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William Richard Payne

Date of Birth: 21 Mar 1921

Born In: Redwood City

Age: 6 months

Occupation: Infant

Marital Status: Single

Died: 26 Sep 1921

Cause of Death: Tubercular Menengilis

Death Location: Redwood City

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FindaGrave ID: 249043766

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    James Peace

    Date of Birth: 1795

    Born In: Scotland

    Age: 95

    Occupation: Sailor

    Marital Status: Married

    Died: 12 Oct 1890

    Cause of Death: Accidental Drowning

    Death Location: Redwood City

    Burial Plot: GAR

    FindaGrave ID: 6528328

    James Peace

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    JAMES PEACE
    Times Gazette Saturday, October 18, 1890
    James Peace, the well known pioneer and oldest resident of the county, was discovered in the slough drowned about 1:30 o'clock last Sunday afternoon. He had been seen shortly afternoon that day in an intoxicated condition winding his way along Main Street toward the bay. The exact place in which the body was found was in Holder's slip, along side of the sail boat which was jointly owned by Peace and A. C. Peterson. Peace's hat was found between the boat and the bank. Peterson stated to the Times Gazette representative that Peace had been at the boat in the morning but he had told him to go over to his shanty and lie down. In the afternoon, Peterson left the boat to come up town and had hardly been gone a half hour when he returned only to find a crowd about the boat and the body of Peace in the water.

    Johnny Wollemberg and August and Haine Grimmenstein were the three boys who first discovered the body. They were coming up from the tannery, saw the appearance of clothes in the water, ran over a plank onto the sail boat and saw a man's head in the water. They gave the alarm.

    John Kubik, an employee of the tannery, according to his own statement, is the first person who passed the boat after Peace arrived and he states that fifteen minutes of one o'clock, he noticed Peace's hat lying by the bank but thinking nothing of it, passed along. As Peace must have dropped his hat as he attempted to get upon the boat, this must have been subsequent to his falling into the creek.

    Among those who arrived upon the news of the drowning being given were Jas. Hannon and C.E. Kreiss, who with the assistance of J.F. Ford, who threw them a rope, and others, succeeded in drawing the body up out of the water and placing it upon the large boat. There it remained until Coroner Crowe arrived with a wagon and conveyed it to the undertaking rooms.

    He is buried in the Soldiers Plot at Union Cemetery. His life story follows.

    JAMES PEACE
    Peace claimed to be ninety-eight years of age, but was probably less. He was born in Stromness, Orkney Islands, his father being a fisherman of Scottish parentage and his mother of Dutch descent. He had one brother named David and two sisters, Ellen and Betsy, none of whom he had ever heard from after leaving the country. At the age of nine, he shipped as a half deck boy for a trip to Greenland. They entered the same straight that the ill fated Sir John Franklin passed through. The ice closed in on the vessel, which was broken up. Among others. Peace was cast away and drifted for weeks in an open boat until picked up. He returned home, and when 20 years of age, came to this coast in the ship Nereid. The vessel was in the employ of the Hudson Bay Co. and Peace was landed in Vancouver. He continued in the service of the company for two years and was sent out on trading expeditions. At one time he went as far north as Sitka. According to his own story, after working there for two or three years, he came down the coast on a vessel which put into San Francisco Bay in quest of hides. He was a second mate, having charge of the captain's watch and disagreeing with the captain, one night he deserted, taking arms and considerable food in a boat. He landed near the foot of Telegraph Hill and muffling his feet to avoid making tracks, climbed to the top of the hill and remained in hiding nine days. He left the boat tied so that it was recovered by men sent out from the ship to search for him. They gave up the search after four or five days and Peace after waiting as many more days started out to find the mission Dolores or a band of native Indians. He said ho knew at the time he could make friends with the Indians. He discovered the Mission Dolores by means of a trail and found one priest only in charge. This person could only speak Spanish and Peace only English but by means of signs, they made themselves understood. Peace quickly learned the Spanish language and afterwards told his story. He remained at the Mission three years and made friends with the Indians, a large number of whom were about. His next move was to the redwood region about Searsville and in this district, he whip sawed lumber, claiming to have been the first man to do so. He also claimed to have been among the first to manufacture whiskey out of maize, in which occupation he was associated with Captain Burton of San Jose region. Peace acted as agent in securing the maize from the Indians and Burton made the whiskey. Peace joined Win. Smith in Santa Cruz mountains and Smith collected about him a company of men who afterward constituted the Graham party. In 1840, these persons were arrested by order of time Spanish Governor of the state and taken to Mexico. The leaders were charged with conspiracy. The vessel stopped first at Monterey, at which point, Captain J.B. Forrest with a United war vessel was made aware of the arrest. Governments corresponded but Peace and 47 others were taken to Mexico where they remained about eight months. Finally all were released and brought back to California. In 1848, when General Fremont was in the Santa Clara Valley, Peace served under him for three weeks as a guide.

