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Frederick William Peck, 1882

Name
Frederick William /Peck/
Surname
Peck
Given names
Frederick William
Family with parents
father
mother
18561934
Birth: 13 March 1856 25 23 Light Pass, South Australia, Australia
Death: 7 October 1934Edge Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriage27 April 1876Bethel, New South Wales, Australia
20 months
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
4 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
1 year
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Family with Lila Burgess
himself
partner
Lila Burgess
daughter
Vera Daphne Peck
daughter
Mavis Eileen Peck
daughter
Alma Ruby Peck
Birth
Note: NSW registration 1882/9896.
Birth of a sister
Note: NSW registration 1884/12242.
Birth of a sister
Note: NSW registration 1886/13460.
Birth of a brother
Note: New South Wales Reg 1889/13532.
Birth of a brother
Note: NSW registration 1891/16841.
Birth of a brother
Note: NSW registration 1891/16842.
Birth of a brother
Note: NSW registration 1893/17341.
Death of a maternal grandmother
Note: NSW Reg 1907/12539.
Death of a maternal grandfather
Death of a mother
Burial of a mother
Last change
7 May 201223:42:42
Author of last change: Danny
Birth

NSW registration 1882/9896.

Note

"A son of the family who achieved renown, was Frederick William, who later changed his surname to Peck. He was very tall and Powerfully built man, who could Carry a four bushell bag of wheat under one arm.

He put his height at 6' 6" and strength to good use in sporting activities, particularly Wood chopping, in which he won the world championship three times, came second once, and third twice. Underhand chopping was his speciality for which he set a world record of 1 minute, 6 seconds on an 18 inch diameter log at Matiere in New Zealand, about 1916.

In an interview in 1972, Jack Larkin (who had competed against Peck and was himself placed in international events in both Australia and New Zealand) had this to say.
"In big timber (18" diameter and over) Peck, Pretty, Shewry and West were the greatest axemen. By regular comPetition against each other, they developed in to a class of their own, but in the underhad event Peck was undoubtedly the greatest"

A New Zealand historian and statistician, Eric Warner, has this to say :
"Purely on information gained as a Historian, I would say the three greatest underhand cutters in New Zealand prior to 1920 would be in order of ranKing

  1. W (Bill) Peck
  2. C. O'Rourke
  3. W. Weston"

Warner lists details of 21 Major prizes won by Bill Peck. There were many others besides these.

About 1911 he broke the Sheaf tossing record at the Melbourne Royal Agricultural show with a toss of 45' 22". At the shows he competed against the Schwerdt's, also Scholz descendants who held the record for many years.

Besides this, he was a champion cLayBIRD shooter, winning many events in New Zealand.

Bill Peck shifted to New Zealand in 1913. It was not until he was 73 that he retired from the strenuous life as a timber worker, Carrying Posts out on his shoulders, cutting railway sLeepers, Power poles and fence battens, as well as Felling timber.

He died in his 90th year."

"THE HIStory AND FAMILY TREE OF JOHANN GOTTFRIED Scholz AND HIS WIVES ANNA ROSINA Walther AND JOHANNE ChristianE Mummert AND THEIR DESCENDANTS 1805 - 1973" Pages 116-117