William Peffer

[Neale1961]

Yes, I thought this was probably the right baptism, but her age in that 1841 census must be rounded down.
Mary Ann Ruckman baptised 18 May 1828 Saint Mary, Newington
Parents William and Sarah (labourer, Harper Street)

I didn’t find yet when Mary Ann married a Mr. DRURY?

However, did you note, her sister Elizabeth RUCKMAN married Edmund Charles PFEFFER in 1849.
Edmund Charles is brother to your Richard Augustus PFEFFER.

[Neale1961]

DEATH
PEFFER, MARY  ANN              age 29 
GRO Reference: 1859  D Quarter in WHITECHAPEL  Volume 01C  Page 230

[CHERAN]

Yes, I thought this was probably the right baptism, but her age in that 1841 census must be rounded down.
Mary Ann Ruckman baptised 18 May 1828 Saint Mary, Newington
Parents William and Sarah (labourer, Harper Street)

I didn’t find yet when Mary Ann married a Mr. DRURY?

However, did you note, her sister Elizabeth RUCKMAN married Edmund Charles PFEFFER in 1849.
Edmund Charles is brother to your Richard Augustus PFEFFER.

Thanks for taking the time to look at this little family.

I did know the 1841 census often rounded up or down... 

I found the marriage of her sister to Edmund.

but the same for I can't find the marriage of Mary Ann to a Drury


Interesting family, still lots to look for but just found Richard and Edmund's brother Henry was transported to Australia in 1833 for stealing a Hanky, he marries in Bathurst Aus in 1850... and died in Sydney 1898. 

Name: Henry Pleffer
Gender: Male
Born: 1st January, 1817
Death: 17th April, 1898
Age: 81 years
Occupation: Unknown
Crime: Pickpocket
Convicted at: Old Bailey
Sentence term: 7
Voyage Ship: Waterloo
Voyage: 11th March, 1833
Arrival: 3rd August, 1833
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

[Neale1961]

You will have some of this, but as I typed it up, will post ....

Family of William PFEFFER (vellum binder) and wife Ann Mary Elizabeth SHEPHARD (married 1811)
Baptisms -
•   William John George PFEFFER b. 7 Feb 1813. St Dunstan (Vellum binder, Mile End Old Town)
•   Edmund Charles PFEFFER 1815 Saint Giles Cripplegate (Vellum binder, London Wall)
•   Henry PFEFFER 1817 Saint Luke, Finsbury (book binder, White Cross Street)
•   Walter Pierson PFEFFER 1818 Saint Giles Cripplegate (vellum binder, White Cross Street)
•   Richard Augustus PFEFFER 1822 Saint Giles Cripplegate (Vellum binder, Jewin St)
•   Maria Sarah PFEFFER 1823 Saint Giles Cripplegate (Vellum binder, London Wall)
•   Emma Ann PFEFFER 1826 Saint Luke, Finsbury (Book binder, Philip Lane)
•   Mary Ann PFEFFER 1828 Saint Giles Cripplegate (Vellum binder, Grub St)

BURIAL 8 Feb 1828 Bunhill Row, London
William Pfeffer (46 yrs) Little Moorfields

A couple of notes of interest regarding children -
Walter Pierson PFEFFER (1818) was enrolled in the Greenwich hospital School
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14601759
This implies that his father had served in the Navy at some stage (probably during Napoleonic wars)


Henry Pfeffer / Pleffer (1817) at age 14 in 1831 he was convicted of stealing and sentenced to 7 yrs transportation
https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/ob/1830s/183110200080.gif
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12326031

Transported on ship “Waterloo” to NSW in 1833 . Certificate of Freedom in 1839
I can see that he married in 1850 in Bathurst, NSW
and there is a death for Henry in NSW in 1898
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/238374248?searchTerm=%22Henry%20Pleffer%22


ADDED -
Ann Mary Elizabeth Pfeffer (nee Shepard) born abt 1789 in Stepney (according to census)
DEATH
PFEFFER, ANN  MARY ELIZABETH    Age 83 
GRO Reference: 1872  M Quarter in SHOREDITCH  Volume 01C  Page 85

[maddys52]

If it is the same Henry PFEFFER, a licensed hawker,  he was attacked and robbed in 1850 near Bathurst:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62215082

[Neale1961]

Yep, I think it is the same person. He married in Bathurst in 1850

[Neale1961]

Going back one generation earlier --------

John George PFEFFER married Sarah PEIRSON (Pierson)
2 Feb 1772 Christ Church Spitalfields

BURIAL 26 May 1790 Christ Church Spitalfields
John George PFEFFER (age 50)


Children of John George PFEFFER and wife Sarah PIERSON
•   Sarah 1772 Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green
•   Catherine 1774 Christ Church Spitalfields ** (Father a weaver of Wilkes Street)
•   John George 1777 Christ Church Spitalfields (Father a weaver of Wilkes Street)
•   Deborah 1779 Christ Church Spitalfields (Father a weaver of Wilkes Street)
•   Anna Barbara 1782 Christ Church Spitalfields (Father a weaver of Wilkes Street)
•   William abt 1784 (was also known as William SULLY / SOLLY)

** Catherine died unmarried in Dec 1839 and left a WILL – amongst others, she mentions Mary Elizabeth Pfeffer widow of her brother William.
Catherine Pfeffer (WILL proved 1840)
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D103466

[CHERAN]

Wow

What a great help Thanks

Cheran