George PEPPE

1820 - 1864  (43 years)

• Name	George PEPPE
  Birth	5 Aug 1820
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Mar 1864
  	Cause: Typhus
  Person ID	I0059	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	Isobel EWING
  Marriage status	Other
  Notes	Marriage described as "Irregular"
  Children	+ 1. George Tosco PEPPE,   b. 16 Jul 1848   d. 1894, Ranchi, India (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Educated Robert Gordon's, Aberdeen and Aberdeen University. Qualified engineer. Name spelt Peap at school and university. Revived name Tosco, adding it to his own. In 1843 established the spelling as Peppe before going to India with his brother William to erect a sugar factory for Beal & Sym. In 1844 appointed manager but health broke down. Returned to Scotland1846 and married Isabella who died in child birth 1848. Moved to London and worked on inventions but with small success. Wrote for Charles Dickens magasine "Household Words". In 1852 went to Java for a firm to sell sugar-making machinery. Returned to England, took to drink. Befriended by George Cruikshank the artist. Died 1864 in London of starvation and typhus.