FOURTH GENERATION

30. Margaret Frances Peak ⁽²⁾⁽¹⁾ died on 10 Jun 1047 in Evansville, In. She was born on 2 Sep 1855. She was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Evansville, In.

She was married to Rhoda Edward (Eddie) Peak (son of Benjamine J. Peak and Louisa Edelen) on 9 Jan 1877 in St. Martin's Church, Flahrety, Ky. Rhoda Edward (Eddie) Peak^{(2) (1)} was born on 31 Aug 1856. He was christened on 26 Oct 1856 in St. Martin's Church, Flahrety, Ky. He died on 12 Sep 1929 in Evansville, In. He was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Evansville, In.

Rhoda and Margaret were second cousins.

For twenty years Eddie worked as aLamplighter for the Southern Indiana Gas and Light Company. At the start he had 118 lamp lights to attend to, but the number gradually increased to more than 900 before electricity was introduced, and the last gas lights finally disappeared from the streets around 1910. He stayed with the company for more than 37 years, and was remembered with kindness by many in his declining years because of his highly visible occupation in the gas light days. Margaret Frances Peak and Rhoda Edward (Eddie) Peak had the following children:

+149 i. Bernard Bruce Peak.
150 ii. Albert O'Conner Peak⁽¹⁾ was born on 28 Sep 1881. He was baptized on 7 Nov 1881 in St. Martin's Church, Flahrety, Ky.