Hi Ellen I did a quick Google and Cyrus Wesley Peck 1871-1956 was a Canadian recipient of the VC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Wesley_Peck It says "Peck was 16 years old when his father moved the family to New Westminster, British Columbia." Was he Wesley and Mary's son? Seems so according to the 1881 Canadian census, resident Hopewell NB. Cyrus on Findagrave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7768579 Wesley is also on Findagrave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69969813 Abiel's genealogy (back to John of Wakefield 1402) is at http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.cfm/Abiel-Peck/p212212 although I cannot comment on its accuracy. Best Wishes, Andy. At 04:54 02/07/2012, Ellen Edwards wrote: >Last Sunday I came across this gravestone in the Fraser Cemetery, above the >fast moving Fraser River (now very deep and wide with the snow melting off >the mountains). It was next to one I was searching for - a pioneer in New >Westminster. > >The gravestone refers to "here," which would be New Westminster, British >Columbia, Canada. (15 miles from Vancouver on the Pacific Coast). > >The word "Yorkshire" caught my eye. > >So I do hope that John Peck is a name that one of our online friends is >researching. Seems that many generations of Pecks lived in Belton. > >Here is what the standing stone has engraved on it: > >HERE LIES WESLEY PECK >BORN HOPEWELL, NEW BRUNSWICK, JUNE 18, 1827. >DIED HERE OCT. 5, 1920 >DESCENDANT IN 29TH GENERATION FROM >JOHN PECK OF BELTON YORKSHIRE >AND IN 8TH GENERATION FROM JOSEPH PECK >WHO ARRIVED MASSACHUSETTS BAY 1638 >AND IN 4TH GENERATION FROM ABIEL PECK >WHO CAME TO HOPEWELL, N.B. 1762 > >AND HIS WIFE MARY S. ROGERS >BORN HOPEWELL, N.B. FEB 25, 1840 >DIED HERE JAN 12, 1928 >___________________________ >I have a photo of the gravestone if someone would like me to scan it over. >____________________ >Ellen Edwards in B.C. > > >..... >Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; >www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; >www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Andy, those websites certainly proved these men and their ancestors were important contributors to their communities and their countries. In the graveyard photo, I see Cyrus Peck's grave was immediately ahead of Wesley and Mary Peck's grave in New Westminster, and on the website records, there were other Pecks buried there, also. Yes, Cyrus was granted the Victoria Cross. How marvelous! And was an MLA and even had a Gulf Island Ferry named after him! How fascinating. Are there any Pecks on our Yorksgen List?? Any info about Pecks in Belton? EE -----Original Message----- From: Andy Micklethwaite [mailto:andy.mick@googlemail.com] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 3:08 AM To: Ellen Edwards; yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] John Peck of Belton Hi Ellen I did a quick Google and Cyrus Wesley Peck 1871-1956 was a Canadian recipient of the VC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Wesley_Peck It says "Peck was 16 years old when his father moved the family to New Westminster, British Columbia." Was he Wesley and Mary's son? Seems so according to the 1881 Canadian census, resident Hopewell NB. Cyrus on Findagrave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7768579 Wesley is also on Findagrave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69969813 Abiel's genealogy (back to John of Wakefield 1402) is at http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.cfm/Abiel-Peck/p212212 although I cannot comment on its accuracy. Best Wishes, Andy. At 04:54 02/07/2012, Ellen Edwards wrote: >Last Sunday I came across this gravestone in the Fraser Cemetery, above the >fast moving Fraser River (now very deep and wide with the snow melting off >the mountains). It was next to one I was searching for - a pioneer in New >Westminster. > >The gravestone refers to "here," which would be New Westminster, British >Columbia, Canada. (15 miles from Vancouver on the Pacific Coast). > >The word "Yorkshire" caught my eye. > >So I do hope that John Peck is a name that one of our online friends is >researching. Seems that many generations of Pecks lived in Belton. > >Here is what the standing stone has engraved on it: > >HERE LIES WESLEY PECK >BORN HOPEWELL, NEW BRUNSWICK, JUNE 18, 1827. >DIED HERE OCT. 5, 1920 >DESCENDANT IN 29TH GENERATION FROM >JOHN PECK OF BELTON YORKSHIRE >AND IN 8TH GENERATION FROM JOSEPH PECK >WHO ARRIVED MASSACHUSETTS BAY 1638 >AND IN 4TH GENERATION FROM ABIEL PECK >WHO CAME TO HOPEWELL, N.B. 1762 > >AND HIS WIFE MARY S. ROGERS >BORN HOPEWELL, N.B. FEB 25, 1840 >DIED HERE JAN 12, 1928 >___________________________ >I have a photo of the gravestone if someone would like me to scan it over. >____________________ >Ellen Edwards in B.C. > > >..... >Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; >www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; >www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 19:56 02/07/2012, Ellen Edwards wrote: >Any info about Pecks in Belton? I have a small problem with this - where in Yorkshire is Belton? It's not on the Genuki place list nor on my maps database. There's one not far away in N. Lincs. The pedigree on OurFamTree doesn't mention Belton but does mention Wakefield. Andy.