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Note: N964 Maybe named Robert Peel. Born in either Ireland or England. Maybe naturalized 1872. Might have had a sister or mother named Margaret.
Census records for the children of this man consistently give Ireland as the birth place of their father.
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1869 Feb 8 - Robert Peel age 21 Mechanic ship “City of Cork” departed Liverpool, England, arrived New York.
ethnicity English
1872 Mar 14 - Robert Peel age 24 Ship “City of New York” departed Liverpool England and Queenstown, Ireland, arrived New York, NY. Ethnicity English
(New York Passenger List, 1820-1957)
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1870 Census shows two Robert Peels: one born abt 1840 in Ireland, living in Brooklyn Ward 11, Kings, NY; the other born abt 1844 in Ireland, living in New York Ward 16, District 1, NY, NY. Either might be our man, or neither
1872 - Sept 30 - Naturalization
Peel Robert
Common Pleas Court, New York County
Date of Naturalization: Sept 30 1872
Volume or Bundle No: 406
Page No: blank
Copy of Record No.: 310
Address of Naturalized person: 240 W 19 St., N Y City
Occupation: Laborer
Birth Date or age: blank
Former Nationality: English
Port of Arrival: blank
Date of Arrival: blank
Name address and Occupation of Witnesses to Naturalization:
Margaret Peel, 23 W 17 St N.Y.C. (Housekeeper)
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1876 - Goulding’s New York City Directory for 1876
Peel Robert, driver, h 458 W. 18th
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The following record from FamilySearch.org may be for Jane and her husband. Jane’s last name is recorded as Sowey, but the original hand written record may have been Lowry, as “S” and “L” in old style handwriting often look the same. Jane’s year of birth matches the computed age from the 1880 census above.
Robert Peel
mentioned in the record of Robert Peel and Jane Sowey
Name:
Robert Peel
Event Type:
Marriage
Event Date:
20 Feb 1872
Event Place:
Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Gender:
Male
Age:
26
Marital Status:
Single
Race:
White
Birth Year (Estimated):
1846
Birthplace:
Ireland
Father's Name:
Charles Peel
Mother's Name:
Margaret Martin
Spouse's Name:
Jane Sowey
Spouse's Gender:
Female
Spouse's Age:
21
Spouse's Marital Status:
Single
Spouse's Race:
White
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
1851
Spouse's Birthplace:
England
Spouse's Father's Name:
John Sowey
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Ann Sowey
Reference ID: cn 1524 , GS Film Number: 1561755
Name:
Robert Peel
Spouse Name:
Jane Sowey (Lowery)
Marriage Date:
1872
Marriage Place:
Manhattan, New York, New York
Marriage ID:
2220800939
Certificate Number:
1524
Other Comments:
See Family History Library catalog for films 1543971-1562446 (Manhattan) and Film 1653852 (Brooklyn), for actual certificate.
Source:
Marriage Registers, Extracts from Manhattan (1869-1880) and Brooklyn (1895-1897)
Publisher:
Dept. of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, New York.
Publication Place:
New York, NY
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The following might be our Robert Peel. Only the year of birth and name, and country are correct. That’s not enough to confirm.
Robert Peel
Ireland Births and Baptisms
Name:
Robert Peel
Gender:
Male
Christening Date:
02 Mar 1846
Christening Place:
CRUMLIN,DUBLIN,IRELAND
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C70094-1 , System Origin: Ireland-ODM , GS Film number: 0990093 IT 4
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Following are indexes to two death records that might be our Robert Peel
Robert Peel age 34 died Nov 11 1878 Manhattan - certificate no. 304850
Robert Peel age 40 died June 16 1896 Manhattan certificate no. 20061
also this....
1878 14 Nov - Robert Peel age 34 buried Greenwood - officiating clergyman Alfred B Beach
(New York Episcopal Diocese of New York Churck Records, 1767-1970)
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the following city directory records may be for this Peel family
1872 - NYC directory - Peel Robert, driver, h 240 W. 19th
1876 NYC directory - Peel Robert, driver, h 458 W. 18th
1878 NYC directory - Peel Robert, driver, h 134 Tenth av
1878 NYC directory - Peel Margaret, widow, h r 326 W 36th
1879 NYC directory - Peel Robert, driver, h 132 Tenth av.
1879 NYC directory - Peel Margaret, Wid James h r 230 W 18th
Note: Robert Peel mentioned in the baptism of daughter Margaret was a teamster. This suggests to me the above Robert Peel, driver, is our man.
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