Shortly after their arrival in Queensland, two of their young sons died. John was about 4 years old and William was less than 2 year old. I haven't yet discovered their cause of death. However in 1883, a son, William John was born in Ipswich, in southern Queensland. Ipswich, at that time was a thriving town built on coal mining, so that is probably what attracted the Peacocks to the area.

However the family spent only a short time in Queensland, as by 1885 they were in New Zealand, as their daughter Isabella Jane was born there on 29 May 1885. Isabella's birth certificate indicates that the family was living in Sheath's Row, Glentunnel. Today, Glentunnel is a small village about an hour's drive west of Christchurch. In the 1800s it had two major industries pottery and pipe making and coal mining. The mines produced lignite, or brown coal, and David was employed as a miner when Isabella was born.

It is unclear what prompted the move from Queensland to New Zealand. It could have been to be near Ann's brother James who had emigrated from Scotland. It could also have been a Lanarkshire connection. At the time, one of the mine managers at Glentunnel was John Comrie Campbell who was born in Lanarkshire and from an early age worked in mines at Chapelhall where David grew up. There are also Peacock families in New Zealand, who I believe are probably related and there was a shipping captain named Peacock in Australian waters about the same time.

However, David and Ann didn't stay permanently in New Zealand and by about 1890 they had moved to Lithgow where they spent the remainder of their lives. Their eldest son, David, married in Lithgow in 1892.

Even though the Peacocks probably left Scotland to escape mining conditions they were never able to do so. In Lithgow, on both the 1913 and 1954 Electoral Rolls, all the male Peacocks are employed as coal miners. In 1913 David and Ann were living at Sheedy's Gully - between the Pottery Estate and Hassans Walls.

On a personal note, his grandson Dave Wilkinson recalled that his grandfather liked to eat peppermints and he was frequently sent to the shop to buy them, but he wasn't over-generous with his money either.

David and Ann Peacock are buried in Lithgow Cemetery