William J. PETERS & Sarah JOYCE

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Capt. William J. PETERS
Sarah JOYCE

Husband: William J. PETERS
Birth: 10 Sep 1863? 1865?
Occupation: 1889, master mariner, San Francisco directory
Occupation: 1891, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC
Father: Capt. William Bonaventure PETERS
Mother: Margaret MAJOR
How does a sea captain in San Franciso end up two years later at a desk job in Washington? Or was it a desk job?

Marriage: 1880
I don't see how the William PETERS who married Sarah JOYCE can be the above man. Men rarely got married at 17 and never got married at 15. Also, men rarely married older women, and almost never married one 7 to 10 years their senior.

Wife: Sarah E. JOYCE
Birth: 1855/6, of Providence, Providence Co., RI
Death (æ 36y): 8 Jan 1892, San Francisco or Oakland, CA

Children (at least five):

1. (Son) PETERS, b. 1881
2. (Son) PETERS, b. 1884
3. (Daughter) PETERS, b. 1885
4. Charles B. PETERS, b. 11 Jan 1886, CA; d. 3 Mar 1981, Sonoma Co., CA
5. (Son) PETERS, b. 1888

Sources:

1. San Francisco, California, Directories, 1889-91 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name Occupation Location 1 Location 2 City State Year

William Peters master mariner 744 Fourth San Francisco CA 1889

William J. Peters carpenter 524 Castro N s Tilden nr South Broderick San Francisco CA 1889

William J. Peters carpenter and builder 35 Second r. 6 Tilden San Francisco CA 1890

Plus ten other William PETERSes.

2. Washington, D.C., City Directory, 1890. R.L. Polk Co., Washington, DC (online at Ancestry.com; missing columns contained no data).

Name Occupation Location 1 City State Year

William J Peters geol sur 1831 F northwest District of Columbia DC 1891

Plus six other William PETERSes.

3. 1900 Census Index/Microfilm (online at Genealogy.com): I can't find him in CA or Washington, DC, but this search engine is a real kludge, so I could have missed him.

4. California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com; missing columns contained no data):

Last
Name First
Name Middle Birth
Date Mother
Maiden Sex Birth
Place Death Place
(County) Death
Date SSN Age

Peters Charles B 01/11/1886 Joyce M California Sonoma 03/03/1981 546-26-6155 95 yrs

5. Emails from David Gussett (Sep 2001).

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