William PEPPE

1822 - 1889  (67 years)

• Name	William PEPPE
  Birth	19 Apr 1822
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Jul 1889	Red Sea
  Person ID	I0030	My Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2006

  
  

  Father	George PEAPE,   b. 1785   d. 24 May 1837 (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Janet THOMSON
  Marriage	1815
  Family ID	F027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Delia Patience Bown CLAXTON,   b. 7 Mar 1815   d. 1894 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1849	Birdpur, India
  Children	+ 1. Annie Georgina PEPPE,   b. 10 Jun 1850 + 2. William Claxton PEPPE,   b. 1 Feb 1852, Birdpur, India d. 1936, Welshpool (Age 83 years)   3. Emma PEPPE,   b. 29 Jan 1854   d. ABT. 1855, Birdpur, India (Age 0 years) + 4. George Tosco Gibbon PEPPE,   b. 17 Feb 1856
  Family ID	F018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 18 Oct 1849 - Birdpur, India  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Educated Robert Gordon's School. Went to India in 1843 with brother George to erect a sugar factory for Beal and Sym. Left in 1848 and appointed manager of Birdpur Estate where Delia, widow of Hugh Gibbon, was left managing the estate alone. They married on 18 Oct 1849. Later he became one of the proprietors of the estate. In 1857, during the Indian Mutiny, joined the militia. On 19 Jul 1859 a rebel cut a piece out of his right hand. His house and property burnt several times. Rebels put a price on his head. In 1859 granted Bheloungie Estate by government in recognition of his services during the mutiny. In 1899 health caused return to England but died on board ship from sunstroke. Buried in Red Sea.