    Peace married the daughter of Pedro Valencia at Half Moon Bay and leaves two sons living-James Peace of San Mateo and Amone Peace of this town. He formerly owned considerable land on the coast side, but later subsisted largely on gifts from friends. As for his exact age. H.H. Bancroft, the historian, states that the Neried Vessel was not on this coast until the 30's indicating Peace's age was not over eighty.

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    John Peacock

    Date of Birth: 26 Oct 1838

    Born In: England

    Age: 63

    Occupation: 

    Marital Status: Married

    Died: 29 Jan 1902

    Cause of Death: Nervous Exhaustion

    Death Location: Mayfield

    Burial Plot: H36

    FindaGrave ID: 249044299

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    PEACOCK - In Mayfield, Cal., January 29, 1902, John, beloved husband of Abigail Peacock, and father of Alfred, Allison, Albert, Thomas B., and John Peacock, native of England, aged 63 years.

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      Amanda R Pearce

      Date of Birth: 4 Oct 1830

      Born In: Ohio

      Age: 50

      Occupation: 

      Marital Status: Married

      Died: 9 Apr 1881

      Cause of Death: 

      Death Location: Woodside

      Burial Plot: E15

      FindaGrave ID: 249044956

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        Sidney Sherman Pearce

        Date of Birth: 1864

        Born In: San Mateo County

        Age: 46

        Occupation: 

        Marital Status: Married

        Died: 11 Apr 1910

        Cause of Death: Acute Gastritis

        Death Location: San Jose

        Burial Plot: E15

        FindaGrave ID: 249044668

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          Peter Pederson

          Date of Birth: 1864

          Born In: Denmark

          Age: 54

          Occupation: Laborer

          Marital Status: Married

          Died: 24 Aug 1932

          Cause of Death: 

          Death Location: Community Hospital

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          FindaGrave ID: 249045131

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            Emanuel Solfrina Pedro

            Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1864

            Born In: California

            Age: 42

            Occupation: Grocery worker

            Marital Status: Married

            Died: 26 Dec 1906

            Cause of Death: Atheroma of Aorta

            Death Location: San Francisco

            Burial Plot: 17

            FindaGrave ID: 6528333

            Emanuel Solfrina Pedro

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            EMANUEL PEDRO
            Redwood City Democrat
            December 27, 1906
            Yesterday, Nicolas Hansen of Woodside received the sad intelligence of the death of his son- in-law, E. S. Pedro, which occurred in San Francisco quite suddenly, Tuesday night. The deceased was aged 43 years and leaves to mourn his loss, besides his wife, one daughter. He was engaged in the grocery business and it is thought that his untimely death is due to over work.

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              Alexander Peers

              Date of Birth: 1867

              Born In: California

              Age: 30 days

              Occupation: Infant

              Marital Status: Single

              Died: 22 Nov 1867

              Cause of Death: 

              Death Location: Searsville

              Burial Plot: PG

              FindaGrave ID: 249045339

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                Antonia Pena

                Date of Birth: 1859

                Born In: Spain

                Age: 65

                Occupation: None

                Marital Status: 

                Died: 21 Feb 1924

                Cause of Death: 

                Death Location: Community Hospital

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                FindaGrave ID: 249626746

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                  Eugine Penell

                  Date of Birth: 1823

                  Born In: France

                  Age: 53

                  Occupation: Farmer

                  Marital Status: Married

                  Died: 10 May 1876

                  Cause of Death: 

                  Death Location: Redwood City

                  Burial Plot: E14

                  FindaGrave ID: 249045609

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