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1863 Castletown Peake Mr. James, Arbory street
in 1881 Peake, Mrs. The Green
1881 census:
Malew 9 Back Green PEAKE Fanny Head W F 66 Annuities --- born England
Malew 9 Back Green PEAKE Henrietta Daur U F 34 Annuities --- England

the first name Apeke, m. The only instance is Apeke MacNeyll in 1429 (Acts of Stanley, p. 82). Assuming it to be correct, it appears to be really the surname Peake deriving ultimately from the early Eng. Pic. The initial here stands for " At "; i.e., " at the hill-top." In Ireland and S.W. Scotland, MacPeake, MacPake, MacPike.
PEAKE, Wm. J., Sr., 82, of Buffalo, New York, passed away on June 4th [1941], after a brief illness. Born in Castletown, and after sailing around the world several times as a seaman, Mr. Peake entered the florist business in New York, moving to Buffalo in 1900, where he operated a flower shop until his death. He was a member of the N.A.M.A. and the Buffalo Manx Society. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Sattler Peake; three daughters, Miss Viola A. Peake, Mrs. Wm. E. Klaiber and Mrs. Albert Nickels, all of Buffalo; two sons, Wm. J., Jr. of Buffalo and Private Kenneth of Fort McClellan, Alabama; a foster son, Eugene M. Naukan, and eight grandchildren. - from Nama bulletin

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